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OF APPARENT INTEREST TO THE DEFENSE NUCLEAR AGENCY (DNA) IS THE ABILITY TO DETECT THE LOCATION OF TUNNEL BORING MACHINES(TBM). THESE TYPES OF DEVICES ARE USED TO DRILL TUNNELS FOR MILITARY PURPOSES, SUCH AS THE STORAGE OF NUCLEAR DEVICES AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF MISSILE SILOS. BY LOCATING TBM'S IN OPERATION, UNFRIENDLY FORCES COULD IDENTIFY POTENTIAL MILITARY TARGETS. IT IS THEREFORE OF INTEREST TO ...

THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THIS SBIR PROJECT IS THE RESERCH FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TECHNOLOGY FOR DESIGNING AND FABRIC ATING NON-AVAILABLE MICROCIRCUITS USING STATE-OF-THE-ART CMOS PROCESSES. THE RESEARCH IS AIMED AT KEEPING THE NON- RECURRING ENGINEERING (NRE) COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH BOTH DESIGN AND FABRICATION LOW. DESIGN COSTS FOR THE PARTS WILL BE KEPT LOW BY USING A MODIFIED VERSION OF A METHODOLOG ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP A MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR PREDICTING DISPERSION FROM OPEN AIR DETONATION OR BURNING OF THE NAVY'S PEP (PROPELLANT EXPLOSIVE, PYROTECHNIC) MATERIALS. THE FIRST STEP OF THE PROJECT WILL BE TO DEFINE THE CONTROLLING PARAMETERS, I.E., PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION FORMED, PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSES AND PLUM CHARACTERISTICS. GENERALIZED PREDICTION MODELS DEVELOPED FOR CHE ...

THE PROPOSED PROGRAM OFFERS AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH FOR PROTECTING A BATTLE GROUP FROM ATTACKS BY ADVANCED ANTI-SHIP MISSILES. SPACIALLY DISTRIBUTED COUNTERMEASURES, OF VARIOUS TYPES, ARE DEPLOYED IN A COORDINATED MANNER SO AS TO COUNTER ALL PHASES AND ASPECTS OF THREAT MISSILE WEAPON SYSTEMS. THESE COORDINATED COUNTERMEASURES TECHNIQUES ARE APPLIED SEQUENTUALLY AND THEIR EFFECTIVENESS AGAINST EACH ...

THIS PROJECT WOULD DEVELOP AN INTERFACE BOARD FOR THE IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER AND COMPATIBLES WHICH WOULD ALLOW SOFTWAREDEVELOPERS TO PRODUCE INEXPENSIVE MULTISENSORY COURSEWARE. THE STUDENTS USING THE COURSEWARE WOULD GET HUMAN VOICE VER BAL INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO OPERATE THE COMPUTER AN BE TAUGHT THE SUBJECT MATTER THROUGH VERBAL. VISUAL AND TACTILE INTER ACTION WITH THE COMPUTER. TO KEEP THE METHO ...

TO ACHIEVE SATISFACTORY TACAN PERFORMANCE ON ALL RADIALS A SHIP TACAN ANTENNA REQUIRES AN UNOBSTRUCTED SITE, ATOP THE MAIN (HIGHEST) MAST, IN THE CLEAR, FREE OF RF REFLECTIONS. DUE TO THE CONTINUING IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW SYSTEMS E.G. GPS, ECM, JTIDS, OTHER, THE AREA IN THE VICINITY OF THE TOP OF THE SHIPS MAIN MAST IS CONTINUING TO BE IN GREATER AND GREATER DEMAND. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE IN THE C ...

SOME CERAMICS HAVE VERY HIGH TEMPERATURE STABILITY AND STRENGTH COMPARED TO STRUCTURAL METALS AND HAVE POTENTIAL TO BE USED UNCOOLED IN ADVANCED GAS TURBINE ENGINES. ONE CANDIDATE FAMILY OF CERAMICS WITH AN ESPECIALLY GOOD COMBINATION OF THERMAL PROPERTIES AND POTENTIAL MECHANICAL PROPERTIES IS SILICON NITRIDE. RECENTLY DEVELOPED ALLOYS OF SILICON NITRIDE LOOK PARTICULARLY PROMISING, BUT REQUIRE F ...

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PRESHOCKED PRECONDITIONING OF TUFF MAY OCCUR IN TWO MANNERS AT THE NEVADA TEST SITE. FIRST, THE MATERIAL IS "PRESHOCKED" IN A LINEOF-SIGHT TYPE UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR TEST BY THE FIRST WAVE PASSAGE. THE SECOND MANNER MAY OCCUR AS A RESULT OF AREAL SPACE LIMITATIONS WHEN A SECOND EVENT IS SITED WITHIN A REGION OF PRESHOCKED MATERIAL. UNDER CERTAIN LOAD-UNLOADED CONDITIONS THE MATERIAL STRENGTH MAY BE ...