SBIR/STTR Research Award
ANALYSIS OF THERMAL AND SHOCK REDUCTION OF GRAPHITE FIBER REINFORCED TSTR POLYIMIDE COMPOSITE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Recipient company
- Macromolecular Material Inc
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
HIGHLY THERMO-STABLE AND SHOCK-RESISTANT GRAPHITE FIBER COMPOSITES ARE PREPARED FROM TSTR (TRIARYL-S-TRIAZINE RING) POLYIMIDE HAVING A LINEAR RING-CHAIN STRUCTURE AS DESCRIBED IN HUS: U.S. PATENT 4,555,565-NOV. 26, 1985. PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF THEIR MECHANICAL PROPERTIES RELEVANT TO THERMAL AND SHOCK REDUCTION WILL BE PERFORMED UNDER BOTH STATIC AND DYNAMIC (INFRA-RED BEAM) LOADS AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES OF 700, 1400, AND 2100 DEG F. THE TEST RESULTS SHOULD SERVE FOR SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF MATERIALS PARAMETERS AND FOR TRIAL COMPOSITIONS IN COMBINED (THERMAL/SHOCK) HARDENED STRUCTURES DEVELOPMENT.
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