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WAKE MODIFICATION OF BALLISTIC AND MANEUVERING REENTRY VEHICLES AND ASSOCIATED PENETRATION AIDS

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 2151
Amount: $500,000.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1986
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
20 New England Business Center
Andover, MA 01810
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 G E Caledonia
 (617) 475-9030
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

WE PROPOSE TO INVESTIGATE THE POTENTIAL OF INTRODUCING FINE PARTICLES INTO THE WAKES OF REENTRY VEHICLES TO HASTEN ELECTRON DECAY. THE PARTICLES WOULD BE FORMED IN SITU IN THE NEAR WEAK THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE CHOICE OF FILLER ADDITIVES TO HEAT SHIELD MATERIALS. THE FULL WAKE PLASMA/PARTICLE INTERACTION WOULD BE ADDRESSED AND INCORPORATED INTO AN EXISTING FINITE RATE KINETICS WAKE COMPUTER CODE. RELEVANT PARTICLE PROPERTIES WOULD BE ASSESSED, OPTIMUM MATERIALS WOULD BE IDENTIFIED AND MODELED WITH THE WAKE COMPUTER CODE TO EVALUATE ELECTRON QUENCH EFFECTIVENESS. A PROOF-OF-CONCEPT TEST SERIES WOULD BE DEFINED.

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