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DEVELOPMENT OF SCRAMJET PERFORMANCE CORRELATIONS USING AN ADVANCED CFD CODE

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Navy 		Award ID:
8414 		Program Year/Program:
1988 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
8414 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
CFD Research Corporation
215 Wynn Dr., 5th Floor Huntsville, AL -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 1988
Title: DEVELOPMENT OF SCRAMJET PERFORMANCE CORRELATIONS USING AN ADVANCED CFD CODE
Agency / Branch: DOD / NAVY
Contract: N/A
Award Amount: $69,573.00
 

Abstract:

COMPARED TO CONVENTIONAL TURBOJET/TURBOFAN ENGINES, THE SUPERSONIC COMBUSTION RAMJET (SCRAMJET) IS A MORE EFFICIENT PROPULSION SYSTEM AT HIGH FLIGHT MACH NUMBERS AND ALTITUDE. HOWEVER, THERE ARE INSUFFICIENT DATA TO ASSESS ENGINE CYCLE PAYOFFS. IT IS PROPOSED TO USE A VALIDATED COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD) CODE TO PRODUCE THE NEEDED DATA. IN PHASE I, AN EXISTING FAVRE-AVERAGED, COMPRESSIBLE, CHEMICALLY-REACTING, NAVIER-STOKES CODE WILL BE MODIFIED BY INCORPORATING AN IMPROVED SHOCK-CAPTURING SCHEME AND ADDING A GLOBAL HYDROGEN/AIR REACTION-RATE MODEL. AFTER SYSTEMATIC VALIDATION, DEMONSTRATION CALCULATIONS WILL BE PERFORMED ON A GENERIC SCRAMJET CONFIGURATION. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CODE REFINEMENTS WILL BE MADE, AND NUMERICAL/EXPERIMENTAL TEST PLANS FORMULATED, IN CONSULTATION WITH DR. J. A. SCHETZ (A LEADING EXPERT IN SCRAMJET PROPULSION). PHASE II WILL CONSIST OF FURTHER CODE ENHANCEMENTS AND EXPERIMENTAL TESTING TO PROVIDE DATA FOR ANCHORING CFD MODELS. THE FINAL CODE WILL BE USED TO PERFORM NUMERICAL TESTS IN MUCH THE SAME MANNER AS EXPERIMENTAL TESTS ARE PERFORMED FOR HARDWARE. THE PROJECT WILL CULMINATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CORRELATIONS FOR USE IN ENGINE CYCLE ANALYSIS DECKS.

Principal Investigator:

Clifford e smith
2055366576

Business Contact:

Small Business Information at Submission:

Cfd Research Corp
3313 Bob Wallace Ave - Ste 205 Huntsville, AL 35805

EIN/Tax ID:
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No