Undersea Vehicle Science and Technologies: Multifunctional Structural Batteries, Materials for Extreme Environments and Multi-Metal Additive Manufacturing
Abstract
As the United States Navy envisions a new approach to anti-submarine warfare (ASW), it becomes increasingly necessary to rely on new ASW concepts and capabilities that are more effective and more affordable. Such a vision involves an increasing reliance on unmanne d systems for sensing and suppression and a variety of other ASW tasks. Thus, the new paradigm places greater demands on unmanned ve hicles, necessitating development of new undersea technologies and the fundamental engineering science that underlies such technolog ies. Here we propose a basic research effort that aims to develop the necessary science and technology that can help the undersea ve hicles become lighter and more maneuverable and resist failure under extreme environments and loading scenarios that they are expect ed to operate under. We aim to contribute to such a broad goal by focusing on three specific interdisciplinary and collaborative res earch efforts that synergistically combine experimentation, theory and computation: (i) Multifunctional structural batteries; (ii) M aterials for extreme environments; and (iii) Multi-metal additive manufacturing. A brief description of these topics are provided be low, while a more detailed description is presented in the sections that will follow. ** The research proposed in this project is Fu ndamental Research with military and civilian applications.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Sep 07, 2021
- Source ID
- N000142112815
Entities
People
- Pradeep Guduru
Organizations
- Brown University
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy