NASA Logo

NTRS

NTRS - NASA Technical Reports Server

Back to Results
Multi-Disciplinary Analysis for Future Launch Systems Using NASA's Advanced Engineering Environment (AEE)A new engineering environment constructed for the purposes of analyzing and designing Reusable Launch Vehicles (RLVs) is presented. The new environment has been developed to allow NASA to perform independent analysis and design of emerging RLV architectures and technologies. The new Advanced Engineering Environment (AEE) is both collaborative and distributed. It facilitates integration of the analyses by both vehicle performance disciplines and life-cycle disciplines. Current performance disciplines supported include: weights and sizing, aerodynamics, trajectories, propulsion, structural loads, and CAD-based geometries. Current life-cycle disciplines supported include: DDT&E cost, production costs, operations costs, flight rates, safety and reliability, and system economics. Involving six NASA centers (ARC, LaRC, MSFC, KSC, GRC and JSC), AEE has been tailored to serve as a web-accessed agency-wide source for all of NASA's future launch vehicle systems engineering functions. Thus, it is configured to facilitate (a) data management, (b) automated tool/process integration and execution, and (c) data visualization and presentation. The core components of the integrated framework are a customized PTC Windchill product data management server, a set of RLV analysis and design tools integrated using Phoenix Integration's Model Center, and an XML-based data capture and transfer protocol. The AEE system has seen production use during the Initial Architecture and Technology Review for the NASA 2nd Generation RLV program, and it continues to undergo development and enhancements in support of its current main customer, the NASA Next Generation Launch Technology (NGLT) program.
Document ID
20030066112
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Monell, D.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Mathias, D.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Reuther, J.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Garn, M.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 21, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2003
Subject Category
Engineering (General)
Report/Patent Number
AIAA Paper 2003-3428
Meeting Information
Meeting: AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference
Location: Orlando, FL
Country: United States
Start Date: June 23, 2003
End Date: June 26, 2003
Sponsors: American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
No Preview Available