
Innovative Approaches to Flaw-Tolerant Design and Certification of Airframe ComponentsAward last edited on: 3/6/2024
Sponsored Program
SBIRAwarding Agency
DOD : NavyTotal Award Amount
$2,876,204Award Phase
2Solicitation Topic Code
N08-131Principal Investigator
Barna A SzaboCompany Information
Engineering Software Research and Development Inc (AKA: ESRD, Inc)
Location: Multiple
Congr. District: 02
County: St. Louis
Congr. District: 02
County: St. Louis
Phase I
Contract Number: N68335-08-C-0367Start Date: 7/15/2008 Completed: 1/15/2009
Phase I year
2008Phase I Amount
$149,998Benefit:
The results of the proposed work will support condition based & reliability centered maintenance decisions for high value military and civilian assets through the application of mathematical models based on verified and validated numerical simulation technology. One of the important commercial applications is the support of probabilistic structural reliability analysis.
Keywords:
airframe, airframe, flaw tolerance, Reliability, Certification
Phase II
Contract Number: N68335-10-C-0428Start Date: 7/8/2010 Completed: 3/31/2015
Phase II year
2010(last award dollars: 2019)
Phase II Amount
$2,726,206Benefit:
The main benefit derived from successful completion of the proposed Phase II effort is improved reliability and scope of damage accumulation models used to meet the requirements of service life assessment programs (SLAP), service life extension programs (SLEP), condition-based maintenance programs (CBM) and reliability-centered maintenance programs (RCM).
Keywords:
error control, Safe Life, model calibration, numerical simulation, Validation, verification, Damage Tolerance, Reliability Centered Maintenance