An outstanding sporty design and superlative performance together with favorable passenger comfort and high efficiency are fundamentals considerations at all times for a car manufacturer like Porsche.

For 79 years, the Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel at Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been a mainstay of the institution, serving as a home for aviation innovation and product testing. This month ...

When it comes to spacecraft that may take the place of the now-defunct space shuttle, it would probably be fair to say that most people probably think of the SpaceX Dragon. It’s sometimes easy to ...

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 ...

Wind tunnel facilities provide the equipment and expertise to develop and conduct tests used to characterize the aerodynamic and propulsion parameters of aircraft and vehicles. The S10 wind tunnel ...

Legendary Formula 1 team McLaren has been in the unenviable position of relying on another team’s wind tunnel for testing models of its race cars since 2010 but has finally opened its own on-site ...

Though it might not help you design the next Mach 2 fighter jet, the WTM-1000 benchtop wind tunnel from Omega, Stamford, Conn. (omega.com), will let companies calibrate vane and hot-wire anemometers.

It’s one thing for a manufacturer to introduce a striking design and grab headlines—it’s another thing entirely to take that design and win races. Not one to tease us with radical show cars, Ford ...

There’s more to designing a car’s exterior than making it look cool. You have to make it aerodynamic as well. The science of smoothing airflow is of increasing importance as automakers strive to make ...

At the 2013 Americas Altair Technology Conference last week in Garden Grove, Calif., Altair introduced an application designed to improve wind tunnel simulation for evaluating a vehicle's external ...

In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, the 30 x 60 Foot Tunnel is under construction in August of 1930. Smith J. de France, a NACA engineer, was in charge of the design team for the new ...