Pictures from Simulations

Compressible Flows

F117:

In this simulation the compressible flow field about an F117 aircraft is computed. An unstructured mesh is used for the computation. The flow field can be visualized with pressure contours on the aircraft surface and ribbons to trace the velocity vector field, as shown here.

747 Aircraft:

In this simulation we compute the flow field about a complete 747 aircraft. The geometry definition can be seen here and the pressure on the surface of the aircraft here.

Space Shuttle:

Compressible flow calculation over the entire space shuttle. The geometry definition can be seen here, the pressure on the surface here, and the surface pressure together with Mach number contours on a cutting plane here.