Tag: flow visualization

  • Perching Gliders

    Perching Gliders

    Researchers at MIT are studying stall to understand how birds land and come up with new ways for gliders to perch instead of requiring a runway. This photo shows a smoke visualization of the glider stalling. #

  • Smoke Angel

    Smoke Angel

    Smoke from flares released by a C-17 Globemaster III gets caught up by the aircraft’s wingtip vortices, creating a distinctive “smoke angel” shape. #