5. Expected developments in CFD

CFD software and models are developing very rapidly. The companies marketing the software carry out research into both numerical algorithms and the physical models offered to users. Commercial products also draw heavily on the results published by academic research. Computers are also evolving at a very fast pace, and major performance improvements are expected in the years to come, thanks to the massive parallelization of computers. Here are just a few of the areas in which we can expect to see major developments:

• the links between CAD (Computer Aided Design) software and CFD will become more pronounced. In one sense, this will speed up the meshing stage of the geometries under consideration, and in the other sense, it will certainly lead to greater integration of CFD into the aircraft design process;

• Mesh...