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MODIFICATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF SOFTWARE FOR MODELING MULTI DIMENSIONAL…

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Air Force 		Award ID:
2137 		Program Year/Program:
1986 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
2137 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
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Scientific Comput Assoc
One Century Tower 265 Church Street New Haven, CT 99999
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: Yes
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 2
Fiscal Year: 1986
Title: MODIFICATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF SOFTWARE FOR MODELING MULTI DIMENSIONAL REACTION FUEL FLOW
Agency / Branch: DOD / USAF
Contract: N/A
Award Amount: $531,000.00
 

Abstract:

MODIFICATIONS OF EXISTING SOFTWARE EMPLOYED IN THE NUMERICAL MODELING OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL REACTING FUEL FLOWS ARE PROPOSED WHICH WOULD IMPROVE THE COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND ROBUSTNESS OF SUCH METHODS AND ALLOW THE INCLUSION OF A MORE DETAILED REPRESENTATION OF THE CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROCESSES INVOLVED. PRELIMINARY MODIFICATIONS WOULD PRESERVE THE GRIDDING AND DISCRETIZATION OF EXISTING CODES WHILE INCORPORATING THE FULL CHEMICAL KINETIC MECHANISM OF THE FLAME, AND REPLACING THE SOLUTION ALGORITHM FOR THE NONLINEAR DISCRETE SYSTEM WITH A MORE IMPLICIT VERSION EMPLOYING ROBUST VARIATIONS OF NEWTON'S METHOD FOR BETTER CONVERGENCE PROPERTIES. A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF THE MODULES TO BE INCORPORATED ALREADY EXIST "IN HOUSE" AND HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY USED ON ONE-DIMENSIONAL FULL CHEMISTRY PROBLEMS AND ON TWO-DIMENSIONAL IDEALIZED CHEMISTRY PROBLEMS. RESEARCH COMPARING THE EFFICIENCY OF VARIOUS SOLUTION ALGORITHMS FOR HIGHER-DIMENSIONAL FULL CHEMISTRY FLAMES IS STILL NEEDED BECAUSE OF THE TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF UNKNOWNS INVOLVED IN THE DISCRETIZATION. SUCH COMPARISONS WILL BE UNDERTAKEN UNDER PHASE I ON AN AXIALLY SYMMETRIC LAMINAR DIFFUSION FLAME. FURTHER MODIFICATIONS ARE PROPOSED CONCERNING THE COMPUTATIONAL GRID OVER WHICH THE SOLUTION IS DEFINED, WHICH WOULD ALLOW MORE ACCURATE AND MORE PHENOMENOLOGICALLY CORRECT MODELING IN PRACTICAL COMBUSTOR GEOMETRY AND IN TURBULENT FLOW.

Principal Investigator:

Dr Mark W Angevine
2037777442

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Scientific Computing Associate
246 Church St - Ste 408 New Haven, CT 06510

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Minority-Owned: No
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