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EVALUATION OF HEAT DAMAGE IN CARBON/EPOXY COMPOSITES

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 12800
Amount: $56,389.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1990
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
3754 Hawkins Ne
Albuquerque, NM 87109
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Ronald E Allred
 (505) 344-4967
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Research Institution
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Abstract

A SERIES OF WELL CHARACTERIZED IM6/3501-6 COMPOSITE PLATES WILL BE EXPOSED TO CONTROLLED, WILL INSTRUMENTED JP4 POOL FIRES OF VARYING DURATION. FIRE EXPOSED PLATES WILL BE CHARACTERIZED USING PULSE-ECHO ULTRASONIC, MICROSCOPY, DSC, TAG AND MECHANICAL TESTING IN FLEXURE AND SHORT BEAM SHEAR. TEMPERATURE AND HEAT FLUX DATA COMBINED WITH COMPOSITE CHARACTERIZATION RESULTS WILL BE USED TO DETERMINE OPERATIVE DAMAGE MECHANISMS IN HEAT EXPOSED COMPOSITES. THE OBSERVED DAMAGE WILL BE CORRELATED WITH PULSE-ECHO NDI RESULTS TO DETERMINE ITS APPLICABILITY AS A FIELD INSPECTION TECHNIQUE.

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