Mechanical Evaluation of a Metallic Reentrant Structure

该项目是一项研究计划拨款，旨在帮助增加参与国家科学基金会（NSF）研究项目的新女性研究人员的数量，并促进初步研究和其他与制定有竞争力的NSF研究计划相关的活动。研究计划项目的目的是：1)与一家生产金属钽泡沫的制造公司建立牢固的工作关系，2)与该公司合作开发一种直接在制造中形成金属可入结构的技术，3)初步确定金属可入结构的弹性性能和疲劳韧性作为传动压缩比的函数。表征可重入结构作为压缩比的函数将有助于设计包含该结构材料的设备。初步数据和测试技术的证明将作为后续研究计划的坚实基础，以充分表征钽再入结构。＊＊＊

9510512 Friis This project is a Research Planning Grant made to help increase the number of new women investigators participating in National Science Foundation (NSF) research programs, and to facilitate preliminary studies and other activities related to the development of competitive NSF research proposals. The aims of the research planning project are to: 1) establish a firm working relationship with a manufacturing company that produces metal tantalum foams, 2) work with that company to develop a technique of forming metallic reentrant structures directly in manufacturing, and 3) do preliminary elastic property and fatigue toughness characterization of the metallic reentrant structure as a function of transmission compression ratio. Characterization of the reentrant structure as a function of compression ratio will facilitate design of devices that incorporate this structural material. The preliminary data and proof of testing techniques will serve as a solid foundation for a subsequent research proposal for full characterization of the tantalum reentrant structure. ***