Boyd
IRT Director Iain Boyd was recently quoted in aÌý Speaking as as the director of the center for National Security Initiatives at the university, Boyd addressed theÌýrole of super computing in hypersonics research.Ìý
"Hundreds to thousands of different configurations of heat, vehicle lift and atmospheric drag need to be analyzed tomake a hypersonic missile work, which would be too expensive and time-consuming through physical testing alone,said Iain Boyd, Director of the Center for National Security Initiatives at the University of Colorado, Boulder. 'If you didn’t have supercomputers it could take a decade,’Ìýhe said." – Washington Post, 2021
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