SBIR/STTR Research Award
Erosion Resistant and Damping Coating for Large Size Gas Turbine Engine Compressor Airfoil
Award amount
$79,967Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2008Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- UES INC
- Proposal award date
- 2008-10-09
- Contract end date
- 2009-04-09
- UEI
- FV5WK6YTN215
- Solicitation number
- 2008.2
- Topic code
- N08-144
Research abstract
The Joint Strike Fighter Short Take-off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) aircraft will operate in desert environments and ingest abrasive particles during the critical take-off and landing stages of operation. Under such conditions, the compressor airfoils on the JSF STOVL aircraft’s integrally bladed rotors (IBR) for both the lift-fan and cruise engines may get damaged which can lead to poor engine performance and potential failure. Since these IBRs are relatively large, it would be expensive to manufacture and replace. UES, Inc. proposes to develop erosion resistant coatings to maintain IBRs’ performance (efficiency) and to delay its degradation due to sand erosion. The developed coatings will be evaluated in terms of erosion resistance and damping. Based on such evaluations the coatings will be ranked. Highly ranked coatings will be further developed in Phase II.
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.
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- Design, Analysis, Fabrication, and Test Firing of Non-eroding Hybrid Ceramic Nozzle Throats Using Strong and Tough TaC-Composites (22-RD-379)
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- Ceramic Matrix Composites With Novel Additives For Gas Turbine Engine Applications (22-RD-363)
Awards with the same topic code
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- Development of Multifunctional Erosion-Resistant Damping Coating Systems and Application Methods for IBRs and Blisks
- Development of Multifunctional Erosion-Damping Coating Systems and Application Methods for IBRs and Blisks
- Erosion Resistant Coatings for Large Size Gas Turbine Engine Compressor Airfoils
- Erosion Resistant Coatings for Large Size Gas Turbine Engine Compressor Airfoils
Research funding history
294 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2023). Reported award amounts total $73,979,003. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Contractor profile
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