Flight Research of Hyperelastic Materials, Year 3

Completed TRL 5 (started at 4, targeting 5)

Description

1) Design/formulate an experiment to install various size panels of hyperelastic material with various stretch ratios applied on F-15B FTF. 2) Execute several flights to supersonic speeds to evaluate panel flutter frequencies and speeds of hyperelastic panels.

Benefits

Potential Applications: Launch Propulsion Systems, EDL, Modeling, advanced modeling, simulation, information & processing configuration to surpass conventional technologies, lightweight structures

Details

Program	Center Innovation Fund: AFRC CIF (AFRC CIF)
Lead organization	Armstrong Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA
Start date	2015-10-01
End date	2016-09-30

Project contacts

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Claudia Herrera — claudia.herrera-1@nasa.gov

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