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    Images from various projects

This page illustrates some applications of Cart3D. These are in no particular order, and include both validation & in-house projects as well as some examples from users. Click on any image to see a larger version.
SLS density contours
SLS and Artemis
X-59 density contours
X-59 QueSST at cruise
Temperature Contours in
                            a time-dependent flow
Time-dependent flow
Formation flight at Mach
                          61.7
Hypersonic formation flight- raycart viz
from the 1st AIAA sonic
                          boom workshop
 Low-boom design and analysis
Unsteady flow example
 Unsteady flow simulation
Computational schlieren using raycart
Computational schlieren of T38s
at Mach 1.5 using raycart

f5e_vs_ssbd.png
Boom-propagation with running
engines and inlets

naca0012_M0.95.png
Adjoint-based adaptation. 2D NACA 0012
Mach 0.95

LAV_plumes_adapt_M4_sm.png
LAV with ACMs firing, Mach 4.0
Blast wave past Orion
                          Launch Abort Vehicle
Unsteady Blast wave past LAV geometry
unsteady 2D flow
2D Unsteady flow example
acm_sweep.png
Mach-alpha sweep on LAV
with 3 different thrust settings

airshow
121 Components, 5.61M cells
old C17 example
18 Components, 1.65M cells
apache
82 Components, 5.81M cells
ONERA M6
1 Component, 1.2M cells
ONERA M6 flow
Isobars in discrete solution
Component based
                            approach
Component based shuttle geometry
shuttle decomposition
Mesh partitions, using SFC partitioner


last update November 2022,  M. Aftosmis