The new car Renault R28 Fernando Alonso has as its main feature that a
good part of the evolution of the car R28 will be conducted through a
new system of CFD, stands for 'Calculation of Fluid Dynamics' ... So,
it will cease to use the wind tunnel that goes very expensive and
invest more in improving software CFD.
While most teams use
two wind tunnels which cost about 50 million dollars each, the Renault
team has decided to invest in developing CFD can simulate the same
conditions as a wind tunnel but unprecio much less than .
The
technical director of the Renault team, Bob Bell, said: "All our
opponents are working on a second wind tunnel, but we have decided to
devote our effort and money in improving the CFD, we can provide great
results for the half price "
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