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DEVELOPMENT OF TUNGSTEN BASED COMPOSITES

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 15758
Amount: $58,314.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1991
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
620 Argyle Rd
Wynnewood, PA 19096
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Murray Kornhauser
 Principal Investigator
 (215) 649-3459
Business Contact
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Research Institution
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Abstract

IT IS PROPOSED TO DEVELOP AND EMPLOY TWO ADVANCED TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS IN THE CONTINUING R&D PROBLEM TO DEVELOP IMPROVED TUNGSTEN BASED COMPOSITE MATERIALS TO BE USED IN KINETIC ENERGY PENETRATORS: (1) THE HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING (HIP) PROCESS WILL BE EMPLOYED TO FABRICATE THE MOST PROMISING TUNGSTEN-CERAMIC (CERMET) MATERIAL COMBINATIONS. (2) IN ORDER TO OBTAIN DYNAMIC MATERIAL PROPERTIES AND ULTIMATE STRENGTHS, IT IS PROPOSED TO DEVELOP THE ELECTROMAGNETIC HOPKINGSON BAR (EHB) FACILITY, WHICH WILL HAVE THE CAPACITY TO TEST TUNGSTEN BASED SPECIMENTS TO STRESSES OF THE ORDER OF 800,000 PSI. THIS UNIQUE LABORATORY DEVICE WILL BE DEVELOPED BY MODIFYING THE EXISTING 200,000 SHOCK TEST FACILITY THROUGH ADDITION OF A SEGMENTED HOPKINSON BAR. THE MATERIALS SELECTED FOR TEST IN PHASE I INCLUDE W-ALN, W-ALN + EXTERIOR, W-CU, W-TIB(2), AND W-SIC WHISKERS. THESE MATERIALS WILL BE FABRICATED USING THE HIP PROCESS, AND THEIR DYNAMIC PROPERTIES WILL BE EVALUATED WITH THE EHB FACILITY. RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE MADE ON THE DIRECTION OF MATERIALS R&D TO BE PURSUED IN PHASE II.

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