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Active Flow Control with Adaptive Design Techniques for Improved Aircraft Safety

Award Information

Agency:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 		Branch:
N/A 		Award ID:
80732 		Program Year/Program:
2006 / STTR
Agency Tracking Number:
050169 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Barron Associates, Inc.
1410 Sachem Place CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 2006
Title: Active Flow Control with Adaptive Design Techniques for Improved Aircraft Safety
Agency: NASA
Contract: NND06AA36C
Award Amount: $99,823.00
 

Abstract:

The increased aircraft safety potential of active flow control using synthetic jets - specifically, using synthetic jets on the leading edge of the wing to delay flow separation - is of critical importance. Delaying flow separation could allow an aircraft to recover from adverse conditions that would otherwise result in a loss of control.Active flow control using synthetic jet actuators has been the subject of significant research in recent years due to its immense potential to expand the operating regimes of unconventional airfoils and provide "virtual" shaping. Barron Associates (BAI) and its research partners at the University of Virginia and the University of Wyoming propose innovative active flow control solutions that will allow achieve virtual sur-face shaping objectives and delay flow separation at high angles of attack to provide a safer and more efficient flight environment. The proposed integrated actuation and control systems will be demonstrated using a Boeing 747 flight simulation.In Phase II, the team will: (1) implement the control algorithms in real time in hardware; (2) fabricate a Boeing 747-like scale model with integrated synthetic jet actuators, and; (3) demonstrate the actuation capacity and control algorithm performance for achieving desired flow control objectives.

Principal Investigator:

Jason O. Burkholder
Principal Investigator
burkholder@bainet.com

Business Contact:

Connie R. Hoover
Contracts Manager
4349731215
barron@bainet.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

Barron Associates, Inc.
1410 Sachem Place, Suite 202 Charlottesville, VA 22901

EIN/Tax ID: 541243694
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
Research Institution Information:
University of Virginia
PO Box 400195
Charlottesville, VA 22904
Contact: Gerald J. Kane
Contact Phone: (434) 924-4270
RI Type: Nonprofit college or university