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The coating system currently used on U.S. Air Force and Navy aircraft is a two-coat system consisting of a chromated epoxy primer per MIL-PRF-23377 ("23377 primer") underneath a urethane topcoat per MIL-PRF-85285 ("85285 topcoat"). The development of a multi-functional coating with advanced performance properties is critical to achieving a single step corrosion inhibiting topcoat to replace the c ...

CompuTherm, LLC proposes to develop and experimentally validate thermodynamic databases for nickel, aluminum, and titanium based alloys. Thermodynamic databases are critically needed by the materials industry to accelerate the development of new materialsfor applications such as turbine engines. Databases greatly reduce the need for costly and time-consuming trial-and-error experiments. Unfortunat ...

Oceanit has successfully shown in Phase I that highly accurate (sub-arcsecond) observations are obtainable utilizing a relatively low-cost COTS system. These highly accurate angular observations can be introduced into the orbit determination process as asupplement to high-quality range data. These improved angular observations help resolve the geometric ambiguity of range-only orbit determinatio ...

Shrimp farming is the world's most valuable aquaculture sector with 1994 production of 733,000 MT and crop value of $4 billion. This huge industry depends on wild animals with its seedstock either gathered directly from the sea or produced in hatcheries from wild-caught broodstock. Recently the industry has experienced severe disease problems which in part are due to its reliance on wild animals ...

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The proposed project will evaluate a variety of power electronic topologies of the interface between a micro SMES system and the dc side of commercially available ac inverters, in-line UPS systems, and variable speed drives. This assessment will be applicable to micro SMES systems with an energy storage of up to 10 MJ and power rating of up to about 5 MW. The range of 500 to 5,000 Vdc will be us ...

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