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The return of commercial supersonic flight requires innovative solutions to be developed that meet noise and efficiency requirements for overland flight. To study such a possibility NASA is supporting a multi-disciplinary team of academic and industrial experts to explore the potential of structurally morphing the outer mold line of a supersonic vehicle. The team is considering recent advances in supersonic computational fluid dynamics, sonic boom propagation prediction tools and new design approaches of embedding high actuation energy density Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) for in situ morphing, leading to optimal low boom signatures in different atmospheric environments and flight conditions. The presentation will focus on the development of the appropriate high temperature NiTiHf SMAs based on the requirement of reliable repeated actuation up to 100K thermal actuation cycles, under high levels of stress. The thermomechanical constitutive modeling of such alloys, their modeling of low cycle actuation fatigue and failure will be discussed. A unified constitutive modeling approach will be described to capture critical phenomena associated with the unique response of SMAs and the development of predictive tools for the design and reliable operation of phase transforming materials for aerospace applications.

NDA-01 Non-Deterministic Approaches Lecture: Industry Challenges and Solutions with Machine Learning and Probabilistic Methods

The AIAA Autonomous Systems Task Force (ASTF), chartered to explore how AIAA could contribute to the advancement of autonomy across the spectrum of aerospace activity, will provide an outbrief on outcomes from its November 2021 Aerospace Autonomy Summit. The summit’s objective was to convene aerospace autonomy leaders and experts from government, industry, and academia to identify relevant aerospace autonomy stakeholders as well as salient policy, technical, and workforce issues. Topics expected to be reported on include identification of

• Outcomes needed in the near term to address autonomy standards and certification approaches, including moral and legal and frameworks
• Outcomes needed in the near term to develop technical methodologies and frameworks to create a clear set of rules and standards for certification throughout the autonomous systems product lifecycle
• Key specific outcomes needed to develop aerospace autonomy workforce capabilities
• Key stakeholder organizations and individuals whose engagement is needed to achieve items above

This session presents the outstanding achievements and innovations in aviation, from the perspective of Bombardier, a key global player in the aerospace industry and world class business jet manufacturing and servicing company.

Highlights of this talk will emphasize first-hand experience and aerodynamics and technology innovations applied to product lines over the past 40 years…from the Bombardier Global, Challenger, and Learjet business jet families, to the Canadair CL-215/415 amphibious firefighting aircraft, and the CSeries commercial aircraft and Canadair Regional Jet family.

Jocelyn Brown-Saracino, Offshore Wind Energy Lead for the U.S. Department of Energy, will overview the current status of offshore wind both globally and in the U.S. She will discuss goals the U.S. has with respect to offshore wind development. Specific topics of DOE’s offshore wind strategic planning efforts will include the Floating Offshore Wind Shot, the DOE’s Atlantic transmission analysis, and the White House-led Federal State Offshore Wind Partnership focused on supply chain coordination.