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A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STOICHIOMETRIC DIESEL ENGINE IS PROPOSED USING THE THERMAL IGNITION COMBUSTION CHAMBER. THE ADIABATIC DIESEL ENGINE WITHOUT WATER OR AIR COOLING ALLOWS THE THERMAL IGNITION CHAMBER TO STORE HEAT DURING COMBUSTION AND RELEASE THE ENERGY FOR IGNITION IN THE FOLLOWING CYCLE. INJECTION OF FUEL ON TO 1800-2000 DEG. F WALL TEMPERATURE WILL PREPARE THE FUEL FOR ...

THE INCREASING TEMPO AND LETHALITY OF THE MODERN BATTLEFIELD DICTATE THAT THE ARMY'S DISPERSED, SEMI-AUTONOMOUS UNITS AND SYSTEMS POSSESS THE CAPABILITY TO DEFEND THEMSELVES INTELLIGENTLY ON THE BATTLEFIELD BY HAVING EFFECTIVE C2 SYSTEMS WHICH ASSISTS IN INTEGRATING THE DEFENSES FOR WEAPONS PLATFORMS. THE US ARMY FIELD ARTILLERY ENVISIONS THE DISPERSED, SEMI-AUTONOMOUS OPERATION OF WEAPONS SYSTEMS ...

DESIGN AND PRODUCE FUNCTIONAL PROTOTYPE OF A SMALL SELF-CONTAINED ACOUSTIC SIGNAL SOURCE TO BE DEPLOYED AT SEA, WHICH WILL INJECT AN OPERATOR-SELECTED PULSE TRAIN AT SOURCE LEVEL AT 225 DBRE LU PA INTO THE WATER AT DEPTHS PRESELECTED FROM 100 TO 1500 FEET. PULSE TRAIN ACCURACY SHALL BE BETTER THAN 50 MILLISECONDS; PULSE DURATION SHALL BE LESS THAN 250 MILLISECONDS. A MULTI-REDUNDANT SAFETY AND ARM ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED WORK (PHASE I AND II) IS TO DEVELOP A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR MODELING COMPLEX THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOWS ENCOUNTERED IN NAVAL APPLICATIONS. THE SOFTWARE WILL BE BUILT ON CREARE'S FLUID FLOW MODELING CODE FLUENT/BFC. IN PHASE I, WE WILL DEVELOP THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE ENHANCEMENTS TO BE ADDED TO THE PROPOSED CODE. TO DEMONSTRATE THE CURRENT CAPABILITIES OF FLUENT/BFC,WE ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF PHAE I IS TO DETERMINE BY AN ANALYTICAL STUDY THE OPTIMUM DESIGN APPROACH, OR APPROACHES, FOR SOLID-STATE ELECTRICAL FAULT CURRENT LIMITERS FOR THE CURRENT RANGE OF 15 TO 5000 AMPERES. THE ANALYTICAL TRADEOFF STUDY WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING TASKS: 1) DEFINITION OF CURRENT LIMITER REQUIREMENTS, 2) DEFINITION OF TRADEOFF ANALYSIS CRITERIA, 3) DEFINITION OF CANDIDATE CURRENT LIMITER ...

THIS PROPOSAL IS TO DEMONSTRATE FEASIBILITY OF INSERTION OF SIALIC ACID MOLECULES INTO MEMBRANES OF LIPOSOMES CARRYING HEMOGLOBIN. THE LIPOSOMES MAY BE PROVIDED BY NAVY CONTRACTORS OR PREPARED BY OFFEROR ACCORDING TO CONTRACTORS' SPECIFICATIONS FOR FOMULATION. THE ADDED SIALIC ACID WILL PROTECT THE LIPOSOMES FROM CLEARANCE BY THE RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM AND THEREBY INCREASE THE RESIDENCY TIME O ...

THE PROPOSED INVESTIGATION IS IN THE GENERAL AREA OF ACOUSTIC WARFARE. THE SYSTEM CONCEPT TO BE INVESTIGATED IS AIMED AT ACHIEVING DECEPTION/DIVERSION OF OPPOSING ASW FORCES. THE CONCEPT IS BASED ON EXPLOITING WEAKNESSES IN THREAT ACOUSTIC SENSOR SYSTEMS IN ORDER TO CREATE FALSE TARGETS. OPERATIONAL APPLICATIONS MIGHT INCLUDE CREATION OF FALSE TARGETS TO DRAW AWAY ASW AIRCRAFT FROM FRIENDLY FORCES ...