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The objective of the Phase I effort is to demonstrate an experimental/numerical technique for formulating penetration equations and identifying pertinent material parameters to be used in those equations. Although penetration equations for isotropic metals are well developed, such equations are not readily applicable to anisotropic laminated composites, because composite failure is dominated by br ...

The proposed program addresses the exploratory development of an advanced electrochemical machining (ECM) technology which relies for its high performance upon the employment of dispersed microparticles in aqueous electrolytes. The approach will utilize suspended particles of C, Ti, Ag, or zeolite Y incorporating Ag or Ti, in aqueous solution containing the respective supporting electrolytes NaF, ...

Zinc and cadmium electroplating in cyanide baths is known to generate large quantities of hazardous solid and liquid waste. As a consequence, an innovative dry plating process has been developed. This process would eliminate liquids, and minimize solid waste using situ reclaim. This plasma assisted dry plating would be an economical alternative to electroplating. In recent years, zinc-cadmium allo ...

CD-ROM technology has,tremendous potential in military applications for shipboard, airborne and ground forces data distribution of very large, stable databases and maps. Portability, durability, and availability of the commercial CD-ROM data disks are factors dictating the use of the CD-ROM technology for these applications. However, most military applications occur in harsh or extended env ...

NAVSYS has developed a small, portable, PC-based Digital GPS Translator Processor (DGTP) system under contract to the U.S. Army, SSDC. This system will process post-test 2 MHz data collected from the NAVSYS miniaturized Digital GPS Translator (DGT). Under this proposed effort, it is proposed to develop a high speed search and acquisition card that will allow the DGTP to acquire and track DGT sig ...

To obtain high quality or multi-spectral imagery from moving airborne platforms power- ful processing techniques are employed to remove the effects of aircraft forward velocity. A dynamically moveable imaging system which compensates for aircraft motion would greatly simplify these corrective requirements, and allow post processing systems to focus on target identification rather than "cleaning up ...

The objective of the proposed program is to design an advanced permanent magnet motor with gearing and the associated electronics for use as a ship propulsion gas turbine starter. The system will be capable of 500 ft-lbs from 0-2800 RPM and 270 Hp from 2800-4600 RPM by utilizing a method of control developed and success- fully tested at Unique Mobility referred to as phase timing advancement. ...

Vexcel Corporation proposes to develop and test new and innovative algorithms for the optimal focusing of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data. The proposed Phase I effort will involve the development of algorithms tailored for use with low frequency data. The proposed approach will involve identification of special phenomenon associated with these low frequency radars which defocus the resulting ...

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