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THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PHASE I RESEARCH IS TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF UTILIZING ACOUSTIC RADIATION FROM VEHICLE TIRES TO PROVIDE A LOW COST, EASY TO DEPLOY, UNOBTRUSIVE, RELAIBLE REPLACEMENT FOR THE CURRENT METHOD OF COLLECTING VEHICLE AXLE PASSAGE DATA. THE PROPOSED METHOD WILL CROSS-CORRELATE THE TIRE NOISE RECEIVED AT SPATIALLY SEPARATED MICROPHONES TO LOCATE AXLE CROSSINGS. THE PROCESSING ...

THE SBIR PROGRAM SOLICITATION PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO DESIGN AND DEVELOP A FARE PAYMENT SYSTEM BASED ON ADVANCED FARE PAYMENT MEDIA TO MEET THE NEEDS OF TRANSIT PATRONS AND SYSTEMS IN THE 1990S. THE SOLICITATION STATED THE NEW MEDIASHOULD: BE COST EFFECTIVE, PERMIT PAYMENT OF ZONAL FARES, INCREASE FLEXIBILITY IN PAYMENT SCHEDULES AND METHODS, AND IMPROVE REVENUE SECURITY AND PROCESSING CAPABILI ...

Most research on scour assessment has traditionally focused on developing best-fit or envelope equations to estimate the maximum scour depths from physical experiments in a laboratory environment. However, obtaining an accurate estimate is always a challenge due to numerous uncertainties in the actual riverine or coastal environment. With advances in new surveying technologies and growing computat ...

Most research on scour assessment has traditionally focused on developing best-fit or envelope equations to estimate the maximum scour depths from physical experiments in a laboratory environment. However, obtaining an accurate estimate is always a challenge due to numerous uncertainties in the actual riverine or coastal environment. With advances in new surveying technologies and growing computat ...

RESEARCH WILL BE CARRIED OUT ON INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS ANDFLIGHT CREW PERFORMANCE IN RELATION TO FUTURE DATA LINK COMMUNICATIONS (DLC) SYSTEMS. IT IS EXPECTED THAT AVAILABILITY OF CRITICAL INFORMATION IN THE COCKPIT FROM DLC SYSTEMS WILL FACILITATE IMPROVED TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY AND SAFETY. HOWEVER, THERE MAY BE SOME PRICE IN TERMS OF CREW WORKLOAD. TASK ANALYSIS AND HUMAN FACTORS INFORMATIO ...

The Airborne Internet is an information network between aircraft and the ground that enables information exchange experienced with today's internet. This capability will automate the way in which air traffic control monitors and tracks aircraft, significantly improving airspace management and response times, and how aircraft collaborate and share information to significantly improve situational a ...

COMPUTER MODELING OF MULTIDETECTOR, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING EXPLOSIVES DETECTION DEVICES IS A CRITICAL ASPECT OF THE DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION OF THESE SYSTEMS. FOR ANY SYSTEM MODEL, THE TARGET LUGGAGE IS A COMMON DENOMINATOR. A LUGGAGE SIMULATION TOOL WHICH COULD GENERATE DATA FILES FOR INPUT INTO ANY SUCH CODE MUST HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO GENERATE REALISTIC OBJECTS OF MANY DIFFERENT TYPES, SHAPES ...

Not Available There is current need for a lower-cost method of acquiring ultra high range resolution (UHRR) radar signatures for a variety of aircraft. The proposed research will produce a conceptual telescience system design suitable for the remotely-supervised semi-autonomous operation of a portable data collection radar. This radar data collection concept will reduce the costs of acquiring mea ...

The technical objective of this Phase I project is to develop concept that demonstrates the viability of one or more tools and/or approaches to catalyze casual carpooling in a corridor where it does not exist or to improve casual carpooling in a corridor where it is present but underperforming. The proposed approach offers four unique components: (1) building off of the existing casual carpoolin ...

NOAA can reduce costs and improve efficiency by remotely monitoring harbors, navigation channels and coastlines for bathymetric changes. This will aid NOAA and its mission to maintain waterways and assure maritime safety. This remote sensing can be accomplished by implementing a new radar derived bathymetry capability. Areté Associated proposes to implement an advanced algorithm to derive bath ...