SBIR/STTR Research Award
EDDY CURRENT INSPECTION OF GRAPHITE-EPOXY COMPOSITES
Award amount
$408,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1986Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Gross T A O 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 STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF GRAPHITE-EPOXY COMPOSITES CAN BE VALIDATED BY MEASUREMENT OF EDDY-CURRENTS INDUCED IN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING FIBERS. EDDY-CURRENTS ARE DIMISHED IN DAMAGE REGIONS OF A COMPOSITE STRUCTURE BECAUSE RUPUTRED FIBERS DO NOT PROVIDE AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING PATH. THE PROGRAM PROPOSED HEREIN SEEKS SOLUTIONS TO PRACTICAL PROBLEMS AND OBSTACLES TO THE REALIZATION OF A PRACTICAL INSTRUMENT FOR INSPECTION IN THE FIELDS.
Technology keywords
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