3D SYSTEMS TO AID RACERS.Byline: Daily News VALENCIA - European Minardi F1, a Formula One racing This article focuses on a specific subtopic of Formula One. A Formula One race takes place over an entire weekend, with two free practice sessions on Friday, a practice session and a qualifying session on Saturday, and the race on Sunday. team, will use technology developed by Valencia-based 3D Systems Inc. for wind tunnel wind tunnel, apparatus for studying the interaction between a solid body and an airstream. A wind tunnel simulates the conditions of an aircraft in flight by causing a high-speed stream of air to flow past a model of the aircraft (or part of an aircraft) being tested. modeling, rapid prototyping Building a part one layer at a time using a method of additive fabrication such as 3D printing. Such parts are used for concept modeling to determine if the product design meets the customer's expectations. and to produce components for vehicles. European Minardi F1 will integrate the solid imaging technology into its Computational Fluid Dynamics Computational fluid dynamics The numerical approximation to the solution of mathematical models of fluid flow and heat transfer. Computational fluid dynamics is one of the tools (in addition to experimental and theoretical methods) available to solve software and rapid modeling for the wind tunnel, which will reduce the production time of components. The alliance includes a full technical support package in which a 3D Systems engineering team will work on-site with the team's technical staff. ``We're delighted to launch this alliance with European Minardi F1, said John Murray Not to be confused with John Murry. There have been several important people by the name of John Murray (roughly in chronological order):
Murray said 3D expects innovations to emerge from the pairing. ``Our involvement with racing teams worldwide has made a strong impact on our business overall. It's an area in which we are continuing to expand aggressively.'' European Minardi F1 will display 3D Systems' logo on cars driven by Fernando Alonso and Alex Yoong - a first for 3D Systems in Formula One racing. |
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