FIT   100
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Constructing A Computer Model
vIn a model all phenomena are represented as data (mostly numbers) and all changes are realized by computations on the numbers
oTo model the atmospheric pressure of an aircraft’s surface as it returns from space flight, the geometry of the plane must be represented in a computer: polygons
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oThe Navier-Stokes equations for air flow must be applied