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THE COMPLEXITY OF THE NEXT-GENERATION FAULT-TOLERANT ELECTRONIC SYSTEM DESIGN TASKS WILL REQUIRE INTERACTIVE ACCESS TO THE RELIABILITYPREDICTION TOOLS IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE DESIRED RELIABILITY GOALS. THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES THE INTEGRATION OF THE AFHRL DEVELOPED MISSION RELIABILITY MODEL (MIREM) AND THE AVAILABLE CIRCUIT DESIGN PROGRAMS IN AN ENGINEERING WORKSTATION ENVIRONMENT. THE PROPOSED EFF ...

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CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AUTHORING SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN PROVEN EFFECTIVE IN PRODUCING COMPUTER-BASED TRAINING LESSONS CONTAINING SEQUENCES OF TEXT AND GRAPHICS SCREENS THROUGH WHICH THE STUDENT IS GUIDED UNTIL MASTERY IS ACHIEVED. IN A PERSONNEL TRAINING SIMULATION, FAR MORE ADVANCED CAPABILITIES ARE REQUIRED, INCLUDING MULTITASKING, COMMUNICATION WITH EXTERNAL DEVICES, HIGH SPEED DATA ANALYSIS AND GRAPHI ...

IT IS PLANNED TO DEVELOP A WORKSTATION ENVIRONMENT FOR THE ADVANCED THERMAL HYDRAULIC ENERGY NETWORK ANALYZER (ATHENA) CODE TO FACILITATE FUSION REACTOR DESIGN STUDIES. ATHENA HAS A WIDE RANGE OF CAPABILITIES AND IS AN ESSENTIAL TOOL FOR THE STUDY OF FUSION REACTOR DESIGN. THE PERSONAL-COMPUTER (PC)-BASED WORKSTATION ENVIRONMENT FOR ATHENA WILL STREAMLINE AND AUTOMATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF INPUTDECKS ...

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THE UNSTEADY FLOW PHENOMENA AROUND REALISTIC SCRAMJET FLAME HOLDERS WILL BE STUDIED USING AN EFFICIENT TIME-ACCURATE NUMERICAL SCHEME. NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF A SUBSONIC RAMJET HAS SHOWN AN INTERACTION BETWEEN THE LARGE-SCALE VORTICES AND ACOUSTIC WAVES AT A CHARACTERISTIC NONACOUSTIC EIGENFREQUENCY. IN SUPERSONIC RAMJETS, ACOUSTIC WAVES WILL PROPAGATE UPSTREAM ONLY THROUGH THE SUBSONIC RECIRCULAT ...

THIS PROGRAM WILL INVESTIGATE ADVANCED ABRASIVE WATERJET (AWJ) TECHNIQUES TO FACILITATE THE DECONTAMINATION AND DECOMMISSIONING OF NUCLEAR FACILITIES. TWO SPECIFIC NEEDS ARE TO BE ADDRESSED: METAL SURFACE REMOVAL FOR COMPLETE DECONTAMINATION OF LARGE, HEAVILY CONTAMINATED METAL STRUCTURES AND UNDERWATER CUTTING OF THICK METALS AND CONCRETE. AN AWJ IS A SMALL DIAMETER ULTRA HIGH VELOCITY WATERJET I ...

AIRCRAFT TYPICALLY USE PNEUMATIC TIRE EQUIPPED LANDING GEAR. MORE AIRCRAFT ARE BEING TASKED TO BE CAPABLE OF OPERATING TO AND FROM PAVED AND ROUGH/SOFT FIELDS OR RUNWAYS TO SUPPORT GROUND OPERATIONS. ADJUSTING TIRE PRESSURE FOR OPTIMAL TIRE/SOIL INTERACTION WILL BE NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL. THIS PROPOSAL PRESENTS A RELIABLE SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING TIRE PRESSURE WHILE IN FLIGHT. AIR WILL BE P ...

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BY INTEGRATING THE POWER OF COMPUTER, INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN AND KNOWLEDGE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES INTO ONE SEEMLESS FUNCTIONAL OPERATING SYSTEM, IT IS NOW POSSIBLE TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT AN INEXPENSIVE MICROCOMPUTER-BASED WORKSTATION. BY EMBEDDING THE HEURISTIC STRUCTURES OF INSTRUCTIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE PROCESSING ROUTINES INTO THE SYSTEM, AUTOMATION OF THE INTERSERVICE INSTRUCTIONALSYSTEMS DEVELO ...