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A RESEARCH PROJECT TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A SUBMARINE SEA ENVIRONMENT SENSOR (WAVE HEIGHT, SEA STATE), AND RELATIVE SPEED ACROSS AND DECK UTILIZING MICRO-CELL STRAIN SENSORS AND FIBER OPTIC DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS.

SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS IN COST AND DISPLACEMENT OF VALUABLE PETROLEUM FUEL CAN BE ACHIEVED BY BURNING COAL WHEN APPROPRIATE FOR DOD POWER GENERATION REQUIREMENTS. THIS PROPOSAL OFFERS A COST EFFECTIVE, PORTABLE, COMPUTER CONTROLLED AND INTEGRATED COAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING A COAL'S COMBUSTION PERFORMANCE. THE PROPOSED SYSTEM FOR COAL ANALYSES IS AN INTEGRATED THERMOGRAVIMETER ANALYZER (TGA), ...

ECCM TECHNOLOGY HAS A GROWING NEED FOR IMPROVED HIGH-STABILITY TIME-FREQUENCY STANDARDS. THE MAIN STANDARDS CURRENTLY IN COMMON USE UTILIZE QUARTZ-CRYSTAL OSCILLATORS CUT TO THE AT ORIENTATION. A PRIMARY CANDIDATE FOR MEETING THE REQUIREMENT FOR IMPROVED TIME/FREQUENCY STANDARDS IS SC-CUT QUARTZ, WHICH OFFERS MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS IN STABILITY AND PERFORMANCE OVER AT-CUT QUARTZ OSCILLATORS. UNFORTUNA ...

A SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION TECHNICAL IS PROPOSED FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE TEST TO DETECT UNBOUNDS IN LARGE BONDED COMPONENTS. THE TECHNIQUE USES THE SYSTEM'S TIME RESPONSE DATA DUE TO RANDOM INPUT EXCITATION. SYSTEM'S EIGENVALUES AND EIGENVECTORS ARE RETRIEVED FROM THE TIME RESPONSES AND USED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ACCURATE SYSTEM MATHEMATICAL MODELS. SYSTEM'S CHANGE DUE TO CRACKS, VOIDS, UNBONDS BETWEEN ...

METHODS ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED TO DISCERN THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF WEAPON SYSTEMS SUCH AS PRESSURE VESSEL CASES. AT THIS TIME, NO TECHNIQUE EXISTS WHICH PERMITS A GLOBAL MONITORING OF THE OPERATIONAL READINESS OF ANY STRUCTURES, INCLUDING COMPOSITE MOTOR CASES. THE RANDOMDEC PROCEDURE, WHICH IS PLANNED TO BE UTILIZED UNDER THIS PROPOSED STUDY, APPEARS TO HAVE THE CAPABILI ...

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THE TERRAIN HAZARD DETECTION SENSOR MEASURES THE CONTOUR OF THE TERRAIN IN FRONT OF A MOVING VEHICLE PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT TERRAIN SLOPE. IT MEASURES THE SIZE OF OBJECTS IN THE VEHICLE PATH AND ISSUES COMMANDS TO THE VEHICLE WHEN THE OBJECT IS TOO LARGE FOR THE VEHICLE TO PASS OVER AND ALSO MEASURES SIZES OF HOLES AND DITCHES IN THE VEHICLE PATH TO INSURE THAT THE VEHICLE CAN SAFELY PASS OVE ...

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THE PROPOSED EFFORT WILL ASSESS THE FEASIBILITY OF USING COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN TECHNOLOGY TO PROJECT SYSTEM RELATED MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS. MANPOWER AND SKILL DETERMINATIONS HAVE HISTORICALLY OCCURED LATTE IN THE DESIGN PROCESS AND THUS HAVE HAD LITTLE IMPACT UPON SYSTEM DESIGN DECISIONS. THE INCREASING SCARCITY OF MANPOWER RESOURCES REQUIRES THAT THEY BE GIVEN AN INTERACTIVE ROLE IN SYSTEM DEVELOP ...

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