SMD Task A: A Fully Eulerian Simulation Approach for High-Temperature Fluid-Solid Interaction

The NASA Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Rapid Response Research (R3) program, in collaboration with the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) and Commercial Partnerships Office, seeks proposals that will address research issues important to NASA with a goal of researchers working for one year to solve defined NASA technical problems. This proposal addresses problems listed in the solicitation under Appendix A, SMD Task A, High-Temperature Subsytems and Components for Long-Duration (months) Surface Operations. The proposed work will focus on development of reliable computer simulation methods to model Venus atmospheric entry environments and interaction with future thermal protection system (TPS) flight hardware. We are proposing the development of a high-fidelity multi-physics solver which can be used to simulate problems where the material response of the TPS and the fluid mechanics are closely-coupled.

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