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Old 05-03-2024, 03:06 PM   #1 (permalink)
Logic
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You need this software before dimples work

Sal Rodriguez a nuclear engineer at Sandia National Labs came up with software where you input:
1: Your shape. (eg: car body)
2: The 'fluid' (air) its moving through.
3: The speed at which its moving through the 'fluid'
And it outputs the optimal ...er... 'Dimplage' for your car etc for you!

eg:
The so dimpled nose cone of a rocket averaged 22% less frictional drag. (peak: 39.1%)

https://www.sandia.gov/labnews/2024/...ple-at-a-time/

https://www.asme.org/topics-resource...nks-to-dimples

This is most likely the software the dimpled piston crowd (linked below) got their grubby mits on!
https://ecomodder.com/forum/showthre...omy-41382.html

I would guess that said software would be much sought after here.
I have not (yet) found such and doubt if Sandia puts it up for download all over their site,

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