SBIR/STTR Research Award
Novel and Cost Effective Rain Erosion Tests at Supersonic Speeds
Award amount
$949,764Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2004Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- CONTINUUM DYNAMICS INC
- Proposal award date
- 2003-12-09
- Contract end date
- 2009-11-18
- UEI
- DUE3E75K1MJ3
- Solicitation number
- 2002.2
- Topic code
- BMDO02-012
Research abstract
In Phase I, a demonstration SUpersonic Rain Erosion (SURE) facility was developed which demonstrated the capability of producing spherical, millimeter-sized droplets repeatedly at velocities up to 1200 feet per second. Data were collected to extend the speed range of the facility and droplet size. Based on these results, a Phase II prototype facility will be built that could attain speeds of 2400 fps with droplets up to 1-2 mm in diameter. Tests can be run on test articles as large as 4 square feet quickly and cost effectively because the SURE facility does not require a wind tunnel nor does it move the test article to simulate supersonic rain. A large range of rain environments can be simulated in the facility.
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.
- Family of Retrofittable Drag Reduction Systems for Tactical Aircraft Range Extension
- Full-Scale eVTOL Aircraft Flight Dynamics Testing, Modeling and Simulation
- Development of a Modular Multiphysics Simulation Platform for Aerosol and Particulate Dispersion Modeling
- Source Noise Model for Rotorcraft Operations Planning
- Loss Of Control Observer for Safety Assurance
Awards with the same topic code
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Research funding history
271 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2026). Reported award amounts total $78,620,383. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Agriculture