High Density Metal-Metal Composites by Deformation Processing

This SBIR Phase II effort examines the feasibility of producing metal-metal high density composite materials with sufficient strength to survive severe shock through mechanical deformation. As with many advanced materials, a critical obstacle to their implementation is very high manufacturing costs to achieve the requisite microstructure-properties. To surmount these barriers, this Phase II program advances an innovative, yet affordable and relatively simple mechanical deformation production technology based on compacting and deforming the elementals through step by step processes such as forging and extrusion.