TIAX LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: A14-078

Description

TIAX proposes the development of a flame, smoke, and toxicity resistant, resilient, energy absorbing trim material for use in military vehicle interiors that maximizes energy absorption performance through crush efficiency. Our design can be tailored so that the forces transmitted during multiple secondary impacts following a blast, crash, or rollover event are below specified limits. Following an approach that we have successfully used in a number of prior government-sponsored programs, we plan to develop the energy absorbing trim material system through an iterative sequence of design, computational modeling and testing activities. We will leverage our expertise in fire retardancy to select suitable raw materials for both the core and the cover of the system. We will utilize our expertise in dynamic FEA to simulate the energy absorption characteristics of the trim material system to help guide the design of the system. We will fabricate trim material samples and demonstrate the effectiveness of our technology in both dynamic impact testing and flammability testing. If successful, the Phase I and Phase I Option programs will establish the feasibility of TIAX?s trim material system and a baseline for its design.