In Pasadena, Calif., a former supersonic wind tunnel has been transformed into a new educational facility: the Mullin Transportation Design Center (MTDC) at ArtCenter College of Design. Designed by ...

(CBS) --Architects and engineers spend a lot of time designing modern high-rises so they can handle the kind of wind gusts Chicago has experienced in recent days. Today's designs are tested in wind ...

NASA-developed wind tunnel technology is being used by the aviation industry to perfect new airplane designs throughout the entire development process. The Boeing Company, Seattle, is one manufacturer ...

Wind tunnels aren’t just for testing aircraft anymore. Climatic wind tunnels, a variation on traditional wind tunnels, have been used by a host of large-scale manufacturers to thoroughly test ...

After more than three years in development, a team of U.S. Army researchers and industry partners completed the construction of a testbed that will help to inform the design of future Army rotorcraft.

The 2024 Ford Mustang was designed to ride like the wind. And into it. Ford has unveiled the new wind tunnel it has installed at its Allen Park, Michigan, development center, where the Mustang and ...

An array of sensors and a steel treadmill create and record wind-tunnel conditions that more accurately model complex driving situations. The Rolling Road System, a moving stainless-steel belt and an ...

AVRIEUX, France, Jan 19 (Reuters) - French engine maker Safran SAF.PA said on Friday it had begun wind-tunnel tests for its "RISE" technology project, a radical jet engine design for the next ...

You’ve heard of wind tunnels– get some airflow going over a thingy, put some some smoke on, and voila! Flow visualization.

A specially designed wind tunnel for birds could help scientists learn the secrets of avian aerial abilities and translate them into drones that are masters of flying through rough-and-tumble ...

Reporting from San Diego — Wind tunnels were supposed to be put out of work by now. In 1947, when the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp. opened its wind tunnel alongside the San Diego Airport, such ...