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MATERIALS FOR SUPPRESSION OF SHOCK PROPAGATION

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 8403
Amount: $493,581.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1989
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
10123 Senate Dr
Lanham, MD 20706
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Dr Sean Wise
 (301) 731-4210
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

RESEARCH WILL BE CARRIED OUT TO DEMONSTRATE THE UNIQUE VALUE OF CHEMICALLY BONDED CERAMICS (CBC) AS MATERIALS FOR FABRICATION OF MECHANICAL DETERRENTS TO SYMPATHETIC DETONATION OF MUNITIONS. CBC MATERIALS WILL BE FORMULATED AND CHARACTERIZED FOR SHOCK ATTENUATING PROPERTIES AND FRAGMENT CAPTURE OR VELOCITY REDUCTION PROPERTIES. THE FINAL MATERIAL IS LIKELY TO BE A BINARY MATERIAL (TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF MATERIALS BACK TO BACK) OR A MATERIAL THAT IS HIGHLY ANISOTROPIC IN MATERIALS PROPERTIES. A FAMILY OF THESE MATERIALS WILL BE COMPLETELY CHARACTERIZED (INCLUDING SHOCK HUGONIOT DATA) TO ANALYTICALLY DETERMINE THEIR POTENTIAL TO ELIMINATE THE THREAT OF SYMPATHETIC DETONATION IN MUNITIONS.

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