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INTEGRATED CAD VENTING ANALYSIS PACKAGE

Award Information
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 12074
Amount: $50,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1990
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
3304 Westmill Drive
Huntsville, AL 35805
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Sarat C. Praharaj
 Engineering Specialist
 (205) 536-8581
Business Contact
 CHARLES E. FULLER
Title: PRESIDENT
Phone: (205) 536-8581
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

REMTECH, INC. PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A STANDARDIZED COMPUTER CODE TO ANALYZE THE VENTING OF COMPONENTS FOR WHICH PRESSURETRANSIENTS EXIST, RANGING FROM PRESSURIZED TO FREE-MOLECULARVACUUM CONDITIONS. THIS CODE WILL ELIMINATE THE NECESSITY THAT ITS USER BE A SPECIALIST IN VENTING METHODOLOGIES AND WILL USE CONVENTIONAL CAD TECHNIQUES IN ITS EXECUTION. VENTING OF PAYLOADS AND STRUCTURES ON FLIGHT VEHICLES HAS LONG BEEN A CRITICAL ISSUE FOR NASA (EVIDENCE THE APOLLO XIII ACCIDENT). PRESENTLY, EACH PAYLOAD VENDOR AND VEHICLE DESIGNER RELIES UPON HIS OWN METHODOLOGIES FOR DETERMINING VENTING REQUIREMENTS. A STANDARDIZED CODE IS NEEDED TO ASSURE ADEQUATE ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO THE VENTING REQUIREMENTS OF SPACE HARDWARE FOR SAFE DEPLOYMENT. DEVELOPMENT OF A STANDARDIZED VENTING ANALYSIS PACKAGE WILL REQUIRE THE INTEGRATION OF A VENTING CODE FOR CONTINUUMFLOW, ANOTHER FOR RAREFIED FLOW, A CAD PACKAGE TO PROVIDE A USER INTERFACE, AND A DATA BASE OF FLOW CHARACTERISTICS FOR COMPLEX VENT STRUCTURES. SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THIS SBIR PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE A TOOL FOR PRE-FLIGHT CERTIFICATION OF ALL FLIGHT HARDWARE AND FOR THE DESIGN OF SPACE-BASED EXPERIMENTS AND MANUFACTURING PROCESSES. IT WILL ALSO FIND APPLICATION IN VACUUM DEPOSIT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, CRYSTAL GROWTH STUDIES, AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH.

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