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Innovative Approaches to the Automated Simulation of Aircraft Structural Joints in Structural Analysis Models

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N68335-08-C-0347
Agency Tracking Number: N08A-002-0195
Amount: $69,999.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: STTR
Solicitation Topic Code: N08-T002
Solicitation Number: 2008.A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2008
Award Year: 2008
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2008-07-14
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2009-02-14
Small Business Information
2790 Skypark Drive, Suite 310
Torrance, CA 90505
United States
DUNS: 131277725
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Timothy Hasselman
 Director Engineering Mechanics Div.
 (310) 530-1008
 hasselman@actainc.com
Business Contact
 James Hudson
Title: Vice President
Phone: (310) 530-1008
Email: hudson@actainc.com
Research Institution
 SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES
 Thomas Paez
 
PO Bos 5800 Mail Stop 0557
Albuquerque, NM 87185
United States

 (505) 844-7052
 Federally Funded R&D Center (FFRDC)
Abstract

ACTA Incorporated and Sandia National Laboratories propose a seven month STTR Phase I project to demonstrate the feasibility of developing an automated simulation of aircraft structural joints in structural analysis models. The technical approach includes an expert system executive to create detailed models of abstracted joint components including interfacing structural components, fasteners and nonlinear interface constitutive models. Optional tasks are proposed with a three month performance period to implement a selected joint model in an existing finite element structural modeling code to demonstrate the feasibility of integrating the proposed joint model within conventional finite element modeling software.

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