SBIR/STTR Research Award
TUBULAR COMPOSITE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS WITH INTEGRAL END FITTINGS
Award amount
$229,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- DWA ALUMINUM COMPOSITES
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
COUPLING HIGH-PERFORMANCE METAL-MATRIX COMPOSITE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS WITH END FITTINGS OF COMPARABLE HIGH PERFORMANCE PROMISES THE CAPABILITY OF FABRICATING STRUCTURES OF EXCEPTIONAL STRENGTH, RIGIDITY AND THERMAL STABILITY. ATTACHING THE END FITTINGS TO THE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS DURINGTHE INITIAL FABRICATION CYCLE OPTIMIZES THE MATCHING OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES BETWEEN THE ELEMENT AND ITS END FITTING.
Technology keywords
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