Dune's Ornithopter Aerodynamics - Accurate CFD Sim
Watch me punishing my GPU for the sake of... science... I guess.
See the amazing CFD software from @ProjectPhysX in action as it processes the aerodynamics of an ornithoper (from Dune) flapping around wildly.
As a kid who read the Dune books and then became a pilot as an adult, I've always wanted to see what would happen if you could beat the air into submission the way an Ornithopter would - and with this software you can do it on any regular gaming PC in very short timeframes.
Credits:
♦ FluidX3D, the fastest and most memory efficient lattice Boltzmann CFD software, implemented in OpenCL. https://github.com/ProjectPhysX/FluidX3D
♦ Ornithopter model: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/denis...
♦ Blender software: https://www.blender.org/
♫ Soundtrack: In game music from 'Dune: Spice Wars'
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💻 PC Specs:
Ryzen 9 - 5900X
nVidia RTX 3080 Ti
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Video Chapters:
0:00 - The Ornithopter
1:06 - Basic Theory
1:24 - CFD Single-Wing
1:47 - CFD Four-Wing
2:16 - CFD Whole Airframe
3:26 - CFD Real-time
4:01 - Software