Will we be seeing DMR (Distributed Micro Roughness) in F1?
Hi,
I am beginning to learn about the developments in Japan with DMR, from what I can tell skin friction drag can be reduced via random distributions of micro disturbances on smooth bodies anywhere between 38 to 58 micrometers. And that this drag reduces delays the onsent of turbulence on surfaces, and is not a simple "delaying of flow seperation "golf-ball dimple" effect".
It also seems that this is not the same as "shark skin rivets" but way more effective than that.
In my gut, I always have felt that optimized skin texture had to be tied to fractal patterns, but this new info has me thinking that randomness has been the key.
Bye Bye super clean perfect slippery shapes on F1 bodies? Or will the Mechanics atleast be stopping their fanatical waxing and cleaning of the cars' bodies while in the pits? I wonder!