SBIR/STTR Research Award
THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE HELICOPTER TAILBOOM FABRICATION USING ULTRASONICALLY HEATED FILAMENT WINDING
Award amount
$68,281Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1989Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- FOSTER-MILLER, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- XDF1FRDG8KK4
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
ADVANCED AIRFRAME STRUCTURES REQUIRE COMPOSITE COMPONENTS TO MEET WEIGHT LIMITATIONS AND PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS. THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES ARE CANDIDATE MATERIALS BECAUSE OF THEIR EXCELLENT SPECIFIC STRENGTH, MODULUS, AND INTERLAMINAR FRACTURE TOUGHNESS. ONE STEP FABRICATION METHODS WHICH INCORPORATE FIBER PLACEMENT AND CONSOLIDATION ARE FEASIBLE WITH THERMOPLASTIC MATERIALS. THIS PROPOSED PROGRAM OFFERS A UNIQUE CONCEPT THAT USES FILAMENT WINDING IN CONJUNCTION WITH ULTRASONIC HEATING TO ACHIEVE ONE STEP FABRICATION OF THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES. A SAMPLE COMPONENT WILL BE FABRICATED IN PHASE I TO DEMONSTRATE COST EFFICIENCY, COMPONENT QUALITY, AND APPLICABILITY TO FULL SCALE TAILBOOM COMPONENTS REQUIRED IN PHASE II.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Electromechanically and Sensor Enhanced Endoscopic Tools
- Novel Hydrogel-Based System for Hemorrhage Control
- Self-Assembling System for Targeted Nanodelivery of Proteins (STOP)
- Clean Burning Waste Gasifier to Produce Tar-Free Gas for Internal Combustion Engines
- High Temperature Ionic Liquid Lubricant for Advanced Aircraft Turbine Engines
Research funding history
924 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2006). Reported award amounts total $172,256,128. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, Environmental Protection Agency