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Real-Time Health Management Portable Sensor for Solid Rocket Motors
Title: Grp Lead, Munitions & Missile Sys
Phone: (978) 689-0003
Email: dokhan@psicorp.com
Title: PMO
Phone: (978) 689-0003
Email: green@psicorp.com
Contact: Stacey Bucha
Address:
Phone: (814) 865-5579
Type: Domestic Nonprofit Research Organization
Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) proposes to design, develop, and demonstrate a portable, non-invasive, real-time sensor to assess the chemical and physical health of solid rocket motors (SRMs) as a function of age without affecting the motors integrity. In Phase I, a sensor to monitor specific gas species that are markers of the chemical and mechanical aging processes of composite and double base propellants will be developed. The operational feasibility of the sensor will be demonstrated and validated. Mathematical models that correlate the spectral signatures-to-adverse changes in propellant material properties will be simultaneously developed. PSI will manufacture this sensor and transition this to a missile defense application. Approved for Public Release 15-MDA-8161 (11 March 15)
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