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Highly Corrosion Resistant Aluminum Alloys: Innovative Processing Methods to Enhanced Corrosion Resistance (e.g., layered structures, etc.)

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Office of the Secretary of Defense
Contract: N00014-11-C-0081
Agency Tracking Number: O2-0992
Amount: $750,000.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: OSD09-C03
Solicitation Number: 2009.1
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2009
Award Year: 2011
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2010-12-22
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
The Millennium Centre 1142 Middle Creek Road
Triadelphia, WV -
United States
DUNS: 101582922
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: Yes
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 G.S. Murty
 Senior Materials Scientis
 (304) 547-5800
 gsm@trl.com
Business Contact
 Elizabeth Kraftician
Title: President&CEO
Phone: (304) 547-5800
Email: enk@trl.com
Research Institution
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Abstract

The objective of this proposed Phase II work is to develop a production method for manufacturing rolled plates of a high-strength aircraft aluminum alloy (7075) with high SCC (stress corrosion cracking) resistance. The corrosion resistance is to be improved without a loss in tensile strength. The basic operational processing procedure is to produce aluminum alloy plate through roll bonding of a composite of several layers of standard material such that the grain shape/orientation alternates through the through-thickness plane of the finished plate. It is known from the literature that stress-corrosion cracking will propagate when tensile load is present in the short-transverse direction and to some degree in the long transverse direction. The base period of Phase II will be directed to establish improvements in SCC resistance and strength on plates of laboratory scale. If the Phase II effort is successful, scale-up attempts will take place during the first and second option periods.

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