SBIR/STTR Research Award
MEASUREMENT OF EXPLOSIVE OUTPUTS ELECTRONICALLY
Award amount
$49,930Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1990Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- KTECH CORP.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
NO METHOD CURRENTLY EXISTS TO DIRECTLY RELATE DEVICE OUTPUT TO THE KNOWN INPUT NECESSARY FOR THE RELIABLE INITIATION OF THE NEXT DEVICE IN AN EXPLOSIVE TRAIN. THE OBJECT OF THIS EFFORT IS TO DEVELOP A TECHNIQUE TO PROVIDE AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM TO MEASURE THE OUTPUTS OF EXPLOSIVE DEVICES. THE PHASE I EFFORT WILL DEVELOP A TECHNIQUE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS OBJECTIVE. WE PROPOSE TO UTILIZE NEW PIEZO FILM TECHNOLOGY (PVDF) GAUGES TO MAKE THIS MEASUREMENT. ADDITIONALLY, SOME NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS WILL BE PERFORMED TO AID IN EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND INTERPRETATION.
Technology keywords
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