Science: NASA EPSCoR: SMD Task A: A Fully Eulerian Simulation Approach for High-Temperature Fluid-Solid Interaction

The proposed work will focus on development of reliable computer simulation methods to model Venus atmospheric entry environments and interaction with future thermal protection system (TPS) flight hardware. We are proposing the development of a high-fidelity multi-physics solver which can be used to simulate problems where the material response of the TPS and the fluid mechanics are closely-coupled.