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CALCULATION OF SURFACE PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS BASED ON TIME- AVERAGED, TURBULENT…

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Agency:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 		Branch:
N/A 		Award ID:
11975 		Program Year/Program:
1991 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
11975 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Engineering Analysis Inc
3214 Greenwood Cir Ames, IA 50014
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Phase 2
Fiscal Year: 1991
Title: CALCULATION OF SURFACE PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS BASED ON TIME- AVERAGED, TURBULENT FLOW COMPUTATIONS
Agency: NASA
Contract: N/A
Award Amount: $489,998.00
 

Abstract:

THE STRUCTURAL DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF A SPACE VEHICLE DURING ATMOSPHERIC FLIGHT REQUIRES KNOWLEDGE OF THE MEAN FLUCTUATING PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION OVER THE SURFACE OF THE VEHICLE. COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMIC TECHNIQUES CAN READILYCALCULATE THE MEAN PRESSURE COMPONENT BUT NOT THE FLUCTUATING COMPONENT. EXPERIENCE WITH THE TURBULENCE ANALYSIS (TURBAN) SOFTWARE MODEL WILL BE APPLIED TO DEVELOP AN ACCURATE AND EFFICIENT METHOD TO PREDICT THE INTENSITY OFSURFACE-PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS BASED ON THE PROPERTIES OF THEMEAN FLOW FIELD AS COMPUTED BY STANDARD CFD PROCEDURES. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES FOR PHASE I ARE: TO ESTABLISH THE BASICGOVERNING EQUATION FOR THE COVARIANCE OF PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS; TO DETERMINE THE MOST PRACTICAL MUMERICAL PROCEDURE; TO DEVELOP COMPUTATIONAL ALGORITHMS; TO SELECT CANDIDATE TWO-DIMENSIONAL INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW PROBLEMS WHICHHAVE CFD SOLUTIONS; AND TO PREDICT DISTRIBUTION OF SURFACE PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS. DURING PHASE II, THE TECHNIQUE WOULD BE EXPANDED TO APPLY, FIRST, TO THREE-DIMENSIONAL INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW AND, THEN, TO TWO-DIMENSIONAL AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPRESSIBLE FLOW. IN ITS FINAL STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT, THE CONCEPT WOULD TAKE THE FORM OF A CFD POST- PROCESSOR WHICH COULD BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A VARIETY OF CFD SOFTWARE PROGRAMS. COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS WOULD BE THROUGH THE SALE OF THE SOFTWARE AS A POST PROCESSOR TO COMPANIES DEVELOPING AND UTILIZING CFD SOFTWARE.

Principal Investigator:

Frank B. Tatom
Chief Engineer
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Business Contact:

Frank b. tatom
PRESIDENT
2055339391
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Engineering Analysis, Inc.
715 Arcadia Circle Huntsville, AL 35801

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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No