How do jumbo jet designers develop resilient materials for modern airframes, while still bringing in their projects on time and on budget? Before they prototype a new material, they depend heavily on computer simulations ...
Polymers
Apr 12, 2017
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For road vehicles, wind resistance increases fuel consumption. But one way to fight wind is with wind. Researchers in Sweden are experimenting with reducing drag on trucks with electric wind devices that mimic the way vortex ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 28, 2017
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Computer simulations of physical systems are common in science, engineering, and entertainment, but they use several different types of tools.
Computer Sciences
Aug 10, 2016
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The pilots of a solar-powered airplane on a globe-circling voyage that began more than a year ago said their flight over the Statue of Liberty before landing in New York inspired them on their mission to promote a world free ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 11, 2016
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The latest leg of a solar-powered airplane's around-the-world journey has been postponed due to weather conditions.
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 7, 2016
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The Latest on a solar-powered plane's flight from Ohio to Pennsylvania (all times local):
Energy & Green Tech
May 26, 2016
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Using a Cessna 172 dropped from a height of 100 feet, NASA's Search and Rescue Mission Office will simulate a severe but survivable plane accident Wednesday, Aug. 26 to test emergency locator transmitters (ELTs). NASA Television ...
Space Exploration
Aug 24, 2015
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A piece of an airplane wing that washed ashore on the island of Reunion in the West Indian Ocean this week is believed to be from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, according to some reports.
Other
Aug 7, 2015
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With a thunderous rattle, the Cessna 172 aircraft plowed into the soil as its windshield shattered, its wings wrenched off and its fuselage flipped—tail over nose—onto its back.
Space Exploration
Jul 30, 2015
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The Cessna 172 airplane dangled 82 feet in the air – looking almost like it was coming in for a landing, except for the cables attaching it to a huge gantry at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.
Space Exploration
Jul 3, 2015
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