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Title	Technology Transfer Opportunity: Large Area Structural Damage Nondestructive Evaluation (Lar-Tops-247) Tender Notice International Competitive Bidding
Country	United States of America
Language	English
Organization	NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Published Date	25.04.2024
Deadline Date	24.04.2025
Overview	Technology Transfer Opportunity: Large Area Structural Damage Nondestructive Evaluation (Lar-Tops-247) Description NASA-s Technology Transfer Program solicits inquiries from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market the following technology. License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis and may include specific fields of use. NASA provides no funding in conjunction with these potential licenses. THE TECHNOLOGY: When testing composite structures, it is important to understand the response of the structure to the load. Of significance is the formation of damage and growth of that damage leading to ultimate failure. Understanding how a structure fails allows for optimal designs for improved safety and performance for the part during its life cycle. Inspection methods are required to determine damage initiation and growth in advanced composite structures during loading. Past methods for in-situ inspection of composite structures during loading have involved acoustic emission, passive thermography, digital image correlation, and fiber optics techniques. However, each of these has critical limitations. The combination of thermal and acoustic emission (AE) nondestructive evaluation (NDE) techniques, by mapping the acoustic emission events onto the thermal imagery, provides a very sensitive measurement system for detecting damage formation and growth. This technology provides a methodology to measure damage onset and grow at multiple locations in a composite structure during fatigue loading. The thermography inspection is non-contact and can cover very large areas. The acoustic emission sensors require contact at only the sensor attachment points and can cover large areas. The acoustic emission measurement is very sensitive to damage formation events such as matrix cracking, fiber breaks, and delamination, however the event location is approximate. An infrared camera is able to detect damage growth and location at areas of heating (due to fiber breaks, rubbing of disbond areas and matrix cra... NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Contracting Office Address HOUSTON TX 77058 HOUSTON , TX 77058 USA Primary Point of Contact : Kathryn Taylor kathryn.taylor@nasa.gov Phone Number 2814832361 Secondary Point of Contact : Karen Dailey karen.j.dailey@nasa.gov Phone Number 2814833445 agency-patent-licensing@mail.nasa.gov Tender Notice International Competitive Bidding T2P-LaRC-00154 United States of America GT-100444764
NAICS	Fiber Fiber Navigational Other Foundation Copper Fiber Other Foundation Ventilation Motorcycle Plumbing International Measuring Plumbing Navigational Foundation Ventilation Copper
CPVS	Parts of structures Iron, lead, zinc, tin and copper System, storage and content management software package Control, safety, signalling and light equipment Lavatory seats, covers, bowls and cisterns Structural works Lead Dictionaries, maps, music books and other books Office, school and office equipment cleaning services Safety cases Sensors Heating works Structures and parts Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy Maps System, storage and content management software development services Cameras Transfers Administration, defence and social security services Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning installation work Designs
UNSPSC	Fibers Non contact sensors Cameras Still cameras Inspection IP phones Infrared camera Combination H Tent, for office use
Regions	APEC Countries North America Northern America
Sectors	Building Environment and Pollution-Recycling Non-Renewable Energy Postal and Courier Services Infrastructure Law and Legal Printing and Publishing Railways-Rail-Railroad Defence and Security Technology Hardware and Equipment Construction Energy-Power and Electrical Computer Hardwares and Consumables Aviation Building Material Marine
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Title
Technology Transfer Opportunity: Large Area Structural Damage Nondestructive Evaluation (Lar-Tops-247) Tender Notice International Competitive Bidding
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Organization
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Published Date
25.04.2024
Deadline Date
24.04.2025
Overview
Technology Transfer Opportunity: Large Area Structural Damage Nondestructive Evaluation (Lar-Tops-247) Description NASA-s Technology Transfer Program solicits inquiries from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market the following technology. License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis and may include specific fields of use. NASA provides no funding in conjunction with these potential licenses. THE TECHNOLOGY: When testing composite structures, it is important to understand the response of the structure to the load. Of significance is the formation of damage and growth of that damage leading to ultimate failure. Understanding how a structure fails allows for optimal designs for improved safety and performance for the part during its life cycle. Inspection methods are required to determine damage initiation and growth in advanced composite structures during loading. Past methods for in-situ inspection of composite structures during loading have involved acoustic emission, passive thermography, digital image correlation, and fiber optics techniques. However, each of these has critical limitations. The combination of thermal and acoustic emission (AE) nondestructive evaluation (NDE) techniques, by mapping the acoustic emission events onto the thermal imagery, provides a very sensitive measurement system for detecting damage formation and growth. This technology provides a methodology to measure damage onset and grow at multiple locations in a composite structure during fatigue loading. The thermography inspection is non-contact and can cover very large areas. The acoustic emission sensors require contact at only the sensor attachment points and can cover large areas. The acoustic emission measurement is very sensitive to damage formation events such as matrix cracking, fiber breaks, and delamination, however the event location is approximate. An infrared camera is able to detect damage growth and location at areas of heating (due to fiber breaks, rubbing of disbond areas and matrix cra... NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Contracting Office Address HOUSTON TX 77058 HOUSTON , TX 77058 USA Primary Point of Contact : Kathryn Taylor kathryn.taylor@nasa.gov Phone Number 2814832361 Secondary Point of Contact : Karen Dailey karen.j.dailey@nasa.gov Phone Number 2814833445 agency-patent-licensing@mail.nasa.gov Tender Notice International Competitive Bidding T2P-LaRC-00154 United States of America GT-100444764
NAICS
Fiber Fiber Navigational Other Foundation Copper Fiber Other Foundation Ventilation Motorcycle Plumbing International Measuring Plumbing Navigational Foundation Ventilation Copper
CPVS
Parts of structures Iron, lead, zinc, tin and copper System, storage and content management software package Control, safety, signalling and light equipment Lavatory seats, covers, bowls and cisterns Structural works Lead Dictionaries, maps, music books and other books Office, school and office equipment cleaning services Safety cases Sensors Heating works Structures and parts Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy Maps System, storage and content management software development services Cameras Transfers Administration, defence and social security services Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning installation work Designs
UNSPSC
Fibers Non contact sensors Cameras Still cameras Inspection IP phones Infrared camera Combination H Tent, for office use
Regions
APEC Countries North America Northern America
Sectors
Building Environment and Pollution-Recycling Non-Renewable Energy Postal and Courier Services Infrastructure Law and Legal Printing and Publishing Railways-Rail-Railroad Defence and Security Technology Hardware and Equipment Construction Energy-Power and Electrical Computer Hardwares and Consumables Aviation Building Material Marine
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