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    Snails inspire robot design  Jul 5, 2008
    After studying the fluid dynamics of snail slime, which, Hosoi says, is similar to mayonnaise, she and her students were able to build their so-called RoboSnail. Don't Miss. (CNN)

    Rubber 'snake' could help wave power get a bite of the energy market  Jul 4, 2008
    Hydrodynamics is part of fluid dynamics, which is the study of fluids in motion. The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is the UK's main agency for funding research in engineering and the physical sciences. (EurekAlert!)

    Climate Change: Are Volcanoes Melting Arctic?  Jul 1, 2008
    Scientists at NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory have put together a chart showing Arctic ice relatively stable until a precipitous decline began in 1999 the very year the Arctic eruptions started. Icebergs breaking away and polar bears supposedly drowning are good theater, but they do not reflect reality. (Investors Business Daily)

    Acceleware Announces Acceleration of Matrix Methods up to 20X Faster  Jun 18, 2008
    "The technical computing market has experienced explosive growth over the last four years at 20% a year, and is expected to continue in a high growth mode. Users running multi-physic codes, electromagnetic, mechanical, fluid dynamics, EDA and oil/gas codes are driving this growth and require major speed-ups on their applications to gain a competitive advantage. At the same time, processors and systems are becoming more complex, making it harder to obtain the required speed-ups. Linear solvers... (Canada Newswire)

    Viessmann Selects MSC.Software Solutions for Productivity Gains in Virtual Product Development  Jun 16, 2008
    With MD Nastran, Viessmann will expand analysis applications in explicit and implicit dynamics, exterior acoustics, and their links to CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) solutions. MD Nastran will also enable multidisciplinary optimization in much early stages of the product development process. (Primezone Releases)

    Grid Trends Highlight Barcelona Conference  Jun 7, 2008
    s speech was followed by a well-received demonstration from a grid pilot in the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) sector that has been developed in BEinGRID by British SME ICON, Greek university NTUA, and OpenCFD an open source CFD toolbox. Other sessions showcased the most relevant pilot implementations employing grid technologies in practical, innovative and profitable ways within a number of economic sectors -- including those not traditionally associated with grid, such as filmmaking and... (eSecurityPlanet)

    What Is VIPIR Radar?  May 29, 2008
    Fluid dynamics of the atmosphere is represented by an easy to comprehend visual display for viewers. VIPIR maximizes it is volumetric data to make it far more powerful than all other radar displays. (WTKR.com, VA)

    Jupiter Sports a Third Red Spot  May 28, 2008
    Philip S. Marcus, who teaches fluid dynamics at Berkeley, predicted in the a global climate cycle on Jupiter spanning roughly 70 years. He pinpointed the current cycle's beginning to the 1930s, the same decade the three white ovals that formed Junior appeared. (SkyAndTelescope.com)

    Read more...  May 24, 2008
    In 2004, Berkeley professor of fluid dynamics Philip S. Marcus theorized that Jupiter is in the midst of global climate change that could result in temperatures up to 18 degrees Fahrenheit warmer at the planet's equator but colder at its south pole. He predicted the changes would be seen in new whirlpools of gases. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

    Upon further study ...  May 24, 2008
    Now comes Tom Knutson, a meteorologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's fluid dynamics lab in Princeton, N.J. He used to be one of those very same doomsayers. In his former life a climate-change Cassandra, he even complained that his assertions about the dangers of global warming were being censored by the Bush administration. (The Augusta Chronicle)

    'Fewer hurricanes' in future  May 20, 2008
    The team from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (Noaa) Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) said its findings did not support the notion that human-induced climate change was causing an increase in the number of hurricanes and tropical storms ... "We tried to simulate the fundamental fluid dynamics and thermodynamics that control hurricane genesis in the Atlantic in a numerical model to a very high resolution.". (BBC News -- Science)

