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Mitigation of Aero-Optic Distortions by Active Flow Control

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: FA9550-04-C-0039
Agency Tracking Number: F023-0108
Amount: $498,876.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: STTR
Solicitation Topic Code: AF02T012
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2002
Award Year: 2004
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2004-04-30
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2006-04-30
Small Business Information
6210 Keller's Church Road
Pipersville, PA 18947
United States
DUNS: 929950012
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Neeraj Sinha
 Vice President & Technical Directo
 (215) 766-1520
 sinha@craft-tech.com
Business Contact
 Neeraj Sinha
Title: Vice President & Technical Director
Phone: (215) 766-1520
Email: sinha@craft-tech.com
Research Institution
 U.Miss/Nat'l Cntr for Phys Acoustic
 Jack Seiner
 
Coliseum Drive, P.O. Box 1848
University, MS 38677
United States

 (662) 915-5630
 Nonprofit College or University
Abstract

A program to develop flow control techniques to reduce aero-optic distortion due to near field turbulence is proposed. The program combines the use of advanced computational techniques such as Large Eddy Simulations, new experimental methods such as Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) and Laser Speckle techniques, along with actuator development and modeling technology to achieve this goal. The demonstration of the technology will be carried out at laboratory scale for two different configurations of interest to the USAF. However, the flow control techniques developed take into consideration issues of Adaptive Optics (AO) system performance limitations and component latencies so that the developed techniques are integrable in full scale systems. The proposed program will explore passive and active (open and closed loop) control methods and quantify the gains from each control technique.

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