DURIP Dual Frequency Comb Spectroscopy-Based Absorption Diagnostic System for Broadband Ultrafast Time Resolution Measurements to Advance Research in Energetics, Propellants, and Hypersonics
Abstract
PI: Prof. Subith S. Vasu, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816a.DoD Agency(ies) to evaluate the application: ONR b.Scientific Division(s)/Directorate(s): Aerospace Science Research (Division 351)c.Program Manager (PM): Dr. Chad Stoltz, Energetic Materials (EM), chad.stoltz@navy.mil The University of Central Florida (UCF) is a certified Seal of Excelencia minority-serving institution (MSI) # designated a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), which educates and inspires individuals to be exemplary in their field.Under the Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI) funding opportunity announcement(FOA) W911NF-22-S-0010, the research team led by PI: Prof. Subith S. Vasu and Co-Is: Dr. Anthony C. Terracciano, Dr. Justin Urso, and Dr. Arkady Lykah, will consider the evolution of a hypersonic boundary layer around a conical vehicle model with a radial cross jet (RCJ), powered by a triggerable energetic material (EM) blast.As America#s near-peer competitors develop new capabilities, it is necessary to explore new physics to develop technologies that enable the continuity of strategic and tactical level situational advantages. Future weapons design will require groundbreaking research and science to ensure asymmetric power projection of air, near-space, and space theaters. Thus, scientific breakthroughs are needed in two extreme environments: (1) Technologies pertaining to fields of both hypersonics, in which the object travels faster than five times the speed of sound, and (2) EMs. (3) Next-generation optical systems are required to probe these two phenomena, which provide ultra-fast time response to probe events and are sufficiently robust to enable reliable operation in hellish conditions. This effort will combine combinations of hypersonics, optical metrology, and quantum cascade laser (QCL) design relevant to multiple branches within the Department of Defense (DoD). These include the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), Army Research Office (ARO), and the Office of Naval Research (ONR). This award would complement existing and previously awarded efforts to the team by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), the Joint Hypersonic Transition Office (JHTO), and other organizations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Mar 08, 2024
- Source ID
- N000142412166
Entities
People
- Subith Vasu Sumathi
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- University of Central Florida Board of Trustees