SBIR/STTR Research Award
ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES OF NEOPRENE TRANSDUCER WINDOWS
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Caliber Inc
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
A NEOPRENE HAVING UNDERSTOOD AND CONTROLLED COMPOSITION IS CRITICAL TO THE ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE OF A TORPEDO TRANSDUCER. THIS APPROACH WILL COMPOUND THREE DIRECTIONS OF MODIFICATION TO A SIMPLE GUM NEOPRENE COMPOUND - FILLER, PLASTICIZER, AND PARTIAL POLYMER REPLACEMENT.A TOTAL OF 16 COMPOUNDS WILL BE DEVELOPED AND EVALUATED FOR HYSTERESIS AS WELL AS OTHER PHYSICAL PROPERTIES.
Technology keywords
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