    Fewer But More Intense Hurricanes?  May 20, 2008
    Global Warming Has Little Impact In Tropical Storm And Hurricane Numbers, NOAA Reports. Global Warming Has Little Impact In Tropical Storm And Hurricane Numbers, NOAA Reports. (Science Daily)

    Warming and Storms, Uncertainty and Ethics  May 20, 2008
    The , by Thomas Knutson and others at the Commerce Department s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory in Princeton, N.J., used computer simulations to take a fresh look at recent and future trends in the Atlantic Ocean. It found that the number of storms later in the century is likely to drop, while intensity could slightly strengthen and the amount of rainfall around storms as was found in an would substantially rise. (New York Times)

    Hurricane spike isn't due to global warming, study says  May 20, 2008
    What makes this study different is Knutson, a meteorologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's fluid dynamics lab in Princeton, N.J.. He has warned about the harmful effects of climate change and has even complained in the past about being censored by the Bush administration on studies on the dangers of global warming. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Euro Researchers to Showcase Grid Projects  May 16, 2008
    The research project will be showcasing the most relevant results from 18 pilot implementations that are employing grid technologies in practical, innovative and profitable ways within a number of economic sectors -- including those not traditionally associated with grid, such as filmmaking and architecture, as well as advancing capabilities in the industries already associated with the technology, such as finance, chemistry and computational fluid dynamics. As a result, the event is drawing the... (eSecurityPlanet)

    Europe's most congested cities aim to clean up their act  May 16, 2008
    There are untold theories about fluid dynamics and the financial incentive not to over-utilize area highways. But there's also the city's growing population. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)

    McCain urges free-market principles to reduce global warming  May 13, 2008
    To global warming wrote on May 12, 2008 12:48 PM:" Go to NOAA.org and search global warming. Or to the home of the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (division of NOAA). You'll find that it is indeed a reality. It is called 'GLOBAL WARMING' not Cowlitz County Warming. March had the warmest average land temperature on record and ocean temperatures the 13th.Polar ice caps, an enhanced greenhouse effect, rising sea levels, weather extremes - both cold and warm including hurrincanes due to... (Longview Daily News, WA)

    Unique science and space exhibit opens  May 7, 2008
    "This is an upgraded version of the Hall of Science we had earlier. It has lot more exhibits -- from simple mechanics to the more complex fluid dynamics. We have everything on board," said Ghose, who is based in Kolkata and can't stop working even ten years after retirement. "The Hall of Science assures visitors experiences that are full of fantasy and excitement. It enables the visitor to discover science by themselves. Here, they can learn about conservation of energy, how mathematics can be... (Hindu)

    Westley proud of her roots, performance  Apr 22, 2008
    "I work for the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, which is one of the premier labs in the world for building climate forecast models," Westley said. "Many of our scientists and staff participated in the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and thus share a small piece of Gore's Nobel Peace Prize.". (NJ.com -- Times)

    Edward Lorenz, 90, MIT professor developed chaos theory  Apr 17, 2008
    The development of this theory changed not only how scientists viewed the prediction of weather, but also had applications in such sciences as fluid dynamics. In his desire to improve weather forecasts, Dr. Lorenz had developed the theory that, ultimately, undermined flawless predictions. (Boston Globe)

    Hurricane outlook scaled back  Apr 16, 2008
    Those are two interpretations, and they could both be true to a certain degree, says Gabriel Vecchi, an oceanographer with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory in Princeton, New Jersey. I think their paper really highlights the subtlety of the question: depending on which models they use, depending on which metrics they use, they can get different answers. (Nature News Service)

    Herding Nano-particles Into Precise Lattices Could Be Basis For Improved Tissue Engineering  Apr 9, 2008
    "This new manufacturing strategy could revolutionize the way we design two-dimensional nanomaterials with adaptable microscopic structures and desired properties," said Aubry, who was recently named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for her outstanding contributions to the field of fluid dynamics. The research team found they could control the particle distribution, particularly uncharged particles, at a fluid-fluid interface by applying an electric... (Science Daily)

    Carnegie Mellon's Nadine Aubry, colleague Pushpendra Singh develop new model  Apr 8, 2008
    This new manufacturing strategy could revolutionize the way we design two-dimensional nanomaterials with adaptable microscopic structures and desired properties, said Aubry, who was recently named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for her outstanding contributions to the field of fluid dynamics. The research team found they could control the particle distribution, particularly uncharged particles, at a fluid-fluid interface by applying an electric field. (EurekAlert!)

