Gallery

Showcased below is a sampling of application work done with LAVA at NASA. This list is nowhere near exhaustive, but is meant to be illustrative of what LAVA can be used for.

Space

SLS Unsteady Aerodynamics

Simulation of SLS at ascent conditions.

Launch Pad Environment

Simulation of SLS exhaust plume and acoustic suppression system dynamics.

Supersonic Parachute Deployment

Parachute FSI simulation of ASPIRE flight test.

Crew Launch Abort

Orion abort vehicle analysis showing exhaust plume dynamics.

Mars Vehicle Entry

Supersonic retropropulsion simulation of Mars concept vehicle.

Aeronautics

Aerodynamic Shape Optimization

CFD-based refinement of the CRM wing at cruise.

Iced Aerodynamics

Leading-Edge Ice on the CRM Wing modeled with WMLES.

High-Lift Prediction

Simulation of High-Lift for the HLPW.

X-59 Boom Prediction

Near field X-59 Supersonic Demonstrator acoustics.

Supersonic Jet Noise

Noise prediction of supersonic jet concepts.

BLI & DEP Assessment

SUSAN concept analysis with distributed electric propulsion and boundary layer ingestion.

TTBW Transonic Buffet

Unsteady shock motion and buffet analysis on TTBW concept.

Open rotor analysis

Acoustic analysis of novel open-rotor designs.

Jet Engine Fan

Fan blade performance assessment.

Novel Aircraft Performance

Performance assessment of a transonic truss-braced wing.

Aircraft Stability

Dynamic stability analysis of the X-57 with forced oscillation simulation.