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Polarix is developing a motor/generator/inverter technology, which combines major increase in power density with increased, reliability, efficiency and manufacturability. The Polarix Arrayed Controlled Turnless Structures (ACTS) motor will exhibit up to an order of magnitude greater power density than present technology.  It relies on the integration of arrays of low voltage independently control ...

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THE INNOVATIVE PROPOSED HEREIN CONCERNS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HOLOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUE FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF ELECTRON DENSITY PROFILES IN THE FLOWS OVER A RV BALLISTIC RANGE MODEL. AN EXPERIMENT IS IDENTIFIED IN WHICH HOLOGRAPHIC PLASMA MEASUREMENTS WILL BE USED FOR REFINEMENT AND VALIDATION OF COMPUTATIONAL FLOW/CHEMISTRY ANALYSIS. THE TECHNICAL APPROACH IS BASED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A T ...

A BASING MODE IS PROPOSED FOR THE SMALL ICBM (SICBM) TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE NEED FOR A DEPLOYMENT CONCEPT TO ENHANCE ITS SURVIVABILITY AND UTILITY. THE BASING CONCEPT USES STRATEGIC WARNING TO DISPERSE THE SICBM TO A REMOTE LOCATION. HOWEVER, AS COMPARED TO OTHER DISPERSAL BASING SYSTEMS, THIS CONCEPTHAS (1) A PUBLICLY AND POLITICALLY ACCEPTABLE PEACE TIME BASING LOCATION, (2) SURVIVABILITY TO SU ...

A BETTER ELASTOMERIC MODIFIER WILL BE SEARCHED AND USED FOR BISMALEIMIDE (BMI) RESIN TO IMPROVE THE TOUGHNESS OF THE RESIN. THE GOAL IS GOOD ROOM TEMPERATURE TOUGHNESS WITH GOOD STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE IN THE 350-450 DEG F RANGE. NEAT RESIN SPECIMENS AND LABORATORY SCALE GRAPHITE FIBER COMPOSITE SPECIMENS WILL BE MADE FOR TOUGHENING TESTS AND EVALUATIONS.

A modular hierarchy of neural networks is proposed as a LADAR ATR (Automatic Target Recognition) system. neural networks perform both the basic segmentation as well as the object classification. HNC and its teaming partner, professor Stephen Grossberg (Director of Boston University's center for Adaptive Systems) propose to develop a LADAR ATR system based upon the earlier work by professor Grossbe ...

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The objectives of this proposal are to develop an animal surrogate finite element (FE) model and environment that can be used as a tool to investigate injury mechanisms and mitigation of traumatic brain injury (TBI) due to blast overpressure. A rat head model with a high degree of anatomical detail will be refined for used within an FE blast environment. To avoid the use of unnecessarily costly ...

A BLAST OVERPRESSURE DOSIMETER CONCEPT WILL BE STUDIED TO ASCERTAIN ITS FEASIBILITY FOR GENERAL USE AS AN INDIVIDUAL PROTECTIVE DEVICE. FEASIBILITY TESTING WILL BE PERFORMED IN THE CONTRACTOR'S FACILITY, USING A SHOTGUN TO GENERATE THE BLAST WAVES. THE BLAST OVERPRESSURE FIELD WILL BE MAPPED WITH AVAILABLE INSTRUMENTATION. RESULTS OF THE STUDY WILL BE USED TO ESTABLISH THE FEASIBILITY OF THE 10 TO ...

This project will develop and demonstrate a high-temperature ceramic-coated tungsten nosetip for hypervelocity projectiles. The ceramic coating will delay oxidation, which causes increased surface roughness, boundary layer transition, much higher heat transfer rates, and substantial ablation of tungsten and carbon-carbon materials. If laminar flow over the nosetip can be maintained, tungsten"s pro ...