    Plasma TV has nothing on this visionary virtual device  Mar 31, 2008
    "You feel like you are entering another world," said Bruce M. Boghosian, chair of the Tufts mathematics department and adjunct professor of computer science, who uses the VisWall to enrich his studies of fluid dynamics, or how liquids flow under a range of conditions. "With such powerful visualization, you can immerse yourself in the data," he said. (Boston Globe)

    Workers breach Milltown Dam  Mar 29, 2008
    By JOHN CRAMER - Missoulian - 03/29/08. AP Photo/James Snook - Envirocon workers look on as the Clark Fork and Blackfoot rivers flow freely for the first time in a century on Friday. (Helena Independent Record, MT)

    Into the breach - Clark Fork, Blackfoot rivers punch through Milltown Dam  Mar 29, 2008
    Preparing for the breaching, project officials spent years calculating volumetric flow rates, fluid dynamics, deterministic hydrologic modeling and other scientific and engineering factors all designed to predict what the rivers would do when released, to prevent the mine wastes from being scoured and to minimize damage to the environment as the rivers are brought back to their natural state. It's gone even better than expected, said Russ Forba, the EPA's Milltown project manager. (Missoulian, MT)

    Visual technology enables brain to learn in new ways  Mar 22, 2008
    Bruce Boghosian, chairman of the mathematics department at Tufts and principal investigator on the NSF grant, said that the VisWall will benefit his study of fluid dynamics. Visualization capabilities can help him and his fellow researchers better understand fluid flow. (EurekAlert!)

    Study traces tech link to radical '70s groups  Mar 8, 2008
    Ahmed, who had a PhD in computational fluid dynamics, later died from his injuries. On July 14, Hicham Dokkali, a Moroccan tax officer who was trained as an engineer, carried out a failed suicide attack on tourists in the city of Meknes. (EETimes)

    World's 'fastest' swimsuit developed  Mar 3, 2008
    Researchers claim to have developed the world's fastest swimsuit, using a specialised computer modelling technique called Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). "CFD is used to help us gain an idea of the sources of skin and form drag (which is due to the presence of one's body travelling through the fluid). Skin drag is inherent to the material properties over which a fluid flows and to the local flow conditions (speed in particular) as it is induced by the local velocity gradients. "With CFD... (India Times)

    Engineering The World's Fastest Swimsuit  Mar 1, 2008
    The team at Nottingham specialises in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), the computer modelling of fluid flow. The technique is rapidly developing in its technology and applications and can cut design times, increase productivity and give significant insight to fluid flows. (Science Daily)

    Can ASU fix Palo Verde?  Feb 27, 2008
    Anna came to ASU, she said, because of the "very good reputation" of the engineering college and the considerable renown of Fernando in the field of fluid dynamics. She said she never dreamed that she would work on a project of this scope. (AZCentral -- News)

    Snow cover over North America greatest since 1966...  Feb 26, 2008
    The ice we were told so hysterically last fall had melted to its "lowest levels on record? Never mind that those records only date back as far as 1972 and that there is anthropological and geological evidence of much greater melts in the past.The ice is back.Gilles Langis, a senior forecaster with the Canadian Ice Service in Ottawa, says the Arctic winter has been so severe the ice has not only recovered, it is actually 10 to 20 cm thicker in many places than at this time last year.OK, so one... (The Drudge Report)

