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David Morgan
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I was reading a BBC article about the automotive challenges of building a 300 MPH capable, street-legal vehicle and had a the following thought/question: Could one dissipate enough of the considerable exhaust heat generated by these supercars into the front bumper/air-splitter, so that the air passing over these surfaces would be instantly heated enough to reduce overall drag on the vehicle?
Ignoring the obvious risk of BBQing a few stray pedestrians, could this technique work?
I guess the same could be asked for an airplane's nose cone... if you intentionally increased the temperature of the cone well beyond the temperatures that would naturally occur due to air resistance, would this reduce overall drag?
Ignoring the obvious risk of BBQing a few stray pedestrians, could this technique work?
I guess the same could be asked for an airplane's nose cone... if you intentionally increased the temperature of the cone well beyond the temperatures that would naturally occur due to air resistance, would this reduce overall drag?