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computational fluid dynamics

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noun

  1. (functioning as singular) the prediction of the behaviour of fluids and of the effects of fluid motion past objects by numerical methods rather than model experiments

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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They began hiring engineers with backgrounds in computational fluid dynamics, who could model water flow on a screen without having to test everything in ceramic.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2025

CT-FFR is a relatively new alternative that non-invasively models a patient's coronary blood flow using CTA images of the heart, AI algorithms and/or computational fluid dynamics.

From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2024

Think of computational fluid dynamics as “having a wind tunnel on a computer,” said Jani Macari Pallis, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut.

From Washington Times • Jul. 9, 2020

We still don't have a complete and satisfying answer, Regis notes, but computational fluid dynamics simulations are helping to fill in the blanks in our understanding.

From Scientific American • Jan. 14, 2020

To find out whether all this would work, Mr Schlaerth recruited two experts in computational fluid dynamics to act as independent consultants.

From Economist • Jan. 25, 2018

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