| PROPOSAL NUMBER: | 03-II T2.01-9798 |
| PHASE-I CONTRACT NUMBER: | NND04AA54C |
| RESEARCH SUBTOPIC TITLE: | Atmospheric Flight Operations |
| PROPOSAL TITLE: | Numerical Algorithms for Steady and Unsteady Multi-Disciplinary Simulation of Flight Vehicles |
| SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN (SBC): | RESEARCH INSTITUTION (RI): | ||
| NAME: | Intelligent Aerodynamics | NAME: | Stanford University |
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| ADDRESS: | 845 Sharon Park Drive | ADDRESS: | 320 Panama Mall |
| CITY: | Menlo Park | CITY: | Stanford |
| STATE/ZIP: | CA 94025-6739 | STATE/ZIP: | CA 94305-4035 |
| PHONE: | (650) 854-6710 | PHONE: | (650) 725-6208 |
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR/PROJECT MANAGER
(Name,Email)
Antony Jameson
jameson@baboon.stanford.edu
U.S. Citizen or Legal Resident: Yes
TECHNICAL ABSTRACT (LIMIT 200 WORDS)
Industry is driven by the cost of man-power and time to market, and is still awaiting a versatile and reliable multi-disciplinary analysis code. The proposed JFLO software suite addresses many aspects that are still not totally resolved in current state-of- the-art CFD. It will enable optimal designs as well as the multi-disciplinary application of CFD for digital flight. The key elements of JFLO are : ease of use; broad analysis capability for 3D steady and unsteady applications for the entire range of speeds for low Mach to supersonic, high-resolution mesh-blind solution algorithms and CAD-blind surface reconstruction, mesh-and user-independent results via CAD-respecting mesh adaptation, fast solutions via advanced convergence acceleration techniques, and above all reliability and high accuracy. It weaves together technologies that have been recognized in their individual right: optimal control design, coupled CFD and CSD and automatic mesh optimization. Here they are brought together in a single package for the first time.
POTENTIAL NASA COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS (LIMIT 100 WORDS)
The potential applications are very broad at NASA. The JFLO suite is anticipated to become an important tool in NASA's arsenal for analysing a wide range of existing aerodynamic devices, designing new flight vehicles and generating flight simulation data bases. Applications range from missiles, rockets, military aircraft, rotorcraft and tiltrotors such as the V22 to space vehicles and all categories of UAVs.
POTENTIAL NON-NASA COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS (LIMIT 100 WORDS)
The JFLO suite represents a technological leap as it combines many yet unavailable features in a single product. Its optimum design capabilities enable the rapid and inexpensive design of new flight vehicles. Users are anticipated to be from all branches of the Aerospace Industry, including manufacturers of commercial aircraft ranging from business jets to super jumbos, helicopters, tiltrotors and jet engines, and also the rapidly mushrooming UAV community.