SBIR/STTR Research Award
THIS IS PHASE I OF A PROGRAM TO DEVELOP AND EVALUATE NOVEL 4D COMPOSITES CONTAINING NON-ORTHOGONAL FIBER ORIENTATION.
Award amount
$49,986Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1984Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Fiber Materials, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- SMJQBS4YW7V5
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THIS IS PHASE I OF A PROGRAM TO DEVELOP AND EVALUATE NOVEL 4D COMPOSITES CONTAINING NON-ORTHOGONAL FIBER ORIENTATION. A 4D COMPOSITE WILL BE DESIGNED AND FABRICATED WITH IN-PLANE FIBER ANGLES OF 0 DEGREES/ 60 DEGREES PLUS A LOW CONCENTRATION OF THROUGH-THE-THICKNESS FIBERS. THIS CONSTRUCTION SHOULD YIELD A COMPOSITE WITH GOOD TENSILE, COMPRESSIVE AND SHEAR PROPERTIES IN THE PLANE OF THE PANEL COMBINED WITH GREATLY IMPROVED IMPACT RESISTANCE AND DAMAGE TOLERANCE. 4D COMPOSITE PANELS, ALONG WITH COMPARATIVE 2D LAMINATES, WILL BE IMPACTED TO CREATE CONTROLLED DAMAGE, AND THE ENERGY REQUIRED TO INITIATE DAMAGE WILL BE DETERMINED AND THE RESIDUAL COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES MEASURED. THE RESULTS OF THIS PHASE I PROGRAM SHOULD DEMONSTRATE THAT A NEW AND NOVEL 4D COMPOSITE WILL SOLVE THE CURRENT DAMAGE TOLERANCE PROBLEM WITH ADVANCED COMPOSITES. A PHASE II PROGRAM WOULD EMPHASIZE THE FABRICATION AND TESTING OF PROTOTYPE AIRCRAFT PANELS.
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.
- Flexible Phenolic Impregnated Felt
- Composite DACS Nozzle for Next Generation Interceptor
- Graded Density Carbon Bonded Carbon Fiber (CBCF) Preforms for Lightweight Ablative Thermal Protection Systems (TPS)
- Phenolic Impregnated Carbon Ablator (PICA) Gap Filler for Heat Shield Assemblies
- Multi-Layered Integrated Airframe System
Research funding history
93 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2011). Reported award amounts total $20,525,204. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, Department of Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation