With this background, we are feeling very confident about using CFD to model the airflow around Bloodhound SSC. Quite simply, we've done this before and we know it works. We now have vastly improved ...

What are the aerodynamic characteristics of traveling at 1,000 mph? Simulations have looked at how the car will cope with the supersonic rolling ground, rotating wheels and resulting shock waves in ...

When Andy Green puts his foot on the accelerator and tries to break the land speed record in 2011, he can be sure that some of the UK's top scientists have done everything possible to make sure he ...

Formula 1 has always been considered to be the pinnacle of motorsport. Though, lately, some pundits have argued that World Endurance Championship – where cars are made to run for 24 hours at Le Mans – ...

Aims to break the current land speed record by 2020 Comes on the back of the jet car that previously clocked 501mph (806kmph). Powered by a Rolls-Royce EJ200 gas turbine engine producing up to ...

When not working on the car, the entire Bloodhound team tours schools and spreads the word, supported by 500 'ambassadors'. Some 200,000 students are exposed to Bloodhound each year. By the time the ...

10th of April, 2014 (London). A new paper from the Swansea University, College of Engineering team working on the BLOODHOUND SSC (Supersonic car) project has been published on the aerodynamic ...

A British team is developing a car that will be capable of reaching 1,000mph (1,610km/h). Powered by a rocket bolted to a Eurofighter-Typhoon jet engine, the vehicle will first mount an assault on the ...