ITV’s Good Morning Britain came to TotalSim’s Head Office this morning to interview Dr Rob Lewis, OBE. The interview was on the back of media attention this week, which has raised questions over the suits worn by Team GB skeleton riders. TotalSim have not been directly involved in the suits but we have helped develop IP.. read more →
After many years in the planning, work has begun on building a state of the art tunnel testing facility near Daventry. The facility is due to open in 2020 and will utilise the currently disused and partially derelict relic of the railway age, the 2.74km long Catesby Tunnel. The images above show the former Charwelton.. read more →
Image Credit: Inpress Images Work is underway to create an innovative world-class aerodynamic testing facility in a disused Victorian railway tunnel in Northamptonshire. The ground-breaking project, by Brackley-based firm Aero Research Partners (ARP) which has been designed by architects at the Roger Coy Partnership in Eydon, Daventry, will lead to the remodelling of the perfectly.. read more →
Since October 2010, TotalSim have been designing an in house wind tunnel facility to add to our toolset for designing the world’s fastest skinsuit. Our experience and success designing the British Cycling skinsuits for the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics led us to launch a 3 year R&D programme, in collaboration with Cranfield University, to.. read more →
TotalSim’s Rob Lewis Awarded OBE TotalSim are pleased to announce that TotalSim’s MD Dr Rob Lewis has been appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen’s Birthday honours list. The OBE has been awarded for services to sport in recognition of Rob’s contribution to the performance of British athletes’ performance.. read more →
More downforce, massive amounts of G-force and apex speeds that have catapulted this year’s lap times back amongst the fastest ever recorded; Formula 1 fans this season are witnessing the results of a major regulations shake-up with aerodynamics at its heart. In this article we focus on how the bodywork and tyre regulation changes to.. read more →
TotalSim are pleased to be one of the first full members of Silverstone Technology Cluster (STC). The cluster has been formed to support the high-tech activity within a one hour radius of Silverstone Circuit. As an organisation the STC aims to raise the profile of the Silverstone Technology Cluster members and their capabilities at a.. read more →
TotalSim is very pleased to announce that we have been awarded funding from the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) and Innovate UK to lead the development of an Aerodynamic Configurator for Transport (ACT). The grant of £392,240, which contributes to a total project spend of £560,342, in collaboration with fuel saving analytics specialist Dynamon,.. read more →
There’s no denying that OpenFOAM is revolutionising the CFD industry, providing CFD capabilities to a user base of now thousands of specialist engineers across a huge range of applications and industries. It’s the world’s most widely used general-purpose open source CFD software package – and for good reason. Indeed, our own CFD offering is built.. read more →
Six years after its first conception, planning permission was finally granted yesterday, by Daventry District Council, for the Catesby Aero Research Facility to proceed. TotalSim form part of a collaboration ARP (Aero Research Partners) that put the plan together. This is exceptionally exciting for TotalSim, as the facility will create a world leading test facility.. read more →