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摘要

When modern aeronautical engineers design a new airplane, they simulate the design, manufacture, and testing of the new aircraft using computer models. This process saves the costly and time-consuming process of building full-scale mock-ups and prototypes until the final design is settled. The extraordinary speed and power of modern computers makes these simulations exceedingly accurate, and actual test-flights of new aircraft today have become rather anticlimactic confirmations of data already compiled from the computer models.