Aeromechanics and Vehicle Configuration Demonstrations. Volume 2: Understanding Vehicle Sizing, Aeromechanics and Configuration Trades, Risks, and Issues for Next-Generations Access to Space Vehicles

Abstract

This volume describes the work performed for Task C - Creation of Multi-fidelity Aerodynamic Analysis Tool. This task focuses on the development of a methodology employing contour-based sampling and multi-fidelity modeling in the creation of aerodynamic surrogate models. The methodology is successfully demonstrated for a parametric reusable booster vehicle.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA607047

Entities

People

  • Daniel Crowley
  • Dimitri Mavris
  • Stephen Edwards

Organizations

  • Georgia Tech Research Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Configurations
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Experimental Design
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Gamma Rays
  • Geometry
  • Information Science
  • Launch Vehicles
  • Reliability
  • Systems Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Missile Defense Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Space