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Composite Spring Propulsion System

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 28945
Amount: $99,832.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1995
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
39 Porter Lane
Portsmouth, RI 02871
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Thierry Deegan
 (401) 683-1799
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Expendable mine-hunting countermeasures require a propulsion system that is acoustically and magnetically quiet while being light in weight, reliable, and inexpensive. Proposed for development and demonstration is a composite spring energy storage device. Calculations show that a spring weighing only eight pounds can deliver 1/10 horsepower for three to five minutes to power a small vehicle. The spring concept provides high torque at low speeds to allow a quiet, low-speed propeller to be used. The proposed spring is made of relatively inexpensive, high-strength glass in a plastic matrix. The key to the spring is an efficient glass fiber braiding technique that provides sufficient interlaminar shear strength to allow the spring strip to develop its full potential strength in bending. The proposed project includes modeling of spring parameters, fabrication of a spring for test, and laboratory demonstration of its energy storage capacity.

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