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Alameda Applied Sciences Corporation proposes to develop a new Clustered Vacuum Arc Thruster (CVAT) as an electric propulsion micro-thruster for microspacecraft with mass kg of total propellant. If the feed mechanism involves moving parts, its reliability is an issue, especially with active control. An innovative solution to this problem is proposed: deploy an array of individual, static thrusters ...

Alameda Applied Sciences Corporation proposes to develop a new type of electric propulsion device dubbed the Throttleable Vacuum Arc Thruster (TVAT). This thruster is itself a variant on an earlier thruster (the Vacuum Arc micro-Thruster (VA?-T)) that has been demonstrated via a recently concluded Phase I SBIR contract from BMDO (NASA/GRC contract NAS300129). The VA?T was verified to be a low mass ...

Acellent Technologies is developing a Hybrid piezoelectric/fiber optic (HyPFO) structural diagnostic system that can be used to perform quick non-destructive evaluation and long-term health monitoring of aerospace vehicles and structures. The development is based on Acellent's state-of-the-art SMART Layer technology that utilizes a built-in network of piezoelectric sensors and actuators embedded o ...

Acellent Technologies is developing a Hybrid piezoelectric/fiber optic (HyPFO) structural diagnostic system that can be used to perform quick non-destructive evaluation and long-term health monitoring of aerospace vehicles and structures. The development is based on Acellent's state-of-the-art SMART Layer technology that utilizes a built-in network of piezoelectric sensors and actuators embedded o ...

This proposal addresses the use of Crossed-Beam Volumtric Displays for Range Safety and Mission Control of NASA rocket launch facilities.

This proposal addresses the use of Crossed-Beam Volumtric Displays for Range Safety and Mission Control of NASA rocket launch facilities.

70585 There is a need for the conditioning and monochromatizing of neutrons for medical, industrial and scientific purposes. Currently, the most favored techniques for monochromatizing neutron beams are mechanical, reflection, and diffraction methods. However, these methods have only limited efficiency and great cost. This project will design and fabricate a neutron monochromator that will ...

70211 The high magnetic fields required for future accelerator magnets can only be achieved with Nb3Sn or other A15 or HTS type conductors, which are brittle and sensitive to mechanical strain. The traditional ¿cosine-theta¿ dipole configuration for these magnet designs has intrinsic drawbacks that make it difficult and expensive to employ such conductors. These drawbacks include: ...

70326 Beam transport in inertial fusion induction accelerators requires reliable, compact, and low cost superconducting quadrupole arrays. These multiple beam transport systems are interleaved with induction cores for acceleration, which poses unique requirements on the magnet-interconnect regions, the array cryostat, and the beam vacuum system. This project will design, build, and test a ...

70458 This project will develop small, low-cost, low-power, high-performance point analyzers and analyzer networks for the control of energy-related industrial processes. Phase I will develop a prototype infrared instrument capable of general, multi-channel detection in the 3 to 5 micron and the 8 to 14 micron wavelength bands. In addition, the software needed to configure the instrumen ...