SBIR/STTR Research Award
TRACK STANDING WAVE ANALYSIS
Award amount
$51,524Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- Mpr Assocs 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 FEASIBILITY STUDY IS AN ANALYSIS OF TRACKS OF TRACKED VEHICLES TO EVALUATE ALTERNATIVE MEANS TO DAMPEN STANDING WAVES IN THE TRACKS WHICH OCCUR WHEN THE TRACKED VEHICLES OPERATE AT HIGH SPEEDS. THE STANDING WAVES ABSORB POWER AND REDUCE DRIVETRAIN EFFICIENCY. A RUGGED, INEXPENSIVE MEANS OF DAMPING THE STANDING WAVES IS DESIRED.
Technology keywords
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