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Over the last 30 years Swansea University has been at the forefront of international research in the area of computational engineering. World leading engineers at Swansea University have developed numerical techniques, such as the finite element method, and associated computational procedures that have enabled many complex engineering problems to be solved. In the early 1990s this computational analysis capability was used in conjunction with experimental testing to support the aerodynamic design of the current World Land Speed Record vehicle Thrust SSC, the world’s first supersonic car.

In April 2007, Richard Noble approached the Engineering team at Swansea University and described his new project, which at the time carried the code name BLOODHOUND. With backing at the highest level, the project would focus on the design of a vehicle that would attempt to take the World Land Speed Record to beyond 1,000mph, and in doing so become an engineering icon that could be used as a tool for promoting science and engineering to young people in the UK.

In order to safely achieve BLOODHOUND SSC's target speed of 1000mph and with  funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council  (EPSRC), engineers at the Civil & Computational Engineering Centre have developed even further their cutting edge computational fluid analysis technology to inform the decision making process every stage of the Project. You can read all about BLOODHOUND SSC's aerodynamic design process, the people involved and all the latest news right here.