TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY: Rocket Nozzle Side-Load Analysis Software (MFS-TOPS-88)

NASA's Technology Transfer Program solicits inquiries from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market the following technology. License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis and may include specific fields of use. NASA provides no funding in conjunction with these potential licenses. THE TECHNOLOGY: NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center has developed rocket nozzle load analysis software. Lateral nozzle forces are known to cause severe structural damage during testing of any new rocket engine configuration under development. While three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics methodology has been previously demonstrated to describe major side-load physics on rigid nozzles, actual hot-fire tests often show nozzle structure non-rigid flexing behavior during major side-load events. This can lead to structural damage. The innovators at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center have expanded and improved upon their rigid-wall analysis model and have created new analysis software to provide an expanded modeling picture that accounts for the two-way responses between the rigid or flexible structure and fluid. This analysis capability now offers a more complete and realistic analysis of rocket-nozzle side-wall loading during the transient start-up phase of hot-fire rocket engine testing. To express interest in this opportunity, please submit a license application through NASA's Automated Technology Licensing Application System (ATLAS) by visiting https://technology.nasa.gov/apply/license/MFS-TOPS-88 If you have any questions, please contact Sammy Nabors, Technology Licensing and Commercialization Manager, Marshall Space Flight Center at [email protected] with the title of this Technology Transfer Opportunity as listed in this FBO notice and your preferred contact information. For more information about licensing other NASA-developed technologies, please visit the NASA Technology Transfer Portal at https://technology.nasa.gov/ These responses are provided to members of NASA's Technology Transfer Program for the purpose of promoting public awareness of NASA-developed technology products, and conducting preliminary market research to determine public interest in and potential for future licensing opportunities. No follow-on procurement is expected to result from responses to this Notice.