(DURIP) ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING MACHINE TO FACILITATE RESEARCH ON THE PROCESS CONTROL OF PRINTED STRUCTURES FOR USE IN WIND-TUNNEL EXPERIMENTS

Abstract

The purchase and installation of an open additive manufacturing machine (AMM) at the Applied Research Institute (ARI) of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) would facilitate and enable significant research and educational benefits across campus. The focus area of the PI, Dr. Ehrhardt, includes the thermal/mechanical characterization and testing of component level structures in supersonic and hypersonic wind-tunnels including pre- and post-test structural model updating and material characterization. This area, coupled with the expertise in additive manufacturing (AM) established at ARI, would significantly increase the understanding and development of innovative hot-structures for USAF inatmosphere hypersonic vehicles through AM.

Document Details

Document Type
DoD Grant Award
Publication Date
Apr 20, 2023
Source ID
FA95502210514

Entities

People

  • David Ehrhardt

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • United States Air Force

Tags

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Research Science/Academic Research
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow