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Railroad grade crossings remain one of the primary locations for fatal or near-fatal accidents involving rail vehicles. Multiple attempts to prevent such accidents by means such as signals and gates are severely hampered both by expense of installation and by the fact that many accidents are caused by vehicle drivers or pedestrians deliberately or through inattention ignoring or evading warnings ...

The objective of Phase II R&D concerns micro air vehicles (MAVs). These MAVs are typically used for remote, surreptitious surveillance using video links. Under Phase I, AetherMachines Inc. has developed and test flown a MAV employing many new features which extend MAV capabilities and mission duration significantly. First, it has a very unique ‘insect like’ topology which enables great maneuv ...

The objective of this project is to develop innovative means to effectively enable Safe/Arm (S/A) functionally within gravity dropped small weapons. Several concepts have been developed and their feasibility demonstrated during the Phase I of this project. Methods have also been developed for their optimal design. The developed concepts are suitable for weapons dropped from any altitude. Fully ele ...

The effort proposed in this Phase II SBIR will develop improved fast running blast response and progressive collapse models for reinforced concrete walls and slabs used in civil construction. These models will be developed and integrated within the MEVA (Modular Effectiveness Vulnerability Assessment) software. Currently, the blast response models in MEVA are limited to hardened construction and ...

The goal of this research is to provide automated information extraction services, in particular event and relationship extraction for forensic analysis. Specifically, we propose to develop and pursue an ontology-driven approach to information extraction. We will use a formal ontology capturing concepts of interest not only to facilitate the exploitation of extraction results in a larger forensi ...

This program will conduct analytical studies and demonstrate the conversion of the UEL, rotary engine, to run on heavy fuel. Specifically, CFD modeling will be used to show how direct injection/stratified charge can be employed to convert this engine to heavy fuel. The direct injection will avoid predetonation, while the stratified charge or layering of the fuel air mixture will be investigated fo ...

MesoScribe Technologies will improve the performance of ceramic thermocouples for applications in gas turbine engines. A number of semi-conducting ceramic oxides have been identified as temperature sensors in Phase I. The Phase II project will optimize the material’s chemistry and sensor fabrication processing to yield stable thermoelectric output at 1250°C. Sensor performance and durability ...

Multiscale Design Systems, LLC, in collaboration with domain experts in modeling (Rajagopal), simulation (Estep), experimentation (Ruggles-Wrenn) and in partnership with GE Aviation, Boeing and Renegade Materials, will develop integrated multiscale design software for high temperature polymer matrix component (HTPMC) materials, hereafter referred to as MDS-C. The key functionalities of the MDS-C t ...

City planners and engineers need detailed assessments of public rights-of-way to evaluate existing conditions, determine compliance with draft accessibility guidelines, and plan reconstruction projects. Current assessment methods are inadequate and inefficient due to the time and resources required. This project will develop an automated public rights-of-way assessment process and the measuremen ...

Clear Science Corp. proposes to develop Aeroelastic Model Updating (AMU) software that enables safer, more efficient and accurate flutter testing of military aircraft. Aircraft certification involves a battery of expensive and sometimes risky flight tests. The proposed tool will reduce costs by reducing required hours of flutter testing and will reduce risk by providing supplemental aeroelastic- ...