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This project seeks to demonstrate the practicality of using resonant circuit techniques to excite the field of specially designed high frequency alternators for the efficient production of 60 Hz AC power. The project will also explore the practicality of controlling the resonant excitation so that the device power output can be synchronized with and n coupled to an existing power grid. Tests will ...

A program is proposed to investigate and demonstrate an innovative, low cost approach to the production of quartz/phenolic (Q/P) heatshields such as those presently used on the Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) System. These heatshields arecurrently fabricated with a tape wrap process using a woven quartz fabric impregnated with phenolic resin. Through the novel use of placed fiber tech ...

This Phase II program seeks to develop a low cost high performance keel for the Boeing Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV). The preforming concept is based upon a commingled tow, which contains long discontinuous structural filaments allowing the two tostretch in its reinforcement direction. When the CD Tow is woven into a preform, the preform itself can be easily shaped before or during molding. ...

This Phase II program seeks to develop a low cost high performance keel for the Boeing Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV). The preforming concept is based upon a commingled tow, which contains long discontinuous structural filaments allowing the two tostretch in its reinforcement direction. When the CD Tow is woven into a preform, the preform itself can be easily shaped before or during molding. ...

Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. (SciFish) recently completed a Phase I SBIR that used neural networks to learn the relationship between temperature and the spectra of broadband returns for a fixed location during a fixed time of the year. This approach relaxes the assumption of the consistency of backscatterers: now we will assume that the backscatter will be consistent at the same location at ...

Submerged archaeological sites contain a significant part of our historical legacy-one that is increasingly threatened by development, vandalism and natural forces. In recognition of that legacy, the New England Shipwreck Survey Initiative (NESSI) has been planned in order to identify and preserve the maritime archaeological resources of the region. A computerized database, specifically a Geogra ...

The application of industrial lasers in producing structuralshapes for shipbuilding will create enormous savings (in excessof $1M per Destroyer), plus result in a higher quality productthan produced by present methods. This is because componentsfabricated from plate steel are inherently more precise and lowerweight than those produced form traditional rolled steel. A majorrequirement is the need ...