SBIR/STTR Research Award
COMPUTER PROGRAM TO PREDICT FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH
Award amount
$49,852Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Failure Analysis Associates
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
IT IS PROPOSED THAT A PREVIOUS FRACTURE MECHANICS LIFE TECHNOLOGY SURVEY PREPARED BY FAILURE ANALYSIS ASSOCIATES FOR NASA BE UPDATED AND EXTENDED TO A SURVEY FOR CRACK GROWTH IN SUBMARINE HULL STRUCTURAL DETAILS. COMPUTER PROGRAMS FROM THE SURVEY THAT SURVIVE A SCREENING WILL BE EVALUATED IN DETAIL. THOSE SURVIVING THE DETAILED EVALUATION WILL BE BENCHMARKED AGAINST EXPERIMENTAL CASES TO ASSESS THEIR ACCURACY. RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE MADE FOR RESEARCH REQUIRED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF SUBMARINE HULL STRUCTURES.
Technology keywords
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