Projects
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... Read More
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... Read More
5507.001 Qualification Requirements for Additive Manufacturing Processes – Phase I, II, III
March 08, 2021
The overall goal of the project’s three-year effort was to develop additional procedure qualification schemes/components, support process requirements, and pertinent fabrication requirements to... Read More
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.... Read More
5001.006 Reducing “Time to First Good AM Part” Through In-Situ Sensor Driven NDE
February 17, 2021
The objective of this project is to reduce the time and associated costs of obtaining the first good metal AM part. By correlating in-situ data to ground truth NDE data, the project aims to... Read More
5001.001 Machine Learning (ML) to Enable Rapid Design Allowables Development for AM
February 17, 2021
The primary objective of this project is to develop two mechanical property design allowables for AM using a single set of empirical data. This project aims to establish an approach to AM design... Read More
5510.001 Optimization of Ground Vehicle Components for Weight Reduction
February 16, 2021
The objective of this effort was to demonstrate the advantages of AM through the redesign of a group of Army ground vehicle components to reduce weight. The redesigned parts met all other... Read More
5505.001 Topology Optimized Reflective Optics (TORO) Additive for eXtreme Improvements in Optical Mounts (AXIOM)
January 09, 2023
In moving from a baseline design of a traditionally manufactured optical mirror/mount assembly to an exotic AM design enabled by advances in nTopology (nTop) Platform, the TORO team established... Read More
1111 ONR Quality Made – Informed Quality
December 10, 2020
The goal of this program is to generate an optimized scan file for a PBFAM machine environment to create high quality parts. The proposed effort plans to establish an Integrated Computational... Read More
5501.001 Open Source Additive Scanning Implementation Strategy (OASIS) Challenge
December 09, 2020
The OASIS Challenge sought to advance the state-of-the-art laser-based powder bed AM in temporal and spatial thermal management through the submission of innovative open-source scan strategy... Read More
3025.002 Advancing AM Post Processing Techniques (AAPT)
July 18, 2019
The objective of this project activity was to determine and enable the use of quantitative mechanical performance debits for both as-built and HIP’d thin-walled components and components with... Read More
3025.001 Advancing AM Post Processing Techniques (AAPT)
July 18, 2019
The objective of this program was to expand the knowledge base of mechanical properties for thin sections in components produced by LPBF in IN718, including the effects of HIP. The project sought... Read More