Sponsored Research Final Reports – Vibrant Corporation

Detecting Substandard, Nonconforming, Improperly Processed and Counterfeit Materiel

Counterfeit Detection, Non-Metallic Materials, Sponsored Research Final Reports

This report presents the motivation, background, methods and results of a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) project that developed and demonstrated production-level approaches for using [...]

Additive Manufacturing Process Monitoring and Control Technologies

Counterfeit Detection, Sponsored Research Final Reports

Vibrant demonstrated its PCRT-based approach on AM component populations with variation in build processes, feedstock powder, and post-processing. Sample populations evaluated in this study [...]

Process Compensated Resonance Testing for Qualification of Additively Manufactured Launch and Space Vehicle Components

AM, Sponsored Research Final Reports

This report details the motivation, background, methodology, and demonstration of Process Compensated Resonance Testing (PCRT) and PCRT Modeling as a method for qualification of additively [...]

Aircraft Brake Titanium Torque Tube Heat Damage Nondestructive Inspection

Landing Systems / Wheels / Bolts, Sponsored Research Final Reports

This report presents the motivation, background, methods, and results of a Phase I SBIR feasibility study regarding viable methods for determining the material properties of heat affected [...]

Alternative Nondestructive Testing Inspection Method of In-Service Aircraft Bolts and Wheels

Landing Systems / Wheels / Bolts, Sponsored Research Final Reports

This report presents the motivation, background, methods, and results of a Phase II SBIR project that continued the development of Process Compensated Resonance Testing (PCRT) as an alternative [...]

Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy Frequency Prediction Due to Damage Evolution

Modeling, Sponsored Research Final Reports

Final report for program expanding PCRT modeling techniques to include: geometries representative of actual gas turbine hardware, single crystal (SX) Ni-base superalloy, and titanium alloys; [...]

Uncertainty Quantification in Modeling and Measuring Components with Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy

AM, Sponsored Research Final Reports

This report presents the motivation, background, methods and results of a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project that continued the development and application of an [...]

Process Compensated Resonance Testing for Detection of Counterfeit, Substandard, Nonconforming, and Improperly Processed Materiel

Counterfeit Detection, Non-Metallic Materials, Sponsored Research Final Reports

This report presents the motivation, background, methods and results of a Phase I STTR project that demonstrated the feasibility of using Process Compensated Resonance Testing (PCRT) to detect [...]

Alternative Nondestructive Testing Inspection Method of In-Service Aircraft Wheels and Bolts

Landing Systems / Wheels / Bolts, Sponsored Research Final Reports

This report presents the motivation, background, methods and results of a Phase I SBIR project that evaluated the feasibility of using Process Compensated Resonance Testing (PCRT) as an [...]

Understanding of Resonance Ultrasound Spectroscopy Signature in Precipitate Coarsening of Nickel-Base Superalloy

Modeling, Sponsored Research Final Reports

This report describes the development of forward and inverse modeling techniques capabilities for the resonances of components made of nickel-based (Ni-base) superalloys. These modeling [...]