Shear Form Inc — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: AF191-082

Shear Form Inc — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.

Amount
$149,785
Agency
Department of Defense · Air Force
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase I
Topic
AF191-082
Solicitation
19.1
NAICS
Place of performance
TX
Period
2019-09-24 → 2020-09-24

Description

In Phase I, Shear Form, Inc will apply a severe plastic deformation (SPD) processing technology to ultra-high strength steels (UHSS), specifically 4340M and AF 9628, to enable penetration improvement for munitions casings. Equal channel angular extrusion (ECAE), a fully scalable SPD method, will be used to process the steels under ausforming conditions. This will facilitate microstructural engineering to toughen and strengthen the steel. Successful application of this technology will improve penetration performance at a minimal cost.