Title :
New options in aerodynamic modelling: CAD, CFD, stereolithography and shading in a workstation environment
Author_Institution :
Cranfield Inst. of Technol., Bedford, UK
fDate :
6/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Aerodynamics modelling and CAD form a natural partnership. The author discusses how one major CAD/CAM system was used as a pre- and postprocessing tool to an aerodynamic predictions method in a European aircraft company. In addition, the effect of powerful workstations on processing speed and 3-D visualisations and the linking of the 3-D models with stereolithography (to produce an acrylic wind tunnel model directly from the screen) are discussed
Keywords :
CAD/CAM; aerodynamics; aerospace computing; wind tunnels; 3-D visualisations; CAD/CAM system; CFD; acrylic wind tunnel model; aerodynamic modelling; aerodynamic predictions method; computational fluid dynamics; stereolithography;
Journal_Title :
Computer-Aided Engineering Journal
