Potential NASA Commercial Applications: The combined stochastic and diffusion-based algorithm will be modularly compatible with existing commercial codes, allowing wide access to accurate thermal radiation predictions within research, academic, and design communities. Other defense applications include thermal radiation characterization from rocket nozzles/plumes, combustion chambers, and nuclear explosions. Commercial space launch organizations will have access to state-of-the-art thermal calculation capability, as well as design firms supporting the nascent space tourism industry. Ground-based applications for efficient radiation transport predictions are numerous, and include metal forming, lithography, curing, and many other high-temperature manufacturing processes.
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