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THE TREND CONTINUES TOWARDS APPLYING ADVANCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS TO THE HIGH PERFORMANCE STRUCTURES ASSOCIATED WITH AEROSPACE. STRUCTURES FABRICATED FROM CARBON-CARBON AND FILAMENT WOUND COMPOSITES ARE PARTICULAR EXAMPLES. TO FULLY EXPLOIT THE PROMISE OF THESE ADVANCED STRUCTURES, NOVEL NDE TECHNIQUES ARE NEEDED FOR CHARACTERIZATION. DUAL-ENERGY LAMINOGRAPHY SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES THE CHEMICAL, D ...

THE STUDY OF OCEAN PROCESSES SUCH AS MINERAL DISSOLUTION, ION SPECIATION AND REDOX EQUILIBRIA AS WELL AS EFFLUENT AND POLLUTION MONITORING REQUIRE ACCURATE AND PRECISE MEASUREMENTS OF BOTH MAJOR AND MINOR CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS. ALTHOUGH SPECTROPHOTOMETRY AND FLAME PHOTOMETRY HAVE BEEN USED FOR SEA WATER ANALYSIS, POTENTIONMETRY WITH ION-SELECTIVE ELECTRODES IS THE MOST COMMON-METHODOLOGY, PARTICUL ...

THE FOLLOWING TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES WILL BE ACHIEVED IN THIS STUDY: 1. ASSESS THE AUTOMATIC TEST REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRO-OPTICAL (E/O) UNITS UNDER TEST (UUTS). 2. IDENTIFY AUTOMATIC TEST EQUIPMENT (ATE) STANDARDS FOR TESTING ELECTRO-OPTICAL UNITS UNDER TEST (UUT). 3. IDENTIFY SUITABLE MATE TESTING METHODOLOGIES AND STANDARDS FOR INTERFACING ELECTRO-OPTICAL UUTS TO THE ATE. SURVEYS OF MAJOR AIR FOR ...

THE MATE PROGRAM OFFICE HAS REQUESTED A REVIEW OF THE MATE GENERAL PURPOSE ELECTRICAL INTERFACE CONNECTOR STANDARD TO IMPROVE THE GUIDANCE TO DEVELOP THE MATE INTERFACE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY (ICA). THIS STUDY WILL GATHER INFORMATION, ANALYZE THE RESULTS AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO VERIFY THAT THE ICA WILL MEET PROJECTED AIR FORCE TESTING REQUIREMENTS IN A COST EFFECTIVE MANNER. THE FOLLOWING TECHN ...

THE RESEARCH ADDRESSED IN THIS PROPOSAL INVOLVES AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE USE OF DIAMOND THIN FILMS AS SOLID STATE OPTICAL SWITCHES WHERE THE FILMS ARE PRODUCED BY AN INHERENTLY LOW-COST TECHNIQUE EMPLOYING PLASMA-ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (PE-CVD) OF CARBON-CONTAINING GASES (E.G., METHANE). THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROPOSED RESEARCH EFFORT IS TO EVALUATE EXPERIMENTALLY THE OPTOELECTRIC PRO ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROPOSED RESEARCH EFFORT IS TO EXPERIMENTALLY EVALUATE THE OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION DIAMOND THIN FILMS WITH RESPECT TO ELECTROLUMINESCENCE AND PHOTOCONDUCTION IN THE UV AND BLUE-GREEN SPECTRAL REGIONS. AS A RESULT OF SUCH EFFORTS WE WILL DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH DIAMOND THIN FILMS MAY BE USED AS LASING MEDIA OR PHOTOCONDUCTORS AND ASCERTAIN ...

STORAGE OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY AT A SUFFICIENTLY HIGH DENSITY, IN A SMALL ENOUGH VOLUME AND WITH HIGH ENOUGH EFFICIENCY OF EXTRACTION IS INCRESINGLY BECOMING A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM. CONVENTIONAL CAPACITIVE DEVICES (E.G., ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS) FALL SHORT OF PROVIDING THE VOLUMETRIC EFFICIENCY REQUIRED TO SUPPORT NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR COMPLEX FUZE REQUIREMENTS. WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP AN ENERGY STORAGE ...

THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEM (ITS) TO TRAIN AIR FORCE PERSONNEL. EXPERT-EASE SYSTEMS (EES) HAS DEVELOPED AND DEMONSTRATED A SUCCESSFUL COMPUTER-BASED INSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE CALLED OPTIMALLY ADAPTIVE LEARNING (OAL). OAL COMBINES SEVERAL TECHNOLOGIES: OPTIMIZATION THEORY, EDUCATIONAL MODELING, AND HUMAN PSYCHOLOGY. THE OAL APPROACH UTILIZED ADVANCED OPTIMI ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP A MULTI-RAIL RAILGUN AND A MULTI-ARMATURE LONG ROD PENETRATORS FOR ANTI-ARMOR APPLICATION. PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT RODS OF L/D BETWEEN 20-30 CAN BE LAUNCHED TO VELOCITIES OF 2 TO 4 KM/S, SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING THE PRESENT STATE-OF-THE-ART IN ANTI-ARMOR WEAPONRY. KEY TECHNICAL ISSUES ARE INTER-RAIL INSULATION OF THE MULTI-RAIL GUN AND ARMATU ...

THE EXPERIENCE OF THE PAST THIRTY YEARS IN THE SPACE BUSINESS HAS YET TO BE FULLY EXPLOITED FOR ITS POTENTIAL IN REDUCING SPACE SYSTEMS COSTS. THE PROPOSED EFFORT WILL PROVIDE A METHODOLOGY WHICH WILL PLACE THE PAST EXPERIENCE OF COST REDUCTION INITIATIVES AT THE FINGERTIPS OF THE AIR FORCE MANAGERS. THE METHODOLOGY IS PLANNED TO TAKE THE FORM OF A TWO PART DECISION SUPPORT MODEL CODED FOR A PERSO ...