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THE TREND IN ALL MATERIALS IS TOWARD THE CONTROL OF MICROSTRUCTURE. IN CERAMICS AND CERMETS THE EMPHASIS IS ON THE REDUCTION OF CRYSTALLITE SIZE AND THEREBY ON IMPROVING PHYSICAL PROPERTIES. POWDERS SHOULD BE EQUIZAXED AND LIMITED TO SUBMICRON RANGE, WITHIN A NARROW AND SPECIFIC SIZE DISTRIBUTION. EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY LARGE QUANTITIES OF POWDERS MUST BE AVAILABLE AT REASONABLE COST. AS PRESENTLY ...

THE ABILITY TO FABRICATE CERAMIC ARMOR ECONOMICALLY IS DEPENDENT UPON SEVERAL FACTORS INCLUDING POWDER COST, FABRICATION TECHNIQUE, AND FINAL MACHINE COST. CANDIDATE CERAMIC SUCH AS TIB (2), AND B (4)C DO NOT SINTER TO FULL DENSITY. THEREFORE, NEAR-NET SHAPE FORMATION IS DIFFICULT AND EXPENSIVE, ESPECIALLY WHERE COMPLEX GEOMETRIES ARE INVOLVED. ART PROPOSES TO UTILIZE NEW POWDER SYNTHESIS TECHNOLO ...

THE PURPOSE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL IS TO DEMONSTRATE HIGH SPEED RANGING AND CLASSIFICATION OF OBJECTS WITH A VERSION OF A&F'S PROPRIETARY 3D VISION SYSTEM. THIS SYSTEM HAS ALREADY DEMONSTRATED TARGET CLASSIFICATION AND RANGING IN REALISTIC ENVIRONMENTS IN WORK SUPPORTED BY NSWC. THE EMPHASIS OF THIS PROJECT IS TO INCREASE THE SPEED OF THE SYSTEM FROM IT'S PRESENT LEVEL.

THIS PROPOSAL SPECIFIES THE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION OF VIDEODISC BASED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION OF DEAF ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS. THE RESULTING PRODUCT WILL BE DEVELOPED BASED ON EXISTING AUDIOVISUAL FILMSTRIPS. IT WILL COMBINE A LEVEL 3 INTERACTIVE VIDEODISC (L3IV) AND A COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION DISKETTE (CAI) ON THE TOPIC BASIC SOLDERING FOR ELECTRONIC R ...

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TO ACHIEVE PRECISE SHAPING OF DENSITY PROFILES IN FUSION REACTORS WITH PELLET FUELING, INJECTION VELOCITIES OF UP TO 10 KM/SEC MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PELLETS OF A FEW MILLIGRAMS IN MASS. PRESENT PELLET INJECTORS BASED ON THE PNEUMATIC GUN OR CENTRIFUGE PRINCIPLES ARE CAPABLE OF ATTAINING VELOCITIES OF ABOUT 2 KM/SEC, AND THE BASIC CONCEPTS DO NOT APPEAR TO BE EASILY SCALABLE TO HIGHER PERFORMANCES. A ...

THERE ARE AT PRESENT A LARGE NUMBER OF CAMAC MODULES DESIGNED FOR TRANSIENT RECORDER WORK. WHILE THESE PROVIDE ADMIRABLE TECHNICAL QUALITIES THEY ALSO PRESENT SOME FORMIDABLE PROBLEMS. THE BIGGEST OF THESE ARE THEIR HIGH PRICES AND THE AMOUNT OF CRATE SPACE THEY REQUIRE. THE PRICE PROBLEM COMES INTO PLAY AT SPEEDS ABOVE 1MHZ SINCE THESE MODULES USE FLASH CONVERTERS THAT ARE VERY EXPENSIVE. THE OTH ...

THIS PROPOSAL IS AIMED AT CONFERRING A SPECIAL COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE ON THE INDIVISUAL DISABLED JOB SEEKER. WE WILL CREATE VIDEO RESUMES FOR DISABLED JOB SEEKERS AND CONDUCT A CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT TO MEASURE THE IMPACT OF VIDEO RESUMESON THE OUTCOME OF THESE DISABLED INDIVIDUCAL JOB SEEKING ACTIVITIES. PARTICIPATION OF THE DISABLED JOB SEEKER IN THE VIDEO EDITING AND PRODUCTION PROCESS WILL MAKE ...