SBIR/STTR Research Award
Low Cost Launch Vehicle Structures with Acoustic Attenuation
Award amount
$937,500Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2002Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Delta Velocity Corporation
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
"The proposed effort will fabricate launch vehicle fairings using ChamberCore composite fabrication methods and incorporating mass loading acoustic attenuation. Fairings in two sizes will be built, instrumented, inspected, and subjected to structural andvibroacoustic ground tests with and without attenuation mass loading. This data will be compared to results from tests on a conventional metal fairing. The composite fairings will then be integrated with GFE suborbital launch vehicles and flight datawill be obtained."
Technology keywords
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