Competition Car Aerodynamics 3rd Edition Paperback – April 13, 2019

If you've ever wondered why racecars look the way they do, this book is for you. This is a really great resource for future, current, or former FSAE students, young engineers, race fans, or DIYer's who are interested in improving their aerodynamics on their racecar. It starts very basic and works into some good detail. It gets into lots of different experiments in CFD (or wind tunnels), and describes the working principles of wings, gurney flaps, underbody aero, barge boards, diffusers, etc. with flow-visualizations from CFD, pictures in wind tunnels (using smoke machines), and tuft testing. It talks about calculating coefficients of lift, drag, calculating frontal area, and works up to other critical concepts.If you don't know the working principles of aerodynamics, this is a good place to start. The pictures alone are really handy for understanding the concepts. Typically, there are about 1-3 color pictures per page.It has some cool reference material in it, including a few good "starter" wing profiles and a list of full-scale wind tunnels in it. Some of this reference info can be found online, but it's nice to have it all in one book. Not crazy expensive, either.

This book covers various aspects related to race car aerodynamics in a very practical way, without the need to use complicated maths. Highly recomended!

Muy sencillo pero claro .lo importante son los conceptos

Must have reference material if you're an aerospace engineering student and also happens to be a car guy. This really sparked my interest in CFD on road vehicles as a fun pet project/study.

Great book, highly detailed, good engineering explanations and illustrations.

There is a great deal of info regarding CFD analysis and comparison to wind tunnel testing to highlight the benefits of different aero devices.There are also helpful hints for the amateur racer to make modifications and empirically test them.

Exactly what I wanted

same book we are used to just with some updated information.