Federal award (DELIVERY ORDER, fiscal year 2022)
Recipient: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE ASSOCIATES
Awarding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Funding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Period of performance: 2014-02-24 to 2018-06-30
Current total value of award: $692723
Description: "STUDIES OF MATERIAL DAMAGE THROUGH NON-DESTRUCTIVE TECHNIQUES"  THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM THE FOLLOWING TASK REQUIREMENTS:3.1. PARTICIPATE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROJECT PLANNING OF THE NDE AND AE WORK.   3.2. PERFORM NDE AND AE TESTING, DESIGNING THE TEST PROCEDURE, SETTING UP THE TEST, ACQUIRING THE DATA, AND EVALUATING OF THE DATA DERIVED FROM AERONAUTICAL AND AEROSPACE STRUCTURES.   3.2.1. INVESTIGATE THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN NDE AND AE SIGNALS, (THEIR SPECTRAL INDICATIONS, ENERGY LEVELS, AND RATES OF OCCURRENCES) AND INDICATIONS OF MATERIAL YIELDING, DAMAGE GROWTH, AND SUBSEQUENT ULTIMATE FAILURE, SUCH AS STRESS RUPTURE FAILURE AND THE SUBSEQUENT RELEASE OF AE ENERGY.   3.2.2. SEEK CAUSAL EFFECTS THAT CAN ALLOW NDE OR AE TO BE USED AS A POTENTIAL STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING METHODOLOGY TO PRESAGE FAILURE OF PARTS, ALLOWING STRUCTURAL AND MATERIAL ENGINEERS TO PREDICT REMAINING LIFE OF A PART WHEN POSSIBLE AND TO AVOID CATASTROPHIC FAILURE, WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF MISSION OR LIFE.   3.2.3. INVESTIGATE THE INTEGRATION OF MULTIPLE AE METHODS AND POSSIBLY OTHER POTENTIAL NDE METHODOLOGIES THAT COULD COME TO BEAR ON HEALTH MONITORING OF SPACE STRUCTURES. 3.3. PARTICIPATE ON TELECONFERENCES AND INTERNAL NASA MEETINGS TO DISCUSS RESULTS AND RESEARCH.   3.4. PREPARE, SUBMIT, AND PRESENT AN INTERIM RESULTS REPORT. THE FORMAT OF THE REPORT AND DATE OF THE PRESENTATION WILL BE COORDINATED WITH THE TM.