    Campus launches smoke-free zones  Feb 18, 2008
    Micklow, who has designed and built race cars including Indy 500 cars and has worked with both NASCAR and Joe Gibbs Racing and other motor sports companies, is the director of the engineering program's Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. Two students will attend gala. (The Daily Reflector)

    Post a comment  Feb 8, 2008
    The models solve the equations of fluid dynamics, and they do a very good job of describing the fluid motions of the atmosphere and the oceans. They do a very poor job of describing the clouds, the dust, the chemistry and the biology of fields and farms and forests. (International Herald Tribune)

    Atlantis off to station  Feb 8, 2008
    The Columbus lab, equipped with four work stations and room for 12 others to be added, will complement the $100 billion space station with lab equipment for work in biology, physics and fluid dynamics. People often ask whether one launch is more significant than others, NASA Administrator Mike Griffin said. (The Palm Beach Post)

    Beer club teaches how to brew with the best  Feb 5, 2008
    Coffey said that since brewing incorporates sciences like hydrology, chemistry and fluid dynamics, it allows them to play mad scientists in a safe manner. "You typically start out with malt extract, add it to water, ferment it and make beer," Briscoe said. (The Daily Lobo, NM)

    Wooten: Nominee, date and VP  Feb 5, 2008
    I had to bring in text books and for several classes in fluid dynamics I even went through the books chapter by chapter with a professor. Grueling. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    Water managers told: Plan now for crisis  Feb 2, 2008
    In a phone interview this week, Milly, who is based at Princeton University with scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, said the California Department of Water Resources and many of the state's water districts have done a good job of planning, but it won't be enough. "You're in an area with substantial vulnerability to the impact of global warming," he said. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Converted factory opens in Lancaster to teach kids science  Jan 24, 2008
    Exhibits include structural engineering, air power, fluid dynamics and Newton s Laws of Motion. Ten-year-old Reese Frybeigei was stacking magnets Tuesday and said, This is really a cool place to learn. (Somerset Daily American, PA)

    NIST helps heat pumps 'go with the flow' to boost output  Jan 24, 2008
    Data from these highly accurate laboratory experiments are being compared with computer simulations of air flow performed with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software. Once accurate CFD models are developed and validated, engineers could use them as the basis for design changes to coil assemblies and refrigerant circuitries to accommodate the existing air distribution. (EurekAlert!)

    Formula One teams face budget cap from 2009  Jan 19, 2008
    Those controversial measures included limiting teams to the use of just one wind tunnel and restrictions to prevent them re-deploying staff into computational fluid dynamics. The Jan 11 meeting also agreed to freeze engine development for five years, rather than 10, from 2008, with all work on the engines ceasing immediately before the season starts in Australia on March 16. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)

    Jin Wu, 73, ocean specialist, professor in US, Taiwan  Jan 18, 2008
    Mr. Wu was an expert in fluid dynamics, particularly the interaction of heat, mass, and momentum that occurs when air and water mingle at the ocean's surface. He also developed techniques to map the ocean surface using satellite data. (Boston Globe)

    Mazda Furai Concept: The Embodiment of Zoom-Zoom  Jan 14, 2008
    Through its existing relationship with Swift Engineering, forged through development of the Mazda/Cosworth-powered Champ Car Atlantic chassis, the team used complex Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software to tune various Nagare design elements to function at a high degree of efficiency. Drag, downforce, lift and overall esthetics were all key considerations. (PR Newswire)

    Academy hands out tech awards  Jan 7, 2008
    Jonathan Cohen, Dr. Jerry Tessendorf, Dr. Jeroen Molemaker and Michael Kowalski: for the development of the system of fluid dynamics tools at Rhythm This system allows artists to create realistic animation of liquids and gases, using novel simulation techniques for accuracy and speed, as well as a unique scripting language for working with volumetric data. Duncan Brinsmead, Jos Stam, Julia Pakalns and Martin Werner: for the design and implementation of the Maya Fluid Effects system. (Variety)

