Simulation Gallery

A simulation showing the vorticity (left) and dust concentration (right) fields from the Ingenuity Mars helicopter hovering over the Martian surface. The simulation was performed using a vortex particle-mesh method.

Passive tracers shed at the trailing edge and near the ground plane are visualized in this simulation of a hovering rotor. The simulation was performed using a vortex particle-mesh method. Rendring by Tim Sandstrom (NASA/Ames).

Visualization of the interaction between rotor vorticity and the body of a quadcopter drone in forward flight. The simulation was performed using a vortex particle-mesh method.

An entry to the Gallery of Fluid Motion 2017, the video shows the development of a shear layer with weak inflow turbulence. The video is a visualization of the vorticity magnitude. The simulation was performed using a vortex particle-mesh method.