1989 Phase 2; SS-66; 2/3/98

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Advanced CFD Methodology for Fast Flow-Transients
Small Business Innovation Research
CFD RESEARCH CORPORATION HUNTSVILLE, AL

• ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• The basic methodology was developed in SBIR Phase
  II. CFD Research Corporation invested several
  person-years to add capabilities for unstructured
  grids, automated chimera overset grids,
  six-degree-of-freedom model for moving body
  analysis, Graphic User Interface (GUI), and
  commercial quality documentation.
• COMMERCIALIZATION
• FASTRAN is being commercialized as CFD-FASTRAN.
  Several ads have appeared in Aerospace America
  and software has been exhibited at AIAA Reno
  Conferences.
• Typical license fee for CFD-FASTRAN is 50,000.
  Over a dozen licenses have been obtained from
  Raytheon, MICOM, Lockheed-Martin, Samsung
  Aerospace, STAE, and Embry-Riddle and Cranfield
  Universities.
• Several contracts from Lockheed Skunk Works,
  Martin Baker, MICOM, and U.S. Navy.

External Aerodynamics of an F-16 with Attached
Stores

• GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS
• Aircraft, missile, and car aerodynamics.
• Multiple moving body dynamic analysis including
  store separation, ejecting pilot/seat and
  aircraft canopy dynamics, train moving through
  tunnel and others.
• Design and analysis of aircraft components such
  as wings, ducts, etc.

1989 Phase 2 SS-66 2/3/98 NAS8-38489 Mary
Cummings
Marshall Space Flight Center