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BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEXITY OF GEOMETRY, LOADS AND MATERIAL SYSTEMS OF TURBINE BLADES, THE STRESS AND STRENGTH CHARACTERISTICS CAN NOT BE ACCURATELY PREDICTED BY EXISTING METHODS. THE COMPOSITE TURBINE BLADE STRENGTH CAPABILITIES ARE VERY MUCH DEPENDENT UPON THE CONSTITUENT MATERIAL PROPERTIES, PLY ORIENTATIONS AND STACKING SEQUENCE. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED STUDY IS TO DEVELOP A TECHNIQUE TO P ...

THE RESEARCH WILL PROVIDE AN INVESTIGATIVE STUDY AND DEVELOPMENT OF VARIOUS ELECTRONIC COUNTERMEASURE (ECM) TECHNIQUES TO DEGRADE THE PERFORMANCE OF DIGITALLY CONTROLLED THREAT WEAPON SYSTEMS THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOFTWARE ALGORITHMS DESIGNED TO SATURATE OR OVERLOAD THE THREAT. THE THREATS OF PRIMARY CONCERN ARE PASSIVE DETECTION/GUIDANCE SYSTEMS WHICH WILL RECEIVE SIGNALS EMITTED BY THE DETE ...

THE PROPOSED METHODOLOGY WOULD ALLOW ELECTRONIC WARFARE SIMULATION MODELS TO BE APPLIED MORE DIRECTLY TO EFFECTIVENESS STUDIES. DISPLAY DATA AND FORMATS COULD BE SELECTED TO MATCH THE PROBLEM UNDER INVESTIGATION AT THE USER'S DISCRETION. DISPLAY FORMS, GOVERNING HOW THE DATA IS PRESENTED, WOULD BE KEPT WITHIN A CUMULATIVE LIBRARY SO THAT NEW SIMULATION OUTPUTS COULD BE PLOTTED IN THE SAME FORMAT. ...

THE RESULTS OF PROPER TESTABILITY DESIGN IMPLEMENTATION ASSURE THAT A SYSTEM CAN BE THOROUGHLY TESTED WITH MINIMUM EFFORT AND COST, AND THAT HIGH CONFIDENCE CAN BE ASCRIBED TO THE TEST RESULTS. THE SUCCESS OR FAILURE OF DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY IS LARGELY DEPENDENT ON HOW WELL THE AIR FORCE SPECIFIES THE DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IN THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. MIL-STD-2165, TESTABILIT ...

IT IS PROPOSED TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF CONSTRUCTING A ONE STEP FREQUENCY MEASURING INSTRUMENT CAPABLE OF MEASURING AS MANY AS 32 FREQUENCIES SIMULTANEOUSLY. FREQUENCIES TO BE BETWEEN 2 AND 5000 HZ WITH EACH CHANNEL CAPABLE OF MEASURING OVER THE ENTIRE RANGE. EACH CHANNEL TO BE PROGRAMMABLE AS TO SAMPLE RATE. OUTPUT DATA TO BE AVAILABLE TO AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE IBM-PC BUS.

THE FEASIBILITY OF GROWING AND HEAT TREATING CRYSTALS OF AGGASE(2) TO YIELD OPTICAL ELEMENTS OF SUFFICIENT SIZE AND QUALITY AND SUITABLE FOR HIGH POWER NONLINEAR APPLICATIONS IS EXAMINED. THE HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS MATERIAL IS REVIEWED WHICH POINTS OUT THE MANY PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN CRYSTAL GROWTH AND IN ELIMINATING UNDESIRABLE SCATTERING CENTERS IN THE GROWN CRYSTALS. BY ANALYZING T ...

THERE IS AN ONGOING NEED FOR NEW OPTO-ELECTRONIC MATERIALS TO ADVANCE THE STATE OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS OPTICAL IMAGE PROCESSING, OPTICAL COMPUTING AND PARAGMETRIC OSCILLATION. ALTHOUGH MANY MATERIALS HAVE BEEN EXAMINED, ONLY A FEW ARE OUTSTANDING CANDIDATES FOR THESE APPLICATIONS. THE MOST PROMINANT ARE AGGAS2, AGGASE2, CDGEAS AND ZNGEP2. OTHER COMPOUNDS WILL PROBABLY EMERGE IN THE FUTUR ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS TO FABRICATE AND MEASURE THE PERFORMANCE OF TWO NOVEL DESIGNS FOR REGENERATIVE HEAT EXCHANGERS APPLICABLE TO VARIOUS TYPES OF CRYOCOOLERS, SUCH AS STIRLING AND GIFFORD MCMAHON REFRIGERATORS. THE REGENERATORS PRESENTLY USED ARE LIMITED TO TWO TYPES, AND BASICALLY TWO MATERIALS, DUE TO FABRICATION CONSTRAINTS. THEY ARE RATHER COSTLY, LABOR INTENSIVE, SUBJECT ...

THE PROPOSED PROGRAM WILL EXPLORE WHAT IS REQUIRED TO DEVELOP AN AVIONICS DESIGN TOOL THAT CAN BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH AIR VEHICLE DESIGN TOOLS TO PERMIT RAPID AND TIMELY ANALYSIS OF AVIONICS, ESPECIALLY SENSOR AVIONICS, IMPACTS ON AIR VEHICLE DESIGNS AND THE IMPACT OF AIR VEHICLE DESIGNS ON AVIONICS SENSOR SUITES.

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT IS TO DETERMINE A SATISFACTORY METHOD OF CONDUCTING AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR TESTS IN THE AFWAL FLIGHT DYNAMICS LABORATORY LAND GEAR DEVELOPMENT FACILITY (LGDF) AS AN INTEGRATED PART OF PILOTED LARGE AMPLITUDE MULTIMODE AEROSPACE RESEARCH SIMULATOR (LAMARS) AIRCRAFT SIMULATIONS. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS OBJECTIVE, A STUDY WILL BE CONDUCTED OF THE TWO FACILITIES AND THE REQUIRED ...