Road Vehicle Drag: Researching Relationship, Design & Performance

[natalieng]

Hi

i'm writting a report on road vehicle drag.

Are there any free resources online / journals that i can use for research?

my questions:

Relationship between Drag and Turbulence
what does a engineer design in a car? (engines, the body-aerodynamics..)
and the relationship between aesthetics and aerodynamic drag performance.


Any help wouuld be much appreciated!

Thanks!

 

[LowlyPion]

Welcome to PF.

You'll need to do the heavy lifting on this. But perhaps Wikipedia would be a generally good place to start?

More specifically:

Types of drag are generally divided into the following categories:

parasitic drag, consisting of

o form drag,
o skin friction,
o interference drag,​

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_(physics )

 

[natalieng]

Welcome to PF.

You'll need to do the heavy lifting on this. But perhaps Wikipedia would be a generally good place to start?

More specifically:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_(physics )

Thanks LowlyPion!
it's a lot of work! because its not a very extensive report, probably up till about 5pgs , size12 font, so got to select what's important! and limited time! lol ! due this friday! ARGH

 

[k89mru]

Hi Natalieng,
Im writing a similar kind of report and i would like to know if you wouldn't mind posting yours online so that i could have a look at it.
Thanks :)