    IIT-Bombay to air lectures from today  Jan 2, 2008
    To begin with, IIT-B will broadcast lectures in 13 courses, including software engineering, information systems, computation fluid dynamics, embedded systems, instrumentation and process control and fibre optics communication. "Besides, this initiative should be seen as an inclusive effort of all the IITs. Subject experts from other IITs and engineering colleges can also come to IIT-B and deliver lectures," added Moudgalya. (India Times, India)

    On the ground and in the water, tracing a giant wave's path  Dec 27, 2007
    "This tank is one of the most wonderful pieces of equipment I have," said Fernando, 52, the director of the Environmental Fluid Dynamics Program at Arizona State ... From my fluid dynamics background, I knew he was making sense. (International Herald Tribune -- Health)

    Hoofin' it barefoot: Stevi man trains for certification in natural care of horses hooves  Dec 27, 2007
    He knew a thing or two about physics, energy conversion and fluid dynamics. And as he learned how nature had intended a horse's hoof to expand and contract to absorb its weight as it moved across the landscape, and that movement was vital for its circulatory system, the idea of confining the hoof within a metal shoe seemed strange. (Missoulian, MT)

    ASU researchers use NASA satellites to improve pollution modeling  Dec 18, 2007
    According to Joe Fernando, a professor in ASUs department of mechanical and aerospace engineering and the environmental fluid dynamics program, who worked on the project, ozone is a key ingredient in urban smog, which affects even healthy adults and presents a special health risk to small children, the elderly and those with lung ailments. It can cause shortness of breath, chest pains, increased risk of infection, aggravation of asthma and significant decreases in lung function. (EurekAlert!)

    Climate's Remote Control On Hurricanes  Dec 13, 2007
    Gabriel A. Vecchi of the NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory and Brian J. Soden from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science analyzed climate model projections and observational reconstructions to explore the relationship between changes in sea surface temperature and tropical cyclone 'potential intensity' - a measure that provides an upper limit on cyclone intensity. They found that warmer oceans do not alone produce a more favorable environment for... (Science Daily)

    ISU clinic treats dizziness  Dec 12, 2007
    Benign positional vertigo, or BPV, occurs when naturally existing calcium carbonate crystals - sometimes called ''ear rocks'' - in the inner ear flake off into the canal effecting the fluid dynamics that control balance. The condition has a host of known causes, including head injury and positioning the head awkwardly for long time periods. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)

    F1 to limit team personnel and wind tunnel use  Dec 9, 2007
    They will also be allowed to use only one wind tunnel each for aerodynamic development purposes and restrictions will be imposed to prevent them re-deploying the staff into computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Some of the bigger teams are already using two wind tunnels to accelerate the development of their cars. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)

    Supercomputer Simulation Of Universe May Help In Search For Missing Matter  Dec 8, 2007
    Burns said the sophisticated computer code used for the universe simulation is similar in some respects to a code used for complex supercomputer simulations of Earth's atmosphere and climate change, since both investigations focus heavily on fluid dynamics. A paper on the subject will be published in the Dec. 10 issue of the Astrophysical Journal. (Science Daily)

    Cleaner diesels thanks to laser light  Dec 8, 2007
    Together with the STW users' committee (participants are: DAF, Eindhoven University of Technology, Delft University of Technology, the University of Twente, Cyclone Fluid dynamics, EP Controls BV, Paul Scherrer Institute (Villigen, Switzerland), Royal Netherlands Naval College, TNO and Shell), Eindhoven University of Technology will investigate further improvements to the measuring system with the ultimate objective of producing cleaner diesel engines. . (EurekAlert!)

