GoCart v1.x & Cart3D
Applications of Cart3D Euler Solver in Conceptual Design & User Tutorials
OpenVSP Workshop 2014 – Cal Poly
Colin
Johnson
johnson@desktopaero.com
August
21,
2014
A division of Aerion Corporation
Dream it. Design it. Fly It.
Agenda
• Introduction
– Desktop Aeronautics
• Overview of Tools
– Cart3D Solver
– GoCart Framework
– Introduction to Documentation
– Comparison to Overflow
– Quick Facts
– Applicability
– Development Roadmap & $100 R&D Budget
A division of Aerion Corporation
• Product Introduction & Tutorials
– Overview of GoCart
– Tips and Tricks with OpenVSP v3
– Deep Dive Tutorials
• Request for feedback
Desktop Aeronautics
• Who are we?
• What do we do?
• Why are we here?
A division of Aerion Corporation
Background on Cart3D
• Cart3D is a Cartesian Euler CFD code
– Scalable, accurate, and robust solver developed by NASA Ames
– Allows users to perform analysis on arbitrarily complex geometry
– Adjoint Meshing offers solution-based automatic mesh refinement
– Parallelization and multigrid are completely transparent to users
– Powerful tool for conceptual and preliminary aerodynamic design
for any geometry
• Common Applications:
– Propulsion-Airframe Integration
– Aircraft Conceptual Design
– Launch Vehicle Analysis
– Sonic Boom Prediction
– Flyback Boosters
Effects
of
Jet-‐Interac0on
on
Pitch
Control
of
a
Launch
Abort
Vehicle.
M.
A=osmis
and
S.
Rogers
AIAA
2008-‐1281.
Cart3D is a CFD code used industry-wide on a variety of high-speed applications
A division of Aerion Corporation
GoCart: Framework for Analytical Design
• GoCart integrates Cart3D into a user-
• Airbus 12 May 2014
• GoCart serves as an end-to-end tool
friendly analysis framework
that gives users easy access to
Cart3D’s commands
• Built-in tools allow for convenient ways
RAGE Geometry Engine generates
geometry that imports to GoCart
GoCart’s automated mesh generation
tools saves users time
Results can be instantly visualized or
exported to third party tools
Sample CFD analysis of Astrium Space Plane using
framework of RAGE and GoCart. Turnaround time: 1 day
to able to:
Import CAD geometries
Generate computational mesh
Apply propulsion integration
Quickly visualize results
• Commercially available
• Next release of new GoCart (outfitted
with Adjoint) set for Fall 2014
GoCart integrates Cart3D and geometry into an intuitive framework for CFD analysis
A division of Aerion Corporation
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The GoCart Solution
$ for
change
Navier Stokes Solutions
Trade Studies with GoCart
Conceptual Design
Preliminary Design
Final Design
Value Added
• GoCart’s quick turnaround
offers the ability to do trade
studies early on
• Perform high-fidelity CFD
analysis for conceptual
design
• Additional engineering insight
offers overall time and money
savings
Design Phases for requirements validation
• Full Navier-Stokes CFD analyses are commonly performed during Preliminary and Final
• Cost of implementing design changes when product is mature is usually significantly
•
more than in during the conceptual phase
If quick-turnaround analyses can be done to influence design early on there is potential
to save time and money
A division of Aerion Corporation
The GoCart Solution (new graphic?)
$ for
change
Navier Stokes Solutions
Trade Studies with GoCart
Conceptual Design
Preliminary Design
Final Design
Value Added
• GoCart’s quick turnaround
offers the ability to do trade
studies early on
• Perform high-fidelity CFD
analysis for conceptual
design
• Additional engineering insight
offers overall time and money
savings
Design Phases for requirements validation
• Full Navier-Stokes CFD analyses are commonly performed during Preliminary and Final
• Cost of implementing design changes when product is mature is usually significantly
•
more than in during the conceptual phase
If quick-turnaround analyses can be done to influence design early on there is potential
to save time and money
A division of Aerion Corporation
GoCart vs. Overflow Example
Business Jet Geometry
Overflow CP Contour
GoCart CP Contour
Time to create mesh?
Approximate Mesh Size
Run time & cores used?
Overflow
~2 weeks
GoCart/Cart3D
5 minutes
~250,000 cells
3 hours on 16 CPUs
10 minutes on 4 CPUs
GoCart offers significant time savings and has comparable results to Overflow
A division of Aerion Corporation