Contracts - AWARD SUMMARY
ZONA TECHNOLOGY, INC
Multidisciplinary design, analysis, and optimization (MDAO) tools today possess limited disciplines with little multi-fidelity modeling capability. These tools are typically developed as a single large software application that performs analysis for all disciplines but has little or no capability to integrate multi-fidelity and multi-discipline components that have already been developed as stand-alone analysis codes. Even though a multitude of tools have been developed and well adapted to the interdisciplinary aircraft design/analysis, they have not been developed to work together.
NASA has been developing an object-oriented MDAO framework for many years to generate a ?central executive? that can integrate disparate software packages in a cross platform network environment so as to perform optimization and design tasks in a cohesive streamlined manner. This framework can integrate the analysis codes for multiple disciplines, instead of relying on one code to perform the analysis for all disciplines.
ZONA Technology and its team member Virginia Polytechnic Institute propose to develop three object-oriented components that will fully leverage tools currently under development within NASA's MDAO framework. The three major components are:
(1) an automatic re-meshing tool that can provide a fast and efficient mesh generation capability for complex structures like curved panels with curved stiffeners and aircraft wings of any shape with curved spars and ribs.
(2) a hybrid optimization tool that combines a non-gradient based optimization method and a gradient based optimization method. The advantage of this hybrid optimization is that a global optimum point can be achieved through the non-gradient optimization and acceleration of the convergence can be obtained by aiding gradient based optimization algorithm.
(3) a fast transonic unsteady aerodynamics method for accurate aeroelastic analysis and shape sensitivity information due to the change of external wing shape.
| AWARD OVERVIEW |
| Award Number |
NNX10RA84P |
Funding Agency |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| Total Award Amount |
$99,888 |
Project Location - City |
Scottsdale |
| Award Date |
01/29/2010 |
Project Location - State |
AZ |
| Project Status |
Completed |
Project Location - Zip |
85258-4578
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| Jobs Reported |
0.19 |
Congressional District |
05 |
| Project Location - Country |
US |
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Recipient Information
(Contracts)
| Recipient Information (Contracts) |
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Recipient Name
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ZONA TECHNOLOGY, INC |
| Recipient DUNS Number |
182103291
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| Recipient Address |
9489 EIRONWOOD SQ DR STE 100 |
| Recipient City |
SCOTTSDALE |
| Recipient State |
Arizona |
| Recipient Zip |
85258-4578 |
| Recipient Congressional District |
05 |
| Recipient Country |
USA |
Required to Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials |
No |
Projects and Jobs Information
| Projects and Jobs Information |
| Project Title |
Federal Contract |
| Project Status |
Completed |
| Final Project Report Submitted |
Yes |
| Project Activities Description |
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology) |
| Quarterly Activities/Project Description |
During this reporting period, results generated during the prior reporting period were compiled. The final briefing presentation was prepared and given at NASA/ Dryden. A comprehensive final report that documents all of the work performed and results obtained was generated and submitted to NASA/Dryden.
Results obtained include a fully functional MDAO framework that utilizes numerous engineering codes including EBF3SSWingOpt, MSC.NASTRAN, MSC.PATRAN, ZESt, and ZAERO; an optimized baseline GBJ model that established the minimum baseline wing weight while satisfying the buckling and stress constraints; an internal GBJ wing structure topology optimized spars and ribs that was further sizing optimized to achieve a 17.3% reduction in weight over the baseline wing; and completion of a hybrid optimization scheme that explored, via gradient based optimization, the local design space around the optimum design point.
The Phase 1 objectives to establish an MDAO framework that leveraged the proposed engineering tools was completely met and led to a successful optimization of the GBJ internal wing structure. The findings in the Phase 1 effort demonstrate that a follow-on Phase 2 effort is warranted and that a stand-alone internal SpaRibs meshing tool can be successfully developed and integrated within a multidisciplinary optimization environment leading to more viable wing structure designs. |
| Jobs Created |
0.19 |
| Description of Jobs Created |
For this project an engineer, professor and student are working together to add more disciplines to NASA?s object-oriented MDAO Framework. They are working to develop and integrate different analysis codes for multiple disciplines to allow for more design flexibility, higher fidelity analysis, and enhance the design/optimization capabilities of the existing NASA MDAO Framework which is used for internal wing structure optimization processes. |
Purchaser Information
(Contracts)
| Purchaser Information |
| Contracting Office ID |
NSSC0 |
| Contracting Office Name |
Not Available |
| Contracting Office Region |
Not Available |
| TAS Major Program |
80-0125 |
| Award Information |
| Award Date |
01/29/2010 |
| Award Number |
NNX10RA84P |
| Order Number |
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| Award Type |
Contracts |
| Funding Agency ID |
80 |
| Funding Agency Name |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| Funding Office Name |
Not Available |
| Awarding Agency ID |
80 |
| Awarding Agency Name |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| Amount of Award |
$99,888 |
| Funds Invoiced/Received |
$99,888 |
| Expenditure Amount |
$0 |
| Infrastructure Expenditure Amount |
$0 |
| Infrastructure Purpose and Rationale |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Name |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Email |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Phone |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Address |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact City |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact State |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Zip |
Not Reported |
Product or Service Information
(Contracts)
| Product or Service Information |
| Primary Activity Code |
541712 |
| Activity Description |
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology) |
| Sub-Awards Information |
| Sub-awards to Organizations |
1 |
| Sub-award Amounts to Organizations |
$40,040 |
| Sub-Awards to Individuals |
0 |
| Sub-Award Amounts to Individuals |
$0 |
| Number of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award |
0 |
| Amount of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award |
$0 |
| Number of payments to vendors greater than $25,000 |
0 |
| Total Amount of payments to vendors greater than $25,000/award |
$0 |
| Number of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award |
0 |
| Total Amount of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award |
$0 |
Sub-award ZTVAT012810-MDAO - VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY
| Sub-Award Amount |
$40,040 |
| Sub-Award Date |
01/29/2010 |
| Sub-Awards Disbursed |
$0.00 |
| Project Location - City |
Blacksburg |
| Project Location - State |
VA |
| Project Location - Zip Code |
24060-3850 |
| Project Location - Congressional District |
09 |
| Sub-Recipient DUNS Number |
003137015
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| Sub-Recipient Address |
1880 PRATT DR STE 2006 |
| Sub-Recipient City |
BLACKSBURG |
| Sub-Recipient State |
Virginia |
| Sub-Recipient Zip Code |
24060-6750 |
| Sub-Recipient Congressional District |
09 |
Required To Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials |
No |
| Location Information |
| Latitude, Longitude |
33º 34' 40",
-111º 52' 35" |
| Congressional District |
05 |
| Address 1 |
9489 E. Ironwood Square Drive |
| Address 2 |
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| City |
Scottsdale |
| County |
Maricopa |
| State |
AZ |
| Zip |
85258-4578 |
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