Program Description
The flow field around a high-speed vehicle strongly influences its size, weight, lift, drag and heating loads. Therefore, research in this area is critical to the U.S. Air and Space Force’s interest in rapid global and regional response and space operations. This portfolio aims to lay the scientific foundation, through discovery, characterization, prediction and understanding of critical phenomena, for game-changing advancements in our understanding of high-speed, high-temperature nonequilibrium flows around flying vehicles. External and internal transitional and turbulent wall-bounded flows are critical to the cadre of problems studied. Such understanding is a pre-requisite to making hypersonic flight routine.
Basic Research Objectives can be found in this program’s section of the BAA.Ideas that don’t strictly fall into the categories above, but are germane to high speed aerodynamics, are also welcome. You are highly encouraged to contact our Program Officer prior to developing a full proposal, in any sub-area, to briefly discuss the current state-of-the-art, how your research would advance it, and the approximate cost for a three (3) to four (4) year effort.
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Contact InformationDr. Amanda Chou AFOSR/RTA-1 Email: aerothermodynamics@us.af.mil