Sciences for Maneuver Campaign and Collaboration Opportunities Tech Showcase 24 May 2018

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1 // Approved for public release: distribution unlimited. Sciences for Maneuver Campaign and Collaboration Opportunities Tech Showcase 24 May 2018 Jaret Riddick Director, Vehicle Technology Directorate U.S. Army Research Lab Bryan Glaz Chief Scientist (A), Vehicle Technology Directorate U.S. Army Research Lab

2 // Approved for public release: distribution unlimited. U.S. Army Research Laboratory Computational Sciences Analysis & Assessment Mission DISCOVER, INNOVATE, and TRANSITION Science and Technology to ensure dominant strategic land power Information Sciences Extramural Basic Research Vision The Nation s Premier Laboratory for Land Forces. Materials Research Sciences for Lethality & Protection Sciences for Maneuver Human Sciences Making today s Army and the next Army obsolete 1

3 // Approved for public release: distribution unlimited. ARL S&T Campaigns Functional Campaigns Cross Cutting Campaigns SOLDIER Human Sciences SHOOT Sciences for Lethality & Protection MOVE Sciences for Maneuver COMMUNICATE Information Sciences o A coherent understandable strategy o Ultimately leading to new warfighter capabilities ARL Campaign Publications 2

4 Level 2 // Approved for public release: distribution unlimited. Ground Air ARL Sciences for Maneuver Campaign Science & Technology enabled air and ground platform capabilities to significantly increase Army: Force effectiveness Rapid expeditionary global responsiveness in complex environments. Mobility technologies to enable adaptive vehicle configurations and subsystem architectures critical to the future Army s: Deployment Maneuverability Sustainment Future Vertical Lift Combat Vehicles Army Maneuver Robotics & Autonomous Systems Manned Unmanned Energy & Propulsion Logistics & Sustainability Platform Mechanics Vehicle Intelligence 3

5 Office Area (not shown) // Approved for public release: distribution unlimited. Sciences for Maneuver Facilities Facilities At Adelphi Laboratory Complex, MD Catalytic Fuel Conversion Facility Power Conditioning Research Facility Fuel Reformation Laboratory Spray Characterization Facility Sensors and Autonomous Systems Experimental Facility At NASA Glenn, Cleveland, OH Drives Team Facilities Single Gear Tooth-Bending Test Facility Turbine and Structural Seals Team Facility At Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD Combustion Research Lab Heat Engine Systems Altitude Test Facility High-Temperature Propulsion Materials Lab Mechanical Components and Tribology Lab Microsystems Aeromechanics Wind Tunnel Prognostics and Diagnostics Lab Universal Drive Train Facility Robotics Research Facility Spesutie Island Robotics Research Facilities Flow Physics (Wind Tunnel) Structural Integrity & Durability B4603 Heat Engine Systems & Components Central Corridor P&D Mechanical Components & Tribology Universal Drive Train Facility High Temp Propulsion Materials Combustion Safety Blast / Containment Areas At NASA Langley, Hampton, VA Rotorcraft Hover Test Facility Transonic Dynamics Tunnel 4

6 // Approved for public release: distribution unlimited. Heat activated Polymers for Hybrid Gear Applications Innovation: Recent discovery that polymer layers in hybrid gears can lead to active and passive means of mechanical contacts using heat activated polymers to extend functionality after loss-of-lubrication. Hybrid (composite/steel) gear loss-of-lubrication tests lasted significantly longer than baseline steel 1.5 gears due to softened polymer layer Hybrid Gear Loss-of-Lubrication Typical Steel Gear Loss-of-Lubrication Failure Steel Gear Polymer Reservoir Enhanced survivability and lightweight transmissions for future Army aviation platforms Lubrication of Machines Using Heat Activated Polymers Patent Application S/N 15/846,460 Filed 12/2017 Dr. Kelsen Laberge kelsen.e.laberge.civ@mail.mil Thermal analysis - best reservoir configuration/location Polymer development optimized lubrication, glass transition temperature, etc. 5

