August 29, 1983

August 29, 1983

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Technical Survey: Computational Fluid Dynamics

New Computers Will Aid Advanced Designs

By Benjamin M. Elson

Technical Survey: Computational Fluid Dynamics

Modeling Methods Aid Airframe Design

By Keith F. Mordoff

Space Technology

Soviet Antisatellite Treaty Raises Verification Issue

By Craig Covault

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Technical Survey: Computational Fluid Dynamics

New Computers Will Aid Advanced Designs

Moffett Field, Calif.—New computer facility scheduled to become operational at NASA Ames Research Center in early 1986 will put some of the world’s most powerful scientific computers to work on advanced aeronautical design and fluid dynamics research projects.

By Benjamin M. Elson

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Technical Survey: Computational Fluid Dynamics

Modeling Methods Aid Airframe Design

New York—Computational fluid dynamic techniques are enabling U. S. airframe manufacturers to model the aerodynamics of transport aircraft in cruise fligh t regimes and analyze the performance of many design configurations prior to the start of a wind tunnel testing program.

By Keith F. Mordoff

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Space Technology

Soviet Antisatellite Treaty Raises Verification Issue

By Craig Covault

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Air Transport

Carriers Press to Cut Labor Costs

Airlines seeking additional employee concessions on wages, fringe benefits in drive to improve profitability this year

By Eugene Kozicharow

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Technical Survey: Computational Fluid Dynamics

USAF Studies Non-Linear, Vortex Flows

New York—U. S. Air Force is interested in further developing computational fluid dynamics techniques to help understand and model unattached, non-linear and vortex aerodynamic flows associated with high angle of attack and maneuvering fighter aircraft.
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Air Transport

European Charter Group Delays Data Bank Decision

By Michael Feazel

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Technical Survey: Computational Fluid Dynamics

Panel Sees U. S. Falling Behind In Supercomputer Technology

San Francisco—Capacity of today’s supercomputers is several orders of magnitude too small to solve urgent problems in science, engineering and technology, according to a panel of computing specialists. Planned development of supercomputers in the U. S. will realize only a small fraction of the capability and capacity that could be achieved in this decade, according to the panel, which was convened last year under Defense Dept./National Science Foundation sponsorship.
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Missile Engineering

USAF Beginning ICBM Modernization

By Clarence A. Robinson

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Aeronautical Engineering

NASA Plans Laminar Flow Control Tests

Edwards AFB, Calif.—National Aeronautics and Space Administration will flight test two laminar flow control airfoils, one with spanwise slots and the other with thousands of microscopic holes, on a modified NASA/USAF/Lockheed C-140 JetStar early next year.

By William B. Scott

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Aeronautical Engineering

Army Seeks Light Helicopter Bids

Service asks manufacturers for quotations for developing highly integrated, automated next-generation rotorcraft

By Robert R. Ropelewski

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