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THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO ESTABLISH A DESIGN FOR A LIGHTWEIGHT, 25 HP, DIESEL FUEL ENGINE THAT WILL PROVIDE GOOD FIELD PERFORMANCE, INCLUDING LOW TEMPERATURE STARTING. ADDITIONAL OBJECTIVES ARE TO PROVIDE A HIGH POWER-TO-WEIGHT RATION, A QUIET AND COOL EXHAUT, IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND MULTI-FUEL OPERATION. THE PROPOSED APPROACH WILL IDENTIFY REQUIRED MODIFICATIONS TO THE MIGRATING ...

A RAPID AND CONVENIENT TEST FOR BLOOD SERUM ANALYTES IS PROPOSED. THE TEST IS QUANTITATIVE, BUT DOES NOT REQUIRE AN INSTRUMENT. IT IS IDEALLY SUITED FOR ON-SITE USE BY NON-TECHNICAL PERSONNEL. THE TEST DEVICE CONSISTS OF A CHEMICALLY IMPREGNATED PAPER STRIP LAMINATED BETWEEN TWO PLASTIC SHEETS. ONE SHEET IS CLEAR WITH AN OVERPRINTED, GRADUATED SCALE; THE OTHER IS A WHAT OPAQUE PLASTIC WHICH PROVID ...

EXPLORE TO WHAT EXTENT THE EXISTING MICRO REACTION RATE KINETIC THEORY OF THERMALLY ACTIVATED FRACTURE CAN BE USED TO RELATE THE PARAMETERS OF PROBABILISTIC MACRO ENGINEERING MODELS OF CUMULATIVE DAMAGE (FATIGUE, FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH) TO THE USUAL PARAMETERS OF ENGINEERING SIGNIFICANCE SO THAT ACCURATE PREDICTION OF CRACK GROWTH CAN BE ACHIEVEDWITH MINIMUM TESTING FOR A SPECIFIC SET OF ENGINEERING ...

THIS PROJECT IS DIRECTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SHIPBOARD MEDICAL WASTE TREATMENT SYSTEM. THIS SYSTEM MUST MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF A LAND-BASED SYSTEM, PLUS THOSE ABOARD A NAVAL VESSEL. THE LATTER HAS THE GREATER PREMIUM ON SPACE, THE GREATER NEED FOR RELIABILITY OF OPERATION AND EASE OF REPAIR, AND THE EVEN GREATER REQUIREMENT FOR SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF INFECTION. TO MEET THESE OBJECTIVES ...

SINGLE SPINDLE SCREW MACHINES HAVE REMAINED ESSENTIALLY UNCHANGED IN DESIGN AND OPERATION SINCE EARLY IN THE CENTURY. CAMS AND LEVERS ARE STILL THE PRINCIPAL MEANS OF OPERATING THE SLIDES. ALTHOUGH VERY PRODUCTIVE ONCE SET UP, THE TREND TOWARD SMALLER LOT SIZES, SETUP TIME REQUIREMENTS, AND SUPPORT SKILLS REQUIREMENTS HAVE COMBINED TO SUPPLANT THE USE OF THESE MACHINES WITH GENERAL PURPOSE CNC MAC ...

PPMA, LLC, proposes development of an innovative universal joint for Class 8 Trucks that is lubrication-free, requires no maintenance, and improves operational performance. It will rely on unique surface design (GC) technology, proven on the HMMWV in field tests. The technology received the Army 1995 Quality Award and acclaim at the 2004 NATO RTE Conference. To meet greater torque load requirement ...

PPMA, LLC proposes development of a unique, innovative, high speed bearing that is lubrication-free and requires no maintenance. It will rely on a lubricious material capable of operating at low component loads at high speed. We propose developing this high speed material for application at operating conditions and requirements of Tactical Vehicle steering drivelines and components, e.g. universal ...

The US Army is currently faced with a serious obstcale in its effort to undertake rapid and cost efficient upgrade of its weapons platforms due to the inability of CAD applications to archive and retrieve existing design information. This inability is mainly due to the lack of an archival system to store important design information and inadequacy of available technologies in allowing efficient ...

The Navy is seeking a high thrust, electric linear actuation technology capable of replacing the hydraulic actuators currently used aboard Navy ships. Of particular interest are devices suitable for the aircraft carrier weapons flight deck hatch and jet blast deflector. Proposed for this is a design based on a high-thrust roller-screw integrated with an innovative, high-torque motor. This motor ...

This proposal will develop a booster explosive formulation with a polymetric binder system that will show output improvement over the PBXN-5 explosive performance. The development of the formulation in Phase I will include CL-20 and the polymetric binder system HyTemp 4454. Other binder systems will also be considered if they show a technological advantage. The formulation proposed for research & ...