How Did I Become an F1 Driver?-Chapter 877 - 348: W13B (8K, Yesterday’s Owed - )_3
[Just stay at home. With that face of yours, how can we handle it if you appear? I'll go buy stuff with Dad, Mom, and Grandma during New Year, you just focus on your own business.]
[Alright, it's all on you!]
[If there's nothing else, I'll get back to work. Bye bye ღ(´･ᴗ･`)]
[Bye bye]
After a brief chat with Qimeng, Qin Miao stretched a bit and then immersed himself in work again.
Even though there's a hunch that the current W13 has gone down the wrong path, there's no choice. Until the team hits a dead end, they won't, and can't, turn back.
Though Qin Miao is a crucial figure in the team, and even insiders and outsiders view him as Hamilton's future successor, Qin Miao is ultimately just a cog in the team, albeit a slightly more important one.
His words might have some effect on certain details of car design, but in terms of the overall direction, he can only provide an idea.
With a sigh, Qin Miao tidied up his office, then headed to the team's factory in the adjacent building, where there was always an endless amount of work.
Meanwhile, after speaking with Qin Miao, Toto returned to his office, created a file of their conversation, noted down Qin Miao's main concerns, and printed and archived the document.
Actually, Qin Miao's words were somewhat enlightening for Toto. So after archiving the document, Toto opened his computer's W13 engineering files and examined the design structure of the car's floor, considering whether the issues Qin Miao mentioned might appear on the car.
Before Qin Miao mentioned this, Toto thought the W13 was overall quite perfect, and there didn't seem to be anything untoward from the appearance.
Moreover, according to the team's engineers' calculations, the car's floor shouldn't have any issues regardless.
Even from Toto's subjective perspective, he hoped the car's floor wouldn't encounter any issues.
But after hearing Qin Miao's words, now whenever Toto looked at the W13's floor in front of him, it seemed somewhat thin, with the distance between the joints and the side pod appearing a bit too far.
However, after comparing some data, Toto indeed hadn't discovered any anomalies or problems in the data.
Just as Toto was preparing to forget about the matter and treat it merely as an alternative option, as he had just told Qin Miao.
Toto suddenly recalled the earnest yet slightly worried look Qin Miao had given him when discussing this issue.
With a sigh, Toto took out the document he'd just filed away, thought for a moment, and decided to call Brandin, the head of the aerodynamics department. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖
After confirming he was in the office, Toto went over with the document.
Sitting down in Brandin's office, Toto didn't bother with small talk like he did with Qin Miao and directly handed Brandin the document, saying, "Do you think it's possible for the W13 to deform due to a rigidity issue on the chassis during high-speed travel, affecting the car's stability at high speeds?"
Brandin didn't find Toto's approach surprising, and as he took the document, he said, "Did something come up? I recall we didn't find any issues with the W13's aerodynamic shape through CFD and wind tunnel testing."
"Is there a chance of error?"
Brandin shook his head firmly and said, "There's basically no such possibility; we have cross-verified it."
Toto recalled the discussion with Qin Miao and cautiously asked, "What if at high speeds, excessive suction from the ground effect floor causes the floor to deform?"
"Impossi…" Brandin was about to deny but suddenly thought of something and said, "Wait."
After speaking, Brandin quickly went to his computer and accessed the wind tunnel and CFD simulation data in front of Toto.
After a while, Brandin exhaled deeply and looked at Toto: "Our wind tunnel has a speed limit, so we can't predict the car's state at extreme speeds. After all, this is our first design with a ground effect floor, but we did allow for some margin at the initial design. If the margin isn't enough, we can strengthen the connections on the floor."
"So, if deformation does occur, we have a way to reinforce the floor's strength."
Brandin nodded: "Certainly, but since you have this concern, once our new rear wing design is completed for CFD simulation, we'll slightly increase the airflow suction under the floor to assess the car's behavior and make adjustments accordingly."
"However, after analyzing, I indeed feel the floor might have issues we haven't discovered." Brandin said, rubbing his temples after removing his glasses: "Our simulator lacks simulation data for a ground effect floor, and we don't have experience setting it up, so there may be errors in this data."
Before actual winter testing, we can't ascertain the car's real state."
