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TO ACHIEVE ADAPTIVE CONTROL, FAULT DIAGNOSTICS, SAMPLED DATA OF MACHINE PERFORMANCE AND TOOL WEAR, MODERN MACHINE TOOLS REQUIRE RELIABLE SENSING OF ONE OR MORE OF SIX FORCE COMPONENTS (X,Y,Z,TORQUE, A&B MOMENTS) ACTING ON THE TOOL. PRESENT FORCE SENSING METHOD EITHER HAVE INSUFFICIENT RESOLUTION TIME RESPONSE, ARE COSTLY TO INSTALL, CALIBATE AND REPLACE, LACK A RELIABLE, LOW COST AND EASY TO INSTA ...

PRESENT THRUST SENSING METHODS ON ROCKET ENGINE GROUND TEST STANDS EITHER HAVE INSUFFICIENT RESOLUTION AND TIME RESPONSE, ARE COSTLY TO INSTALL, CALIBRATE AND REPLACE OR RESULT IN \REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT ADDED STRUCTURAL COMPLAINCE. A REVOLUTIONARY METHOD OF ACCURATELY SENSING SMALL FORCES APPLIED TO RIGID MEMBERS HAS BEEN DISCOVERED BY CAMTECH. IT INVOLVES ATTACHING OR IMPLANTING A UNIT CALLED A MIH ...

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THERE IS A NEED FOR HIGH SPEED EXTRACTION OF USEFUL INFORMATION FROM VARIOUS SENSORS IN TACTICAL SITUATIONS. CURRENT APPROACHES ARE SLOW, INACCURATE AND REQUIRE EXCESSIVE MEMORY FILES. THE PROPOSED PROJECT DEFINES AN INNOVATIVE SYSTEM WHICH PROVIDES IMPROVEMENTS OVER EXISTING TECHNIQUES THROUGH USE OF CONTINUAL OUTPUT, VARIABLE MESSAGELENGTH, ADAPTIVE MATCH CRITERIA TECHNIQUES. THE STUDY WILL PROV ...

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A combustible mixture is compressed in the crankcase of a four-stroke cycle engine and forced into a boost plenum which houses the camshaft. The compressed mixture is metered by a throttle to intake valves of the engine. The engine is constructed from identical engine block elements rotated and joined to enclose centrally disposed crankcase and common boost plenum with the cylinders horizontally o ...

APPLICATION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY TO THE PRODUCTION OF 4-HYDROXYBENZOCYCLOBUTENE WILL ALLOW BULK MANUFACTURE OF THIS POLYMER PRECURSOR BY MORE ECONOMICAL MEANS THAN IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH A PROCESS WOULD ALLOW INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF BCB-BASED POLYMER MATERIALS.

SPACE STRUCTURES REQUIRE PROTECTION FROM DISASTEROUS IMPACTS OF METEOROID AND MAN-MADE SPACE DEBRIS POPULATIONS. LIMITATIONS ON EXPERIMENTS CREATES A NEED FOR A THEORETICALLY-SOUND BASIS FOR EXTRAPOLATION TO FASTER AND LARGER IMPACTING PARTICLES. THIS RESEARCH WILL DEVELOP THE THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR THE POWER-LAW SCALING RELATIONS COMMONLY USED. THE PRIMARY BASIS FOR THOSE FORMS IS A SINGLE S ...

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THIS PROJECT PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A TELEROBOTIC CONTROL GLOVE (TCG) FOR THE CONTROL OF ROBOTIC DEXTROUS HANDS. THE GLOVE WILL BE CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING BOTH THE POSITION OF AND THE FORCES EXERTED BY THE FINGERS OF THE ROBOTIC HAND. FEEDBACK OF BOTH TACTILE AND FORCE INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE OPERATOR. THE SYSTEM WILL BE EASILY INTEGRABLE WITH TELEROBOTIC ARM CONTROL SYSTEMS. THE TCG WILL ...