Federal award (DELIVERY ORDER, fiscal year 2022)
Recipient: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE ASSOCIATES
Awarding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Funding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Period of performance: 2015-01-01 to 2017-09-29
Current total value of award: $163159
Description: "LIGHT FIELD IMAGING FOR SIMULTANEOUS MULTI-PLANE IMAGE CAPTURE OF FLOW FEATURES IN NASA GROUND TEST FACILITIES" THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM THE FOLLOWING TASK REQUIREMENTS:3.1 TO SUPPORT THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS TASK ORDER, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DESIGN A SCIENTIFIC-GRADE PLENOPTIC CAMERA, FABRICATE THE CAMERA, AND INCORPORATE THE CAMERA INTO A STANDARD LIGHT SHEET-BASED PIV SYSTEM.  THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM EXPERIMENTS TO CHARACTERIZE THE CAMERA FUNCTIONALITY AS PART OF THE PIV SYSTEM VIA TESTS CONDUCTED IN ONE OF THE CONTRACTOR'S SUBSONIC WIND TUNNEL FACILITIES ON A SUITABLE MODEL.  IN ADDITION, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATIONS AND STUDIES VALIDATING THEORETICALLY THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CAMERA AND PIV SYSTEM, COMPARING THE COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS WITH EXPERIMENTAL DATA.   3.2 THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE A FABRICATED PLENOPTIC CAMERA AND SUPPORTING HARDWARE AND PROVIDE PERSONNEL SUPPORT TO ACQUIRE AND ANALYZE MULTI-PLANE PIV DATA ON A TEST IN THE NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER ADVANCED MEASUREMENTS AND DATA SYSTEMS BRANCH 13-INCH SUBSONIC TUNNEL ON A SUITABLE MODEL, WITH THE CHOICE OF MODEL AGREED UPON BY THE CONTRACTOR AND NASA.   DATA COLLECTED DURING THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUND TEST SHALL BE ANALYZED BY BOTH THE CONTRACTOR AND NASA. THE RESULTS SHALL BE COMPARED BY THE CONTRACTOR AND LARC FOR VALIDATION.  THE CONTRACTOR SHALL ALSO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO NASA TO ACQUIRE AND ANALYZE BOS DATA IN THE 13-INCH SUBSONIC TUNNEL ON A SUITABLE MODEL, ALSO AGREED UPON BY THE CONTRACTOR AND NASA.  NOTE THAT THE PIV MEASUREMENTS AND DATA ARE THE PRIMARY DELIVERABLE FOR THE TESTING AT LANGLEY.  THE BOS MEASUREMENTS ARE A SECONDARY DELIVERABLE, BUT WILL BE CONDUCTED ONLY ON A TIME AVAILABLE BASIS.  3.3 THE CONTRACTOR SHALL SUPPORT REVIEW MEETINGS, TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE MEETINGS, AND TELECOMS AS REQUIRED TO ADEQUATELY SUPPORT THE PLANNED TEST PROGRAM AS SPECIFIED DURING THE TERM OF THIS CONTRACT. TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE MEETING AND TELECOM FREQUENCY SHALL BE SCHEDULED AS NEEDED BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CONTRACTOR AND NASA.