MINISTRY OF DEFENCE · Awarded contract

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SBRI Non-Destructive Evaluation for Aircraft Fuel and Hydraulic Seals

Awarded 09 Nov 2015

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Awarded09 Nov 2015

Value£82,063.00

SupplierFrazer Nash Consultancy

AgencyMINISTRY OF DEFENCE

RegionSouth West

CategoryDefense & Aerospace

Ended 10y 7mo ago6mo term

Awarded 9 Nov 2015Expired 21 Apr 2016

About

The Ministry of Defence awarded a contract to Frazer Nash Consultancy for the SBRI Challenge - Non Destructive Evaluation (NDE), aimed at developing a technique to reduce inspection maintenance costs through optimised guided wave inspections for difficult-to-access fuel and hydraulic seals.

The project involved creating a reliable operating procedure to assess seal integrity, a method for identifying mis-alignment and inadequate seal coupling, and an approach to minimise system disturbance and inspection periods, thereby increasing aircraft availability.

Key deliverables included definition of pipeline geometries and seal types, development of a three-dimensional Guided Wave Finite Element model and a fuel and hydraulic seal model, validation and testing with a working prototype, determination of a Guided Wave optimisation function, and delivery of a Phase 1 final report.

The contract value was AUD 82,063.

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