Avoiding wind tunnels, computer simulations pave way for hypersonic flight

A two-hour plane flight between Tokyo and New York sounds like science fiction, but methods developed by Princeton engineers to describe turbulence at extreme conditions may aid the design of aircraft with that kind of speed, 15 times faster than sound.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news127060603.html">Avoiding wind tunnels, computer simulations pave way for hypersonic flight</a></p> <p>A two-hour plane flight between Tokyo and New York sounds like science fiction, but methods developed by Princeton engineers to describe turbulence at extreme conditions may aid the design of aircraft with that kind of speed, 15 times faster than sound.</p>