How NASA Ames’ 80×120-foot wind tunnel became the beating heart of American aeronautics, testing everything from spacecraft ...

Here is the physics behind front splitters: they increase drag to create downforce, pressing the car onto the road for better ...

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Experiments were conducted in the Unsteady Pressure Gradients Facility in the Aerodynamics Research Laboratory at UIUC. The facility comprises a boundary layer wind tunnel and a removable installation ...

Middle school students learn about engineering and science at Racing to Engineering Camp at St. Ambrose University. Watch a video of campers applying principles of aerodynamics and physics to cars.

Owls mostly hunt at night when background noise levels can be low and potential prey have a better chance of hearing danger approaching. As a result, the birds have evolved structures on their wings ...

A research team at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has demonstrated a unique method that can reduce the aerodynamic resistance of ships by 7.5%. Central to the method is the steady flow ...