OPEN-TOP AUTOMOBILE
DRIVE
August 8, 2019
Open-top automobile comprising an outer body and a passenger compartment obtained in the outer body and including a driver area open at the front with respect to a travelling direction of the automobile, in which the outer body has, at least in front of the driver area, a flow surface that when the automobile is travelling is touched by a main air flow directed towards the driver area in the direction opposite to the travelling direction; the outer body comprises a flow channel, obtained in front of the driver area and having an inlet opening, fed by the outside air when the automobile is travelling, and an outlet opening facing upwards; the flow channel extends in part at the bottom of the flow surface to generate when travelling a secondary air flow directed, at the outlet opening, transversely to the main flow and incident on this latter to divert it upwards and avoid a direct impact of the main air flow on the face of the driver in the driver area.
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