SBIR/STTR Research Award
LOW CTE FITTINGS
Award amount
$47,958Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1984Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Material Concepts Inc
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
SATELLITES AND SPACE STRUCTURES UTILIZING GRAPHITE/METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES WILL REQUIRE HIGH MODULUS, LOW DENSITY THERMALLY STABLE JOINTS. ONE CANDIDATE MATERIAL IS CHOPPED (DISCONTINUOUS) GR/A1. THIS PROGRAM WILL INVESTIGATE THE FABRICATION CHARACTERISTICS AND MEASURE THE THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF CHOPPED GR/A1. CONSOLIDATION AND FORMING METHODS WILL BE EVALUATED.
Technology keywords
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