Principles of Zero Aerodynamic Drag
By Othman Ahmad
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This book is a collection of correspondences and articles describing the issues with the Principles of Zero Aerodynamic drag. The principles are used to file a patent with the title of Zero Aerodynamic Drag Vehicles. Initially the author though that these principles are so simple that there is no need for further explanation but based on comments by reviewers and patent examiners, these principles are not really easy to understand, let alone exploit. Attempts to publish in journals are therefore abandoned and this eBook should pave the way for the public to understand the principles and therefore exploit them in their designs. The details of the patent will not be revealed in this book.
The idea for the Principles of Zero Aerodynamic Drag had come after decades of thoughts in designing low loss moving devices. It is not that difficult to design shapes that will have extremely low aerodynamic drag but it is impossible to get the drag to be zero just by changing the shapes of the moving devices. A spark of idea suddenly occurred to the author to achieve Zero Aerodynamic Drag by going back to the fundamental principles.
The main contributing idea had come from a website that describes the basic principles of aerodynamic drag in a car. Refer to this http://www.buildyourownracecar.com/race-car-aerodynamics-basics-and-design/ (assessed on the 25th Jan. 2016). The basic explanation is that the drag is caused by the high pressure in front of a moving vehicle and the vacuum at the back of the moving vehicle. We all should experience these forces as we move our palms in water. We can feel the high pressure in frontal part of our moving palm and the bubbles at the back of the hand.
Once you fully understand these fundamental principles, it should be obvious that we can make the aerodynamic drag to be zero. However when confronted with the ideas that we can make aerodynamic drag to be zero, there is too much resistance. This occurs even when practical designs are presented that shows how the principles can be exploited. There is a need for more details on how these principles are derived mathematically and hopefully allow more people to understand and be convinced.
Othman Ahmad
Othman bin Ahmad is a professional engineer registered with the Malaysian Board of Engineers. He graduated with BSc First Class Honours in Electronic Engineering at City University, London in 1981 taking various modules which included Computer Engineering. Later in 1986, he completed his MSc in Information Technology where he finished various assignments which included two integrated circuit designs and a compiler. He worked as a Telecommunication Engineer at Telekom Malaysia Berhad, from 1981 to 2009 with breaks to complete his MSc and study leave at Nanyang Technological University from 1990 to 1993 where he also worked as a lecturer teaching Assembler and Loader. His main research as well as registered PhD topic was Computer Architecture. From 2009 he worked as a Senior Lecturer at University Malaysia Sabah for the Computer Engineering Department teaching Computer Architecture. Retiring from UMS in 2021 as an Associate Professor in the renamed Electronic Engineering(Computer) program.His was awarded the ASDK by the State Government of Sabah for contribution to Sabah. He had completed many Telecommunication projects which include solar powered rural communication, and transfered to all the various engineering departments. He had published conference papers and journals which include indexed publishers. He has self published only in eBooks at both Smashwords and Apple Books using research materials that include his own papers either published by other publishers or not.He has filed 6 patents at UKIPO, USPTO and MYIPO, with a few of them granted with titles such as Zero Energy Transportation System, Zero Aerodynamic Drag Vehicles, An Optimum Hybrid Vehicle, Optimum Collision Damage Reduction System, Imperfect Perpetual Motion Heat Engine and Simplest Word-size Scalable Processor. Despite their controversial topics Zero Aerodynamic Drag Vehicles and Imperfect Perpetual Motion Heat Engine were granted by UKIPO. None had been granted b USPTO but the reasons for rejection are just absurd so need to proceed to the Supreme Court of the USA to get approval.He is active in self publishing in eBooks such as Smashwords and Blogs. eBooks allow more structured and thorough reading but Blogs and discussion groups allow instant backup of articles and views on certain topics which had come handy for inclusion in the eBooks.The author may seem to cover a very wide topics but they were actually part of his expertise and hobby. Road Traffic enginneering is just an adaptation of Telecommunication Engineering and research results were actually published in conferences. Mechanical Engineering topics were just basic physics subjects that are part of the basic course in an Engineering Course and so are Management Courses, which should include an understanding of economics.
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Principles of Zero Aerodynamic Drag - Othman Ahmad
Principles of Zero Aerodynamic Drag
Othman bin Ahmad
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The author acknowledges the support given by the following people and organisations:
Universiti Malaysia Sabah,
Joanna Penn, http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2013/10/20/book-cover-design-ms-word/,
User BoH of Wikipedia, for the Flow_Sphere.svg picture.
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