NASA Glenn is developing an advanced multi-disciplinary analysis environment
for aerospace propulsion systems called the Numerical Propulsion System Simulation
(NPSS). NPSS is currently being extended to support the Aviation Safety Program
(AvSP) and space transportation.
NPSS is developing an object oriented framework for Aerospace Propulsion
with the integration of multiple disciplines such as aerodynamics, structure,
and heat transfer with numerical zooming on component codes. Zooming is the
coupling of analyses at various levels of fidelity.
NPSS development includes using the Common Object Request Broker Architecture
(CORBA) in the NPSS Developer's Kit to facilitate collaborative engineering.
The NPSS Developer's Kit provides the tools needed to: develop custom components,
CORBA wrap legacy codes for zooming to higher fidelity codes, coupling of
and to multidiscipline codes, transmitting secure data, and distributing simulations
across multi-platforms.
These powerful capabilities will extend NPSS from a 0-D simulation tool to
a multi-fidelity, multi-discipline system level simulation tool for the full
life cycle of an engine.
Additional
Information:
Numerical Propulsion
System Simulation
