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OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS SIGNIFICANT INTEREST HAS BEEN GENERATED IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOWFIELD ANALYSES OF LIFTING REENTRY VEHICLES.

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 2111
Amount: $49,975.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
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Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1985
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
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Po Box 50
Blacksburg, VA 24060
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 DR CLARK H LEWIS
 (703) 552-0769
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Abstract

OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS SIGNIFICANT INTEREST HAS BEEN GENERATED IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOWFIELD ANALYSES OF LIFTING REENTRY VEHICLES. THE PARABOLIZED NAVIER-STOKES (PNS) SCHEMES ARE ELLIPTIC IN THE CROSSFLOW DIRECTION AND CAN TREAT REGIONS OF CROSSFLOW SEPARATION. THE PRESENT NON-ITERATIVE AFWAL PNS SCHEME SUFFERS FROM QUITE A FEW LIMITATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS; HOWEVER, THE NEW FULLY-ITERATIVE PNS SCHEME OF BHUTTA AND LEWIS SUCCESSFULLY RESOLVES SEVERAL OF THE PROBLEMS INHERENT IN THE PRESENT NON-ITERATIVE AFWAL PNS SCHEME. IN PHASE I OF THE PROPOSED TWO-PHASE EFFORT, WE WILL EXTEND THE NONITERATIVE PERFECT-GAS AFWAL PNS SCHEME TO ACCURATELY PREDICT EQUILIBRIUM-AIR FLOWFIELDS AROUND REALISTIC REENTRY CONFIGURATIONS. IN PHASE II OF THIS EFFORT, WE PROPOSE TO EXTEND THE RECENT AXISYMMETRIC FULLY-ITERATIVE PERFECT-GAS PNS SCHEME TO BHUTTA AND LEWIS, AND PROVIDE THE AIR FORCE WITH THE CODE TO STUDY THREE-DIMENTIONAL PERFECTGAS/EQUILIBRIUM-AIR FLOWFIELD AROUND BALLISTIC AND LIFTING REENTRY VEHICLES.

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