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Figure 18

From: Adjoint methods for car aerodynamics

Figure 18

RANS vs. approximate DES sensitivities. Note the similarity between RANS- and DES-based drag sensitivities for the largest part of the car hat - and the dramatic difference at the rear part. While the RANS computation misses the favourable effect of a rear spoiler, it is clearly present in the DES results.

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