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Abstract
The simulation of hypersonic vehicles requires inclusion of multiple physical aspects not currently modeled appropriately, or not included at all, in many simulation codes. These physical aspects include turbulence and transition, fluid-thermal-structural interactions, non-equilibrium chemistry, shock-boundary layer interactions, ablation and combustion physics, among others. Without the inclusion of these aspects of hypersonic flight (either through physics-based prediction or appropriate modeling), simulation of hypersonic vehicles is deficient and is limited in properly providing support to the development and acquisition of hypersonic vehicles. To improve the Department of Defense’s capability in hypersonic vehicle research development testing and evaluation, the Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program has established a Hypersonic Vehicle Simulation Institute. The institute is following a multi-pronged, multi-year approach to address these shortcomings in hypersonic vehicle simulation.
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Dr. Russell Cummings is a professor of aeronautics and managing director of the Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program, which sponsors the Hypersonic Vehicle Simulation Institute at the U.S. Air Force Academy. From 2015-18 he was the technical director at the Air Force Office of Scientific Research at the European Office of Aerospace Research & Development in London. Cummings is a graduate of the University of Southern California where he received his Ph.D. in aerospace engineering. He earned his B.S., B.A. and M.S. degrees from California Polytechnic State University. He currently serves as deputy editor of the Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, associate editor of the Journal of Aircraft and Aerospace Science and Technology, and he co-authored the sixth edition of Aerodynamics for Engineers and was lead author for Applied Computational Aerodynamics. Cummings is a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Royal Aeronautical Society.
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