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A PROPRIETARY APPROACH TO USING MAGNESIUM COMPOSITES FOR FABRICATING REUSABLE HYDROGEN STORAGE MODULES FOR THE NATIONAL AEROSPACE PLANE (NASP), THE X-30, IS PRESENTED. THESE HYDRIDE MATERIALS HAVE THE INHERENT CAPABILITY FOR STORING HYDROGEN AT ROOM TEMPERATURE TO DENSITIES NEARLY TWICE THAT OF LIQUID HYDROGEN. PRELIMINARY EXPERIMENTS INDICATE THAT THESE MAGNESIUM COMPOSITES CAN MAINTAIN THEIR STR ...

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THE ESTIMATION OF THE COMPUTER CAPACITIES REQUIRED TO SUPPORT A MISSION ARE USUALLY THE SUBJECT OF MUCH DISCUSSION. ESTIMATES OF THE WORKLOAD AND OTHER PARAMETERS VARY GREATLY. THE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT MOST APPLICATIONS DO NOT FIT THE TRADITIONAL TIMING AND SIZING EFFORT. NONE OF THE THREE COMPONENTS (WORKLOAD, PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS AND ARCHITECTURE) IS USUALLY PRESENT. WE CONTEND THAT THE M ...

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THE OPERATIONS OF A THERMODYNAMIC VENT SYSTEM (TVS) WILL BE INVESTIGATED WITH THE GOAL OF OPTIMIZING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CRYOGENIC STORAGE SYSTEM FOR LONG TERM STORAGE. A TEN YEAR STORAGE LIFE IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL TO BE ACHIEVED. THE EFFECTS OF THE VENTED GAS ON IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF A MULTILAYER INSULATION SYSTEM WILL BE OPTIMIZED BY VARIATION OF PARAMETERS. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO MINIMIZE ...

ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING FABRICS FOR THE PROTECTION OF PERSONNEL WITH RESPECT TO EXPOSURE TO DIRECT FLAME AND YET HAS THE FEEL OF A SOFT TEXTILE IS COMPOSED OF OXIDIZED POLYACRYLONITRILE FIBER (OPF). HOWEVER OPF FABRICS HAVE LACKED SUFFICIENT ABRASION RESISTANCE FOR USE IN PROTECTIVE CLOTHING. THE NAVY CLOTHING AND TEXTILE RESEARCH CENTER (Z. KUPFERMAN AND M. ROY) HAS DEMONSTRATED THE OPF FABRI ...

A MICROCLIMATOLOGICAL WEATHER STATION DESIGN IS PROPOSED WHICH INCORPORATES RESEARCH QUALITY INSTRUMENTS CAPABLE OF MEASURING HEAT FLUXES DIRECTLY. RECENT TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES HAVE ENABLED THESE INSTRUMENTS TO OPERATE IN REMOTE, LOW POWER, UNATTENDED APPLICATIONS. ULTRASONIC TECHNOLOGY IS USED TO MEASURE SENSIBLE AND LATENT HEAT FLUXES USING THE EDDY CORRELATION METHOD. THE WEATHER STATION IS DE ...

INTERMEDIATE MAINTENANCE IS NORMALLY ACCOMPLISHED BY HIGHLY TRAINED, HIGHLY SKILLED TECHNICANS. THE ABILITY TO PLACE SUCH SKILLED PERSONNEL IN "REMOTE-FIELD POSITIONS" HAS BECOME ECONOMICALLY IMPRACTICAL BASED ON THE NUMBER OF FAILURES THAT OCCUR AND THE HIGH COST OF TRAINING. THIS BEING THE CASE, WE MUST LOOK TO STATE-OF-THE-ART ADVANCES IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO BRING THE EXPERTISE OF THESE ...