What do you mean by aerodynamic rules? Do you mean bounding boxes and other geometric constraints, or rules on surface division and form or other features that are significant? And how does it measure the success or otherwise of its iterations? Would it use an alternative CFD approach as suggested by Zynerji?wesley123 wrote: ↑28 Aug 2017, 13:23Last year I believe only their barge board package visibly benefited from machine learning(I hate the term AI as it is not true AI), this excluded the elements under the tub, though.
For this year, I think everything regarding bargeboards from the nose tip onwards benefits from machine learning. The base parts with the large bargeboard are probably designed by a human, but any further detail is machine learning. The thing that for me really gave it away was that on a previous iteration of the floor, the second or third outermost tooth was like 10mm shorter than the rest of the surrounding teeth that were all the same length. There is no way that in a limited formula that an engineer would come up with such a insignificant detail.
The developments also weren't done over a course of the season. It went from a regular package to this full-detailed iteration in a single development.
The Ferrari and Mercedes are really out of their league compared to the rest of the field, the other cars don't even come close to the terms of detail.
Dumbed down it is essentially just doing what a human does. The difference is that a computer can do calculations much faster, and thus is capable to come up with more detailed solutions. It is machine learning, so it probably knows the aerodynamic rules and has learned their application on the current car. It can see results to a much more detailed degree and can do so much quicker than a human could.henry wrote: ↑27 Aug 2017, 10:24What do you think the AI would be iterating towards? If the end goal is aerodynamic performance, what measure might it use if it can't use CFD? Or is the AI given the surfaces but iterates to some other goal such as weight or stiffness?
I'm not trying to trip you up here. I too have heard that Mercedes used some form of AI on their W floor and I'm genuinely interested in how it might be employed.
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