Multi-Disciplinary Analysis of a Smart Material Canard Actuator Using High Performance Computing

Abstract

The U.S. Army Research Laboratory is currently investigating smart munitions technologies as a means of improving the lethality and accuracy of future generations of munitions. One of the focuses of the current effort is the development of integrated multi-disciplinary design technologies such as structural dynamics, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), rigid body dynamics (RBD) and guidance, navigation and control (GN&C). These multi-disciplinary design technologies allow complex munition systems to be studied and visualized within high-performance computational environments to determine the nonlinear interaction of critical engineering parameters using high-fidelity physics. This allows detailed design trades to be performed on system subcomponents, resulting in reduced development costs and higher performance munitions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA432270

Entities

People

  • Paul Weinacht

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Actuators
  • Advanced Materials
  • Boundaries
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Deflection
  • Engineering
  • Flexible Structures
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • High Performance Computing
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Mechanics
  • Military Research
  • Munitions
  • Physics Laboratories

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  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Robotics and Automation.