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Baker Engineering Inc. (BEI) proposes the use of a new heavy fuel Micro Injection System, paired with the R351 Rotary Engine, to exceed the specifications of this SBIR solicitation. BEI is uniquely qualified for this program as the company is currently developing a heavy fuel Micro Injection System for small engine applications, performs Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) analysis in-house, and ha ...

A new fuel injector concept is proposed to accomodate the unique combustion chamber inherent to a rotary engine.

JM Harwood, LLC, proposes the development of a 370W (0.5 hp) small heavy fuel engine. The 6 cubic centimeter (cc) compression ignition, direct fuel injected, 2-stroke will leverage on-going work on a very small heavy fuel (VSHF) combustion test bed funded by the Army Research Laboratory (ARL). The proposed effort will also leverage on-going development efforts on the Very Small Injection Technol ...

Deception Studio (DS) is a learning, behavior-based defense system for ensuring service availability and trust. DS's learning capabilities include attack detection, prediction, and attribution and can react to attacks in real time by shaping an adversary's perception and creating an illusion capable of manipulating his planning processes. Responses are deployed in a targeted fashion, all ...

ABSTRACT: In our proposed Phase II effort, we will be demonstrating long-lived aqueous aluminum heat pipes. The work will directly demonstrate the corrosion inhibition character of two different aqueous work fluids and the long-term heat flux performance of our heat pipe designs at an operating temperature of 200 Deg C. In addition, we will demonstrate the performance of an advanced, aluminum-b ...

ABSTRACT: The objective of this SBIR project is to develop and demonstrate a first-principles-based Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) tool for the study of flow separation control over flexible lifting surfaces of Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs). The Phase I effort successfully adapted and validated a DoD open source, CoBi, for multiple DNS cases involving transition to turbulence, flow separation, and ...

ABSTRACT: This document presents Optical Sciences Corporation's Phase II SBIR proposal for the development, fabrication, and demonstration of an infrared solar-lunar spectral simulator (SOLUSS) system using supercontinuum lasers as sources for space sensor exclusion testing. The all-optical fiber supercontinuum laser system will be capable of efficiently generating the high solar lunar radi ...

ABSTRACT: In Phase I, CFDRC examined concepts for thrust management of a SRM that moved the nozzle relative to a fixed pintle. A binary high/low thrust motor operating mode was selected and a heavy-wall test bed that used the pressure from the chamber to move the nozzle back and forth was demonstrated. A simple, inexpensive pneumatic valve provided the only actuation required. In Phase II, CFD ...

ABSTRACT: When a solid rocket motor propellant grain contains one or more flaws (cracks, debonds, casting voids) or develops them as it ages, the risks of testing that motor is significantly increased. The responsible authority must decide between testing a motor that may destroy expensive testing infrastructure and relegating a motor for demilitarization that may not have failed from the flaw. ...

ABSTRACT: In this program, CFDRC will develop and deliver a tool-kit for prediction of ignition delays (IDs) of hypergolic energetic ionic liquids (EILs). In Phase I, CFDRC has demonstrated the proof-of-principle by predicting IDs of EILs by using two methods: 1) Quantitative Structure Property Relationship (QSPR), and 2) Artificial Neural Network (ANN). These two methods were found to be approp ...