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Hot Gun Barrel Detector for Navy Guns

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N00178-04-C-1070
Agency Tracking Number: N031-0505
Amount: $749,948.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N03-066
Solicitation Number: 2003.1
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2003
Award Year: 2004
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2004-08-20
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2006-08-20
Small Business Information
2760 Beverly Dr. #4
Aurora, IL 60504
United States
DUNS: 927258277
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: Yes
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Donald Yuhas
 President
 (630) 236-5901
 dyuhas@imsysinc.com
Business Contact
 Marjorie Passini Yuhas
Title: Vice President
Phone: (630) 236-5901
Email: myuhas@imsysinc.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

The Navy has a critical need to measure temperatures at critical areas on the inner bore surfaces of large guns in order to insure appropriate action is taken in case of a misfire. In the case of a misfire, the gun crew must know the bore surface temperature in order to decide if they have time to safely remove the ammunition before enough heat has transferred from the hot barrel, possibly initiating a cook-off of the projectile or propelling charge. In the Phase I program, we verified that ultrasonic methods could be used to measure bore surface temperature and bore erosion in under laboratory test conditions. The method is non-intrusive and requires no modification to the gun barrel. When combined with thermal models, the new ultrasonic sensor technology can be used to improve "cook-off" prediction and gun safety. In this Phase II program we develop and test a robust, reliable, ultrasonic system capable of measuring inner bore temperature and erosion. The system performance will be evaluated in a series of controlled laboratory tests and field experiments using sensors mounted on 5" Navy guns.

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