Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Full length video: youtu.be/MC6woj6tsQY
Vortex generators help to energize the boundary layer, drawing energy from the faster moving free stream air outside of it. This helps the boundary layer to stay attached for longer / further downstream on a curved surface.
That is why you sometimes see them on airfoils (to delay stall at high angles of attack) or cars (ahead of strongly curved rear windows).
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We then use those basics to explain the aerodynamics of (race) cars (aerodynamic efficiency of electric vehicles, aerodynamic drag, downforce, aero maps, formula one aerodynamics, ...), drones and airplanes (propellers, airfoils, electric aviation, eVTOLS, ...), motorcycles (wind buffeting, motogp aerodynamics, ...) and more!
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Full length video: youtu.be/MC6woj6tsQY
Vortex generators help to energize the boundary layer, drawing energy from the faster moving free stream air outside of it. This helps the boundary layer to stay attached for longer / further downstream on a curved surface.
That is why you sometimes see them on airfoils (to delay stall at high angles of attack) or cars (ahead of strongly curved rear windows).
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The AirShaper videos cover the basics of aerodynamics (aerodynamic drag, drag & lift coefficients, boundary layer theory, flow separation, reynolds number...), simulation aspects (computational fluid dynamics, CFD meshing, ...) and aerodynamic testing (wind tunnel testing, flow visualization, ...).
We then use those basics to explain the aerodynamics of (race) cars (aerodynamic efficiency of electric vehicles, aerodynamic drag, downforce, aero maps, formula one aerodynamics, ...), drones and airplanes (propellers, airfoils, electric aviation, eVTOLS, ...), motorcycles (wind buffeting, motogp aerodynamics, ...) and more!
For more information, visit airshaper.com
