Gridlock wrote:As per Scarbs' post, teams are trying to get the exhaust gases to exit in as flat a plane as possible, ie not uniformly across the surface of the exhaust port. This is (just) one area where the posted CFD diagram falls flat, as it assumes a uniform exit.
You say CFD falls flat and you take someones opinion to be more substantial?
The exhaust exits as you see it in the CFD. There is no other way it will physically exit.
And where is this evidence of what the teams are trying to do?
The pipe is cylindrical, the only thing that has an influence on the "shape" outside of the pipe is the external airflow and the sidepod cut out, and even that wont "flatten" it.
All they are trying to do is ram the exhaust between the wheel and under the diffuser as fast as is possible.