This proposed effort is seeking continued SBIR Phase II funding support to further develop the various design features of our Phase I balance Damping and Damage Prevention System, DDPS, feasibility demonstration technology.Continued support is needed for further development including software development for integrating the automatic control implementation in the DDPS as a smart interface.The smart interface technology shall be configured and programmed to transform the model and balance support with the DDPS into a next generation smart model and balance support system.This interface shall be composed of a number of precision custom designedas integral (DDPS) components, integrated with control algorithm designed to automatically generate passive, adaptive, and or active control damping and lock-up damage prevention.The proposed DDPS and interface software, once fully developed and properly implemented, can analyze the balance data to provide damping as needed, including limiting maximum (rotational) displacements experienced by a balance, when certain pre-specified design limits exceeds.DDPS shall eliminate the need for facility shut downs to remove the balance from the model support system and start-ups, which are time consuming processes.The innovation would be applicable to most tests using internal force and moment balances.
