NNL10AA04B

STRUCTURES, MATERIALS, AERODYNAMICS, AEROTHERMODYNAMICS AND ACOUSTICS RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY (SMAAART). THIS CONTRACT IS FOR STRUCTURES, MATERIALS, AERODYNAMICS, AEROTHERMODYNAMICS, AND ACOUSTICS RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY FOR AEROSPACE VEHICLES. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL FURNISH ALL PERSONNEL, FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT, MATERIAL, SUPPLIES, AND SERVICES, EXCEPT AS MAY BE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THE CONTRACT TASK ORDERS AS GOVERNMENT FURNISHED, AND OTHERWISE DO ALL THINGS NECESSARY TO, OR INCIDENT TO, PERFORM AND PROVIDE THE WORK EFFORTS DESCRIBED IN THE PWS. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM TASK ORDERS THAT ARE ISSUED BY THE LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER CONTRACTING OFFICER. THIS CONTRACT MAY BE USED TO SUPPORT ALL NASA CENTERS THAT REQUIRE WORK WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE PWS. STRUCTURES AND MATERIALS - SUPPORT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES TECHNOLOGY RELATED TO AEROSPACE VEHICLES, WITH EMPHASIS IN THE RESEARCH AREAS OF STRUCTURAL MECHANICS AND CONCEPTS, DURABILITY, DAMAGE TOLERANCE, AND RELIABILITY, STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS, AEROELASTICITY, ADVANCED MATERIALS AND PROCESSING, AND NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION SCIENCES. DURABILITY, DAMAGE TOLERANCE, AND RELIABILITY - INVESTIGATE STABILITY, STRENGTH, DAMAGE TOLERANCE, AND STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF AIRCRAFT AND SPACECRAFT STRUCTURES, AND TAILOR STRUCTURES MADE FROM COMPOSITE, METALLIC OR HYBRID METALLIC-COMPOSITE MATERIALS. STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS - ANALYTICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING AND VALIDATING IMPROVED METHODS TO PREDICT, VERIFY, AND CONTROL COMPLEX AIRCRAFT AND SPACE STRUCTURES DYNAMIC RESPONSES, AND TO CONFIRM THE VALIDITY OF APPROACHES BY CONDUCTING TESTS ON FULL-SCALE STRUCTURES, STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS, AND SCALED STRUCTURAL MODELS. AEROELASTICITY - STUDY AEROELASTIC PHENOMENA AND PREDICTION CAPABILITIES NEEDED TO APPLY NEW AERODYNAMICS AND STRUCTURAL CONCEPTS TO FUTURE FLIGHT VEHICLES AND TO DETERMINE AND SOLVE THE AEROELASTIC PROBLEMS OF CURRENT DESIGNS. STRUCTURAL MECHANICS AND CONCEPTS - ANALYTICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH TO STUDY THE BEHAVIOR OF COMPLEX STRUCTURES SUBJECT TO STATIC AND TIME-VARYING MECHANICAL AND THERMAL LOADS. ADVANCED MATERIALS AND PROCESSING - FUNDAMENTAL AND APPLIED MATERIALS AND PROCESSING RESEARCH STUDIES THAT COVER THE DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION OF THE FULL RANGE OF AEROSPACE MATERIALS (POLYMERS, METALS, CERAMICS, COMPOSITES DERIVED FROM COMBINATIONS OF ANY OF THE THREE AREAS AND EMERGING MATERIALS TECHNOLOGIES) INTO AEROSPACE SYSTEMS. NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION SCIENCES - RESEARCH, DEVELOP, AND APPLY ADVANCED MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES THAT RELATE QUANTITATIVE NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION SCIENCES TO PHYSICAL/ENGINEERING MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES CHARACTERIZATION. AERODYNAMIC, AEROTHERMODYNAMIC AND ACOUSTICS - SUPPORT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN AERODYNAMICS, AEROTHERMODYNAMICS, AND ACOUSTICS TECHNOLOGY RELATED TO AEROSPACE VEHICLES, WITH EMPHASIS IN THE RESEARCH AREAS OF CONFIGURATION AERODYNAMICS, COMPUTATIONAL MODELING AND SIMULATION, FLOW PHYSICS AND CONTROL, AIRCRAFT AND SPACECRAFT NOISE AND VIBRATION PREDICTION AND CONTROL, AEROTHERMODYNAMICS, HYPERSONIC AIRBREATHING PROPULSION, ADVANCED MEASUREMENT, DIAGNOSTICS, AND INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS, AND MODEL SYSTEMS. CONFIGURATION AERODYNAMICS - APPLIED EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL RESEARCH FOCUSED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED CONFIGURATION CONCEPTS FOR ALL CLASSES OF FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT AT SUBSONIC, TRANSONIC, AND SUPERSONIC SPEEDS. COMPUTATIONAL MODELING AND SIMULATION - DEVELOP COMPUTATIONAL METHODS THAT CAN BE USED TO IMPROVE FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING OF PHYSICS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FLUID MECHANICS AND NOISE GENERATION FOR COMPLEX AIRFRAME SYSTEMS. FLOW PHYSICS AND CONTROL - CONDUCT FUNDAMENTAL EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL RESEARCH TO ENHANCE THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE PHYSICS UNDERLYING BOUNDARY-LAYER TRANSITION, ACTIVE AND PASSIVE FLOW CONTROL, THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW PHYSICS, TURBULENCE, VORTICAL AND SEPARATED FLOWS. AIRCRAFT AND SPACECRAFT NOISE PREDICTIO