    Britain bathes in Boyle's 'Sunshine'  Nov 19, 2007
    "Instead of having fully blown 3-D fluid dynamics for the sun, we rendered a number of stills that we would morph between to get fluid motion. That became a far more economical way of producing the kind of effects we wanted within the shot.". Furthermore, Wood and MPC had to make the blinding sun effects look like they had been filmed, not just rendered on a computer. (Variety)

    More Viper venom  Nov 14, 2007
    These include a variable geometry "fanged" front splitter, an adjustable rear wing sculpted by CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics), and optimised front dive planes. These new aerodynamic devices are formed in high-performance autoclaved carbonfibre. (iAfrica.com)

    HP gets into data center design business  Nov 14, 2007
    Overlap in the use of computational fluid dynamics, which help data centers determine where hot and cold air is flowing in their data centers, is also likely ... Overlap in the use of computational fluid dynamics, which help data centers determine where hot and cold air is flowing in their data centers, is also likely. (Search390.com)

    Intel shrinks Xeon with new Penryn 45-nm processor  Nov 13, 2007
    "The HPC segment of the server market is growing because industries like financial services, modeling of technologies, fluid dynamics, and oil and gas are using more cost-effective, smaller clusters," Dracott said ... "The HPC segment of the server market is growing because industries like financial services, modeling of technologies, fluid dynamics, and oil and gas are using more cost-effective, smaller clusters," Dracott said. (Search390.com)

    Need For Speed: Engineering Propels Champion Cyclist  Nov 6, 2007
    "It was great to have him in the class. He bemoaned the fact that Barrie Royce and I were no longer offering our freshman course, 'The Bicycle and the Engineer,' but he seems to have put his fluid dynamics know-how to very good use.". A prime example is the modification Frey made to house the brake cables on his time-trial bike. (Science Daily)

    Teaching Trash?  Nov 2, 2007
    They study the physics of flying and fluid dynamics that allows Superman to zoom through the air, and discuss spider silk, which Spider-Man relies on for his death-defying swings from skyscraper to skyscraper and real spiders use to spin their webs. (The substance is currently being developed for human use because of its incredible strength. (Fox News)

    NEC Showcases World's Most Powerful Commercial Computer  Oct 30, 2007
    Supercomputers can be used for weather forecasting and other scientific functions, environmental simulation, aerospace simulators and fluid dynamics, along with nanotechnology research. Comments. (DailyTech)

    NEC Eyes IBM Supercomputer Status  Oct 26, 2007
    In a statement, NEC said it expects the SX-9 to be used for a variety of research projects, including weather and environmental forecasting, aerospace engineering and design, and fluid dynamics research. Check out eWEEK.com's for the latest news, views and analysis on servers, switches and networking protocols for the enterprise and small businesses. (eWeek)

    EASA enters the ring for spreadsheet management  Oct 19, 2007
    Now in its fifth year, EASA came out of the Atomic Energy Authority's Rle at Harwell, south of Oxford and grew out of experiences developing sophisticated spreadsheet models for tasks such as computational fluid dynamics (CFD). From these scientific roots, EASA has expanded into new areas such as supply chain management, insurance and financial services and the market for more general spreadsheet controls stimulated by the US Sarbanes-Oxley act. (Accounting Web, UK)

    Busway is not a solution  Oct 15, 2007
    Sometime ago I watched a show once, although I've forgotten when and where, that says the study of traffic dynamics is very much the same as the study of fluid dynamics. Now although I'm not a physics or math professor, logically it would mean that traffic flows would have similar traits to water flows in a river. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)

    IPCC panel wins Nobel Peace Prize  Oct 15, 2007
    Donner, Gnanadesikan, Held, Lau and Ramaswamy also work at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, located in Princeton. Oppenheimer, the lead author of a report the panel presented to the United Nations this spring, said he hopes the prize will catalyze reforms to slow climate change. (The Daily Princetonian, NJ)

    Why do migratory birds fly in a V-formation?  Oct 11, 2007
    Fluid dynamics and energy wave configuration calculations have been used to test predictions of where birds should position themselves in relation to others to conserve the most energy as they travel through the air. Analyses of flock formations using photography have measured bird positions and found them to almost always be located such that they gain some energetic advantage. (Scientific American)

