Golf Ball Tech Makes Wings More Aerodynamic!Learn OpenFOAM here: https://premieraerodynamics.com/Courses/If you want to help support us in making educational aerodynamic videos, you can through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Premier_AerodynamicsCHECK OUT our new OpenFoam CFD course that covers everything from literally installing it to runnin…

How can you simulate cars more accurately?Learn OpenFOAM here: https://premieraerodynamics.com/Courses/If you want to help support us in making educational aerodynamic videos, you can through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Premier_AerodynamicsCHECK OUT our new OpenFoam CFD course that covers everything from literally installing it to running …

Using insect wings to reduce drone noiseLearn OpenFOAM here: https://premieraerodynamics.com/Courses/If you want to help support us in making educational aerodynamic videos, you can through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Premier_AerodynamicsCHECK OUT our new OpenFoam CFD course that covers everything from literally installing it to running yo…

The aerodynamics of F1 car wheels.Learn OpenFOAM here: https://premieraerodynamics.com/Courses/If you want to help support us in making educational aerodynamic videos, you can through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Premier_AerodynamicsCHECK OUT our new OpenFoam CFD course that covers everything from literally installing it to running your own…

How can you improve rear wing aerodynamics?Learn OpenFOAM here: https://premieraerodynamics.com/Courses/If you want to help support us in making educational aerodynamic videos, you can through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Premier_AerodynamicsCHECK OUT our new OpenFoam CFD course that covers everything from literally installing it to running…

How does blowing over a wing affect its drag?Learn OpenFOAM here: https://premieraerodynamics.com/Courses/If you want to help support us in making educational aerodynamic videos, you can through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Premier_AerodynamicsCHECK OUT our new OpenFoam CFD course that covers everything from literally installing it to runni…

How good are front wings at producing downforce?Learn OpenFOAM here: https://premieraerodynamics.com/Courses/If you want to help support us in making educational aerodynamic videos, you can through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Premier_AerodynamicsCHECK OUT our new OpenFoam CFD course that covers everything from literally installing it to ru…

How do aerodynamics affect how far skiers can jump? How does the ski's pitch. yaw, and roll affect its lift and drag coefficients?Find out here in this podcast!If you want to help support us in making educational aerodynamic videos, you can through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Premier_AerodynamicsCHECK OUT our new OpenFoam CFD course that c…

How can you enhance the aerodynamic flow control devices on a supercar? How does changing the rear wing and front splitter designs affect the car's drag, downforce, and front and rear downforce coefficients?Find out here in this podcast!If you want to help support us in making educational aerodynamic videos, you can through our Patreon: https://www…

How do you CFD a NASCAR accurately? How does a RANS simulation compared to an IDDES one for accuracy and time? How do the downforce, drag, and side force get affected?Find out here in this podcast!If you want to help support us in making educational aerodynamic videos, you can through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Premier_AerodynamicsCHECK O…

Buildings sway a A LOT in winds, especially ones that aren't aerodynamic. How can you reduce that?Find out here in this podcast!If you want to help support us in making educational aerodynamic videos, you can through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Premier_AerodynamicsCHECK OUT our new OpenFoam CFD course that covers everything from literally …

The Hyper X was a hypersonic aircraft, but its scramjet suffered for less than ideal inlet flow because shocks formed on the upstream ramps and that threatened to separate the laminar boundary layer.To solve this problem, researchers thought about tripping the hypersonic boundary layer, but is it possible?Find out here in this podcast!If you want t…

Heating an airfoil so that the top surface is at a different temperature to the bottom surface greatly improves the wing's lift, drag, and lift to drag ratio. Why?Find out here in this podcast!If you want to help support us in making educational aerodynamic videos, you can through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Premier_AerodynamicsCHECK OUT o…

Wave drag accounts for overall 50% of the total drag a swimmer faces. How can you reduce this during competitive swimming, and even swimming in formations like in Iron Man challenges?Find out here in this podcast!If you want to help support us in making educational aerodynamic videos, you can through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Premier_Aer…

Vortex generators are usually found in incompressible flows, and we know how they work. They create vortices that mix higher momentum fluid from higher in the boundary layer and even the freestream flow into the the lower part of the boundary layer and that helps delay stall.But, how do vortex generators work in supersonic flows? How do they affect…

Motorbike taxis are really common in Southeast Asia and parts of Africa. But, how does covid-19 spread due to flow physics when the driver coughs? does the cough hit the passenger?Find out here in this podcast!If you want to help support us in making educational aerodynamic videos, you can through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Premier_Aerody…

How does the aerodynamics of a car being overtaken change? What happens to its drag coefficient, side force coefficient, and even lift coefficient?Find out here in this podcast!If you want to help support us in making educational aerodynamic videos, you can through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Premier_AerodynamicsCHECK OUT our new OpenFoam …

