SBIR/STTR Research Award
ADVANCED SOLIDS DIVERT PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY
Award amount
$49,530Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1990Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- REFRACTORY COMPOSITES, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
REFRACTORY COMPOSITES, INC. PROPOSES TO UTILIZE CHEMICAL VAPOR INFILTRATION TECHNOLOGY TO PRODUCE GRAPHITE REINFORCED HAFNIUM CARBIDE COMPOSITE NOZZLES FOR EVALUATION AS AN IMPROVED MATERIAL OVER CARBON/CARBON IN LEAP DIVERT SYSTEMS. A DIVERT NOZZLE WILL BE TESTED BY THIOKOL, ELKTON AT CONDITIONS WHICH ERODE C/C NOZZLES IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THE COMPARATIVE EROSION PERFORMANCE OF C/HFC. THIS TEST WILL CONFIRM THE VIABILITY OF THIS ADVANCED MATERIAL CONCEPT INA HIGH PRESSURE, EROSIVE ENVIRONMENT, BEYOND ITS PREVIOUSLY DEMONSTRATED ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE, LOW RECESSION, AEROTHERMAL STABILITY.
Technology keywords
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