    Running Shipwreck Simulations Backwards Helps Identify Dangerous Waves  Oct 5, 2007
    Computational fluid dynamics modeling in use now works by subjecting the virtual ship to random waves. This method is extremely computationally intensive and a ship designer would have to go through months of data to pinpoint the worst case scenario. (Science Daily)

    Number crunchersThe technology powering the Williams Formula 1 team  Oct 2, 2007
    Computer analysis known as Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) allows the team to visualise the airflow over the car. He said: "In wind tunnel tests or track tests you can't see where the air is going or where the pressures are changing. "But with CFD you can actually look at the vortices which are being generated by items on the car or the pressures that you get at various parts of the car. (BBC News -- Technology)

    DOE Charts Research into CFD for Blast Furnace/PCI Ironmaking  Sep 27, 2007
    Measuring the BF s gas distribution is difficult, but the activity can be modeled using high-fidelity, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) numerical simulations. Those models will be a major product of this project. (33Metalproducing)

    Teachers go to school  Sep 23, 2007
    Cecilia Montao (left) and Jacque Weddle perform an experiment in fluid dynamics during a workshop on teaching science in elementary schools Friday at Casa Grande Union High School. Teachers from all over Pinal County attended the ninth annual Pinal County Educators' Conference at the high school, learning new teaching techniques and networking with their peers. (Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ)

    Visual effectsThe secrets of some of the world's best films  Sep 16, 2007
    "He felt like a lot of performance was being lost. So that film really sponsored this technique of doing motion capture on set, having actors working together much more organically and the director can just sum up right there what they want. "We brought that data here and then wrapped the Davy Jones character around Bill Nighy's actual performance, adding the digital makeup, as we call it," he added. Spandex and balls So how does it work? To find out, I donned a spandex suit inside a Lucasfilm... (BBC News -- Technology)

    'Lung On A Chip' And Other Marvels From Microfluidic Devices  Sep 11, 2007
    Among the exciting developments described in the article is a "lung on a chip" device that will give researchers new insights into fluid dynamics in the diseased lung -- a key to new treatments for pneumonia, cystic fibrosis and asthma. In the Chemical & Engineering News cover story, senior editor Celia Henry Arnaud describes how microfluidic devices, which include such features as micrometer-scale channels and wells as part of sophisticated "lab-on-a-chip" instruments, provide unprecedented... (Science Daily)

    Audi RS6 Avant set for debut  Sep 11, 2007
    Dynamic Ride Control DRC, which reduces pitching and rolling movements about the longitudinal and transverse axis of the vehicle, is carried out solely according to the laws of fluid dynamics. Here, the shock absorbers are connected diagonally with each other via two oil lines and two control valves. (The Star Online, Malaysia)

    AMD Unveils "Barcelona" Architecture  Sep 8, 2007
    FYI Fluent is computatioanl fluid dynamics and the 3 graphs at the bottom, of which "3 vehicle collision" is LS-DYNA: a dynamics finite element analysis sofware package. By on 9/7/07, Rating: 2 By on 9/7/2007 9:27:09 PM , Rating: 2 I hope we're not seeing quad core simply for its own sake. (DailyTech)

    Racing wagons|  Sep 8, 2007
    And the standard "Dynamic Ride Control", familiar from the current RS 4, reduces pitching and rolling movements about the longitudinal and transverse axis of the vehicle without the aid of electronics and solely according to the laws of fluid dynamics. With Dynamic Ride Control the shock absorbers are connected diagonally with each other via two oil lines and two control valves. (iAfrica.com)

    Three Cable News Nets Highlight Study  Sep 7, 2007
    - Tom Knutson, NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab: "Those storms that do occur are going to have the potential to be significantly stronger in a warmer climate." ... TOM KNUTSON, NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab: Those storms that do occur are going to have the potential to be significantly stronger in a warmer climate ... " TOM KNUTSON, NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab Climate Modeler: Those storms that do occur are going to have the potential to be significantly stronger in a... (MediaResearch.org)

    Study: Global warming could bring more severe US storms  Sep 3, 2007
    "It's certainly a plausible result," said Leo Donner, a climate modeling scientist at NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab in Princeton, New Jersey. Donner earlier this year came out with a study predicting more heavy rain as temperatures rise. (CNN International)

    NASA: More twisters ahead  Aug 31, 2007
    "It's certainly a plausible result," said Leo Donner, a climate modeling scientist at NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab in Princeton, N.J. Earlier this year, Donner came out with a study predicting more heavy rain as temperatures rise. Harold Brooks, a top scientist at NOAA's severe storms laboratory in Norman, Okla. (News & Observer)

    KLG Systel picks 51% stake in Atlantis Lab  Aug 28, 2007
    The new subsidiary will offer a state of the art design solution and services like FEA (Finite Element Analysis) / FEM in static, vibration, crash, impact, CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics), NVH (Noise Vibration Harshness), BIW weld fixtures, Mold Flow analysis, Reverse Engineering, Electronics ation systems, Technical Documentation, NC path generation, Plant Design, Plant stress analysis etc. This design centre will have an ultra modern RPD (Rapid Prototyping) and testing facilities for the... (NDTV.com)

    Not going according to script  Aug 25, 2007
    Kafeel was living in a room above an Islamic society in Cambridge and working on a PhD in fluid dynamics when Haneef visited him in March 2004. Haneef was questioned closely about these three or four days. (Sydney Morning Herald)

    Could Ocean Currents Change?  Aug 16, 2007
    Reference for second article: Neven S. Fu kar: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Program, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A.; Geoffrey K. Vallis: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A.; also at Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Program, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A.,"Interhemispheric influence of surface buoyancy conditions on a circumpolar current" Geophysical Research Letters... (Science Daily)

    NASA 'cautiously optimistic' shuttle won't need repairs  Aug 15, 2007
    "It is going through an independent quality check and that's to take people who were not involved in the process to look at the assumptions that were made, the math, to make sure everything was done correctly. We've also completed the computational fluid dynamics that tells you what the flow inside that small cavity would be. Ames Research Center did that work, it's currently being verified by the Langley Research Center. "The results of that, we're cautiously optimistic that we can fly as is,... (Spaceflight Now)

    FOREX COMMENTARY  Aug 11, 2007
    I'm not a math junkie (unfortunately) and most of it was well over my head - fluid dynamics, power laws, log periodicity and the like. Sornette is a professor of geophysics, not economics. (Asia Times Online)

    Computers Expose The Physics Of NASCAR  Aug 11, 2007
    Zoran Popovi , an associate professor in the UW's department of computer science and engineering, and two students wrote the code that dramatically speeds up real-time fluid dynamics simulations. Working with ESPN, a Chicago-based company named Sportvision developed the application for NASCAR competition. (Science Daily)

    UW Computer Graphics Help Demonstrate NASCAR Drafting  Aug 10, 2007
    It uses fluid dynamics math algorithms to create real-time displays of colors trailing behind cars. Green, blue, yellow and red correspond to different speeds and directions for air flow. (KIRO TV, WA)

    Leading Australian Defense Company, Tenix, Selects ANSYS as its Enterprise-Wide CAE Software Supplier  Aug 7, 2007
    "We standardized on software from ANSYS as our solution toolset because it uniquely provides us with a strong set of structural analysis tools as well as an impressive set of computational fluid dynamics capabilities," said Pat Lockley, general engineering manager at Tenix ... "Having CAE solutions in a single, integrated software environment means that we can deploy the best-available computer-based design tools to our separate divisions; at the same time, we have a common enterprise-wide... (Canada Newswire)

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