When I started working at MotoGP Factory Racing Team in 2014, Aerodynamics was a relatively unexplored field. Therefore, an aerodynamic development process was built using state of the art tools like numerical flow simulations, wind tunnel tests and special on-track measurement equipment.
But although using all these state-of-the-art tools, it happens not rarely, that new developments were not showing the expected positive effect on the racetrack. The reasons for this were manifold: changing track conditions, varying rider and tire performance or different environmental conditions.
The bike aero tool was introduced to help engineers and athletes in the development of racebikes. A new approach for the assessment of aerodynamic racebike characteristics from real racetrack measurements was implemented – the so-called AIM approach, where AIM is the abbreviation for Aerodynamic, Inertia and Mass.
A new quantity chi was introduced as representation of the high dynamic of a racebike and rider system on a racetrack, where the rider plays an important role in terms of its riding style. The riding style has a huge impact on the center of gravity position of the overall racebike and rider system as well as on the aerodynamics of the overall racebike and rider system.<\/p>\n
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When I started working at MotoGP Factory Racing Team in 2014, Aerodynamics was a relatively unexplored field. Therefore, an aerodynamic development process was built using state of the art tools like numerical flow simulations, wind tunnel tests and special on-track measurement equipment.
But although using all these state-of-the-art tools, it happens not rarely, that new developments were not showing the expected positive effect on the racetrack. The reasons for this were manifold: changing track conditions, varying rider and tire performance or different environmental conditions.
The bike aero tool was introduced to help engineers and athletes in the development of racebikes. A new approach for the assessment of aerodynamic racebike characteristics from real racetrack measurements was implemented – the so-called AIM approach, where AIM is the abbreviation for Aerodynamic, Inertia and Mass.
A new quantity chi was introduced as representation of the high dynamic of a racebike and rider system on a racetrack, where the rider plays an important role in terms of its riding style. The riding style has a huge impact on the center of gravity position of the overall racebike and rider system as well as on the aerodynamics of the overall racebike and rider system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":41539,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[1628],"product_tag":[3478],"class_list":{"0":"post-41538","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-maschinenbau-und-wirtschaftswissenschaften","7":"product_tag-tyre-modelling-and-simulation-tyre-dynamics-influence-of-temperature-on-tyre-force-behaviour","8":"autor-christoph-feichtinger","9":"reihe-monographic-series-tu-graz","10":"reihe-monographic-series-tu-grazreihe-fahrzeugtechnik","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"downloadable","15":"virtual","16":"taxable","17":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n