Master Vehicle Dynamics with Claude Rouelle and Racing Legends!

In the 1970s, Moore’s law established that at constant cost, the performance of semiconductors had doubled every year since 1959, the date of their invention. Several years ago, multiple professors of American universities wondered what the equivalent of Moore’s law was in mechanical engineering.

They quickly realized that the evolution of knowledge and its applications was similar, if not higher, in motorsport.

It is true that due to its demands for agility and performance, motor racing requires rapid and efficient developments not only in mechanical engineering but also in fluid mechanics, aerodynamics, materials (in general and composites in particular), finite elements analysis, chemistry (gasoline, lubricants, tires), thermodynamics, electronics (more particularly in control systems and energy recovery), electricity, simulation, optimization, in lab and on track test conduction, data analysis, validation and many other engineering fields. It also obligates engineers to establish effective communication between the actors of these different disciplines.

Also, recently, due to pressure from the public and governments, the FIA (Federation Internationale de l’Automobile) will impose in the coming years more and more restrictive rules on the consumption of fuel, tires, and brakes and obligation to use recycled materials.

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