The objective of this effort is to modify an existing engineering code to provide fast prediction capabilities to assess the aerothermodynamic performance characteristics of advanced high speed configurations throughout a flight trajectory. The prediction techniques are to be engineering methods suitable for preliminary design analysis and configuration tradeoff studies. The code expands the core capability of the current Viscous Effects on Complex Configuration (VECC) which was originally developed for the Air Force by Boeing's team in St. Louis. The final aerothermodynamic trajectory analysis tool kit, named Hypersonic Engineering Aerothermodynamic Trajectory Tool Kit (HEAT-TK), incorporate modern geometry handling capabilities, a modern GUI, updated engineering aerodynamic heating analysis methods, modern data handling (including material thermal properties) and integration methods, three degree-of-freedom trajectory analysis, aeroheating/thermal analysis along trajectories, and a two-dimensional/three-dimensional analysis output display capability with real-time viewing manipulation. All coding are performed with a modular, open-architecture philosophy.

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