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Embedded Sensor System to Provide Superior Structural Health Monitoring of…

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Special Operations Command 		Award ID:
86078 		Program Year/Program:
2008 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
S081-003-0069 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Acellent Technologies, Inc.
155 C-3 Moffett Park Drive Sunnyvale, CA -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 2008
Title: Embedded Sensor System to Provide Superior Structural Health Monitoring of Fairing Panels
Agency / Branch: DOD / SOCOM
Contract: H92222-08-P-0019
Award Amount: $99,999.00
 

Abstract:

Swimmer delivery systems, externally mounted on submarines, are subject to hydrodynamic flow and irregular wave-slap loads. These result in unsteady, alternating impacts that can damage exposed surfaces. It is important to track the cumulative stresses imposed on the fairing panels to provide operators with a sense of the remaining service life of the panels. Fairing Panel failure could be catastrophic to operations. Since surface mounted sensors can become damaged or dislodged during normal operational use, there is a need to develop a reliable, durable embedded sensor system. In order to be able to make accurate measurements from embedded sensors, these challenges must be dealt with: (1) Sensor movement during the manufacture of composite, (2) Survivability to high temperature/high pressure composite manufacturing environments, (3) Compatibility of composite materials and sensors, and (4) Ability to make "measurement calibrations" to compensate for the effect of 3-D stresses. In this proposal, Acellent will address and overcome all of the major challenges faced for embedding stress/strain sensors within Fairing Panel composites. Acellent's unique "SMART Layer" technology has been demonstrated to securely embed sensors, keeping them from moving, during the cure of composites. This advanced technical ability will be used as a basis for this development.

Principal Investigator:

Xinlin P. Qing
Director of Sensor Technology
4087451188
peter.qing@acellentsensors.com

Business Contact:

Jim Gibson
Director of Business Development
4087451188
jim.gibson@acellentsensors.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

ACELLENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
835 Stewart Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94085

EIN/Tax ID: 770377143
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No