In Pasadena, Calif., a former supersonic wind tunnel has been transformed into a new educational facility: the Mullin Transportation Design Center (MTDC) at ArtCenter College of Design. Designed by ...

(CBS) --Architects and engineers spend a lot of time designing modern high-rises so they can handle the kind of wind gusts Chicago has experienced in recent days. Today's designs are tested in wind ...

NASA-developed wind tunnel technology is being used by the aviation industry to perfect new airplane designs throughout the entire development process. The Boeing Company, Seattle, is one manufacturer ...

Wind tunnels aren’t just for testing aircraft anymore. Climatic wind tunnels, a variation on traditional wind tunnels, have been used by a host of large-scale manufacturers to thoroughly test ...

Supersonic passenger airplanes are another step closer to reality as NASA and Lockheed Martin begin the first high-speed wind tunnel tests for the Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) X-plane ...

A wind tunnel at the Valeo Engine Cooling Truck facility in Jamestown, N.Y., was recently upgraded to handle trucks with engines developing up to 1,500 hp and 3,500 lb-ft of torque. A water-brake ...

In the dynamic realm of aerospace engineering, the wind tunnel serves as a crucible of truth, where the fate of aircraft programs hangs in the balance. Recently, the Dufour Aerospace Flight Physics ...

A study in the United States analyzed flight patterns of birds, and it could ...