SBIR/STTR Research Award
EVALUATION OF HEAT DAMAGE IN CARBON/EPOXY COMPOSITES
Award amount
$56,389Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1990Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Pda Engineering
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
A SERIES OF WELL CHARACTERIZED IM6/3501-6 COMPOSITE PLATES WILL BE EXPOSED TO CONTROLLED, WILL INSTRUMENTED JP4 POOL FIRES OF VARYING DURATION. FIRE EXPOSED PLATES WILL BE CHARACTERIZED USING PULSE-ECHO ULTRASONIC, MICROSCOPY, DSC, TAG AND MECHANICAL TESTING IN FLEXURE AND SHORT BEAM SHEAR. TEMPERATURE AND HEAT FLUX DATA COMBINED WITH COMPOSITE CHARACTERIZATION RESULTS WILL BE USED TO DETERMINE OPERATIVE DAMAGE MECHANISMS IN HEAT EXPOSED COMPOSITES. THE OBSERVED DAMAGE WILL BE CORRELATED WITH PULSE-ECHO NDI RESULTS TO DETERMINE ITS APPLICABILITY AS A FIELD INSPECTION TECHNIQUE.
Technology keywords
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