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In article <1990Aug3...@bert.llnl.gov> how...@bert.llnl.gov (Louis Howell) writes:
>Seriously, though, it might be possible to write an interesting
>fluid flow demo where visitors could position objects in the flow
>with a mouse and then watch the machine plot streamlines around
>the obstacles.  With conformal mapping you can compute potential
>flows in a few seconds on a Sun 3/50, but for more interesting
>flows we'll have to wait a few years before we can do it in real
>time.  ...

When I was at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum a couple of months ago,
they had an exhibit called "Beyond the Limits:  Flight Enters the Computer
Age."  There were some flow demos running there on some Silicon Graphics
boxes.  I don't recall how interactive they were, but they did seem to have
the standard particle trace stuff there.

They also have NCAR's old Cray-1 on exhibit.  To show you how blase one can
get after being exposed to supercomputers for a few years, up close and
personal, I didn't even notice the damn thing until the woman I was with asked
me "what's that?" :-)

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							old rocket planes,
							myself...)
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