SBIR/STTR Research Award
ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM) LAUNCH COMPONENT TECHNOLOGIES
Award amount
$79,990Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- Amercom 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 SIX-MONTH FEASIBILITY STUDY TO INVESTIGATE THE USE OF CERAMIC AND METAL MATRIX COMPOSITE MATERIALS FOR THE CONDUCTING RAILS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RAIL GUNS IS PROPOSED. CERTAIN ELECTRICAL, MECHANICALAND THERMAL PROPERTIES OF THE MATERIAL WILL BE DETERMINED AND MICROSTRUCTURAL FEATURES OF THE COMPOSITE EVALUATED. SAMPLE RAIL MATERIALS WILL BE EXPOSED TO THE PLASMA ARC ENVIRONMENTS FOUND IN RAIL GUNS TO EVALUATE ARC EROSION RESISTANCE.
Technology keywords
Not reported