SBIR/STTR Research Award
New Boundary Algorithms for Next-Generation Simulation and Design of High-Power Microwave Devices
Award amount
$749,907Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2007Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- TECH-X CORPORATION
- Proposal award date
- 2007-02-12
- Contract end date
- 2009-05-12
- UEI
- VJ7GKNR3MEM3
- Solicitation number
- 2006.1
- Topic code
- AF06-002
Research abstract
We propose to build upon the conformal boundary models that currently exist in the VORPAL plasma simulation framework for both the electromagnetic and particle-in-cell (PIC) models in code. These improvements will include 2nd order accurate conformal boundary models for the electromagnetics with no reduction in the Courant time step, models for low noise removal of particles at conformal boundaries, and field emission of particles at conformal boundaries. New PIC models with a higher order current weighting will also be studied. These improvements will be tested in simulations of high-powered microwave devices such as magnetrons.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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Awards with the same topic code
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- Structured Multi-Resolution PIC Code for Electromagnetic Plasma Simulations
- New Boundary Algorithms for Next-Generation Simulation and Design of High-Power Microwave Devices
- Structured Multi-Resolution PIC Code for Electromagnetic Plasma Simulations
Research funding history
299 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1994–2025). Reported award amounts total $109,779,617. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Energy, Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Education, Department of Commerce