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905 A Fundamental Principle of Aeronautical Engineering Has Been Overturned

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 05/26/2026 23:30 EDT

A Fundamental Principle of Aeronautical Engineering Has Been Overturned

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Aerodynamic drag is a major "barrier" in high-speed airplanes, automobiles, and bullet trains. This is because a design with less aerodynamic drag allows the aircraft to move at higher speeds with less energy. When an aircraft or car body moves at high speed, a thin layer of air called the "boundary layer" is formed on its surface. This boundary layer has two states: laminar flow, in which air flows in an orderly fashion, and turbulent flow, which involves tur

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