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In car design, ground effect is a series of effects which have been exploited in automotive aerodynamics to create downforce, particularly in racing cars. This has been the successor to the earlier dominant aerodynamic focus on streamlining .
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Ekranoplan A-90 Orlyonok. A ground-effect vehicle (GEV), also called a wing-in-ground-effect (WIGE or WIG), ground-effect craft/machine (GEM), wingship, flarecraft, surface effect vehicle or ekranoplan (Russian: экранопла́н – "screenglider"), is a vehicle that is able to move over the surface by gaining support from the reactions of the air against the surface of the earth or water.
Ground effect (cars), an effect that creates downforce, primarily in racing cars Ground-effect vehicle , a vehicle which attains level flight near the surface of the Earth due to ground effect Ground-effect train , an alternative to a magnetic levitation train, using ground effect in aircraft to prevent the vehicle from making contact with the ...
DXF100 - 15 seater wing-in-ground effect craft, designed by China Academy of Science & Technology Development.In 2000, the model is for commercial sale in China. The first buyer of Tianyi-1 used the vehicle to carry tourists around Lake Tai.
The Lotus 79 is a Formula One car designed in late 1977 by Colin Chapman, Geoff Aldridge, Martin Ogilvie, Tony Rudd, Tony Southgate and Peter Wright of Lotus.The Lotus 79 was the first F1 car to take full advantage of ground effect aerodynamics.
The sliding skirts sealed the gap between the sides of the cars and the ground and prevented excessive air being sucked into the low pressure area under the car and dissipating the ground effect. Andretti described driving the 78 as if it were 'painted to the road'. [8] The Lotus 78 being tested at the Lotus test track in Hethel
Ground effect is the more broad ranging term to discuss the interplay between the car, ground plane and various aerodynamic effects. The "diffuser" is one element of the ground effects design kit and the "centre of pressure" is one key concern but both are subsets of the discussion. GeorgeTheCar 19:38, 6 October 2008 (UTC) Agreed.