SBIR/STTR Research Award
Innovative Interlaminar Mode I and Mode II Fracture Toughness Test Methods for Ceramic Matrix Composites
Award amount
$79,985Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2013Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- MATERIALS RESEARCH & DESIGN INC
- Proposal award date
- 2013-08-15
- Contract end date
- 2014-03-15
- UEI
- QU1NM7F1CDV4
- Solicitation number
- 2013.A
- Topic code
- N13A-T008
Research abstract
It is critical to the safe use of ceramic matrix composite components that information on the fracture toughness of these materials be available, in order to allow an assessment of the likelihood for crack growth. Although Military Standards and American Society for Testing and Materials both serve as resources for room and elevated temperature test methods, there are no standards to obtain the interlaminar fracture toughness in CMCs. This proposal seeks to develop a reliable process for measuring the Mode I and Mode II fracture toughness at any temperature for CMC materials. The process includes the selection of the best test method, the specification of the test procedures, the design of the test specimen, and the determination of the fracture toughness from the measured data.
Technology keywords
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Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- A Pyrolysis Cycle Optimization Framework for Evaluation of Novel Carbon Precursors
- High-Temperature Composite Nozzle Extensions for Space Access and Propulsion
- 3D Reinforced Composites for Improved Impact Resistance in Spacesuits
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Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Innovative Interlaminar Mode I and Mode II Fracture Toughness Test Methods for Ceramic Matrix Composites
- Interlaminar Mode I and Mode II Fracture Toughnesses in Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs)
- Interlaminar Mode I and Mode II Fracture Toughnesses in Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs)
- Interlaminar Mode I and Mode II Fracture Toughnesses in Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs)
- Parametric Analysis of Various Test Configurations for Measuring the Interlaminar Fracture Toughness of CMCs using LayerSlayer and Abaqus
Research funding history
133 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1998–2025). Reported award amounts total $60,564,982. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration