SBIR/STTR Research Award
X-RAY COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY APPLICATIONS TO CERAMAICS AND COMPOSITES
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1989Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Science Foundation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Terra Tek Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
THIS PROPOSAL WILL EVALUATE THE USE OF X-RAY COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) AS A VIABLE TECHNIQUE TO QUANTITATIVELY MEASURE FIBER CONCENTRATION, ALIGNMENT AND DISTRIBUTION. THREE DIMENSIONAL PROFILING OF FIBERS WILL BE DEVELOPED. SECONDLY, INDICATIONS OF QUANTITATIVELY MEASURING IMPACT DAMAGE HAS BEEN ATTAINED. THIS PROJECT WILL, IN CONJUNCTION WITH ONGOING EFFORTS IN DESTRUCTIVE MAPPING OF IMPACT DAMAGE, DEVELOP PROCEDURES AND ALGORITHMS TO MAP IMPACT DAMAGE AND QUANTITATIVELY PROFILE THAT DAMAGE.
Technology keywords
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