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Armchair CFD is just around the corner. Before we know it, wind tunnels will be used only rarely to verify the CFD simulations.
Think of the energy savings alone by going to CFD ! I think it was Aerohead that mentioned that when one of the big wind tunnels gets used, it draws so much power that they have to verify it with the power grid before the test.
Imagine doing that same test on a laptop, and making small aero changes, simultaneously as the test is running !
Imagine how cool it's going to be to have the computer predict what the car body needs in a certain area to reduce turbulence.
The future is going to be great. ( That's what so bad about dying - you miss out on all the cool stuff ! )
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