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The primary objective of this effort will be the development of a software toolset capable of modeling dynamic two-phase flow systems for controls development and optimization. The toolset will be comprised of a variety of components related to two-phase flow systems with user interfaces to parameterize the component models and a variety of supporting tools for operating the models and analyzing r ...

The challenging material requirements, large sizes, and complex geometries for current and future advanced military optical systems are creating numerous manufacturing challenges. These include the methods to fixture the components, advancements in grinding and polishing machines, processing techniques, and methods for measuring them to their demanding optical tolerances. Our goal in this Phase I ...

Aspheric and conformal optics have become critical components in the aerodynamic features of missiles and aircraft systems. The smooth and sleek shape of the optics improves the aerodynamic quality and performance. These shapes are difficult to manufacture and measure due to the significant amount of inherent optical aberrations. However, production of the component requires metrology feedback on ...

The challenging material requirements, large sizes, and complex geometries for current and future advanced military optical systems are creating numerous manufacturing challenges. These include the methods to fixture the components, advancements in grinding and polishing machines, processing techniques, and methods for measuring them to their demanding optical tolerances. Our goal in this Phase I ...

Freeform conformal windows, which match an airframes shape, are used to protect sensor arrays. These windows provide the advantages of traditional sensor windows, namely, durability, in combination with superior aerodynamic performance. The goal of this Phase I SBIR project is to demonstrate the capability to produce a large (12 x 12), non-rotationally symmetric window to tight optical tolerances. ...

While the concept of a microgrid may seem straightforward, the actual implementation of the hardware and controls can be complex and difficult to integrate with the available equipment. Of particular annoyance is the vast set of contingencies that must be accounted for to ensure the controller operates safely in the event of equipment or device communication failures.The development of control alg ...

Existing head mounted display (HMD) technologies lack the capability to deliver the unique performance attributes requested by this solicitation. Six15 Technologies proposes an innovation to tile and couple full color, high brightness reflective micro-displays with highly transmissive, wide field of view head mounted display optics. The proposed innovation would fill a void in Military and Commerc ...

In response to the Navy SBIR topic N153-131, Non-Invasive Measurement of Fluid/Gas Characteristics in Harsh Environments, the Innoveering team is proposing a novel acoustic approach to collecting flow performance data to support routine performance assessments of Navy hardware systems and needs. The proposed approach is non-invasive and will collect data by instrumenting the outer surface of a pip ...

The US Navy is concerned with fretting fatigue as a controlling factor in aircraft component life, such as the dovetail contact of blade/disk assemblies and spline gears in helicopter transmissions. To model fretting fatigue crack nucleation and subsequent fatigue crack growth, the FRANC3D software was modified to include fretting nucleation models. These models, combined with finite element resul ...

Periodic maintenance of hydraulic actuators and related systems on submarines has been shown to be inefficient and costly, often leading to removal and maintenance of perfectly functional actuators, and does not allow for the early detection of problems. In Phase I of the Wireless Hydraulic Actuator Monitor (WHAM) project, IEM demonstrated that a miniature, low-power wireless sensor system could m ...