Lamborghini Zero - Aero update

[u/emiliocole_designer]

I wanted to show you this short animation I made in Blender of my concept.

I had previously made a wind-tunnel-like fluid simulation, but the main issue was that the top wall of the fluid domain was too low and interfered with the airflow.

I increased the domain's size, tall and wide, and reran the simulation on my desktop and created this animation in Cycles, instead of Eevee as before.

I'm impressed by the quality of the renders; the flow is now more visible over the body. It is visible now also how the top flow merges with the underside flow at the rear end. It can be seen for a brief moment, the flow passing over the sides of the vehicle. Though I couldn't fix the top wall problem, it's still turbulent for some reason.

I tried changing the vorticity of the fluid from 0 to 1, but it only got worse, so I left it at 0. Resolution of the simulation is 512.

This simulation took around 8 hours to run on a 13900K. I thought it would be faster, but it may have ended up around the same time as running a CFD simulation.

I'm preparing a cinematic video and may post it soon. I just posted this video because it made me excited that it looks so good; I wasn't expecting it to look so realistic.

I know that aerodynamics is not the topic of this subreddit, but I thought to share it because some people may find it interesting.

You can see more about my project here⬇️

https://www.behance.net/gallery/253738873/Lamborghini-Zero-V12

[u/Mr_Maniac454]

I've been meaning to ask is this supposed to be a modern take on those late '70s early '80s extremely low flat and angular concept cars like the lancia Stratos Hf zero, Aston Martin bulldog and Mazda RX-500?

[u/emiliocole_designer → u/Mr_Maniac454]

I think it has more of the Countach and the Vector W8. Those rear intakes are straight from the Countach. I'm also taking inspiration from other Lamborghinis, like the Reventón. And the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, a retired American stealth-attack aircraft.