Longhorn Racing Is Building the Future of Electric Vehicles

Not only is Longhorn Racing, a student-run organization at the University of Texas, Austin,  striving to build the best electric, solar, and combustion race cars, they’re also looking to build the future generation of engineers. Some of the challenges the electric team faces in designing their car are making sure the vehicle can go as fast as possible and has sufficient cooling, and that cost-effective models can be created.

To help them out in their design process, Longhorn Racing uses Cadence Fidelity CFD Software. A big concern for the team is time consumption. A single simulation run of a model can take a long time because they use aerodynamic devices whose simulations require meshes with millions of cells. Fidelity CFD, however, takes less time to run simulations compared to other software, saving the team time during the design process.

Cadence’s cloud-based computational fluid dynamics software allows Longhorn Racing to quickly design their models, mesh them, and run their simulations. Fidelity CFD’s user-friendliness enables the team’s newer members to get their feet in the door and gain experience with CFD. In addition, Cadence OnCloud gives them access to 32 cores per simulation, enabling Longhorn Racing’s CFD simulations to be much quicker than their 12-core personal laptops.

Longhorn Racing is getting the next generation of engineers excited about designing electric vehicles that will have real-world applications and contribute to a greener world through sustainable transportation. Learn more about how Longhorn Racing is building the future of electric vehicles.

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