SBIR/STTR Research Award
OPTICAL DETECTION OF PAVEMENT ICING
Award amount
$128,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- RMG1AZ1ZH8Q7
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
A METHOD FOR DETERMINING INCIPIENT ICE LAYER FORMATION ON PAVED SURFACES IS TO BE DEMONSTRATED. THE PROPOSED TECHNIQUE WILL RELY UPON THE ENHANCEMENT IN SPECULAR REFLECTANCE, I.E., "GLARE," THAT WILL OCCUR WHEN AN OVERLYING ICE LAYER FORMS ON A PAVED SURFACE. THE PROPOSED INVESTIGATIONS WILL ALSO EXPLORE HOW OVERLYING ICE LAYERS MODIFY THE BACKSCATTERED RADIATION OBSERVED OFF PAVEMENT SURFACES. THE CONCEPT CONSIDERED WOULD INVOLVE THE USE OF A LOW-POWER INFRARED LASER "BEACON" TO SCAN AT GLANCING ANGLES (\ 10 TO 15 DEG) SELECTED AREAS OF THE PAVED SURFACE AND AN ARRAY OF DETECTOR RECEIVERS TO MONITOR THE REFLECTED/SCATTERED RADIATION. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE OBSERVED OPTICAL SIGNAL WILL BE USED TO INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF PAVEMENT ICING.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Research funding history
1,763 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2026). Reported award amounts total $698,949,224. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency