NASA STTR 2019-I Solicitation

Proposal Summary

PROPOSAL NUMBER:
 19-1- T12.01-3920
SUBTOPIC TITLE:
 Thin-Ply Composite Technology and Applications
PROPOSAL TITLE:
 Efficient High-Fidelity Modeling of High Strain Thin-Ply Composites
SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN (SBC):
RESEARCH INSTITUTION (RI):
Name:  AnalySwift
Name:  Purdue University-Main Campus
Street:  5413 Crus Corvi Road
Street:  155 South Grant Street
City:  West Jordan
City:  West Lafayette
State/Zip:  UT 84081-5213
State/Zip:  IN 47907-2114
PHONE:  (801) 599-5879
PHONE:  (765) 494-6204

Principal Investigator (Name, E-mail, Mail Address, City/State/Zip, Phone)

Name:
Dr. Wenbin Yu
E-mail:
wenbinyu@purdue.edu
Address:
701 West Stadium Ave West Lafayette, IN 47907 - 0000
Phone:
(765) 494-5142

Business Official (Name, E-mail, Mail Address, City/State/Zip, Phone)

Name:
Allan Wood
E-mail:
allanwood@analyswift.com
Address:
5413 Crus Corvi Rd West Jordan, UT 84081 - 5213
Phone:
(801) 599-5879
Estimated Technology Readiness Level (TRL) :
Begin: 3
End: 5
Technical Abstract (Limit 2000 characters, approximately 200 words)

AnalySwift will collaborate with NASA researchers and Prof. Wenbin Yu of Purdue University to establish a new framework for efficient high-fidelity modeling for high strain thin-ply composites (HS-TPCs). Propose innovations include using mechanics of structure genome (MSG) for multiscale constitutive modeling of HS-TPCs, a thermodynamically consistent constitutive model for HS-TPCs exhibiting thermomechanical, viscoelastic, and viscoplastic behavior, and MSG beam/plate/shell models for the efficient high-fidelity modeling of HT-TPC structures. Four tasks will be carried out: (1) demonstrate the advantages of MSG-based modeling framework, (2) develop a thermodynamically consistent constitutive model, (3) develop a MSG thermo-viscoelastic-viscoplastic beam model, (4) develop a MSG thermos-viscoelastic-viscoplastic shell model. The proposed research will address unique modeling challenges (structures coupled with materials, temperature- and time-dependent behavior, geometry nonlinearity at both the material scale and the structural scale) of HS-TPCs in addition to those challenges (anisotropy, heterogeneity, multiscale) associated with traditional composites. The success of this work will significantly advance the design and analysis of HS-TPC structures with a new framework for the efficient high-fidelity modeling of mechanical behavior important for these structures. The proposed new modeling capabilities will also be implemented in SwiftCompTM, a general-purpose multiscale constitutive modeling, to maximize the technology transfer.

Potential NASA Applications (Limit 1500 characters, approximately 150 words)
  • Deployable composite booms, foldable panels, hinges, reflectors; lightweight structures for satellite buses, landers, rovers, solar arrays, and antennas.
  • Pressurized structures such as deep-space habitation/tanks and lightweight structural components for space exploration systems.
  • Highly flexible wings for future aircraft and highly fatigue and damage tolerant structures for revolutionary vertical lift aircraft.
Potential Non-NASA Applications (Limit 1500 characters, approximately 150 words)

Commercial aerospace, defense, auto, marine, energy, recreation:

  • Lightweight/pressurized structures, booms, highly flexible wings, vertical lift structures, fishing rods, golf clubs, skis, industrial tubes, etc.
  • Cost/time reductions and validated tools for industry realization of HS-TPCs
  • Better engineering of broader composite lightweight structures
Duration: 13
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