SBIR/STTR Research Award
Shape Memory Effect Mine Blast Absorbers for Tank Tracks
Award amount
$726,303Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2003Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- Shape Change Technologies LLC
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- HDF2A1QZKBS7
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
Porous Shape Memory Effect materials have been shown to show promise in their ability to dampen large shocks, both from cavitation erosion, in which the material as an armor can reset itself with 50 microseconds, and in split rod Hopkinson bar experiments,where 13 to 14% energy absorption was recorded under high strain rates.This proposed effort seeks to exploit these superb shock damping properties to develop full sized, retrofittable shock pads for tank track shoes. There is a compelling military need for this technology. Based on the need for rapid troop deployment, tanksand the tracks have become lighter, however small antipersonnel mines are now able to effect a
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.
- Development of a Flexible and Robust Patch Weld for Dry Nuclear Storage Casks
- Development of a Precise Remote Sealing Technique for Dry Nuclear Storage Casks
- Shape Memory Effect Actuators from Chlorides
- Development of Fast Response SME TiNi Foam Torque Tubes
- SBIR Phase I:Development of Chemical Vapor Deposition of Shape Memory Alloy TiNi Thin Films for Complex Forms
Research funding history
19 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2000–2019). Reported award amounts total $3,624,444. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation