SBIR/STTR Research Award
DESIGN PROCEDURE FOR AEROELASTICALLY TAILORED MISSILE CONTROL SURFACES
Award amount
$500,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1986Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- NIELSEN ENGINEERING & RESEARCH, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- WMM8WNLXXAM5
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
A PROCEDURE IS PROPOSED FOR THE DESIGN OF MISSILE CONTROL SURFACES USING AEROELASTIC TAILORING TO ENHANCE THEIR PERFORMANCE. THE PRINCIPAL GOAL OF THE PROCEDURE IS TO MINIMIZE THE VARIATION OF THE CHORDWISE POSITION OF THE AERODYNAMIC CENTER OF PRESSURE AS THE SURFACE DEFORMS UNDER LOAD. OTHER PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES, SUCH AS MAINTAINING OR IMPROVING MARGINS OF SAFETY AGAINST FLUTTER, CAN ALSO BE INCORPORATED. THE PURPOSE OF THE PRESENT RESEARCH IS TO DEVELOP THE PROCEDURE FOR SUPERSONIC SPEEDS AND EVALUATE IT BY COMPARING AN AEROELASTICALLY TAILORED COMPOSITE FIN DESIGN WITH A CONVENTIONAL DESIGN. SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THIS PHASE I WORK IS EXPECTED TO LEAD TO FABRICATION AND EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF THE DESIGN IN A SUPERSONIC WIND TUNNEL IN PHASE II.
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.
- Innovative Controllable Drogue Refueling System
- Multifidelity Robust Aeroelastic Design
- Development of Multidisciplinary, Multifidelity Analysis and Integration of Aerospace Vehicles
- Compact Lightweight MAD Towing System
- An Innovative Flex Hose System for the Mk 48 Torpedo
Research funding history
116 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2012). Reported award amounts total $24,454,424. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation