Reduced-Order Fluid-Thermal-Structural Interactions Model for Control System Design and Assessment

This phase II SBIR research project leverages multi-physics simulation technology development performed at the University of Michigan and Ohio State University to create key enabling technology for hypersonic weapon systems development, real-time evaluation, and electronic guidance and control.The proposed effort starts with a proven simulation code base not applicable for real-time applications and systematically progresses through the steps of deconstructing, benchmarking, analyzing, designing, implementing, and documenting a flexible, real-time hypersonic vehicle simulation framework.Other R&D tasks include the addition of launch and cruise phases of flight to the terminal phase already developed, addition of propulsion models, addition of higher-fidelity aerothermodynamic model capability, and the separation of the rigid-body model to enable this portion of the simulation to run in the AFRL lab environment.Documentation deliverables include a range of development plans, design specifications, and user manuals.The main core technology deliverable is the HSV-RT Code Module library.Supporting deliverables include example real-time simulation projects and a PC-based real-time simulation computer running an HSV-RT implementation on COTS hardware.