Most readers of this blog are interested in 1) math & 2) soccer. These two topics are combined in a posting from COMSOL, a leading company in the field of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). This is a field I once worked in and has become very advanced since I was involved, but still has big career potential for anyone reading this blog.
Why are there supercomputers? for CFD.
When you see weather prediction maps, they were produced by CFD. And when the forecaster on TV talks about "models" (the European Model vs. the NOAA model) it is CFD that they are talking about.
The link below will take you to a lavishly illustrated CFD article. Just a hint: Bend It Like Beckham means Beckham is using the Magnus effect.
http://comsol.com/c/17v9
If for some reason the link above does not work, type http://comsol.com/c/17v9 into your browser.
No comments:
Post a Comment