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ABSTRACT: Intelligent Automation, Inc. (IAI) in collaboration with BAE Systems and Professor W. Clem Karl proposes to develop a Cooperative RF Sensor Network. (CORSON) and associated algorithms for distributed RF sensing. CORSON uses a wireless network to synchronize RF sensors on multiple munitions to support distributed cooperative Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Ground Moving Target Indicat ...

ABSTRACT: In this Phase I SBIR project TA & T will use ceramic stereolithography to fabricate engineered molds for investment cast turbine airfoils with the goals of reduced dimensional and metallurgical variability, finer cast features, and improved yield. The application target will be advanced high pressure turbine (HPT) airfoils cast in single crystal superalloys, the most difficult to fabri ...

ABSTRACT: Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy (RUS) has been widely used to measure material elastic modulus. However, the accuracy of RUS is affected by many uncertainty factors in measurement, material and models. Determining the reliability and confidence level of RUS measurement requires comprehensive uncertainty quantification and error propagation analysis. We propose to develop an innovative ...

ABSTRACT: To perform on-airplane weld repairs of the F-22 titanium frames and forward and aft booms is highly desired, but currently not practical due to the required high temperature thermal stress relief process. An alternative is to apply the vibration stress relief scheme, which is increasingly used in heavy industry. The major problem associated with the vibration stress relief is its repea ...

ABSTRACT: Current methods for conducting surface inspections of exhaust ducts in manned and unmanned low-observable (LO) aircraft are time consuming and error prone. Furthermore, next-generation UAS are likely to utilize ducts with confined spaces that are inaccessible by human maintainers. Technology that can reduce inspection times, minimize human error and provide access to confined spaces wi ...

ABSTRACT: SURVICE Engineering is proposing the development of a non-destructive in-situ inspection system based upon proven and commercially available technologies. The technique will be validated through detailed testing, simulation, and analysis in the Phase I effort, with full-scale development and installation in an existing prepreg line in the Phase II effort. BENEFIT: The proposed approa ...

ABSTRACT: SURVICE Engineering is proposing the development of specialized tooling to provide the installer real-time feedback of proper fastener installation. The proposed design measures the fastener as-installed and provides the user with immediate visual feedback to verify proper fastener installation has been achieved, saving time by doing the QC inspection during installation. The system c ...

ABSTRACT: Minimally operating or non-operating systems provide little or no opportunity for measuring functional parameters as they degrade, reducing visibility into the condition of system reliability. The negative effects of this phenomenon are seen to a greater degree in systems that are required to operate once with near-perfect reliability following a period of prolonged dormancy. Cruise m ...

ABSTRACT: The SURVICE Engineering Team proposes development of a fast-running engineering-level fluid dynamics model to quantify and characterize the fuel spurt and droplet formation resulting from ballistic penetration into an aircraft fuel tank. The ultimate goal places emphasis on a fast running solution that can allow multiple evaluations rather than a single event answer. This engineering l ...

ABSTRACT: As the geometry of test articles becomes more complex the demand for evolving instrumentation to make global, quantitative surface pressure and temperature measurements across a diverse spectrum of test environments continues to increase. Traditionally, pressure sensitive coatings called pressure sensitive paints (PSPs) have been oxygen sensors. The need for a polymeric pressure sensi ...