CFD isn't perfect, reality still has a few suprises, and serious R&D teams use CFD to hone ideas while still using wind tunnels, real water, etc on models or re

CFD isn't perfect, reality still has a few suprises, and serious R&D teams use CFD to hone ideas while still using wind tunnels, real water, etc on models or real life at 1:1 scale to final test and verify. Your claim aside, we still see articles and papers such as: (2019) https://global.ctbuh.org/resources/papers/download/4200-will-cfd-ever-replace-wind-tunnels-forbuilding-wind-simulations.pdf https://global.ctbuh.org/resources/papers/download/4200-will... (2025) https://www.dlubal.com/en/support-and-learning/support/knowledge-base/001948 https://www.dlubal.com/en/support-and-learning/support/knowl... asking if wind tunnels and "real" scale models can be fully set aside. As has been the case for decades now, the answer is still "almost" and "soon".