HTMAS Mission Areas
Mission Area I: High Temperature Material Modeling and Simulation
Suggested topics of interest include:
- Advances in structural composite materials modeling and failure criteria
- Advances in modeling of ablation and erosion of advanced materials
- Advances in modeling of heat and mass transfer processes in rocket propulsion systems (including, but not limited to: CFD, fluid network analysis, RTE solvers)
- Coupled thermo-structural modeling of heated advanced materials
- Coupled fluid-thermal surface ablation modeling with two-phase surface interaction
- Semi-empirical laboratory methods used for gathering of heated material property data
Mission Area II: High Temperature Material Design, Test and Evaluation
Suggested topics of interest include:
- Inspection techniques and criteria development (to include new or improved tools and methodologies)
- High temperature material test development
- Material characterization and acceptance testing (to include new or improved test methods)
- Post-Test evaluation - comparison of test results to predictive analytical methodologies and tools
Mission Area III: High Temperature Material Development
Suggested topics of interest include:
- Characterization of new high temperature materials: discussing state-of-the-art research on high-temperature materials in the area of ceramics, metals, their alloys, and composites which offer excellent chemical, phase, and property stability, at temperatures exceeding 900 °C.
- Manufacturing and Fabrication techniques for high temperature materials to include refining fundamental manufacturing technologies, development of new additive and subtractive capabilities, as well as encompassing smart manufacturing that integrates modeling, simulation, monitoring and control systems.
- Enhancement and/or optimization of manufacturing procedures and techniques directed at process repeatability and quality control.
- High temperature material research producing new formulations and architectures that enhance high temperature propulsion system applications in the areas of performance, functionality, and manufacturability; creating new and novel design options.