Guidance for Structural Assessment and Fracture Control of Additively Manufactured Spacecraft Hardware A Survey of Development Needs

This notice is issued by NASA to post a survey via the internet, and solicit responses from interested parties. This document is for information and planning purposes only. The goal of this survey is to assess the need and the level of interest in the spacecraft industry for further guidance in structural assessment practices and implementation of fracture control for additively manufactured spacecraft hardware. While NASA works to mature our internal polices for fracture control and structural assessment to the unique scenarios presented by additive manufacturing, the Agency is interested to understand developing industry practices in these areas. The currently published NASA requirements for the production of additively manufactured hardware (MSFC-STD-3716) are predominantly materials and processes centric, with very limited content and guidance in the structures discipline. This survey is intended to assess the interest across the industry for participating in the development of standardized practices and guidance in the structural assessment and fracture control disciplines, including the perceived advantages, or disadvantages, of establishing common industrywide practices. Interested parties are invited to submit written responses to the survey questions to: Mark Mcelroy at [email protected] , no later than 9/9/2019. Contributors will remain anonymous. When responding reference 80JSC019GSAFCAMSH. Comments may be forwarded to Mark Mcelroy via electronic transmission or telephone. This pre-solicitation synopsis is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for the information submitted in response. The results of the survey will be published and presented at TBD conferences. NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html . The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet site for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments, if any.