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THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY HAS MADE IT IMPERATIVE TO DETECT BIOHAZARDS WHICH MAY BE ENCOUNTERED INI STRATEGIC AREAS OF AIR FORCE OPERATIONS. THE RELEASE OF BIOLOGICAL/CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS IN A DEEP BASE WOULD PRESENT A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. IN PHASE I OF THIS PROPOSAL, WE WILL DEVELOP A QUALITATIVE METHOD OF DETECTING LOW CONCENTRATIONS OF AIRBORNE CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL AGENTS. THIS ...

SOLID LUBRICATION OFFERS SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGES FOR ROLLING ELEMENT BEARINGS AND MACHINERY EXPOSED TO EXTREME CONDITIONS. A MAJOR CONSTRAINT IS THAT CURRENT DESIGNS FOR SUCH BEARINGS ARE BASED ON HYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION (OIL AND GREASE). THE CHALLENGE IS TO IDENTIFY A NEW CONCEPT THAT FOCUSES THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE EFFECTVE USE OF SOLIDS AND A METHODOLOGY FOR SOLID LUBRICANT-BEARING SYSTEM INTE ...

CDTE ELECTROOPTC MODULATOR CYSTALS UP TO10X10X50MM3 WILL BE THE DEVICE OF CHOICE IN MANY CO2 LASER RADAR SYSTEMS UNDER DEVELOPMENT BY AFAL. THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS WORK IS TO SIGNIFICANTLY RAISE CURRENTLY LOW YIELDS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF LARGE ELECTROOOPTIC GRADE CDTE SINGLE CRYSTALS THEREBY IMPROVING THE PRODUCIBLITY OF CDTE MODULATORS. PHASE I WILL INCLUDE: 1. A LITERATURE SEARCH OF OPTIMUMCONDIT ...

A TECHNICAL RESEARCH PROGRAM AIMED AT DEVELOPING AN ANALYTICAL PROCEDURE FOR INVESTIGATING THE DAMAGE PRODUCED IN COMPOSITE PLATES, DUE TO LOW VELOCITY IMPACT, IS PROPOSED. THE METHOD OUTLINED IN THIS PROPOSAL UTILIZES A HIGHER ORDER, SHEAR FLEXIBLE, PLATE BENDING FINITE ELEMENT. THIS ELEMENT INCORPORATES SHEAR DEFORMATION EFFECTS AND INCLUDES COUPLING BETWEEN MEMBRANE AND BENDING DEGREES OF FREED ...

SPACE-BASED DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR ATTACKING SATELLITE COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION GATHERING SYSTEMS. ACCORDINGLY, THERE IS A STRONG INCENTIVE TO DEVELOP PROTECTIVE SYSTEMS WHICH WILL ALLEVIATE OR NEGATE THE DAMAGING EFFECTS OF THESE WEAPONS AS STRUCTURES. A POTENTIALLLY EFFECTIVE APPROACH, FOR THE PROTECTION OF SATELLITES FROM DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS, IS THE UTILIZATION ...

ABSTRACT: An ability to reduce the weight of cables has the potential to provide significant cost savings, reduce maintenance and improve reliability of satellites. The costs of developing and producing satellites are linearly proportional with the satellite"s weight, with each kilogram costing around $1 million when delivery-to-space costs are included. With global satellite launches expected to ...

ABSTRACT: Hypersonic propulsion systems, such as supersonic combustion ramjets (scramjets) are generally expected to operate from Mach 3.5 up to Mach 7-8 and are designed for specific flight Mach numbers to achieve optimum performance. However, realistic flight vehicles will experience a wide range of flight conditions during a typical mission. These off-design flight conditions degrade the perfo ...

We propose a rapid mapping and 3-D visualization system especially suited for inside buildings, tunnels, urban canyons, and other environments where GPS may be poor or not available. The system--which was fully demonstrated in our Phase I effort-- includes mobile Sensor Nodes that wirelessly supply compressed 3D range data and color imagery to a central Fusion Node. The Fusion Node runs 3D recon ...

ABSTRACT:Emergence and feasibility for flexible body-worn electronics and particularly medical patches requires high performance electronics capability.The problem is that these new technologies must have flexible and conformal physical formats and conventional electronic components are not in any way flexible. In the CLAS Phase I program, a new flexible high-performance manufacturing and material ...

ABSTRACT: Lumir is developing Sim MD, a multi-dimensional simulation certification system to assess training capabilities of LVC or DMO combat mission training and rehearsal systems. Sim MD provides ready access to valuable data without risk of technical, methodological or political challenges. At the core of Sim MD is the training capabilities assessment tool (TCAT) through which warfighters an ...