HYERSONIC AIR-BREATHING ENGINE INLET ANALYSIS

THIS PROPOSAL DDESCRIBES AN SBIR PROJECT TO ESTABLISH AN IMPROVED ANALYITCAL TECHNIQUE IN EXTERNAL AND \ OR INTERNALLY DUCTED FLOW PROPERTIES FOR HYPERSONIC ENGINE AIR LINLETS. THE GOAL OF THIS PHASE I PROJECT IS TO CLEARLY CATEGORIZE THE DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS OF PUBLISHED CFD ALGOORITHM CONSTRUCTIONS, WITHIN A UNIFIED THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK, FOR THE HYPERSONIC INLET AERODYNAMICS PROBLEM CLASS. THIS ANALYSIS WILL YIELD QUANTIZATION OF ALGORITHM DESIGN DISTINGUISHING FATURES, INCLUDING GEMETRIC VERSATILTY, (THE NEED FOR) ARTIFICAL DIFFUSION MECHANISMS, ACCURATE INCLUSION OF VISCOTIY EFFECTS IN A HIGH MACH AND HIGH REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOW, AND MAPPING TO A VECTOR COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE (EFFICIENCY). THE COMPLETION OF THE PHASE I PROJECT WILL IDENTIFY AND OPTIMAL ALGORITHM CONSTRUCTION, IF ONE EXISTS, FOR THE CFD INLET PROBLEM CLASS, AS BASED DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS OF PUBLISHED