SBIR/STTR Research Award
NDE FOR COMPOSITE STRUCTURES
Award amount
$600,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1988Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Aracor
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE TREND CONTINUES TOWARDS APPLYING ADVANCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS TO THE HIGH PERFORMANCE STRUCTURES ASSOCIATED WITH AEROSPACE. STRUCTURES FABRICATED FROM CARBON-CARBON AND FILAMENT WOUND COMPOSITES ARE PARTICULAR EXAMPLES. TO FULLY EXPLOIT THE PROMISE OF THESE ADVANCED STRUCTURES, NOVEL NDE TECHNIQUES ARE NEEDED FOR CHARACTERIZATION. DUAL-ENERGY LAMINOGRAPHY SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES THE CHEMICAL, DIMENSIONAL, AND MATERIAL PROPERTIES OF THIN-WALLED, POROUS STRUCTURES. PHASE I WILL COMPUTATIONALLY AND EXPERIMENTALLY ASSESS AND DERIVE A LAMINOGRAPHIC NDE SYSTEM DESIGN WHICH SATISFIES THE CARBON-CARBON AND FILAMENT WOUND COMPOSITE STRUCTURE APPLICATION.
Technology keywords
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