Right Upwash Element

Subteam: AerodynamicsSubsystem: Side AeroAssembly: Nose and Body PanelsCars: CR26E

Purpose

Mirror of the left upwash element.

Function

Identical function, mirrored geometry.

Design Process

No part-specific design process is documented. The Side Aero subsystem design process applies: 1. 2D sweeps to find airfoil placement within a stack. 2. 3D placement of the stack itself, judged on whole-car downforce, drag, efficiency and center of pressure. 3. Compare against the current combined-run baseline rather than against an isolated case. 4. Accept only where the gain is outside the CFD margin of error.

Manufacturing Process

Infused in a tooling board mold milled on the 5-axis gantry, or laid up on a 3D printed mold for smaller parts. Endcaps, spars and skins are made independently and bonded in 3D printed jigs with glass alignment beads controlling bond gap.

Full Material List

CFRP.

Reoccuring issues

None recorded. This part has no entry in Knowledge_Transfer/Issue Logging/Fault Vault.xlsx, in either Issue Log.xlsx, in CR22/Issue Tracking/Shakedown 7-15-23.xlsx, or in any design review issue list found in CrimsonStorage or Box.

Still to document

Nothing in CrimsonStorage covers these yet.

Design Constraints — What held back the design whether it be location, time, materials etc
Analysis — How you get quantitative, predictive information on the part
Improvements — Improvements for this generation
Properties — Size, weight, mass, charge, thermal properties, anything else relevant