SBIR/STTR Research Award
ORDERED POLYMERS FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE KINETIC ENERGY DEVICES
Award amount
$62,139Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1990Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- FOSTER-MILLER, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- XDF1FRDG8KK4
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE PROPOSED WORK WILL INVOLVE EVALUATION OF ORDERED POLYMER FILM AND FILM LAMINATE COMPOSITES FOR APPLICATIONS SUCH AS ROCKET MOTOR CASES, PRESSURE VESSELS AND OTHER CYLINDRICAL COMPONENTS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THEPROGRAM IS TO MAKE HIGH QUALITY FILM LAMINATES USING FABRICATION PROCESSES THAT ARE AMENABLE TO SCALE-UP. TEST SAMPLES WILL BE MADE, TESTED AND COMPARED WITH OTHER HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPOSITE MATERIALS. FOSTER-MILLER HAS DEVELOPED PROCESSING METHODS FOR MAKING HIGH STRENGTH FILMS FROM PBO (... BENZOBISOXAZOLE), AN ORDERED ROD-LIKE POLYMER PROCESSED FROM LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMER .... PBO FILM CAN PROVIDE PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT BY VIRTUE OF EXCELLENT MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, THERMAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESISTANCE, AND THE GEOMETRIC EFFICIENCY OF TAPE REINFORCEMENT OVER FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITES. THE PROPOSED PHASE I PROGRAM WILL EVALUATE PBO FILM LAMINATES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING ROCKET MOTOR CASES AND OTHER CYLINDRICAL STRUCTURES.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Research funding history
924 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2006). Reported award amounts total $172,256,128. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, Environmental Protection Agency