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Development of High-Fidelity Techniques to Model Impact Flash and Post-Impact…

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Missile Defense Agency 		Award ID:
81784 		Program Year/Program:
2007 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
B063-047-0178 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
MODERN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC.
5285 SHAWNEE ROAD SUITE 400 ALEXANDRIA, VA -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 2007
Title: Development of High-Fidelity Techniques to Model Impact Flash and Post-Impact Thermal Signature Prediction and Support Kill Assessment
Agency / Branch: DOD / MDA
Contract: HQ0006-07-C-7745
Award Amount: $99,926.00
 

Abstract:

Initial implementations of the United States missile defense system utilize two primary sensors for kill assessment: RADAR and infra-red (IR) sensors. The post-impact signatures must be accurately modeled to support kill assessment, sensor design, signal processing, and feature extraction. The post-impact RADAR and IR signatures will be, to first-order, governed in the first few seconds by the distribution of particle sizes and densities generated by the fragmentation dynamics, and the kinetic to thermal energy conversion resulting from the hypervelocity impact. We propose to determine the feasibility of using Hybrid Particle-Element (HPE) numerical methods to accurately model both fragmentation and thermofluid dynamics resulting from hypervelocity impacts. The unique Hamiltonian method used in the HPE technique is well suited for simulating large deformations in fragmented media and representing strength effects in a Lagrangian frame. It is not subject to the numerical simulation difficulties associated with the use of pure particle codes, in particular tensile instability and numerical fracture. Our proposed research will demonstrate the potential of HPE methods to offer significant improvements in the numerical simulation of post-impact signatures for MDA applications.

Principal Investigator:

Elvis Dieguez
Principle Investigator
7032128870
elvis.dieguez@mtsi-va.com

Business Contact:

David Kang
Director of Strategic Initiatives
7032128870
david.s.kang@mtsi-va.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

MODERN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC.
4725 B EISENHOWER AVENUE ALEXANDRIA, VA 22304

EIN/Tax ID: 541670018
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No