SBIR/STTR Research Award
THE PROPOSED WORK WILL INVOLVE EVALUATION OF ORDERED POLYMER SHEET AND TAPE-REINFORCED COMPOSITE STRUCTURES FOR APPLICATIONS SUCH AS ROCKET MOTOR CASES, PRESSURE VESSELS AND OTHER CYLINDRICAL COMPONENTS.
Award amount
$68,960Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1986Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- FOSTER-MILLER, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- XDF1FRDG8KK4
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE PROPOSED WORK WILL INVOLVE EVALUATION OF ORDERED POLYMER SHEET AND TAPE-REINFORCED COMPOSITE STRUCTURES FOR APPLICATIONS SUCH AS ROCKET MOTOR CASES, PRESSURE VESSELS AND OTHER CYLINDRICAL COMPONENTS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO MAKE HIGH QUALITY FILM LAMINATES USING A FABRICATION PROCESS AMENABLE TO SCALE-UP. TEST SAMPLES WILL BE MADE, TESTED AND COMPARED WITH OTHER HIGHER PERFORMANCE COMPOSITE MATERIALS. FMI HAS DEVELOPED PROCESSING METHODS FOR MAKING HIGH STRENGTH HIGH STIFFNESS TAPES AND SHEETS FROM PBT (POLY P-PHENYLENE BENZOBISTHIAZOLE), AN ORDERED ROD-LIKE POLYMER PROCESSED FROM LIQUID CRYSTAL SOLUTIONS. PBT TAPE CAN PROVIDE PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT BY VIRTUE OF EXCELLENT MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, THERMAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESISTANCE, AND THE GEOMETRIC EFFICIENCY OF TAPE REINFORCEMENT OVER FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITES. THE PROPOSED PHASE I PROGRAM WILL EVALUATE PBT TAPE LAMINATES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING ROCKET MOTOR CASES AND OTHER CYLINDRICAL STRUCTURES.
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.
- Electromechanically and Sensor Enhanced Endoscopic Tools
- Novel Hydrogel-Based System for Hemorrhage Control
- Self-Assembling System for Targeted Nanodelivery of Proteins (STOP)
- Clean Burning Waste Gasifier to Produce Tar-Free Gas for Internal Combustion Engines
- High Temperature Ionic Liquid Lubricant for Advanced Aircraft Turbine Engines
Research funding history
924 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2006). Reported award amounts total $172,256,128. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, Environmental Protection Agency