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Rocket Exhaust Plume Secondary Smoke Formation Modeling

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: W31P4Q-04-C-R124
Agency Tracking Number: A032-1639
Amount: $119,991.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: A03-143
Solicitation Number: 2003.2
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2003
Award Year: 2004
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2003-12-15
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2004-06-14
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
 Brian York
 Principal Scientist & Tre
 (215) 766-1520
 york@craft-tech.com
Business Contact
 Brian York
Title: Principal Scientist & Tre
Phone: (215) 766-1520
Email: york@craft-tech.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Our proposal addresses the inclusion of a secondary smoke model into a modern CFD code that is widely used for plume simulations. This will permit high fidelity simulations of dynamic, missile exhaust plume flowfields that, under certain conditions, produce a condensation cloud that can obscure the electromagnetic signals utilized for guidance and targeting. We will utilize a state of the art Navier-Stokes code that already contains much of the requisite physics (finite-rate chemistry, multiphase particulates, condensation/vaporization, etc.) in a dynamic grid framework that was developed to analyze extended plumes (launch to target) for tactical systems. In Phase I, we will implement and demonstrate the operation of an advanced secondary smoke model in the CRAFT CFDr code that will model the condensation of water vapor on heterogeneous nuclei in the presence of HCL. The resulting droplets will be composed of water only and droplets with variable water/acid compositions will be addressed in Phase II. We will assess the potential of the modeling approach for providing high fidelity predictions that can accurately simulate secondary smoke formation in tactical missile exhaust plumes under a broad range of conditions, and in our optional task, perform studies for a representative tactical missile system.

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