Over the past few years, many motorbikes in the MotoGp have featured wings on their front fairings. These are known as aerodynamic wing kits. Why? How do they affect the aerodynamics and downforce of the motorbike? Does having more than one produce better effects? And what angle should they be set at?Find out here in this podcast!If you want to hel…

How do car diffusers work? What is the difference between a car without a diffuser, a car with a regular venturi diffuser, one with guiding vanes, and even front diffusers? What impact do they have on a car's downforce and lift coefficient?Find out here in this podcast!If you want to help support us in making educational aerodynamic videos, you can…

CFD has been approaching a brick wall in terms of computational power, but this new CFD method makes the resources you need to get accurate results far fewer than ever before. What is it? Based on the paper: Grid Convergence Property of Three-Dimensional Measurement-Integrated Simulation for Unsteady Flow behind a Square Cylinder with Karman Vortex…

Motorbikes are often used in cycling races to film the race, but how much do they affect cyclists who are drafting behind them in their wakes? How is the drag affected?Find out here in this podcast!If you want to help support us in making educational aerodynamic videos, you can through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Premier_AerodynamicsCHECK …

Butterflies use the clap and fling approach to fly, but how does it exactly work? At what points during the flapping do thrust and lift get created? And do their wings' flexibility affect the flow physics?Find out here in this podcast!If you want to help support us in making educational aerodynamic videos, you can through our Patreon: https://www.p…

How do MotoGP motorbikes control the air around their bases to produce more downforce? Do flow redirectors help and how do they affect the drag?Find out here in this podcast!If you want to help support us in making educational aerodynamic videos, you can through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Premier_AerodynamicsCHECK OUT our new OpenFoam CFD…

What do serrated trailing edges do to the noise produced by an airfoil and why do they have that effect? Do serrated trailing edges always work?Find out here in this podcast!If you want to help support us in making educational aerodynamic videos, you can through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Premier_AerodynamicsCHECK OUT our new OpenFoam CFD…

Traditionally, to break the sound barrier, you make your aircraft pointy. But that method is almost 100 years old. Can you use plasma to help mitigate the shock wave instead?Find out here in this podcast about Air Plasma Mitigation of Shock Wave!If you want to help support us in making educational aerodynamic videos, you can through our Patreon: ht…

The Mars ingenuity was the first powered aircraft to ever fly on another planet. But, it faced very strange conditions. The atmosphere was very thin, the Mach numbers were high, and the Reynolds numbers were low. That resulted in shocks at very low Reynolds numbers. How does that affect the aerodynamics of the helicopter's blades?Find out here!If y…

Gurney flaps have a massively positive effect on an airfoil's lift. And they are seen on many airplanes. There is also a new type of vortex generator, but it is more like tubercles, being investigated. So, there is a chance that both of these flow control devices will end upon the same wing. Do they work well together? How do they affect the aerody…

Turbofans, and airplane engines in general, are very important parts of the plane. But, we still don't completely understand how they affect the aerodynamics of a wing and the entire airplane. When we test them in wind tunnels, they are simplified models, as they are in CFD. What are their exact effects though?Find out here!If you want to help supp…

Most airliners have spoilers on their wings. What do they do though? How do they affect the lift, drag, and pitching moment of the wing? How does the spoiler's deflection angle and length affect the wing's aerodynamics? Find out here!If you want to help support us in making educational aerodynamic videos, you can through our Patreon: https://www.pa…

Owl wings are very silent, they make almost no noise, but how? In this podcast we go through why and look at an LES CFD simulation to learn why.If you want to help support us in making educational aerodynamic videos, you can through our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Premier_AerodynamicsCHECK OUT our new OpenFoam CFD course that covers everything…

Double wedge airfoils are strange because they are very angular. But, they are used for supersonic flow. What shock waves form on them?Find out in this podcast!CHECK OUT our new OpenFoam CFD course that covers everything from literally installing it to running your own DES simulations, and everything in between: https://premieraerodynamics.com/Cour…

The peregrine falcon can dive bomb up to 400 km/h. What about its aerodynamics allows it to do that? What is its drag coefficient and lift coefficient?Find out in this podcast!CHECK OUT our new OpenFoam CFD course that covers everything from literally installing it to running your own DES simulations, and everything in between: https://premieraerod…

How can you control a shockwave with plasma?Find out in this podcast!CHECK OUT our new OpenFoam CFD course that covers everything from literally installing it to running your own DES simulations, and everything in between: https://premieraerodynamics.com/Courses/CHECK OUT our new Intermediate CFD course that covers what you need to go into industry…

Turbofans are very precise pieces of equipment and the inlet greatly affects the quality of the flow that will go through to the compressor, and subsequently, the entire efficiency of the turbofan.What does the flow quality look like at different angles of attack and crosswinds?Find out in this podcast!CHECK OUT our new OpenFoam CFD course that cov…

There are more types of winglets than you can poke a stick at. There are the common Boeing winglets, then the Airbus sharklets, but so many more. And they're used to reduce the strength of the wingtip vortex and hence the induced drag of a wing. But, do they only affect the flow near the wingtip?Find out in this podcast!CHECK OUT our new OpenFoam C…

F 18 fighter jets have LEXs (leading edge extensions). What are their aerodynamics? How do they help the plane fly? How do they create vortices and what happens when you pitch and yaw the jet to these vortices?Find out in this podcast!CHECK OUT our new OpenFoam CFD course that covers everything from literally installing it to running your own DES s…

How can you use plasma to make a train more aerodynamic? And is this an active or passive flow control device?Find out in this podcast!CHECK OUT our new OpenFoam CFD course that covers everything from literally installing it to running your own DES simulations, and everything in between: https://premieraerodynamics.com/Courses/CHECK OUT our new Int…

Why are turbofans so loud and where is the noise coming from? How is noise created by the rotor blades?Find out in this podcast!CHECK OUT our new OpenFoam CFD course that covers everything from literally installing it to running your own DES simulations, and everything in between: https://premieraerodynamics.com/Courses/CHECK OUT our new Intermedia…

What winglets are best for a VTOL drone? Are regular winglets, raked wingtips, or no wingtips best for lift and induced drag? AND are vortex panel methods any good compared to typical Navier Stokes CFD?Find out in this podcast!CHECK OUT our new OpenFoam CFD course that covers everything from literally installing it to running your own DES simulatio…

How does rim and tread design affect a car's wheels' aerodynamics especially if you have a truck's double wheel configuration?Find out in this podcast!CHECK OUT our new OpenFoam CFD course that covers everything from literally installing it to running your own DES simulations, and everything in between: https://premieraerodynamics.com/Courses/CHECK…

How does a wind tunnel's contract affect the test section's flow quality, including the turbulence intensity, flow angularity, vorticity, flow uniformity, and the axial velocity gradient?Find out in this podcast!CHECK OUT our new OpenFoam CFD course that covers everything from literally installing it to running your own DES simulations, and everyth…

Nonplanar wings produce much less induced drag than planar wings. In this podcast, we cover how, and why with winglets and spiroid wingtips on wings.CHECK OUT our new OpenFoam CFD course that covers everything from literally installing it to running your own DES simulations, and everything in between: https://premieraerodynamics.com/Courses/CHECK O…

F 18 fighter jets have LEXs (leading edge extensions). What are their aerodynamics? How do they help the plane fly? What happens when they don't perform as they should?Find out in this podcast!CHECK OUT our new OpenFoam CFD course that covers everything from literally installing it to running your own DES simulations, and everything in between: htt…

If you poke a car's wheels out from the wheelhouse, does that affect its drag and lift coefficients? If so, how? Does poking them out more make the drag coefficient increase or decrease?Find out in this podcast!CHECK OUT our new OpenFoam CFD course that covers everything from literally installing it to running your own DES simulations, and everythi…

Winglets are maybe the best flow control device on an airplane. BUT, there are so many different ways to shape them. How does the cant angle and the sweep angle affect a wing's lift coefficient, drag coefficient, and lift to drag ratio?Find out in this podcast!CHECK OUT our new Intermediate CFD course that covers what you need to go into industry a…

Bird wings are incredibly complex. For example, some birds produce less drag at higher angles of attack, while other birds have feathers that make them almost completely silent. That's just the tip of the iceberg.Find out more about bird wing aerodynamics in this podcast!CHECK OUT our new Intermediate CFD course that covers what you need to go into…

Bats are some of the best fliers despite physics potentially suggesting otherwise. Why are they so good at flying? Find out in this podcast! CHECK OUT our new Intermediate CFD course that covers what you need to go into industry and do high quality simulations: https://premieraerodynamics.com/Courses/Premier Aerodynamics: https://www.youtube.com/pr…

Spiders can fly, but it isn't know just how they do it. Do they just use aerodynamics, or do they also use electric fields in the atmosphere? And if so, how? Find out in this podcast!Premier Aerodynamics: https://www.youtube.com/premieraerodynamics?sub_confirmation=1Check out our new Intermediate CFD course that covers what you need to go into indu…

Halo jumps are jumps from really high up, like 40 kilometers high. From that height, conventional aerodynamics breakdown. Shock waves form and drag coefficients aren't what you'd expect them to be.Premier Aerodynamics: https://www.youtube.com/premieraerodynamics?sub_confirmation=1Want to get better at CFD? Check out our courses: https://premieraero…

Hummingbirds are incredible fliers and they hum. Do heavier hummingbirds make more noise than skinnier hummingbirds?Premier Aerodynamics: https://www.youtube.com/premieraerodynamics?sub_confirmation=1Want to get better at CFD? Check out our courses: https://premieraerodynamics.com/Courses/Want an easy way to make your experiments 2-4% more accurate…