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Looks like Ferrari admits that there was a problem specific to the wing on Massa's car:
Ferrari to investigate Felipe Massa's front wing after Indian Grand Prix flexing issue - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com
Maybe someone made a mistake and forgot to lay a CF layer in the right direction? I doubt it but worse mistakes happened before.
Is Pat Fry still on the McLaren payroll? :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
If that were Red Bull we'd have a 3-page thread by now about how Mark's being shafted... :pQuote:
Originally Posted by ioan
Who thought Ioan was talking gibberish? A couple of interesting reactions' to Scarb's post:
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It isn’t actually resonance, despite what first year physics text books tell you, what we seem to be seeing here is aeroelastic flutter, something we see quite often in high speed racing model airplanes, the most famous example is probably the tacoma narrows bridge though
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Yup, that’s classic binary flutter. At high speeds the bending and torsional stiffness modes couple, and the change in angle of attack and position produce aerodynamic loads that feed the harmonic motion. The fact that the wing’s movement is limited by hitting the ground meant that the oscillations could not grow beyond the structural limits of the wing and cause a failure. Braking instantly reduced the velocity of the airflow, and hence the aerodynamic loads, meaning that structural damping could overcome the induced oscillations.
I have just finished an undergraduate thesis on composite tailoring for improved flutter response and aim to work in F1 in the future so seeing that on the TV made me very happy!
Ah, I understood all that completely = flappy wings! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by wedge
The massively vibrating front wing on Massa's car was indeed weird. I'm surprised it wasn't illegal, because as far as I know movable aerodynamic devices are prohibited?! (except the flaps on front and rear wings :p :)
I tell ya . It's about the birds .
Luca had some of his mechanics cleaning the turds off the hood of his Enzo , and he started thinking about the way birds fly .
Then he ran over a rodent on his way home that very night , and thought immediately of a guinea pig to test it .
Is there anything in the rules about the car needing to touch the ground ?
It passed the load tests, it's OK.Quote:
Originally Posted by jens
PS: The flaps of the front wings are not allowed to move anymore.