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Langley
Research Center
1994 Phase II
Solution-Adaptive
Computer software for Preliminary Structural Design of Hypersonic Vehicles
ResearchSouth,
Inc.
Huntsville, AL
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INNOVATION
A set of computer software
packages to improve the preliminary design process for hypersonic vehicles
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Computer Pressure Field Cavity for Stage
Separation of HyperX Vehicle
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Developed a Computational Fluid
Dynamics software package using unstructured, adaptive meshing methodology
- Developed a preliminary design
methodology which uses statistical processes to determine
the critical design loads for design of hypersonic vehicles
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COMMERCIALIZATION
- Awarded Phase III
contract from HyperX project office at NASA Langley Research Center
- Negotiated Phase III
contract with McDonnell Douglas Aerospace for further development
and applications of computer software
- Plans underway to
market software worldwide with Intergraph Corporation
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GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE
APPLICATIONS
- NASA Langley currently using
software in analysis and design of HyperX vehicle stage separation
process
- Direct application to simulation
of vortex tube flows for advanced vehicles
- Interfaces with existing codes
for analysis of Scramjet combustion processes
- Statistical design method can
save 10% in dry weight of hypersonic vehicles
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