Point of Contact:
Dr. Darryll J. Pines
Professor and Chair
Aerospace Engineering
3181 Martin Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742

(301) 405-0263
pines@umd.edu


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Tasks are divided into the following six Virtual Institute (VI) technical areas:

1
Thrust Chamber Assembly (TCA) Virtual Institute
  • Large-Eddy Simulation of Two-Phase Mixing and Combustion in High-Pressure Chemical Rocket Motors
    (Georgia Institute of Technology)
  • The Loci Framework for Multidisciplinary Simulation
    (Mississippi State University)
  • Non-Equilibrium Real Fluids Models Implemented in Loci/CHEM
    (Mississippi State University)
  • Large-Eddy Simulations of Liquid-Propellant Rocket Injector Flow and Flame Dynamics at Supercritical Conditions
    (Pennsylvania State University)
  • High Pressure Gas/Gas Rocket Studies to Simulate Supercritical Combustion Conditions
    (Pennsylvania State University)
  • Experimental Studies of Combustion Instability in Uni-element and Multi-element Rocket Chambers
    (Pennsylvania State University)
  • Unielement Element Injector Modeling
    (Purdue University)
  • Multi-Element Injector Experiment
    (Purdue University)
  • Combustion Instability Experiment
    (Purdue University)
  • Computational Modeling of Combustion Instability
    (Purdue University)
  • Hydraulic/Hydrodynamic Modeling of Injector Internal Flows
    (Purdue University)
  • Laboratory-Scale Methodology for Injector Element Combustion Response
    (University of Alabama in Huntsville)
  • Thrust Chamber Assembly: Combustion Stability
    (University of Alabama in Huntsville)
  • Real Fluids Modeling in Loci-STREAM
    (University of Florida)
  • Film Cooling in Canonical Configurations: High Fidelity Measurements and Model Development
    (University of Maryland)
  • Flame Acoustic Interaction in Shear-Coaxial Injector
    (University of Maryland)
  • Thrust Chamber Film Cooling In Accelerating, Supersonic Environments: Measurements and CFD Validation
    (University of Maryland)
  • Coordinated CFD Code Validation at the Injector Unit Physics Level
    (University of Michigan)
  • A Fully-Characterized Experimental Database at the Injector Unit Physics Level: Part A: Scalar Mixing Parameters
    (University of Michigan)
  • Fully-Characterized Experimental Database at the Injector Unit Physics Level. Part B: Flow Field Measurements
    (University of Michigan)
  • CFD Validation of Wall Heat Transfer Prediction for Multi-Element Injector
    (University of Michigan)
  • Code Verification for the Loci-CHEM and Loci-STREAM CFD Codes
    (Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University)
2
Propellant Storage and Delivery (PSD) Virtual Institute
  • A Parametric and Automated Mesh Generation Template Tool for Integrated Propellant Storage and Delivery Systems
    (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
  • Experimental Studies of Simulated Cryogenic Cavitation
    (University of Florida)
  • Computational Investigation of Cavitation
    (University of Michigan)
  • Turbomachinery Design Optimization
    (University of Michigan)
  • Multi-phase CFD Code Development and Verification
    (University of Michigan)
3
Re-entry Aerothermodynamics (RA) Virtual Institute
  • Human Mars Exploration Aerocapture and EDL System Architecture Assessment
    (Georgia Institute of Technology)
  • Modeling of High-Energy Nonequilibrium Flow Physics
    (Johns Hopkins University/ Applied Physics Laboratory)
  • Basic Interactions Between Turbulence and Radiation in Hypersonic Turbulent Boundary Layers
    (Pennsylvania State University)
  • Wireless Sensors for Instrumented Thermal Protection Systems
    (Pennsylvania State University)
  • Hypersonic Boundary-Layer Transition on Capsules Due to Roughness and Blowing
    (Purdue University)
  • Uncertainty Analysis of Surface Ablation Model and its Integration with CFD Solver for Reentry Aerothermodynamics
    (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
  • Error Estimation in Heat Transfer Predictions using Overset Grids for External Aerothermodynamics
    (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
  • Optimization of Blunt-Body Reentry Configurations
    (University of Maryland)
  • Hybrid Continuum-Particle Method for Nonequilibrium Hypersonic Reentry
    (University of Michigan)
4
Structures & Materials for Extreme Environments (SMEE) Virtual Institute
  • Computational Simulation of Damage Tolerance for Composite and Metallic Structures
    (Cornell University)
  • Damage Tolerance of PMCs for CEV and CLV
    (Syracuse University)
  • Integrated thermal protection systems
    (University of Florida)
  • Strength and Durability of Joints for Space Vehicle Structures at Elevated Temperatures
    (University of Michigan)
  • Diagnosis and Prognosis of Space Structures for Integrated Systems Health Management
    (University of Michigan)
  • Physics and chemistry based multi-scale modeling of oxidation of high temperature ceramic-matrix composites
    (University of Michigan)
5

Solids (SOL) Virtual Institute

  • Solid Rocket Motor Nozzle Material Performance
    (Pennsylvania State University)
  • Validation Data for Erosive Burning Simulations
    (Purdue University)
  • Solid Propellant Characterization Techniques
    (University of Alabama In Huntsville)
  • Erosive Propellant Burning Simulation in Solid Rocket Motors*
    (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
6
Systems Engineering and Integration (SEI) Virtual Institute
  • Prediction of Sound Pressure Field, Space Vehicle and Ground Structural Systems Vibration, and Design of Improved Launch Facilities
    (Auburn University)
  • Lunar Campaign Logistics Analysis for Human and Robotic Exploration
    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
  • Adaptive and Fault-tolerant Trajectory Tracking Control
    (North Carolina A&T University)
  • Lunar Data Analysis and Model Development
    (University of Texas at Austin)

 





 


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