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Vehicle Dynamics: What Makes a Car ‘Balanced’?

In this article we explored chassis balance - What it means, the physics of it, what we want it to be and how we achieve it.

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Jahee Campbell-Brennan

Vehicle Dynamics Explained: An online series for Racecar Engineering Magazine

We have a series of articles on vehicle dynamics fundamentals published on the Racecar Engineering website.

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Jahee Campbell-Brennan

An Iterative Approach to Rear Wing Design.

After being asked by a client to develop an optimised rear wing, here's the process we followed to increase lift, whilst minimising drag.

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Jahee Campbell-Brennan

APMotorsport Megane 3 Cup Project.

A write-up in summary of some hands on Vehicle Dynamics development conducted at the Nurburgring Nordschleife

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Jahee Campbell-Brennan

Cooling Vanes and the Heat Rejection of an Automotive Brake Rotor; a CFD Study

With many different types arrangements of brake rotor cooling vanes on the market. Which is actually the most efficient? Here we found out.

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Jahee Campbell-Brennan

Brake Disc Technologies; A Performance Comparison

There are 3 prominent brake rotor technologies used in modern vehicles. Some are more suitable to track use than others, let's explore why.

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