SBIR/STTR Research Award
ULTRA LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURES
Award amount
$49,794Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1991Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Recipient company
- Kinetics Gen Ind Inc
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE PROPOSED ULTRA LIGHTWEIGHT (ULW) STRUCTURAL CONCEPT EMPLOYS A UNIQUE COMPONENT FORMULATION AND FORMING PROCESS. THE CONCEPT IS DESIGNED TO PERMIT THE SIMULTANEOUS SKIN AND CORE FORMING. IN ADDITION PROVISIONS ARE MADE TO ENHANCE THE STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE IN DYNAMIC LOADING CONDITIONS. THE ULW STRUCTURAL CONCEPT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE STRUCTURAL WEIGHT FRACTION. IN VEHICLES THIS TRANSLATES INTO INCREASED PAYLOAD AND/OR RANGE. CORE VOID, HONEYCOMB CORE, COMPOSITE, SANDWICH, FOAM CORE
Technology keywords
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