On Thu, 2 Jun 1994, Todd E. Van Hoosear wrote:
> I am interested in subscribing to Cosmic Update. Please send more
> information.
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I will add your name to our e-mail mailing list. I have appended the
current mailing to this message along with general info about COSMIC.
Thanks for your interest,
Richard
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COSMIC INFORMATION SERVICES
NASA's COmputer Software Management and Information Center (COSMIC) has been
located at the University of Georgia since its beginning in 1966. We
presently have over 800 computer programs that were originally developed by
NASA and its contractors for the U.S. space program. Software is available
for a number of areas of interest including: artificial intelligence,
computational fluid dynamics, finite element structural analysis, scientific
visualization, thermal and fluid flow analysis, and many more. Programs are
priced on a cost-recovery basis and usually include source code. U.S.
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We appreciate receiving feedback on all services provided by COSMIC. Please
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>From marketing@cosmic.cosmic.uga.edu Wed May 4 09:49:16 1994
Date: Tue, 03 May 1994 16:50:22 EDT
From: marketing@cosmic.cosmic.uga.edu
To: dcosmic-list@cosmic.uga.edu
Subject: New and Updated COSMIC programs
September, 1993
Contact: Customer Support (706) 542-3265
COMPUTER PROGRAM FROM NASA
OPTICAL FILTER
MSC-22380
The Minimum Euclidean Distance Optimal Filter program,
MEDOF, generates filters for use in optical correlators. The
algorithm implemented in MEDOF follows theory put forth by
Richard D. Juday of NASA/JSC. This program analytically
optimizes filters on arbitrary spatial light modulators such as
coupled, binary, full complex, and fractional 2pi phase. MEDOF
optimizes these modulators on a number of metrics including:
correlation peak intensity at the origin for the centered
appearance of the reference image in the input plane, signal to
noise ratio including the correlation detector noise as well as
the colored additive input noise, peak to correlation energy
defined as the fraction of the signal energy passed by the filter
that shows up in the correlation spot, and the peak to total
energy which is a generalization of PCE that adds the passed
colored input noise to the input image's passed energy.
MEDOF is written in C-language for Sun series computers
running SunOS. With slight modifications, it has been
implemented on DEC VAX series computers using the DEC-C v3.30
compiler, although the documentation does not currently support
this platform. MEDOF can also be compiled using Borland
International Inc.'s Turbo C++ v1.0, but IBM PC memory
restrictions greatly reduce the maximum size of the reference
images from which the filters can be calculated. MEDOF requires
a two dimensional Fast Fourier Transform (2DFFT). The standard
distribution medium for MEDOF is a .25 inch streaming magnetic
tape cartridge (Sun QIC-24) in UNIX tar format. MEDOF was
developed in 1992-1993.
September, 1993
Contact: Customer Support (706) 542-3265
COMPUTER PROGRAM FROM NASA
HEAT PIPE CODE
LEW-15625
The NASA Lewis Research Center Heat Pipe (LERCHP) code was
developed to predict the performance of heat pipes in the steady
state. LERCHP can be used as a design tool on a personal
computer or, with a suitable calling routine, as a subroutine for
a mainframe radiator code. For accurate heat pipe modeling, a
variety of wick structures are available to the user, including a
user wick input option. Several working fluids can be chosen as
well, including potassium, sodium, and lithium, for which the
monomer-dimer equilibrium is considered. A vapor flow algorithm
is incorporated that treats compressibility and axially varying
heat input. LERCHP also facilitates the determination of heat
pipe operating temperatures and heat pipe limits that may be
encountered at the specified heat input and environment
temperature.
Heat pipes with multiple evaporators, condensers, and
adiabatic sections in series and with wick structures that differ
among sections can be modeled by LERCHP. The heat pipe can be
subdivided into as many as 20 sections which can be heat input or
evaporator sections, adiabatic sections, and heat removal or
condenser sections, mixed in any manner provided that the first
section is a heat input section. Output, such as liquid and
vapor pressures and temperatures, is printed at equally spaced
axial positions along the pipe as determined by the user.
LERCHP is written in FORTRAN 77 for IBM PC series and
compatible computers running MS-DOS.
