SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- Development of Software Coupling Tools for Efficient and Effective MULTI-MATERIAL Design and Integration Demonstration Propulsor
- Notice Date
- 5/5/2009
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Contracts Management Office, 3701 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia, 22203-1714
- ZIP Code
- 22203-1714
- Solicitation Number
- DARPA-SN-09-33
- Archive Date
- 6/5/2009
- Point of Contact
- CAPT DUANE ASHTON,
- E-Mail Address
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DARPA-SN-09-33@darpa.mil
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Special Notice DARPA-SN-09-33: Development of Software Coupling Tools for Efficient and Effective MULTI-MATERIAL Design and Integration Demonstration Propulsor; Request for Information; SUBMISSION DEADLINE: June 4th, 2009; TECHNICAL POC: CAPT Duane Ashton, DARPA/DSO, Email: DARPA-SN-09-33@darpa.mil DARPA has an interest in developing engineering tools and approaches for the DoD community to take advantage of MULTI-MATERIAL engineering solutions across a wide range of applications. DARPA's overarching goal is to develop and utilize a coupled, multi-physics, computational engineering tool-set within applicable programs to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of those programs. This tool-set involves military aircraft and ship design and analysis efforts for DoD land, sea, air, and space platforms. This RFI pertains specifically to the computational coupling of existing special-purpose codes and algorithms for optimized structural and hydro-acoustic design of US Naval Propulsors. Propulsors are an integral part of a ship system and its operational capabilities. They perform critical functions and are currently designed using proprietary special-purpose computational codes and algorithms that must simultaneously address multiple demanding maritime operational environment requirements. The current uncoupled nature of the existing design and analysis tool-set has been identified as an impediment to shortening the design cycle and also to rapidly and accurately assess off-design maneuvers. The design of propulsor systems is increasingly more challenging as they have become more complex, heavy, and hard to maintain in order to cost-effectively counter increasing advanced threats. Significant improvements in the US Government propulsor analysis capabilities are needed to field high-performing, lighter weight, and easily maintained systems. The US Government plans a phased cycle for the tool-set development. The coupled tool-set operational requirements will be validated and tested at the beginning of every development cycle by DoD stakeholders. The vision is to develop and transition coupled structural and hydro-acoustic tools based on the existing uncoupled special-purpose, open-source, and commercial codes to support rapid MULTI-MATERIAL designs and integration into various structures of the DoD interest, including air, sea, land, and space-based platforms. The validated tool-set must be extensible and fully documented, and all source-code must be provided and controlled using modern software tools such as svn or git. It is envisioned that the software will be developed and distributed using a collaborative DoD service such as FORGE.MIL (www.disa.mil/forge). Finally, the US Government plans not only to lead this project, but also to participate in the development and testing of the various components of the tool-set. This current Request For Information (RFI) and applicable sources is to identify companies and organizations that are capable of coupling the various existing codes, determining the relative merits of the various approaches, and participating in the implementation of the coupling efforts. Examples of existing codes include implicit and explicit finite element analysis (FEA), Steady Reynolds-Averaged Navier Stokes (RANS), Unsteady RANS, Detached Eddy Simulation (DES), Lagrangian bubble dynamics, acoustic boundary element methods (BEM), and models for various acoustic forcing functions, among others. It is anticipated that approaches to be considered will include, as dictated by the physics, either partitioned or fully-coupled methods. Examples of the former include MpCCI (the Mesh-based parallel Code Coupling Interface), a code-coupling interface from the Fraunhofer SCAI in Germany, and the Simulia Direct Coupling Interface (DCI), which provides a tighter integration between ABAQUS and certain third-party CFD solvers. It is also anticipated that open-source libraries, utilities, and solvers will be leveraged wherever possible. (e.g., OpenFOAM, PETSc, Overture), and that Mesh generation and CAD modeling will be tightly integrated in the final solution. A US Government organization will conduct independent verification and validation of the tool-set development across the phases. REQUEST FOR WHITE PAPER: Interested parties should submit capability and technical approach information to perform the following tasks: • Development network administration • Geometry modeling tool development • Multi-physics modeling tool development and coupling • Robust and productive user environment development • Tool test and evaluation, including validation and verification • Tool transition and training DATE DUE: White papers should be electronically mailed and received to DARPA-SN-09-33@darpa.mil not later than Noon (Eastern Daylight Time) June 4th, 2009. All questions shall be submitted by email to DARPA-SN-09-33@darpa.mil. WHITE PAPER REQUIREMENTS: 1. Please provide the following information for your organization: a. Company name b. Address c. Phone number d. Fax number e. E-mail f. Point of contact information 2. Provide a brief description of your organization's capability and approach to contribute to one or more of the tasks described above. Please address in the order listed below: a. Understanding of the comprehensive approach to design, analyze, and integrate propulsors and/or multi-material engineered components b. Understanding of the multi-physics issues associated with the unique requirements of modern defense platforms c. Approach to providing network administration meeting above guidelines d. Approach to designing, coding, and testing the geometry modeling tool e. Approach to designing, coding, coupling, and testing the multi-physics multi-material modeling and analysis tools f. Approach to designing, coding, and testing the user interface tool g. Approach to defining and testing the propulsor modeling and user interface tools 3. Address your previous experience in coupling closely held proprietary codes where ‘know-how' cannot be fully shared. 4. Responses should be no more than 10 pages. Each page shall be formatted for 8 ½" x 11"paper. Pages shall be single-spaced and one-sided. The font shall be Times New Roman and no smaller than 10pt with at least a one-inch margin on all sides. Covers, tab dividers, title pages, glossaries, and table of contents are not required. Please submit your responses electronically in a Microsoft Word compatible file with MSOffice 2007. 5. DISCLAIMERS AND IMPORTANT NOTES: This is an RFI issued solely for information and program planning purposes; this RFI does not constitute a formal solicitation for proposals. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Submission of a white paper is strictly voluntary and is not required to propose to subsequent Broad Agency Announcements (if any) or research solicitations (if any) on this topic. DARPA will not provide reimbursement for costs incurred in responding to this RFI. NO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE WHITE PAPER. It is the submitter's responsibility to clearly define to the Government what is considered proprietary data. Any proprietary information should be appropriately marked as such. DARPA will disclose white paper contents only for the purpose of review and evaluation. Respondents are advised that DARPA is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received, or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted under this RFI. Responses to this RFI do not bind DARPA to any further actions, to include hosting a Workshop or requesting follow-on proposals from organizations responding to this RFI. 6. Submissions may be reviewed by: the Government (DARPA, DoD and partners); Federally Funded R&D Centers (such as MIT Lincoln Laboratory); Navy University-Affiliated Research Centers (such as The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, and the Applied Research Laboratory at The Pennsylvania State University) and Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) contractors. 7. Point of Contact For any technical or administrative questions related to this RFI please e-mail them to DARPA-SN-09-33@darpa.mil.
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