LOW MAINTENANCE DOOR CLOSURE

Award Information

Agency: Department of Defense

Branch: Army

Contract: N/A

Agency Tracking Number: 15824

Amount: $46,960.00

Phase: Phase I

Program: SBIR

Solicitation Topic Code: N/A

Solicitation Number: N/A

Timeline

Solicitation Year: N/A

Award Year: 1991

Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A

Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A

Small Business Information

Electro Magnetic

Po Box 8482

Albuquerque, NM 87198

United States

DUNS: N/A

HUBZone Owned: No

Woman Owned: No

Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No

Principal Investigator

Name: Dr David E Merewether
Title: Principal Investigator
Phone: (505) 265-3538

Business Contact

Phone: () -

Research Institution

N/A

Abstract

WE HOPE TO INVESTIGATE THE POTENTIAL USE OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC DOOR SEAL AS A COMPONENT IN A LOW MAINTENANCE DOOR CLOSURE. THIS SEAL WILL INSERT A LOSSY FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL INTO THE PATH BY WHICH ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY ENTERS A SHIELDED ENCLOSURE AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE DOOR. THE MATERIAL IS EXPECTED TO REFLECT THE INCIDENT FIELD BECAUSE THE FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL WILL OFFER A HIGH IMPEDANCE TO THE INCIDENT ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION. THE MATERIAL WILL ALSO ATTENUATE THE FIELD ENTERING THE ENCLOSURE THROUGH ATTENUATION OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION THROUGH THE LOSSY FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL. THIS APPROACH HAS THE POTENTIAL OF PROVIDING A LOW MAINTENANCE SEAL BECAUSE THE ATTENUATION DOES NOT RELY ON METAL-TO-METAL CONTACT TO PROVIDE THE DESIRED SHIELDING EFFECTIVENESS. THE PHASE I EFFORT CONSISTS OF DETAILED DESIGN AND FABRICATION AND TESTING OF PROTOTYPE DOOR SEALS.

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LOW MAINTENANCE DOOR CLOSURE