September, 1993
Contact: Customer Support (706) 542-3265
COMPUTER PROGRAM FROM NASA
AID FOR AUTOMATED DESIGN SYNTHESIS
LAR-13687
The expert system called EXADS was developed to aid users of
the Automated Design Synthesis (ADS) general purpose optimization
program. Because of the general purpose nature of ADS, it is
difficult for a nonexpert to select the best choice of strategy,
optimizer, and one-dimensional search options from the one
hundred or so combinations that are available. EXADS aids
engineers in determining the best combination based on their
knowledge of the problem and the expert knowledge previously
stored by experts who developed ADS. EXADS is a customized
application of the AESOP artificial intelligence program (the
general version of AESOP is available separately from COSMIC. The
ADS program is also available from COSMIC.)
The IBM PC version of EXADS is written in IQ-LISP for
execution under DOS 2.0 or higher with a central memory
requirement of approximately 512K of 8 bit bytes. This program
was developed in 1986.
September, 1993
Contact: Customer Support (706) 542-3265
COMPUTER PROGRAM FROM NASA
PANEL ANALYSIS AND SIZING CODE
LAR-13164
The Panel Analysis and Sizing Code (PASCO) was developed for
the buckling and vibration analysis and sizing of prismatic
structures having an arbitrary cross section. PASCO is primarily
intended for analyzing and sizing stiffened panels made of
laminated orthotropic materials and is of particular value in
analyzing and sizing filamentary composite structures. When used
in the analysis mode, PASCO calculates laminate stiffnesses,
lamina stress and strains (including the effects of temperature
and panel bending), buckling loads, vibration frequencies, and
overall panel stiffness. When used in the sizing mode, PASCO
adjusts sizing variables to provide a low-mass panel design that
carries a set of specified loadings without exceeding buckling or
material strength allowables and that meets other design
requirements such as upper and lower bounds on sizing variables,
upper and lower bounds on overall bending, extensional and shear
stiffnesses, and lower bounds on vibration frequencies.
The DEC VAX version of PASCO is written in FORTRAN IV for
batch execution and has been implemented on a DEC VAX series
computer. The Macintosh version of PASCO was developed for
Macintosh II series computers with at least 2Mb of RAM running
MPW Pascal 3.0 and Language Systems FORTRAN 2.0 under the MPW
programming environment. It includes MPW compatible makefiles
for compiling the source code.
September, 1993
Contact: Customer Support (706) 542-3265
COMPUTER PROGRAM FROM NASA
COMPRESSOR SPANLINE ANALYSIS
LEW-15609
CSPAN is a FORTRAN 77 computer program that assists in the
design of axial flow compressors. This program enables the
design engineer to study the relationship between the number of
stages, the flow path radii, the gas velocities, the flow angles,
and the resultant variation of compressor efficiency.
The program is based on the assumption of simple radial
equilibrium of static pressure and constant efficiency radially.
Axial velocity ratio across blade rows, maximum rotor tip and
stator hub loadings, maximum turning at the rotor hub, and
maximum stator hub Mach number are specified. Many advanced
compressor designs require tip radius reductions in order to
provide adequate blade height at the exit. Therefore, this
program includes an input for direct specification of the tip
radius change across each blade row.
CSPAN is written in ANSI FORTRAN 77 for DEC VAX series
computers running VMS. It is available on a 9-track 1600 BPI
magnetic tape in DEC VAX FILES-11 format or a TK50 tape cartridge
in DEC VAX BACKUP format.
September, 1993
Contact: Customer Support (706) 542-3265
COMPUTER PROGRAM FROM NASA
RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY AND MAINTAINABILITY SIMULATION
LEW-15083
The ETARA system was written to evaluate the performance of
the Space Station Freedom Electrical Power System, but the
methodology and software can be modified to simulate any system
that can be represented by a block diagram. ETARA is an
interactive, menu-driven reliability, availability, and
maintainability (RAM) simulation program. Given a Reliability
Block Diagram representation of a system, the program simulates
the behavior of the system over a specified period of time using
Monte Carlo methods to generate block failure and repair times as
a function of exponential and/or Weibull distributions.
ETARA 3.3 is written in APL2 for IBM PC series computers or
compatibles running MS-DOS and the APL2 interpreter. Hardware
requirements for the APL2 system include 640K of RAM, 2Mb of
extended memory, and an 80386 or 80486 processor with an 80x87
math co-processor. The standard distribution medium for this
package is a set of two 5.25 inch 360K MS-DOS format diskettes.
A sample executable is included. ETARA was developed in 1990 and
last updated in 1991.
September, 1993
Contact: Customer Support (706) 542-3265
COMPUTER PROGRAM FROM NASA
SOLID SURFACE MODELER
MSC-21914
The Solid Surface Modeler (SSM) is an interactive graphics
software application for solid-shaded and wireframe
three- dimensional geometric modeling. It enables the user to
construct models of real-world objects as simple as boxes or as
complex as Space Station Freedom. The program has a versatile
user interface that, in many cases, allows mouse input for
intuitive operation or keyboard input when accuracy is critical.
SSM can be used as a stand-alone model generation and display
program and offers high-fidelity still image rendering. Models
created in SSM can also be loaded into other software for
animation or engineering simulation.
SSM is written in C-language for implementation on SGI IRIS
4D series workstations running the IRIX operating system. A
minimum of 8Mb of RAM is recommended for this program. The
standard distribution medium for SSM is a .25 inch streaming
magnetic IRIX tape cartridge in UNIX tar format.
September, 1993
Contact: Customer Support (706) 542-3265
COMPUTER PROGRAM FROM NASA
OBJECT ORIENTATION MANIPULATOR
MSC-22263
The Object Orientation Manipulator (OOM) is an application
program for creating, rendering, and recording three-dimensional
computer-generated still and animated images. This is done using
geometrically defined 3D models, cameras, and light sources,
referred to collectively as animation elements. OOM does not
provide the tools necessary to construct 3D models; instead, it
imports binary format model files generated by the Solid Surface
Modeler (SSM). Model files stored in other formats must be
converted to the SSM binary format before they can be used in
OOM. Among OOM's features are collision detection
(with visual and audio feedback), the capability to define and
manipulate hierarchical relationships between animation elements,
stereographic display, and ray-traced rendering. OOM uses Euler
angle transformations for calculating the results of translation
and rotation operations.
OOM is written in C-language for implementation on SGI IRIS
4D series workstations running the IRIX operating system. A
minimum of 8Mb of RAM is recommended for this program. The
standard distribution medium for OOM is a .25 inch streaming
magnetic IRIX tape cartridge in UNIX tar format.
September, 1993
Contact: Customer Support (706) 542-3265
COMPUTER PROGRAM FROM NASA
THERMAL ANALYZER
MSC-21030
MSC-21959
The Thermal Radiation Analyzer System, TRASYS, is a computer
software system with generalized capability to solve the
radiation related aspects of thermal analysis problems. TRASYS
computes the total thermal radiation environment for a spacecraft
in orbit. The software calculates internode radiation
interchange data as well as incident and absorbed heat rate data
originating from environmental radiant heat sources. TRASYS
provides data of both types in a format directly usable by such
thermal analyzer programs as SINDA/FLUINT.
There are two machine versions of TRASYS v27: a DEC VAX
version and a Cray UNICOS version. Both versions require
installation of the NASADIG library, which is available from
COSMIC either separately or bundled with TRASYS. The NASADIG
(NASA Device Independent Graphics Library) plot package provides
a pictorial representation of input geometry, orbital/orientation
parameters, and heating rate output as a function of time.
NASADIG supports Tektronix terminals.
The CRAY version of TRASYS v27 is written in FORTRAN 77 for
batch or interactive execution and has been implemented on CRAY
X-MP and CRAY Y-MP series computers running UNICOS. The DEC VAX
version of TRASYS v27 is written in FORTRAN 77 for batch
execution (only the plotting driver program is interactive) and
has been implemented on a DEC VAX 8650 computer under VMS.
TRASYS was last updated in 1993. An HP version of TRASYS v27 is expected
to be available by May 15, 1994.