This content is not included in
your SAE MOBILUS subscription, or you are not logged in.
Design and CFD Analysis of an NHRA Funny Car Body
Technical Paper
2008-01-3003
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
Annotation ability available
Sector:
Language:
English
Abstract
This paper describes the methodology used to design and perform a CFD analysis of a Chevrolet Impala SS Funny Car body. This body was designed for the purpose of making it available for teams to race it in the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) drag racing series beginning with the 2007 race season.
Several challenges were presented in this project: (1) This was the first time a General Motors drag racing body for use in professional classes (Funny Car or otherwise) was ever designed in CAD. (2) The body was originally designed as a 2007 Chevrolet Monte Carlo. After the tooling was completed, changes in Chevrolet’s product lineup required that the body be changed to a 2007 Impala SS. (3) Budget constraints precluded CFD analysis until after the bodies were already being manufactured.
There were several teams that raced the new body during the 2007 race season. One of these teams won the Funny Car Driver’s Championship.
Recommended Content
Authors
Citation
Engel, D., Golsch, K., Green, M., Smith, E. et al., "Design and CFD Analysis of an NHRA Funny Car Body," SAE Technical Paper 2008-01-3003, 2008, https://doi.org/10.4271/2008-01-3003.Also In
References
- National Hot Rod Association “Funny Car Body & Spoiler Measurement Legend” January 10 2006
- Chen, CH Teixiera, C Molvig, K Digital Physics Approach to Computational Fluid Dynamics: Some Basic Theoretical Features, International Journal of Modern Physics C 675 684 1994
- Alajbegovic, A Teixeira, C Chen, H, Hill D Teixeira C Molvig K DIGITAL PHYSICS: Analysis of the Morel Body in Ground Proximity SAE Paper No. 970139 1997
- Duncan, B Golsch, K Characterization of Separated Turbulent Flow Regions in CFD Results for Pontiac NASCAR Race Car SAE paper 2004-01-3556