GPU-Accelerated Hypersonic Propulsion Modeling Capability

Capability Need/Knowledge Gap: Hypersonic propulsion is a key technology development for both aeronautic and launch vehicles. The key challenge is the analysis of supersonic combustion stability, with heavy computational cost. Objectives: Develop a GPU-enabled, high performance scale-resolving Large-eddy simulation (LES) framework for supersonic turbulent combustion, validated against practical scramjet configurations.

Deliverables: The turbulent-combustion software with GPU acceleration will be integrated into the LAVA framework with the end goal of release for use by NASA and industry partners. Additionally, a paper will be published at SciTech 2027 documenting key validation results and performance on NAS GH200 nodes.

This is a mature technology (TRL 7+) — the realistic path in is usually NASA's Technology Transfer Program: licensing an existing NASA patent, or a Space Act Agreement to use NASA facilities/expertise directly. NASA also runs a startup licensing program with no upfront fee for companies formed to commercialize a specific NASA technology.

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