99--TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY - MULTI-FUNCTIONAL COMPOSITE AND HONEYCOMBPANELS - ACOUSTIC RADIATION EFFICIENCY REDUCED WHILE MAINTAINING STRENGTH TO WEIGHTRATION

NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA solicits interest from companiesinterested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market thefollowing technology. License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basisand may include specific fields of use. THE TECHNOLOGY: Composite and honeycomb structures are commonly used for their high strength and lowweight. However, they are characteristically poor at isolating internal structuralvibrations, which are transmitted as radiated noise. Traditionally, designers havereduced radiated noise by adding weighty sound insulation schemes, thereby compromisingthe purpose of the structurally efficient panel. NASA Langley solved the problem bycreating recessed areas in the core that lower the acoustic radiation efficiency. Sincethe recesses would have reduced the strength of the composite construction as well,Langley researchers created a variety of embedded reinforcing sub-face sheets and domedvariations of those sheets to carry the required loads.To express interest in this opportunity, please respond to Sean Sullivan, ResearchTriangle International (RTI), at: NASA Langley Research Center, Strategic RelationshipsOffice (SRSO), 17 West Taylor St., Mail Stop 218, Building 1212, Room 110 Hampton,Virginia, E-mail: [email protected], or phone: 757-864-5055. Please indicate thedate and title of the FBO notice and include your company and contact information.RTI is responsible for aggregating and acknowledging all responses. These responses areprovided to members of NASA Langleys Innovative Partnerships Office within the SRO forthe purpose of promoting public awareness of our technology products, and conductingpreliminary market research to determine public interest in and potential for futurelicensing opportunities. If direct licensing interest results from this posting, SRO willfollow the formal licensing process of posting in the Federal Register as required. Nofollow-on procurement is expected to result from responses to this Notice.