Abstract

Our team's project centers on creating a device to impregnate an openwork structure with silicone, a two-part, rubbery chemical. Our sponsor is Eglin Air Force Research
Laboratory (AFRL). AFRL plans to use the device for application in their explosive weapons department to assist in the ongoing research to use similar structures carrying
highly explosive plastics inside of ammunitions. The device must be capable of packing the silicone into the structure with minimal air bubbles (less than 1%). AFRL provided us
with two shapes to accommodate, a square and a cylinder, which can have any patterned structure and be of varying size. The size of the structures is restricted in the width
and length but is uncontrolled in the height. AFRL cannot remove material from the structures once the silicone is inside. This means that the silicone cannot protrude further
than 0.001 in from the structures surface.