Project Category: Material
5534.001 Generation of Additive Material Allowables for Ti-6Al-4V (GAMAT)
February 20, 2023
The purpose of the project is to develop a systematic approach to the generation of statistically based bulk material properties for Ti-6Al-4V via laser powder feed directed energy deposition...
5520.001 Digital Light Processing – Flame Smoke Toxicity
February 20, 2023
The objective of this project was to mature the 3D Systems Figure 4 DLP technology as a qualified alternate source of supply for the manufacture of low-criticality, polymer cockpit components....
5514.002 Data Driven Qualification for Additive Manufacturing – Phase 2
February 20, 2023
Building off the efforts of Phase 1, this project is advancing a data-driven qualification approach that allows relationships across platforms and alloy systems to be inferred using intelligent...
5522.005 Advanced Manufacturing of High Temperature Nozzle Materials
December 02, 2022
The main objective of this effort is to identify a domestic, sustainable solution to increase the performance capability of high temperature engine nozzle...
5522.004 Advanced Nano-Coatings for High Temperature Applications
December 02, 2022
The objective of this effort is to identify and catalog cost-effective and novel thin-film coating solutions which provide thermally conductive, electrical...
5514.001 Data Driven Qualification for Additive Manufacturing
June 24, 2021
This project is developing a data-driven qualification process that allows relationships across instruments, platforms, suppliers, and even alloy systems to be inferred using intelligent machine...
5001.001.002.001 Tensile Behavior of AM Lattice Structures
March 08, 2021
The objective of this effort was to develop a standard approach to mechanical testing and evaluation of lattice structures. The program sought to deliver an ASTM work item style final report...
5518.001 Large Area Additive Manufacturing for Jointless Application Development
March 08, 2021
The goal of the project was to attain a 90%-part count reduction for a powerhead propulsion system critical to both scramjets and space launch vehicles. This addressed the needs of the Department...
5511.001 Joint Metal Additive Database Definition (JMADD)
March 08, 2021
The program addresses the lack of industrially recognized, statistically based bulk material allowables using an approach like those commonly utilized in commercial and military aerospace design....
3026.004 ATRQ – Service Life of Additive Manufacturing (SLAM) in Harsh Environments
July 18, 2019
The objective of this project was to deliver an open and comprehensive set of manufacturing tools to improve the rate of qualifying materials and part families. Another goal was to develop an...
3026.002 ATRQ-Corrosion of AlSi10Mg in Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF)
July 18, 2019
The objective of the study was to advance the understanding of corrosion mechanisms of AlSi10Mg parts produced by LPBF and to validate mitigation strategies to facilitate adoption in DoD hardware....
3014 Evaluation of Defects in Metal LPBF AM using Multiple Lasers
November 08, 2018
The objective of this effort was to understand the metallurgical defects in multiple laser LPBF systems and apply nondestructive evaluation (NDE) methods to identify potential defects in service....