The resilient structures research area endeavors to develop structural configurations, materials and technologies to enable self-sustainable, self-repairable and highly damage resistant structures.
Research Concentration Areas
- Novel structural architectures and dynamic structures.
- Self-healing and self-repairing structural materials and technologies that can work beyond their original designed purpose.
- Quasi-static and dynamic loading conditions including but not limited to seaway, fatigue, impact and hygrothermal.
Research Challenges and Opportunities
The below research challenges and opportunities are included to help define the research area. High risk, novel research ideas that are beyond those included below are encouraged.
- Structures that can absorb energy using one or more methods such as buckling and unbuckling, material state transformation and plastic work.
- Structural materials and technologies that can self-heal or self-repair from structural damage
- Structures or materials that can automatically reconfigure to optimize stiffness and strength where needed to carry dynamic loads.
How to Submit
For detailed application and submission information for this research topic, please refer to our broad agency announcement (BAA) No. N0001425SB001.
Contracts: All white papers and full proposals for contracts must be submitted through FedConnect; instructions are included in the BAA.
Grants: All white papers for grants must be submitted through FedConnect, and full proposals for grants must be submitted through grants.gov; instructions are included in the BAA.