Pleiades simulation design for new aircraft propulsion system

NASA Supercomputer Simulations Help Improve Aircraft Propulsion Design

NASA and aviation industry partners are collaborating on the development of green aviation technologies that will improve fuel efficiency, reduce harmful carbon emissions, and meet noise restriction standards for people living around airports and for passengers in airplane cabins.

Image Credit: NASA Ames / Tim Sandstrom (Animator, CSC Government Solutions LLC). Scientists: Michael F. Barad, Christoph Brehm (USRA). Jeffrey Housman, Cetin Kris. Writer: Jill Dunbar.

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NASA Supercomputer Simulations Help Improve Aircraft Propulsion Design

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