This is a Cooperative Agreement between the University of Notre Dame DU Lac and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) with a ceiling value of $602,617. The purpose of the agreement is to conduct three archival benchmark smooth body flow separation experiments to validate computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models for predicting turbulent flow separation, which is an important challenge in off-design aerodynamic configurations. The experiments will be performed at Mach 0.2 to...
This is a firm fixed-price delivery order contract awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, doing business as the University of Nebraska, for the development of the HPRCC Dynamic Normals Tool. The contract has a total ceiling value of $90,052.15 and a performance period ending on May 1, 2021. The contract was awarded on August 19, 2020 and does not have a set-aside designation. The University of Nebraska is the...
This is a Cost Plus Fixed Fee definitive contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Northwest Research Associates, Inc. (Nwra), a scientific research organization specializing in geophysical and space sciences. The $498,792.00 contract is for "STATISTICS OF OPTICAL AND QUASI-OPTICAL LINE-OF-SIGHT PROPAGATION THROUGH THE STABLY STRATIFIED, OPTICALLY CLEAR ATMOSPHERE" and has an ultimate completion date of October 29, 2023. Nwra has regularly received contract and...
This is a $616,604.65 cooperative agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Texas at Austin. The goal is to develop and validate a hybrid RANS/LES (Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes/Large Eddy Simulation) turbulence model to improve the accuracy of predictive simulations for complex aerodynamic flows. The proposed approach aims to address limitations of current hybrid methods, including the effects of grid anisotropy...
Bruce Cox Engineering Corporation, doing business as Bruce Cox Engineering Corp, has been awarded a firm fixed price purchase order contract valued at $7,715.90 by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to conduct an on-site assessment of the State of California Metrology Laboratory located in Sacramento, California. The assessment will evaluate the laboratory's equipment, calibration procedures, documentation, and competence against NIST's National Voluntary Laboratory...
Standard Calibrations Inc. has been awarded a firm fixed price purchase order totaling $55,575 by the Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command in Chesapeake, Virginia. The contract is for the delivery of one TRANSMITTER,LIQUID as described in the original solicitation, with no set-aside designation applied. Standard Calibrations will serve as the prime contractor to fulfill the Navy's requirements for this specialized equipment to support maintenance, repair, and overhaul programs.
This is a cooperative agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Stanford University, a renowned private research institution, to develop a fidelity-adaptive large eddy simulation (LES) combustion model. The objective is to enable the quantitative prediction of fuel sensitivities on combustion stabilization, ignition, and emissions for gas turbine combustor configurations. The $1,130,126.51 contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, will validate...
This is a cooperative agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Regents of the University of Michigan to develop improved turbulence modeling capabilities for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solvers. The $713,987 Phase II award builds on prior Phase I work to create data-driven turbulence models that can better predict transitional and separated turbulent flows. The goal is to incorporate these models into CFD codes to enable more accurate and robust...
Standard Calibrations Inc. was awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order valued at one hundred sixty-five thousand six hundred eighteen dollars and fifty-five cents ($165,618.55) by the Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command. The award has no set-aside designation. Under the contract, Standard Calibrations will deliver Test Kit, LP in support of the original solicitation requirements to provide six (6) each of NSN 7H-6625-017076348-X5, TDP VER 001 to specified locations. Standard...
This is a $513,248 research grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Modeling, Analysis and Prediction (MAP) program to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), doing business as the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). The grant is focused on improving the representation of warm cloud microphysics in Earth system models, such as the GISS Model E, GEOS, and CESM. The research aims to better constrain model parameters using a...