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DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF SOLID-STATE DIRECTION-INDICATING APPARATUS, WITH TILT-IMMUNITY, THAT PROVIDES AN AUDIBLE OR TACTILE INTERFACE WITH THE USER. REDUCED SIZE TO ALLOW ENCAPSULATION IN A TYPICAL WALKING CANE. A DEVICE WILL BE DESIGNED THAT WILL PROVIDE A VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSON WITH AN INDICATION OF HORIZONTAL DIRECTION, WITH RESPECT TO THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD. THE DEVICE WILLALSO SIGNAL ...

MANY INSTRUMENTATION RADARS (SUCH AS THE MPS-36 AND FPS-16) USED AT WSMR AND OTHER RADAR INSTALLATIONS WORLDWIDE WERE DESIGNED 20-30 YEARS AGO. THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES ENHANCEMENTS TO THESE OLDER RADAR SYSTEMS TO INCORPORATE MODERN SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNIQUES USING A DIGITAL COMPUTER AND SOFTWARE TO PROVIDE IMPROVED TRACKING, TO PROVIDE COHERENT DATA FOR TMR AND OTHER USES, TO PROVIDE IMPROVED RE ...

THIS PROPOSAL IS TO APPLY COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMIC (CFD) SIMULATIONS TO DESIGN SLUGLESS HIGH VELOCITY PULSE SHAPED CHARGE WARHEADS FOR ARMOR PENETRATION. WE HVE DEVELOPED A NEW AND VERY NOVEL CODE ELPIC (EXTENDED LAGRANGIAN PARTICLE IN CELL CODE) WHICH OVERCOMES THE NORMALLY ENCOUNTERED DIFFICULTIES OF BOTH EULERIAN AND LAGRANGIAN CFD CODES FOR THESE PROBLEMS. USING THIS HIGHLY RELIABLE AND EFF ...

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THE FOLLOWING PROPOSAL COVERS A PROJECT TO CONDUCT RESEARCH WRITE NARRATIVE, INSTRUCTIONAL AND SHOOTING SCRIPTS, AND IDENTIFY FILM SITES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERACTIVE VIDEO PREVOCATIONAL SELECTION INSTRUMENT. SELECTION PATHS AND TOUCH SCREEN INPUT WILL ENABLE BOTH INDEPENDENT USE BY INDIVIDUALS WIHT MENTAL RETARDATION (CLASSIFIED "TRAINABLE")AND USE OF THE INSTRUMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH A COUN ...

IT IS PROPOSED TO DEVELOP A NEW HIGH-SPEED MULTISPECTRA INFRARED (MS-IR) VIDEO SYSTEM EQUIPPED WITH MULTIPLE FOCAL PLANE DETECTOR ARRAYS (FPDA) SUPPORTED BY NEW HIGH-PERFORMANCE ELECTRONIC DRIVING CIRCUITS AND OUR SOFTWARE IN ORDER TO MEASURE THE REACTION FRONT OF SOLID PROPELLANTS. THE NEW MS-IR SYSTEM WILL MEASURE THE IR EMISSION IMAGE OF THE REACTION FRONT THROUGH FOUR WAVEBANDS TO DETERMINE TH ...

THE EMPLOYMENT OF CONTINUOUS AND PULSED LASERS IN TARGET DESIGNATION AND COMBAT SITUATIONS IS INCREASING, CREATING THE NEED FOR CONTINUOUSLY AND REVERSIBLY SWITCHING DEVICES TO PROTECT COMBAT PERSONNEL AND SENSITIVE SENSING EQUIPMENT WITH TUNABLE LASER SYSTEMS NECISSITATING BROAD BAND PROTECTION. THE PROGRAM PROPOSED HEREIN WILL SEEK TO CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING A NOVEL TECHNOLO ...

THIS PROPOSAL OUTLINES A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO COAT ELECTRONICS ENCAPSULATING MATERIALS WITH CONDUCTING POLYMERS TO PROVIDE SHIELDING FROM RADIATED ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION. THE SHIELDING PROPERTIES OF DIFFERENT CONDUCTING POLYMERS AT DIFFERENT THICKNESSES TO MICROWAVE ENERGY WILL BE TESTED AND ANALYZED. THE EFFECT OF COMBINING OR LAYERING MATERIALS WILL BE INVESTIGATED. DURING PHAS ...

THIS PROPOSAL OUTLINES A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO TAILORMAKE EMULSION ACRYLIC COPOLYMERS WHICH ARE ODORLESS, NON-TOXIC, AND PRESSURE SENSITIVE. THE WATER-INSOLUBLE, BIOCOMPATIBLE ADHESIVES WILL CONTAIN THE MINIMUM CONCENTRATION OF HYDROPHILIC UNITS TO PERMIT STRONG BONDING TO WET HUMAN SKIN AND STILL RETAIN THE REQUIRED DEGREE OF WATER RESISTANCE. OPTIMUM RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES WILL BE ...

THE FOUR SEROTYPES OF DENGUE VIRUSES ARE A LEADING CAUSE OF MORBIDITY THROUGHOUT THE TROPICS AND SUBTROPICS. FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF DIAGNOSTICS FOR AND SUBUNIT VACCINES AGAINST DENGUE VIRUS, A RELIABLE AND INEXPENSIVE SOURCE OF DENGUE PROTEINS IS NEEDED. THE EXPRESSION OF RECOMBINANT PROTEINS IN MICROORGANISMS OFFER SIGNAITICANT ADVANTAGES TO PURIFICATION OF NATIVE VIRAL PROTEINS. WE PROPOSE TO EV ...