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The current state of the art for production computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulations in both the Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL) communities and modeling of hypersonic vehicles is the solution of steady-state problems on fixed computation grids. However, the majority of relevant challenge problems are unsteady. Accurate simulations of such unsteady phenomena currently require computational g ...

Corvid Technologies (Corvid) and North Carolina State University (NCSU) are employing a novel moving Discontinuous Galerkin with Interface Conservation Enforcement (MDG+ICE) approach. The MDG+ICE method represents a fundamentally grounded and break-through approach and is specifically designed for flows with discontinuities and therefore especially attractive for hypersonic flows. During Phase I, ...

The innovation in this proposed effort is to capitalize on existing knowledge, AME equipment platforms, processes, and working devices to enhance the durability and ruggedness of AME produced products. The extreme temperature variations study and optimization will establish the material and process set to make AME products reliable. We will specifically study the material mismatch between diverse ...

The proposed innovation is a mesh-based graph neural network (GNN) framework for training high-fidelity surrogate models. The models are highly accurate and increase computational efficiency approximately 1-2 orders of magnitude faster than the software which generated the data. This would allow use of previously generated simulations to alleviate High-Performance Computing (HPC) resources, minimi ...

The Interdisciplinary Consulting Corporation (IC2) proposes to develop high-temperature, high-bandwidth, miniaturized heat flux sensors that are applicable in a variety of environmental conditions such as those encountered in high-speed ground- and flight-test facilities.nbsp;The proposed sensing system addresses a critically unmet measurement need in NASArsquo;s technology portfolio, specifically ...

The Interdisciplinary Consulting Corporation (IC2), in partnership with AVEC, Inc., proposes to develop advanced phased-array and dynamic pressure sensing instrumentation and processing capabilities for airframe noise source identification. High channel-count, high-density, low cost-per-channel microphone arrays, and ultra-small, ultra-smooth sensing surface, low-cost, instrumentation-grade, model ...

The Interdisciplinary Consulting Corporation (IC2), in partnership with OptiNav, Inc., proposes to develop advanced phased-array instrumentation and processing capabilities for aircraft engine-inlet measurements. High channel-count, high-density, reduced cost-per-channel microphone arrays, using microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) piezoelectric microphones with backside contacts and advanced pac ...

We propose to research, develop, and demonstrate Handler, an autonomous semantic detection, planning, and grasping affordance module capable of fast online inference and adaptation, as well as continuous learning and improvement. Handler will work by combining semantic and primitive pose-recognition algorithms with a rich affordance template library and online grasp-finding algorithms. Uniquely, i ...

The proposed work aims to demonstrate significant improvement in AlGaN-based detectors and detector arrays by employing single crystal AlN substrates, which practically eliminates leakage induced by screw dislocations. By employing defect controlled APDs on single crystal AlN, we aim to demonstrate sensitivity over the whole UVC range (120 - 275 nm) while being solar and visible blind. We will pro ...

The design and development of a compact, rugged, cost-scalable optical diagnostic for measuring temperatures, species concentrations, and velocities to advance research vital to enabling the next generation of high-speed air platforms is proposed.nbsp;The sensor design overcomes many challenges associated with making measurements in the extreme environments of hypersonic and reactive flows. The sy ...