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The size of the latest generation of wind turbines is outstripping the capabilities of the materials and techniques used to manufacture them. As wind turbines are made larger to improve efficiency, composites with improved mechanical properties and long term performance are required to avoid premature field failures. Further as wind turbines are produced in ever greater numbers, faster manufacturi ...

As wind turbine rotor diameters increase in size, especially for offshore wind farms, susceptibility to damaging wind conditions is increasing as well. The fatigue and extreme loads that a turbine must endure ends up increasing the Cost of Energy (CoE) significantly through higher maintenance and repair costs, reduced availability, shorter lifetimes, and increased initial purchase cost because of ...

This Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I project is proposed to address high temperature superconductor insulation to help improve stability and quench protection. Most importantly stability will be increased so that the power level at which quench occurs is greatly increased. Quench is the rapid, unintended transition from superconducting to normal conducting. It is a consequence of a faul ...

The highest priority in the Nuclear Physics program is, at present, the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams. In the longer term it is likely that a high priority will be an Electron Ion Collider, and several concepts are under development. In order to achieve the high luminosities that would be required to make such a machine attractive, some kind of bunch crabbing system will be required. For example ...

ABSTRACT: Providing electrical power for long duration hypersonic flight is a technology that is required to bring about this revolutionary mode of transport. Whether for weapons delivery or for space access, the long duration missions anticipated require a novel approach to the generation of electrical power during flight. Scramjets contain no rotating shafts from which typical generators or mec ...

ABSTRACT: This STTR proposal is the natural consequence of our collaboration that makes use of the established know-how under the MURI program, the established track record of RHK in commercialization of critical hardware, software and electronic controllers to implement scanning probe microscopy with nanometer scale resolution of structural, electrical and optical materials properties for more t ...

ABSTRACT: Red Flag is a multinational exercise featuring aerial combat flight operations. Due to the complexity and scope of these exercises, participants require a significant amount of spin-up in advance of their arrival. Specifically, there are a number of logistical and safety related that a pilot must learn and abide by. These rules govern ground operations, marshaling, rules of engagemen ...

ABSTRACT: Opteos Inc. is proposing a new approach to the measurement of electric fields based on the electrooptics principles. This system promises an extremely high bandwidth of operation, 50GHz to 100GHz, a wide dynamic range up to 60dB, and high accuracy better than 1% full scale. The system is modular with partitioning concepts that allow for inexpensive expansion and easy maintenance. The p ...

The objective of this SBIR project is to design compact wideband antennas for military vehicular platforms using metamaterial concepts. Specifically, we will use some of the metamaterial surface concepts that have been recently developed at the University of Michigan for antenna miniaturization, bandwidth enhancement and platform isolation. As part of the proposed Phase II effort, several UHF ante ...

Army helicopter pilots are inundated with information in the cockpit, and more is coming. But simply providing more information is not always the answer. With new technology constantly pushing more information into the cockpit, there is an ever-increasing demand for smarter management of that information before it overwhelms the pilot. Most cockpit displays require a pilot to navigate a series of ...