COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (CR&D) Delivery Order 0034: Aircraft Coatings Modeling and Simulation

Abstract

This research in support of the Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and Manufacturing Directorate was conducted at Wright- Patterson AFB, Ohio from 4 May 2005 through 1 February 2008. This task worked to develop and validate models for aircraft protective coatings in an effort to provide guidance toward novel coating materials and processes R&D. Two expectations from the effort were to establish a computational modeling capability in the surfaces and interfaces research and to transform this capability into scientific research addressing the needs of AFRL/RXBT. The former comprised of setting up of the hardware and software resources required for the technical effort. This objective was realized by acquiring workstations and multi-node clusters for the hardware requirements, and by installing relevant technical software as well as developing in-house codes for the software needs. These are listed in the software and hardware section. The latter expectation was delivered by performing research utilizing these resources in four major technical directions. These areas are: 1. Ice-phobic materials; 2. Tunable and adaptable adhesion; 3. Self-healing materials; and 4. Mechanisms of gecko adhesion. Currently, three of these four directions are being actively investigated. Ice-phobic materials research was pursued until its early stages when the direction was changed towards adaptable adhesion. Both tunable and adaptable adhesion and self-healing materials are current areas of active research. Mechanisms of gecko adhesion is a new area that we are currently exploring. The outcome of the work in the form of list of peer-reviewed publications and technical presentations were listed. The timeline of the technical progress was also included as compilation of the monthly reports.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA530498

Entities

People

  • Taner Dirama

Organizations

  • Universal Technology Corporation (United States)

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Chemistry
  • Computational Modeling
  • Crystal Structure
  • Density Functional Theory
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Materials Engineering
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Operating Systems
  • Parallel Computing
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Software Engineering.
  • Surface Coatings Technology.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.