Underwater Adhesives/Attachments

Abstract

The long-term goal of the research is to expand mission capabilities of Naval Special Warfare (NSW) in the underwater attachment of munitions and sensor packages on a variety of surfaces, quickly, covertly, and under extreme environmental conditions. The objective of this program is to investigate new technologies for adhering and attaching to surfaces underwater in conditions found throughout the world. The state of current attaching technology presently limits mission capabilities because of duration of cure or complete ineffectiveness in cold seawater temperatures. The primary thrust of this effort is to overcome conventional attaching technology limitations in providing NSW the capability to complete attaching tasks unrestricted of seawater conditions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1998
Accession Number
ADA537613

Entities

People

  • Billy Courson
  • Brian J. Love
  • Carvel Holton
  • James Crivello
  • John W. Grant

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adhesives
  • Attachment
  • Bonding
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Energy
  • Explosive Ordnance Disposal
  • Explosives
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Freezing
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Surface Warfare
  • United States
  • Virginia
  • Warfare
  • Water

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Surface Coatings Technology.
  • Systems Analysis and Design