Hypersonic Systems

Hypersonic systems present some of the most demanding multidisciplinary challenges in modern aerospace engineering due to the extreme aerothermal environments generated at speeds exceeding Mach 5.Ìý

The hypersonic systems research group at 91´«Ã½'s Center for National Security Initiatives (NSI) develops predictive modeling, simulation and analysis capabilities spanning aerothermodynamics, materials, propulsion, guidance, and high-performance computation to support national security and scientific missions.Ìý

Research & Technological Disciplines

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Aerothermodynamics including chemistry, plasma, turbulence, and radiation

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Passive thermal protection using advanced materials including ablation

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Active thermal management approaches

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Complex flow structures such as shock-shock or jet-flow interactions

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Trajectory optimization

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Propulsion systems

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Electromagnetic observable phenomenology and communications blackout

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Several of NSI’s codes can be licensed from the university to qualified users in the U.S.:

  • LeMANS: CFD code for hypersonic aerothermodynamics
  • MOPAR: material response code that can be coupled to LeMANS
  • MONACO: DSMC code for hypersonic rarefied flows
  • MPIC: DSMC-PIC code for rarefied hypersonic plasma

NSI also has access to large-scale high-performance computing (HPC) resources and supports handling Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)-level data, including:

Please contact NSI Director Dr. Iain Boyd for further details (ÌýÌýiain.boyd@colorado.edu).

Hypersonics Personnel

Graduate Research Assistants

Questions?

Please contact Dr. Iain Boyd:Ìý
ÌýÌýiain.boyd@colorado.eduÌý