7 // Approved for public release: distribution unlimited. On Demand Small Unmanned Aerials Systems Innovation: ARL recently demonstrated with the Marine Corps. the viability of a mission geared systems architecture with additive manufacturing for low-cost, mission-custom small UAS designed and manufactured on demand by Soldiers. An integrated design and manufacturing process for creating all-at-once, mission-custom, small UAS that are trusted to fly as designed Empower small units to deploy aerial ISR assets when and where they are needed in complex operational environments Army partners with Marine Corps on 3-D printed drones, /army_partners_with_ marine_corps_on_3_d_printe d_drones 6 Modular opens system architecture software development Hybrid printed electronics/materials UAS system performance analysis Mr. Eric Spero eric.spero.civ@mail.mil

8 // Approved for public release: distribution unlimited. High Performance Computing Modeling for Improved Fuel-Flexible Combustion Technologies Innovation: Analysis has been conducted using state-of-the-art High Performance Computing models to quantify breakup characteristics with multiple fuels HPC-modeling has emerged as a predictive tool to investigate multi-fuel spray breakup operation and provides a novel solution to enable high-risk, quick pass/fail propulsion technology Rapid development of novel combustion designs with improved fuel conversion efficiency, power density, and fuel-flexible operation. Combustion Species Formation: Formaldehyde Comparison with Experimental PLIF Dr. Luis Bravo luis.g.bravorobles.civ@mail.mil 7 Chemistry acceleration methods for finite rate combustion analysis, reduced order models, machine learning, UQ. Experimental partner to develop/assess novel injector nozzle prototypes

9 // Approved for public release: distribution unlimited. Self Orienting Robotic Systems Innovation: Developed algorithmic framework for an autonomous system, based on it s morphology, to self-reorient and to understand what morphological changes will improve its ability to self-reorient. Continuously connected regions of local stability are grouped into nodes, connected by edges corresponding to rolling events; Percentage of states that can reach the goal constitute selfrightability metric. Robotic teammates that can adapt to complex environments with minimal Soldier oversight Methods for Robotic Self Righting Patent Application US A1 Mr. Chad Kessens chad.c.kessens.civ@mail.mil 8 Use of learning techniques to apply knowledge of planar ground behavior to arbitrary ground Code optimization and conversion to easy-to-use ROS-based tool Analysis of specific robotic platforms

10 // Approved for public release: distribution unlimited. Programmable Nanocomposites with Novel Properties Innovation: Recent development of photoreactive interface chemistries that can be tuned to improve mechanical properties of polymer/carbon nanotube composites and interface diagnostic methods. Photoreactive covalent bonding enables tunable polymer/cnt interface by using UV lasers, effectively activating the bond when desired during the print cycle Programmable composites with novel properties to enable aviation/robotics platforms that are currently infeasible 9 Scalability and qualification of AM composites Local excitation of interface chemistries Rapid prototyping of small UAS with engineered nanocomposites Light driven chemistry to enable tunable interface dependant mechanical properties in composites, Adv. Mat. Interfaces, DOI: /admi Interfacial mechanical behavior of 3-D printed ABS, J. of Appl. Polymer Sci., DOI: /app Drs. Frank Gardea and Dan Cole Frank.gardea4.civ@mail.mil

11 // Approved for public release: distribution unlimited. High Temperature Propulsion Component Material State Awareness Innovation: ARL is developing engineered turbine blade coating materials interspersed with mechano/piezo/triboluminescent materials that have never been investigated before; potential pathway to functionally graded continuously coated ceramic matrix composites. ARL is exploring tribo-luminescent materials that are functional under high temperature engine relevant conditions Safer and more reliable Army vehicles with embedded sensing in hot section propulsion components New high risk/high reward effort Drs. Muthuvel Murugan & Anindya Ghoshal Trends in Hi-Temp Materials for Gas Turbine Engine High Temperature Propulsion In-situ Monitoring. Propulsion Material State Awareness Digital Twin and Digital Thread of Propulsion Components 10