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A MANIPULATOR DESIGN IS PROPOSED WHICH USES ADVANCED MATERIALS AND CONTROL TECHNIQUES TO ACHIEVE PERFORMANCE FAR SUPERIOR TO THAT OF CONVENTIONAL MANIPULATORS. PRELIMINARY STUDIES INDICATE THAT A MANIPULATOR CAN BE DESIGNED WITH A USEFUL LOAD CAPACITY OF 100 KILOGRAMS, A USEFUL REACH OF 2.5 METERS, AND END-EFFECTOR SPEED OF AT LEAST 5 METERS/SEC, AND A WEIGHT OF LESS THAN 500 KILOGRAMS. THE DESIGN ...

ALTHOUGH THE USE OF CERAMIC COMPOSITES IN AEROSPACE SYSTEMS IS MONOTONICALLY INCREASING, THERE ARE NOT MANY ANALYTICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES REVEALING THE UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS THESE MATERIALS CAN PROVIDE. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THESE MATERIALS HAVE GREAT PROMISE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS INCLUDING HOT TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENTS. WHILE FEW FIBER REINFORCED CERAMIC SYSTEMS ARE CO ...

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THE THRUST OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS TO MATHEMATICALLY MODEL THE FUNCTION, BEHAVIOR AND STRUCTURE ASPECTS OF MECHANICAL DESIGNS AND DEVELOP COMPUTATIONAL MECHANISMS FOR THE DESIGN SYNTHESIS OF MECHANICAL SYSTEMS. THE APPROACH TO BE USED IS A COMBINATION OF THE TRANSFORMATIONAL APPROACH (USED PREVIOUSLY IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND VLSI DESIGN) AND THE PROBLEM SOLVING/PLANNING APPROACH OF ARTIFICI ...

THE OBJECTIVE IS TO CREATE PRESENTATION GRAPHICS SOFTWARE WHICH THE AIR FORCE WILL USE IN ENGINEERING/TECHNICAL BRIEFINGS. THIS SOFTWARE WILL OPERATE ON ZENITH-100 MICROCOMPUTERS AS WELL AS LARGE SCREEN PROJECTION SYSTEMS, AND WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING FEATURES: 1) DISPLAY VARIOUS TYPES OF GRAPHS (BAR, PIE, LINE, AREA FILLS, TREND LINES, LINEAR REGRESSIONS, X-Y PLOTS, LOG-LOG CHARTS) AND CALCULATE S ...

THE OBJECTIVE IS TO CREATE A RADAR JAMMING COMPUTER MODEL WHICH EASILY PERMITS ARMY PERSONNEL TO CALCULATE THE JAMMING PARAMETERS WHICH COUNTER BOTH RANGE DELAY AND DOPPLER RADARS. THIS SOFTWARE MUST BE WRITTEN IN BASIC, RUN ON AN MS-DOS COMPUTER AND THE SOURCE CODE SHOULD BE INCLUDED WITH UNLIMITED RIGHTS TO THE GOVERNMENT. KEY OBJECTIVES IN CREATING THIS SOFTWARE ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1) REVIEW EXISTI ...

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ANTROPIX CORPORATION PROPOSES TO OBTAIN TIME RESOLVED TARGET AND PLUME OPTICAL PROPERTIES MEASUREMENTS DURING RP LASER INTERACTIONS. TARGET ABSORBANCES (BOTH SURFACE AND IN-DEPTH) AND REFLECTANCES WILL BE DETERMINED WITH INTEGRATING SPHERE DEVICES PLUS PROBE BEAMS AND FAST DETECTORS. PLUME OPTICAL PROPERTIES DUE TO ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, PARTICULATE, AND PLASMA SPECIES WILL BE DETERMINED USING LASER P ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO EFFECTIVELY DEMONSTRATE THE APPLICABILITY OF ADA LANGUAGE TO THE ATD DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, AND REDUCE THE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRANSLATION OF THE ADA LANGUAGE FOR FUTURE ATD DEVELOPMENTS. THE PROJECT SUCCESS IS ENHANCED THROUGH THE UTILIZATION OF EXPERIENCED SOFTWARE ENGINEERS WHO HAVE DEVELOPED COMPLEX SIMULATION PROGRAMS COUPLED WITH AN EXPERT IN THE DEVELOP ...

THERE IS A DIRE NEED FOR AN EFFECTIVE OPTICAL COUNTERMEASURE TO PROTECT ARMY ASSETS FROM OPTICAL THREATS. THIS PROPOSED EFFORT IS DESINGED TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A POTENTIAL OPTICAL COUNTERMEASURE THAT CAN BE USED BOTH IN THE AIR AND JON THE GROUND. THE INTERACTION OF UTLTRSONIC RADIATION WITH LIGHT HAS BEEN STUDIED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. THE VISUAL OBSERVATION OF A TARGET IS COMPOSED ...