Hypersonic Vehicle Simulation Institute (HVSI)

The Hypersonic Vehicle Simulation Institute, sponsored by the DOD High Performance Computing Modernization Program, is a national effort managed from the U.S. Air Force Academy. The vision of this effort is to bring together disparate DOD, DOE, NASA, academic and industry hypersonic researchers to address current shortcomings and advance the state-of-the-art in hypersonic vehicle simulation.

This program will enable academic and research institutions around the country to pursue advances in the ability to simulate the challenging aerothermodynamic and propulsion system phenomena—such as boundary layer transition, shock-shock and shock-boundary layer interactions, ablation, non-equilibrium chemistry and fluid/thermal/structural interactions—of hypersonic flight in order to accelerate technology development and transition into superior defense capabilities for the United States. Faculty and cadets associated with Academy Research Centers may compete for funding through this effort in areas such as development and evaluation of hypersonic turbulence models, and creation of experimental data sets to enable verification and validation of new simulation capabilities.