Hypersonic Vehicle Analyses: The Needs and Challenges of Multidisciplinary Simulations

The fidelity and accuracy of our ability to model each individual component will determine the quality of our results. As a community, we need to focus on improving the modeling of the chemistry, ablation, radiation, and structural response individually. Additionally, we must work on developing robust, flexible, and resilient approaches to coupling. This will require extensive research due to the different timescales and nature of information exchange involved.

There are many examples of multiphysics analysis that we are interested in, and others are also exploring. It is clear that there is still a long way to go in this aspect. It is important not to forget to acknowledge the efforts of others in this field.