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NTF Test Data

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per NASA Science, a recent wind‑tunnel test of the agency’s new Common Research Model evaluated laminar flow on a swept‑wing configuration. conducted in October 2018 at Mach numbers near 0.85 and Reynolds numbers up to thirty million, the study used temperature‑sensitive paint to visualize flow transition. the results advance the scientific effort to understand laminar flow at transonic speeds.

Source: https://www.nasa.gov/common_research_model/crm-nlf/ntf-test-data/

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