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DENTAL ILLNESSES AND INJURIES OCCURRING IN THE FIELD ARE DIFFICULT TO TREAT WITHOUT A DENTAL CHAIR. WE HAVE DESIGNED A FIELD EXPEDIENT DENTAL CHAIR MADE OF COMPOSITE (PRIMARILY HONEYCOMB AND CARBONGRAPHITE FIBER) MATERIALS. THE CHAIR ALLOWS BOTH STAND-UP AND SIT DOWN DENTISTRY. THE CHAIR WEIGHS LESS THAN TEN LB., FOLDS TO A SMALL VOLUME, IS EASILY CLEANED AND IS RUGGED. ADDITIONALLY, THE DEVICE AL ...

BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEXITY OF GEOMETRY, LOADS AND MATERIAL SYSTEMS OF TURBINE BLADES, THE STRESS AND STRENGTH CHARACTERISTICS CAN NOT BE ACCURATELY PREDICTED BY EXISTING METHODS. THE COMPOSITE TURBINE BLADE STRENGTH CAPABILITIES ARE VERY MUCH DEPENDENT UPON THE CONSTITUENT MATERIAL PROPERTIES, PLY ORIENTATIONS AND STACKING SEQUENCE. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED STUDY IS TO DEVELOP A TECHNIQUE TO P ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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THE RESEARCH WILL PROVIDE AN INVESTIGATIVE STUDY AND DEVELOPMENT OF VARIOUS ELECTRONIC COUNTERMEASURE (ECM) TECHNIQUES TO DEGRADE THE PERFORMANCE OF DIGITALLY CONTROLLED THREAT WEAPON SYSTEMS THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOFTWARE ALGORITHMS DESIGNED TO SATURATE OR OVERLOAD THE THREAT. THE THREATS OF PRIMARY CONCERN ARE PASSIVE DETECTION/GUIDANCE SYSTEMS WHICH WILL RECEIVE SIGNALS EMITTED BY THE DETE ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE EXTENT TO WHICH CERTAIN FEATURES OF THE ADA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE CAN BE USED TO DETECT AND HANDLE HIDDEN SOFTWARE ERRORS WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE HALT PROGRAM EXECUTION. ADA'S TYPING, EXCEPTION HANDLING, AND INTERFACE CHECKIG PROVIDE THE TOOLDS FOR BUILDING SUCH ROBUTNESS INTO SOURCE CODE. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS DEMONSTRATION IS TO SHOW HOW ROBUTNESS ...