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Materials Characterization for Space Manufactured Components

Award Information
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch: N/A
Contract: NNM07AA63C
Agency Tracking Number: 060418
Amount: $99,983.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: STTR
Solicitation Topic Code: T8.01
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2006
Award Year: 2007
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2007-01-29
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2008-01-22
Small Business Information
2851 Commerce Street
Blacksburg, VA 24060-6657
United States
DUNS: 627132913
HUBZone Owned: Yes
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Mark McKenna
 Principal Investigator
 (540) 552-5128
 submissions@lunainnovations.com
Business Contact
 Angela Keen
Title: Business Official
Phone: (540) 552-5128
Email: submissions@lunainnovations.com
Research Institution
 University of Alabama, Huntsville
 Not Available
 
300 Sparkman Drive, VBRH E12
Huntsville, AL 35899
United States

 (256) 824-2657
 Domestic Nonprofit Research Organization
Abstract

Long duration missions to the Moon and Mars will place new demands upon components and systems leading to increasingly stringent requirements for safety, quality, maintainability and repair. In-Situ Fabrication and Repair (ISFR) of components is a key exploration initiative technology element managed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. In this Phase 1 STTR project, Luna Innovations Incorporated (Luna) and the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) propose to extend technology development of a high-resolution acoustic spectrometer to materials characterization for components manufactured in space. Luna and UAH will demonstrate the utility of ultrasonic phase-sensitive measurements with a laboratory Nondestructive Checkout Center (NCC) using Luna's PHLITETM technology to characterize the engineering performance of space manufactured components and to complement traditional NDE methods. The high resolution measurements have been shown in previous NCC development work to be direct indicators of stress, strain, structural stiffness and other material properties critical to aerospace applications. The current project seeks to extend the application of the technique to materials systems and manufacturing processes currently identified in the ISFR program element.

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