DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW BERYLLIUM/GRAPHITE-EPOXY SANDWICH COMPOSITE

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Agency: Department of Defense	Branch: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	Award ID: 8233	Program Year/Program: 1988 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number: 8233	Solicitation Year: N/A	Solicitation Topic Code: N/A	Solicitation Number: N/A

Small Business Information: Advanced Composite Engineering
350 Sagamore Pkwy - Ste 6 West Lafayette, IN 47906
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Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No

Phase 1: Fiscal Year: 1988

Title: DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW BERYLLIUM/GRAPHITE-EPOXY SANDWICH COMPOSITE

Agency / Branch: DOD / DARPA

Contract: N/A

Award Amount: $49,280.00

Abstract:
MAJOR TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN MATERIAL ENGINEERING WILL BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO MEET THE INCREASINGLY STRINGENT CONSTRAINTS OF HIGH STIFFNESS AND LOW WEIGHT STRUCTURAL MATERIALS FOR AEROSPACE VEHICLES. SIGNIFICANT EFFORT IS BEING SPENT ON DEVELOPING NEW EXOTIC METAL ALLOYS AND COMPOSITE MATERIALS IN AN ATTEMPT TO SATISFY THE STATED CHALLENGE. AN ALTERNATE APPROACH TO BE CONSIDERED IS THE CREATION OF A NEW MATERIAL BY THE COMBINATION OF TWO EXISTING 'PROVEN'STRUCTURAL MATERIEALS, BERYLLIUM AND GRAPHITE-EPOXY. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS TO CONSTRUCT A SANDWICH COMPOSITE CONSISTING OF DISTINCT ALTERNATING LAYERS OF BERYLLIUM AND GRAPHITEEPOXY. THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF THE NEW SANDWICH LAMINATE WILL BE MEASURED EXPERIMENTALLY AND COMPARED TO THE INDIVIDUAL MATERIALS. THEORETICAL MODELS WILL ALSO BE DEVELOPED FOR PREDICTING THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF THE NEW LAMINATE.

Principal Investigator:
Dr c t sun
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Advanced Composite Engineering
350 Sagamore Pkwy - Ste 6 West Lafayette, IN 47906

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Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No