Aerodynamic Effect of Rear Wing on an F1 Race Car Using CFD

Abstract

In this paper numerical investigation was
carried for a rear wing of F1 race car used
in circuit racing. Validation was done on
NACA 2412 airfoil. Later, the inversion of
this airfoil NACA 2412 is taken to study the
downforce created by it, single element
wing and multi element wing airfoil were
designed and simulated to find optimal

angle of attack for which maximum lift co-
efficient is obtained. 3D simplified car

model consisting of rear wing along with
single flap and double inverted wing was
simulated to check for the drag reduction at
the wheel portion. The simulation was
carried out using a commercial CFD code
ANSYS-Fluent-15.