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Brick On Wheels Vs. Ocean Streamliner
Physics Engineering Biology Evolution
5 days ago 14.9K views 0 shares
Brick On Wheels Vs. Ocean Streamliner
Evolution spent millions of years perfecting the lobster's hydrodynamic design while Jeep engineers apparently just said "what if we made a brick with wheels?" The computational fluid dynamics don't lie, folks. That boxy monstrosity creates enough drag to make physicists weep into their coffee. Meanwhile, crustaceans are out there showing off nature's engineering prowess without even trying. Next time someone brags about their Wrangler's off-road capabilities, just remind them they're being outperformed aerodynamically by something that spends its life walking sideways on the ocean floor. Nature: 1, Detroit: 0.

Nature's Engineering Beats Human Design
Engineering Biology Physics Evolution
5 days ago 14.0K views 0 shares
Nature's Engineering Beats Human Design
Evolution spent millions of years perfecting the lobster's hydrodynamic shape, while Jeep engineers said "rectangle with wheels go brrr." The computational fluid dynamics visualization shows nature's elegant design crushing human engineering. Next time someone brags about their Wrangler's off-road capabilities, remind them they're being outperformed by seafood in a wind tunnel. Drag coefficient? The lobster doesn't even need to try.

Aerodynamics Of A Lobster
Engineering Physics Science Research
6 months ago 14.7K views 0 shares
Aerodynamics Of A Lobster
Engineers and scientists spending thousands of compute hours to simulate the fluid dynamics around a lobster that absolutely no one asked for is peak research energy. The colorful computational fluid dynamics visualization shows how air would flow around a lobster if it were... flying? Swimming through air? The absurdity lies in the hyper-specialized nature of this analysis—like someone defended a PhD thesis on "Crustacean Aeronautics" with a straight face. Next up: calculating the lift coefficient of a burrito.

Flames Vs. Fluid Dynamics: Nature's Racing Secrets
Engineering Physics
7 months ago 15.6K views 0 shares
Flames Vs. Fluid Dynamics: Nature's Racing Secrets
Car enthusiasts in the 80s: "Flames make my car faster!" Engineers who actually studied fluid dynamics: "According to our computational models, a lobster-shaped vehicle exhibits superior aerodynamic properties." The bottom image shows actual CFD (computational fluid dynamics) analysis of a lobster's shape, which is surprisingly streamlined. Nature spent millions of years perfecting designs we're just now discovering with supercomputers. Next time you're building a race car, consider the humble crustacean.