SBIR/STTR Research Award
COMPOSITE EROSION TEST AND MODEL DEVELOPMENT
Award amount
$861,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1986Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Sparta, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
A STUDY IS PROPOSED TO DEVELOP A FIRST-ORDER MODEL FOR ASSESSING COUPLED ABLATION/EROSION RESPONSE OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS USED FOR NOSETIPS AND HEATSHIELDS ON VARIOUS VEHICLES. THIS MODEL WILL BE DEVELOPED FROM AVAILABLE EROSION DATA AND SELECTED SINGLE IMPACT EROSION DATA OBTAINED ON VIRGIN AND CHARRED MATERIALS. UNCERTAINTY BOUNDS FOR VARIOUS MATERIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCE VARIABLES WILL BE ESTABLISHED AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO VEHICLE PERFORMANCE ASSESSED. A FOLLOW-ON PROGRAM WILL BE FORMULATED TO PROVIDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE COUPLED ABLATION/EROSION MODEL ON SELECTED STATE OF THE ART AND ADVANCED MATERIALS FOR THREAT VEHICLES.
Technology keywords
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