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Transpiration Cooling Computational Fluid Dynamics Submodel

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: W31P4Q-09-C-0030
Agency Tracking Number: A082-033-0641
Amount: $119,942.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: A08-033
Solicitation Number: 2008.2
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2008
Award Year: 2008
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2008-11-06
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2009-05-31
Small Business Information
6210 Keller's Church Road
Pipersville, PA 18947
United States
DUNS: 929950012
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Brian York
 Principal Scientist
 (215) 766-1520
 york@craft-tech.com
Business Contact
 Sanford Dash
Title: President & Chief Scientist
Phone: (215) 766-1520
Email: dash@craft-tech.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

This proposal entails the development of specialized CFD models which can analyze transpiration cooling processes in complex high-speed environments. This is of significant importance to the Army since “well-designed” transpiration concepts are needed on missile systems that can provide reductions in both heat transfer and skin friction, resulting in improvements in overall performance. The program of work proposed involves a systematic “building-block” approach that will support the development and validation of transpiration models for problems of increasing complexity, using both RANS and LES methodology in complex environments. The environments to be considered in our Phase I effort will be limited to gas-phase transpiration problems, but will consider the effects of combustion as well as shock interactions, and will address flowfields such as those occurring in hypersonic scramjet combustion chambers. The overall objectives will encompass: gathering building-block data sets for systematic model validation; the extension of existing RANS transpiration models to include the effects of variable Prandtl and Schmidt number; the performance of both fundamental validation studies as well as parametric studies; and, the extension of the models and methodology to an LES framework (our optional task), including the performance of a unit problem demonstration calculation.

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