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THIS WORK WILL DEVELOP A PROCEDURE FOR THE ACOE TO ANIMATE THE OUTPUT DATA FROM VARIOUS FINITE ELEMENT/DIFFERENCE CODES WITH STATE-OF-THEART COLOR COMPUTER GRAPHIC ANIMATION TECHNIQUES. PART OF THIS EFFORT WILL BE THE CREATION OF A MOTION PICTURE (MOVIE) OF AN ACTUAL DYNAMIC FINITE ELEMENT CALCULATION. THE SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS WILL BE ADDRESSED ALONG WITH THE INVESTIGATION OF THE USE ...

MOST TYPICAL PROBLEMS IN STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING ARE BEST ANALYZED BY APPROXIMATING AN OBJECT'S GEOMETRY WITH FINITE ELEMENTS. SELECTING AN APPROPRIATE MESHING STRATEGY FOR A GIVEN SOLID REQUIRES KNOWLEDGE ABOUT FINITE ELEMENT THEORY IN GENERAL, AND ABOUT PACKAGE-SPECIFIC DETAILS IN PARTICULAR. THE ADEPT SYSTEM INTEGRATES A TRADITIONAL SOLIDMODELER WITH AN EXPERT SYSTEM EQUIPPED WITH THIS KNOWLEDGE ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DESIGN AND FABRICATE AN INNOVATIVE FINGERTIP-SHAPED TACTILE TELEPRESENCE SYSTEM FOR DEXTEROUS TELEROBOTIC SYSTEMS. THE PRINCIPAL TASKS TO BE PERFORMED ARE: (1) DESIGN OF VARIOUS MINIATURE TACTILE STIMULATOR ELEMENTS AND EVALUATION OF THE ACTUATION STRENGTH, DISPLACEMENT MAGNITUDE, FREQUENCY RESPONSE RANGE, AND THERMAL LOADING CHARACTERISTICS, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF ...

THE DIFFICULTY IN DIAGNOSIS OF MICROBIAL INFECTIONS IS DUE TO THE WIDE VARIETY OF MICRO-ORGANISMS WHICH INFECT MAN, AND TO THE VARIATION IN HOST RESPONSE TO SUCH INFECTIONS. IN CASES WHERE ANTIBODIES ARE RAPIDLY PRODUCED AND SUSTAINED FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, DIAGNOSIS BASED ON THESE ANTIBODIES IS USEFUL. HOWEVER, LEVELS OF ANTIBODY MAY VARY DRASTICALLY BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS AND MAY BE PRESENT IN ...

NASA IS CURRENTLY SUPPORTING A VERY PROMISING PROJECT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH-POWERED MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEM, THE NAVIER-STOKES COMPUTER (NSC). WHILE MULTILEVEL ALGORITHMS ARE BEING STUDIED IN THE NSC ENVIRONMENT FOR SOLVING THE ELLIPTIC EQUATIONS THAT ARISE IN DISCRETIZING INCOMPRESSIBLENAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS, NO RESEARCH HAS YET FOCUSED ON LOCAL ADAPTIVE SCHEMES FOR THIS PURPOSE. THIS IS IMPOR ...

EFFECTIVE INTELLIGENCE PREPARATION OF THE BATTLEFIELD (IPB) MUST INCLUDE WEATHER PREDICTION, ANALYSIS, AND EFFECTS. IT IS WITHIN THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) STATE-OF-THE-ART TO DEVELOP AN EXPERT SYSTEM FOR TACTICALLY DEPLOYED COMPUTERS TO ASSIST CORPS AND DIVISION STAFF PLANNERS IN DETERMINING AND INTEGRATING WEATHER EFFECTS INTO TACTICAL PLANNING. CCI WILL COMBINE A STATE-OF-THE-ART KNOWLEDG ...

EFFECTIVE INTELLIGENCE PREPARATION OF THE BATTLEFIELD (IPB) MUST INCLUDE WEATHER PREDICTION, ANALYSIS, AND EFFECTS. IT IS WELL WITHIN THE STATE-OF-THE-ART OF AUTOMATION THAT WEATHER ANALYSIS FOR EFFECTS ON TACTICAL OPERATIONS CAN BE IMPLEMENTED ON MICROCOMPUTERS AND INTEGRATED WITH ONGOING EFFORTS TO APPLY EXPERT SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY TO WEATHER PREDICTION AND USE. CCI WILL COMBINE KNOWLEDGE-ENGINEERI ...

THE USE OF IMAGERY FOR THE PRESENTATION OF DATA IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY COMMON. INTEGRATING IMAGE DATA WITH GRAPHIC DATA STRUCTURES AND FEATURE INFORMATION IS VERY DIFFICULT USING TRADITIONAL DIGITAL REPRESENTATIONS. SEPARATE IMAGE AND FEATURE INFORMATION DATABASES ARE COMMONLY USED, BUT THE ANALYST IS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN TWO OR MORE DATABASES AND TO PERFORM INTEGRATION OF THE INFORMATION IN HIS ...