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Optical measurements including laser velocimetry (LV), particle image velocimetry (PIV), and other similar techniques are becoming a more important part of aerodynamic testing. However their implementation into large production wind tunnels is severely hindered by difficulties with flow seeding. Phase I of this program will focus on the problem of seed delivery and dispersal into a transonic strea ...

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), U.S. Air Force and agencies like the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have a current and future need for advanced commercially available inherently rad-hard primitive cell libraries to support new designs for satellites and other spacecraft. American Semiconductor Inc. proposes a new core cell library that can meet next generation high ...

The current generation of hybrid particle detectors at the International Linear Collider (ILC) falls well short of meeting the mass and resolution requirements: mass less than 0.1 radiation length/layer, resolution speed in the range of

The use of carnauba wax in melt/castable explosives yields a insensitive explosive formulation that enhances overall safety for the use of these munitions in the field. However, carnauba wax is only obtained from overseas sources and there is no domestic source for this material. This leads to shortages of material and higher prices. There exists a need for a wax substitute to replace the carna ...

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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Existing search technology is inadequate for addressing the information retrieval requirements of today's complex tasks that require the integration of information from multiple and heterogeneous sources, the discovery of arbitrary and non-obvious relations between the documents, and the uncovering of information that is intentionally trying to hide. The goal of this project is to advance the stat ...