SBIR/STTR Research Award
ESTIMATING REMAINING LIFE IN BIOLOGICAL/CHEMICAL SUIT AND ENCLOSURE MATERIALS
Award amount
$470,543Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1993Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- TEXAS RESEARCH INSTITUTE , AUSTIN, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- LM1NWMDNNQ18
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
A METHOD IS PROPOSED FOR ESTIMATING REMAINING LIFE OF TEFLON COMPOSITE CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL (C/B) SUIT AND ENCLOSURE MATERIALS. THE TECHNIQUE IS BASED UPON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN C/B MATERIAL PERMEABILITY RATE AND SURFACE FRACTURE DENSITY OF FATIGUED MATERIAL. DETECTION OF REMAINING LIFE IS MADE USING SPECIAL NDT PENETRANT MEASUREMENTS WHOSE RESULTS ARE CORRELATED TO PERMEATION RATE VIA FRACTURE DENSITY MEASUREMENTS MADE ON WORN FATIGUED MATERIAL SAMPLES. THE BASIS FOR AN INSPECTION AND RECERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR C/B SUITS AND ENCLOSURES WILL BE DEMONSTRATED UPON SHOWING PHASE I FEASIBILITY.
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.
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