Earlier this month, an international team launched a successful hypersonic flight test in Australia. The Hypersonic International Research Experimentation (HIFiRE) Flight 5b was launched atop a two-stage rocket and reached Keep reading
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Flow Over Swept Wings
Flow over a swept wing behaves very differently than a straight fixed wing or an airfoil. Instead of flowing straight along the chord of the wing in a two-dimensional fashion, Keep reading
Breaking up in Crossflow
This video shows some instabilities that occur when a liquid jet impinges on a flowing cross stream. Note how the jet breaks down into droplets in a fashion similar to Keep reading