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When pressure-based solvers silently break conservation
Okay, real talk for a minute. Last month, I almost submitted a paper with results that were…
CFD Stories #5: “The Boltzmann Gambit” – When Particle Kinetics Challenges Continuum Mechanics
The “collide-and-stream” algorithm seemed too simple to be revolutionary. In 1998, when Exa Corporation first commercialized the…
Time-Step Independence Is Not What You Think It Is: The Stiffness vs. CFL Trap
I was simulating vortex shedding behind a cylinder at Re = 100. My explicit compressible solver…
CFD Stories #4: “The Vortex & The Void”: How Ferrari’s Lattice-Boltzmann Masterpiece Unraveled
The 0.5% efficiency gain—the margin that justified a revolution—wasn’t a calculation error. It was a philosophical…
CFD Stories #3: “The CFD That Built a Championship”: Inside Red Bull’s F1 Aero Development
The “0.001 Second” difference—the blink of an eye that separates the front row from the midfield—is…
CFD Stories #2: Solving the 80-Year Mystery of Tacoma Narrows
Published: December 7, 2025 | Category: CFD Stories We all know the grainy, terrifying footage: the…
CFD Stories #1: The Simulation That Saved the Space Shuttle
The Day the Sky Fell February 1, 2003 – 8:59 AM EST Mission Control was all…
