Navy technical requirements for insensitive munitions, navseainst 8020.5, states that "burning" is the only acceptable reaction to the mil-std-2105 slow cook-off test. typical reactions in this test are detonations or partial detonations. energetic materials exposed to elevated temperatures, undergo… More

The program will investigate the state-of-the-art in propellant mixing, with an emphasis on those processing techniques which reduce personnel exposure, improve quality and reduce labor costs associated with the processing operations. investigated approaches will include the use of robotics and… More

Composite explosive materials like plastic bonded explosives (pbx's) are considerably less sensitive to heat, shock and impact than conventional tnt-based explosives. the navy uses these in many low volume munitions. their introductionn into high use munitions will provide substantial ship/platform… More

1This proposal describes a program to design a regenerable gas generator system which can be used safely aboard submarines. We propose to investigate a number of possible techniques using all liquid, all solid or combined liquid/solid fuel/oxidizer combinations. One candidate system which looks very… More

The implementation of new environmental and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) regulations due to take effect by the year 2000 make it imperative that industrial and manufacturing processing facilities take steps to monitor, characterize, and control stack emissions in… More

Recent trends in the closure of military installations, requirements for the demilitarization and disposal of energetic materials and munitions, and environmental remediation obligations have produced a corresponding requirement for efficient processes which can detect the presence of energetic or… More

The design of vertically firing gun is merely a simplified version of a normal large caliber gun system. The fixed orientation of the weapon simplifies the ammunition feed and loading system as well as eliminating the need for an equilibration The challenges of the current proposed system are… More

Continuing efforts to develop useful and safe means of treating unserviceable, damaged or unused munitions and ordnance include the use of Open Burning/Open Detonation (OB?OD) technique. Although OB/OD techniques provide many advantages over other demil/disposal processes, increasing regulatory… More

Not Available The innovation of the proposed effort is an advanced loop heat pipe (LHP) radiator with a liquid and/or vapor heat exchanger, with porous/solid metal elements, integrated with the high heat flux LHP evaporator. Solid metal elements (metal posts on the wal

A marine environmental compliance and analysis web-enabled toolset will be designed based on extensive prior experience with web and GIS enabled technologies in an environmental analysis and documentation environment. The objective of this researchproject is to develop an environmental tool capable… More

"Phase I will define the requirements and architecture of a shipboard environmental compliance information and tracking system that is web-enabled and supported by a shore side website for information aggregation and dissemination based on extensive priorexperience with web and/or GIS-enabled… More

The objective of the IS-EMS is to apply technology and environmental best practices to help DoD and industry attain and maintain full environmental compliance and address long-term challenges in the face of dwindling budgets and to do so at a cost savings.The goal of IS-EMS is to provide a… More

The objective of the IS-EMS is to apply technology and environmental best practices to help DoD and industry attain and maintain full environmental compliance and address long-term challenges in the face of dwindling budgets and to do so at a cost savings.The goal of IS-EMS is to provide a… More