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Take a historical and architectural tour inside the Wright brothers' wind tunnel on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Investigate the drag forces produced at the turbulent boundary layers in a moving aircraft
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Take a historical and architectural tour inside the Wright brothers' wind tunnel on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A look inside the Wright brothers' wind tunnel on the campus of the Massachusetts...
Video: © Massachusetts Institute of Technology (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Investigate the drag forces produced at the turbulent boundary layers in a moving aircraft
Learn how a wind tunnel is used to investigate the drag forces that are produced...
Video: © University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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Model plane in a NASA wind tunnel.
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