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CFD Analysis of Rocket Plume Effects on Ejection Seat Aerodynamics

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 28576
Amount: $70,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1995
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
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174 North Main Street, Bldg. 3 P.o. Box 1150
Dublin, PA 18917
United States
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Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Sanford M. Dash
 (215) 249-9780
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Abstract

Existing technology for the 3D CFD analysis of rocket plume/aerodynamic interactions will be specialized to the ejection seat problem. Present technology includes a 3D Navier-Stokes code, CRAFT, with detailed plume thermochemistry and multiphase flow and with turbulence models specialized to the complex plume environment. A struc- tured version with advanced Roe/TVD finite-volume numerics is operational at sev- eral government facilities (MICOM, NSWC, ARL) in support of plume/aerodynamic in- teractive problems. New unstructured and hybrid versions for complex multi-body problems (stage separation, launcher interactions, etc.) are operational with further development underway. Task 1 will demonstrate the applicability of pres- ent technology to rocket plume/ejection seat aerodynamics, including the performance of "scope-out" computational studies focussing on areas of most uncertainty (e.g. transient turbulence modeling/vortex shedding).

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