Fiscal Year:
1988
Title:
NDE FOR COMPOSITE STRUCTURES
Agency / Branch:
DOD / USAF
Contract:
N/A
Award Amount:
$600,000.00
Abstract:
THE TREND CONTINUES TOWARDS APPLYING ADVANCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS TO THE HIGH PERFORMANCE STRUCTURES ASSOCIATED WITH AEROSPACE. STRUCTURES FABRICATED FROM CARBON-CARBON AND FILAMENT WOUND COMPOSITES ARE PARTICULAR EXAMPLES. TO FULLY EXPLOIT THE PROMISE OF THESE ADVANCED STRUCTURES, NOVEL NDE TECHNIQUES ARE NEEDED FOR CHARACTERIZATION. DUAL-ENERGY LAMINOGRAPHY SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES THE CHEMICAL, DIMENSIONAL, AND MATERIAL PROPERTIES OF THIN-WALLED, POROUS STRUCTURES. PHASE I WILL COMPUTATIONALLY AND EXPERIMENTALLY ASSESS AND DERIVE A LAMINOGRAPHIC NDE SYSTEM DESIGN WHICH SATISFIES THE CARBON-CARBON AND FILAMENT WOUND COMPOSITE STRUCTURE APPLICATION.
Principal Investigator:
R A Armistead
4087337780
Business Contact:
Small Business Information at Submission:
Advanced Research & Applctns
425 Lakeside Dr Sunnyvale, CA 94086
EIN/Tax ID:
DUNS:
N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned:
No
Minority-Owned:
No
HUBZone-Owned:
No