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THE OBJECTIVE IS TO DEVELOP ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) FOR INCREASING MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES. A CASE-BASED REASONING (CBR) APPROACH TO KNOWLEDGE ELICITATION IS PROPOSED AS A SENSITIVE AND EFFECTIVE STRATEGY TO DERIVE AND REPRESENT THE CRITICAL KNOWLEDGE. PHASE I WILL DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING A CBR APPROACH TO DEVELOPING AN AI KNOWLDGE-BASED SYSTEM TO IMPROVE MANUFACTURING. CASE-B ...

ABSTRACT: Imagery analysts must frequently identify targets in rapidly changing environments where mistakes can have tragic consequences. LADAR is an emerging sensor technology that provides a rich data source for human analysts in support of combat identification. However, the primary focus of prior research has been on developing LADAR as a technology without adequately considering how an ana ...

ABSTRACT: This SBIR program provides the GHI team with the opportunity to integrate state-of-the-art Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) codes into a scramjet engine analysis tool that will enable the rapid design, simulation, and optimization of scramjet engines within an airframe-integrated context. A successful effort will produce a scramjet engine analysis tool that will reduce the time and ef ...

THE MOST CRITICAL ASPECT OF THE RADIO FREQUENCY POWER SUPPLY FOR THE NEUTRAL PARTICLE BEAM INTEGRATED EXPERIMENT IS ITS POWER TO WEIGHT RATIO. IN ADDITION, THE SPACE-QUALIFIED 45V POWER SUPPLY MUST BE ABLE TO SUPPLY 27,000 AMP PULSES DOWN TO 350 MICROSECONDS WITH ONLY A 2 - 3% VOLTAGE DROP. PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS HAVE POTENTIALLY THE HIGHEST POWER TO WEIGHT RATIO OF ANY TYPE OF FUEL C ...

MAGNETIC BEARINGS HAVE POTENTIAL FOR LONG LIFE OPERATION AT HIGH SPEEDS AND HIGH TEMPERATURES. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP MAGNETIC BEARINGS WITH ADEQUATE LOAD AND STIFFNESS CAPABILITY FOR APPLICATION TO ADVANCED TURBINE USE. A NOVEL, NON-FERROMAGNETIC APPROACH WILL BE INVESTIGATED. DETAILED MECHANICAL, MAGNETIC, AND THERMAL ANALYSIS WILL BE PERFORMED TO DETERMINE FEASIBILITY.

ABSTRACT: Spectral Energies, LLC in collaboration with the University of Notre Dame and Georgia Tech proposes to develop flow control approaches for mitigating adverse effects of shock formation, unsteadiness, and shock-induced separation on aero optical turrets. The work will focus for the first time on an investigation of the effectiveness of several flow control approaches in a surrogate setu ...

THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DEVELOP A FUZZY SET METHODOLOGY FOR UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS IN PROBABILISTIC SEISMIC SAFETY ASSESSMENT OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS. FUZZY SET LOGIC WILL BEUSED FOR COLLECTING, QUANTIFYING AND PROPAGATING SUBJECTIVE,ENGINEERING JUDGEMENT USED IN THE UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS. IN PHASE I, FEASIBILITY OF THE PROPOSED APPROACH WILL BE DEMONSTRATED BY APPLYING IT TO SELECTED PARTS OF A PROBABI ...

ABSTRACT: Advances in communication, computational capacity, and sensing systems have provided unprecedented capabilities to generate, process, and communicate vast amounts of information. Utilizing such a complex network for effective situational awareness requires a high level of trust in the data that is ultimately produced. Critical to this goal is ensuring the trustworthiness of the compone ...

BASED ON OUR RESEARCH, WE FEEL THAT THE STAINING PROPERTIES OF SITS (4-ACETOAMIDO-4'-ISOTHIOCYANOSTILBENE 2,2' DISULPHONIC ACID), A REAGENT WHICH ENABLES IN SITU VISUALIZATION AND DISCRIMINATION AMONG LIVING, DYING AND DEAD CELLS, MAKE IT A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR USE IN AN APPROPRIATELY DESIGNED INSTRUMENT. WE PROPOSE AN AUTOMATED VIDEO MICROSCOPE WITH MEMORY AND POSSIBLE REMOTE VIEWING CAPABILITY. IT ...

THE PROPOSED WORK WILL PROVE FEASIBLE A COMBINED FINITE ELEMENT AND MODAL TESTING APPROACH TO DEFINING AND CONTROLLING STRAIN RESPONSE OF PCBS WITHIN PRESCRIBED LIMITS WHEN UNDERGOING ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS SCREENING VIA RANDOM VIBRATION. THE APPROACH TAKES ACCOUNT OF THE STRUCTURAL DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PCB, AND INTERCONNECTIONS TO IT, WHERE FLAWS MAY EXIST TO BE PRECIPITATED TO FAILURE. A ...