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NASA Center: Langley Research Center
Image # : L-1993-03205
Date : 4/1/1993

Title

CFD Orbiter Model

Full Description

This is a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) computer generated Space Shuttle model. CFD has supplanted wind tunnels for many evaluations of aircraft. As computing power increases and computer models become more sophisticated, CFD will largely replace wind tunnels.

Keywords

Computer Computers Computing Computational Fluid Dynamics CFD Space Shuttle Langley

Subject Category

Space Shuttle, Computers,

Reference Numbers

  • Center: LARC
  • Center Number: L-1993-03205
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2000-001926

Source Information

  • Creator/Photographer: NASA
  • Original Source: DIGITAL

Image Information ( Copyright Notification )

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(Pixels)		Height
(Pixels)		Size
(KBytes)
Thumbnail .jpg 72 90 9
Small .jpg 512 640 138
Medium .jpg 1200 1500 577
Large .jpg 2400 3000 2,166

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