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3TEX will build on the results of the Phase I projects funded by ONR to develop multi-functional composite material systems designed to both carry structural loads and provide blast protection. The emphasis in this proposed phase II effort will be on all composite solutions not involving metallic foam and metal or ceramic hard face. Using a combination of design-build-test and numerical analysi ...

GFRP cored panels are common in current shipboard structure design. Robust and practical means of joining these and other composite materials to one another and to any substructure are critical to forming large structures. 3TEX will develop and test joining methods and materials based on 3WEAVETM, and 3BRAIDTM, formation of integral shaped fabric preforms. "Butt" and "T" joints formed by insertion ...

The goals of this Phase II SBIR include development of a strike planning deconfliction system, providing a real-time implementation for replanning, providing a mechanism to deconflict with fallout of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), and providing a scalable and extensible mechanism to support multiple levels of decision echelons. The development of the Strike Planning and Deconfliction (SPAD) p ...

This proposal offers a method to reduce the ability of the enemy to accurately aim an RPG for several seconds, allowing the vehicle under attack to escape or counter the attack.

This SBIR application proposes to develop, evaluate, and implement Internet-based continuing education in trauma care to train physicians and other health professionals without specific trauma expertise. The courses will be available via the Internet and will utilize interactive clinical scenarios to disseminate knowledge. Online information resources and discussion capability will accompany each ...

The Navy is seeking a means of removing hydrocarbons from inactive ships prior to ship dismantling or sinking as an artificial reef. Traditional means of separation of oil from aqueous solutions are unreliable in processing emulsified oils and organic chemicals. Filtration, chemical flocculation, and ceramic membranes simply transfer the contaminated waste to one mediumto another. Therefore, a ...

We propose a new active broadband electromagnetic (EM) sensor to detect and classify naval mines buried in the littoral. The sensor will work like an underwater metal detector, but it will operate at multiple programmable frequencies suitable to a given littoral environment. Once it detects a potential target, the sensor will interrogate the target and measure its spectral responses (inphase and q ...

Acute head trauma can cause disability and death without prompt diagnosis and treatment. The methods of choice for such diagnosis are x-ray CT or MRI, but these systems are costly and lack portability. Blood has an electrical conductivity and a dielectric permittivity about 50 to 100% higher than that of healthy brain tissue, depending on the excitation frequency. This suggests that an entirely no ...

The objective of this proposal is to develop and demonstrate the feasibility of high modulus carbon fiber reinforced, VARTM processable vinyl ester laminates with an improved fiber / matrix interface that will provide increased modulus and other mechanical properties. The appropriate choice of resin will also provide composite structures with reduced flammability, smoke and toxicity. The goal is ...

The objective of this proposal is to develop a sizing system for carbon fiber that has the thermal stability to match or exceed that of the matrix resin and be chemically compatible with the fluorinated addition polyimides. More specifically, the sizing will have the same or similar composition to the matrix resin to promote miscibility and interdiffusion and endcapped with phenylethynyl function ...