SBRI Challenge - Fuels and Lubricants

The work is to be undertaken in accordance with the SBRI application 61067-444228 part 8 submitted to and held by Innovate UK for the Fuels and Lubricants programme. Develop a contact mode instrument to measure critical parameters of surface morphology which determine drag on military aircraft surfaces. The key deliverables of the project are as follows: 1. Establish representative surfaces to be found on MOD aircraft and establish an experimental optical analysis rig. 2. Explore approaches and algorithms, down select candidates and develop to a stage where a prototype instrument can be specified. 3. Design, manufacture and validate a prototype on laboratory samples representative of military aircraft surfaces. 4. Validate laboratory results by testing on static aircraft. 5. Deliver a final Phase 1 report.