Free Hydro/Aero-Dynamic Software Simulators?

Posted by Cliff on Monday November 25, 2002 @06:35PM from the flow-modelling dept.

CottonCandyEater asks: "Every second geek dreams of owning a little plane or a yacht/sailing boat, but only few have the money to buy one. The web is full of links on how to build your plane or boat yourself. However, the right way to do it would be to simulate it with aero/hydrodynamic fluid simulation software first, in order to get performance estimates and to optimize the shape. Is there any such software available for free? maybe out of the academic world? I don't mind if it has a front-end or not, as long as it is free."

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Umm... by xagon7 · 2002-11-25 18:41 · Score: 0, Offtopic

"Every second geek dreams "

shouldn't that be "Every second geekS dream"
OT: Flight Simulators by turgid · 2002-11-26 04:41 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Just out of curiosity, suppose you wanted to write your own flight simulator (nothing fancy) how would you go about making a mathematical model of the plane? What sort of things to you need to take into account, what do you model and how do you do it? Are there any good books on the subject or web resources etc.?

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