SBIR/STTR Research Award
A LASER SPECTROSCOPY TECHNIQUE FOR EVALUATING IN-SITU DEGREDATION OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS
Award amount
$54,901Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1992Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- IAP RESEARCH, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- WBU3RUKH8DY8
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
ADVANCED MATERIALS ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED IN MANY ARMY SYSTEMS. THESE SYSTEMS REQUIRE NEW NON-DESTRUCTIVE TECHNIQUES FOR ASSESSING IN SERVICE DEGREDATION. SECONDLY, TECHNIQUES ARE REQUIRED TO ASSESS MATERIAL INTEGRITY DURING MANUFACTURING. IAP RESEARCH PROPOSES A NDE TECHNIQUE BASED ON BRILLOUIN SCATTERING THAT IS CAPABLE OF DETERMINING CHANGES IN ELASTIC CONSTANTS OF POLYMER BASED COMPOSITE MATERIALS AND MONOLITHIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS. THE CHANGE IN ELASTIC CONSTANTS CAN THEN BE USED TO PREDICT COMPONENT MECHANICAL PROPERTY DEGREDATION CAUSED BY THERMAL OR LOW VELOCITY COMPACT DAMAGE. IN THE CASE OF PROCESSING FEEDBACK THE TECHNIQUE WILL ALLOW FOR THE IN-SITU EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF PROCESSING VARIABLES ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- SiC-Based High Voltage Capacitor Charging Innovations
- Field effects in processing lightweight materials with superior mechanical properties and microstructures
- Innovative, shock-load resistant Pulsed Power supply.
- Medium Voltage Direct Current (MVDC) Fault Detection, Localization, and Isolation
- Affordable Point of Use Conversion (PUC) Module for 400Hz Power System Applications
Research funding history
85 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2017). Reported award amounts total $21,413,397. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation