[Beowulf] materials for air shroud?

[Lux, Jim (337C)]

On 9/1/11 1:27 AM, "Hearns, John" <john.hearns at mclaren.com> wrote:

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>> Plastic tape covering the aluminum.. 20 mil "pipe wrap" is useful
>> stuff.  3M VHB double stick foam tape to hold it in place.
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>> But, enough of this feeble lash-up idea:  I think the real solution is
>> to have a second cluster doing a complete finite element model of the
>> instantaneous temperature distribution within the processor in
>> question, 
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>You called?
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>John Hearns | CFD Hardware Specialist | McLaren Racing Limited
>McLaren Technology Centre, Chertsey Road, Woking, Surrey GU21 4YH, UK
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>> driving a set of actuators to form a dynamically optimized
>> shroud.  
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>Sadly, moveable aerodynamic surfaces, with the exception of the DRS, are
>forbidden by FIA regulations.
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Oh ho.. You are more bold than I, so we have real-time adaptive cooling
shrouds on a cluster, modeled by a cluster, implemented by a cluster
installed on a F1 car using the first cluster to optimize performance.
Movable aerodynamic surfaces or forbidden, even if they're just inside a
component? (yeah, I can see that.. Sure, it's just a cooling fan for the
onboard electronics.. All we happened to have is a 1000 HP blower) (I
suppose one could use a high rate data link, but where's the thrill in
that.. Clusters everywhere..)

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