SBIR/STTR Research Award
CONCENTRATED FUEL SLURRIES
Award amount
$49,999Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1986Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- RMG1AZ1ZH8Q7
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
WE PROPOSE TO USE LARGE SCALE COMPUTER SIMULATION TECHNIQUES TO DEVELOP A THEORETICAL CAPABILITY FOR THE REALISTIC MODELING OF CONCENTRATED SLURRY RHEOLOGY AND STABILITY. THE IMMEDIATE APPLICATION IS THAT OF BORON/HYDROCARBON SLURRIES. WE WILL EXTEND BROWNIAN DYNAMICS TECHNIQUES TO INCLUDE THE EFFECTS OF SHEAR IN ORDER TO COMPUTE THE SLURRY VISCOSITY. CALCULATIONS PERFORMED WITHOUT SHEAR WILL BE USED TO DETERMINE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS AND STATIC PAIR DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS. WITH THIS INFORMATION, CLASSICAL COAGULATION THEORY WILL BE USED TO ESTIMATE SLURRY STABILITY. THE VALIDITY OF THESE COMPUTATIONAL METHODS WILL BE ESTABLISHED BY COMPARING CALCULATED RESULTS WITH EXPERIMENTAL DATA.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Research funding history
1,763 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2026). Reported award amounts total $698,949,224. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency