Develop a rapid materials-selection strategy and demonstrate efficiency on critical high-energy laser components and vehicle structures. Anticipated Benefits/Commercial Applications: The chemicals used in chemically-driven laser systems are incompatible with many materials used in aircraft and spacecraft. In addition, materials that have been used for ground-based chemical laser systems pose extreme weight penalties for aircraft and space applications. Conventional material evaluation techniques require long test periods and are labor intensive. The objective of this project is to develop rapid, high-confidence materials selection/evaluation techniques to predict material performance for critical aircraft/spacecraft laster systems, in a compressed amount of time.
Keywords: Chemical-Oxygen-Iodine Laser (COIL), Material Evaluation Techniques, Basic Hydrogen Peroxide, Iterative Process, Chemical decomposition, Statistical experimental design, Airborne/Space-Based Chemical Laser, Weibull Analysis
