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Computational aerodynamics requirements: The future role of the computer and the needs of the aerospace industryThe commercial airplane builder's viewpoint on the important issues involved in the development of improved computational aerodynamics tools such as powerful computers optimized for fluid flow problems is presented. The primary user of computational aerodynamics in a commercial aircraft company is the design engineer who is concerned with solving practical engineering problems. From his viewpoint, the development of program interfaces and pre-and post-processing capability for new computational methods is just as important as the algorithms and machine architecture. As more and more details of the entire flow field are computed, the visibility of the output data becomes a major problem which is then doubled when a design capability is added. The user must be able to see, understand, and interpret the results calculated. Enormous costs are expanded because of the need to work with programs having only primitive user interfaces.
Document ID
19780011841
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Rubbert, P. E.
(Boeing Co. Seattle, WA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1978
Publication Information
Publication: NASA. Ames Res. Center Future Computer Requirements for Computational Aerodynamics
Subject Category
Computer Operations And Hardware
Accession Number
78N19784
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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