SBIR/STTR Research Award
Enhancing Interlaminar Shear Strength in Helicopter Composites
Award amount
$749,993Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2011Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- LUNA INNOVATIONS INCORPORATED
- Proposal award date
- 2011-04-05
- Contract end date
- 2014-05-04
- UEI
- SJHFCDGKJJC5
- Solicitation number
- 2009.3
- Topic code
- N093-171
Research abstract
Luna Innovations Incorporated is developing methods to improve interlaminar shear strength (ILSS) of glass fiber/epoxy composites. By incorporating vapor grown carbon fiber (VGCF) into the system, the composite matrix material is strengthened and additional reinforcement in the out-of-plane (Z direction) of the composite is possible. In the Phase I effort, Luna produced results showing a significant increase in the ILSS of three different composite systems produced from prepreg material with a VGCF film approach over systems without VGCF. The results indicated that it is possible to increase the ILSS of a system without a decrease in in-plane properties. These initial tests of the VGCF systems demonstrated the promise of the technology. In the current effort, the technology will be tailored and optimized to meet specific application criteria.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Rugged Miniature SWDM Mux and Demux for Military Aircraft
- Advanced Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing (DFOS) for Naval Safety
- Distributed Linear and Angular Acceleration Measurement
- Terahertz Imaging for Detection of Corrosion and Defects Under Hull Coatings
- Multi-Modal SHM of Inflatable Habitats via Embedded Fiber Optics Sensing
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- ZnO Nanowire Interleave for Enhanced Interlaminar Strength
- Air Textured S-Glass Rovings for Improved 2D Epoxy Laminate Interlaminar Properties(1001-435)
- Innovative Approaches for Enhancing Interlaminar Shear Strength of Two-Dimensional (2D) Composite Reinforced Flexbeams and Yokes
- Enhancing Interlaminar Shear Strength in Helicopter Composites
- Vertically Aligned ZnO Nanowire Interleave for Enhanced Interlaminar Strength
Research funding history
994 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1991–2026). Reported award amounts total $336,438,763. 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, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency