SBIR/STTR Research Award
Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloy Hybrid Devices
Award amount
$99,645Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2005Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- IMAGE ACOUSTICS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2005-08-01
- Contract end date
- 2006-05-31
- UEI
- FVHTE2HRMYE6
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- N05-T023
Research abstract
There is a need for an improved ferromagnetic shape memory alloy, FSMA, performance. Although the current material is capable of producing large strains up to 6%, the force capabilities are low and typically less than 10MPa blocking stress which needs to be improved. The desire is to improve this limited blocking stress of the FSMA material by means of a hybrid structure which uses, in combinations with the FSMA, another transduction material with greater force capability. Possible adjunct materials for improving the force capability include PZT, PMN-33%PT, Terfenol-D and Galfenol. We plan to develop not only an improved FSMA based actuator but an improved acoustic transducer for the Navy's needs.
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.
- Flow-Exposed Conformal Array Acoustic Elements
- Acoustically Transparent Mid-Frequency SONAR Projector
- Wideband Acoustic Signature Capability for Next Generation Mobile Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Training Target
- 3-inch SONAR Countermeasure
- Acoustically Transparent Mid-Frequency SONAR Projector
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
Research funding history
46 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1996–2025). Reported award amounts total $15,012,990. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense