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HIGHLY CONFORMAL GRAPHITE/PEEK THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE FABRICS UTILIZING CO-MINGLED YARNS ARE CURRENTLY BEING INVESTIGATED FOR USE IN SIMPLE CURVATURE PRIMARY HELICOPTER STRUCTURE. THIS PROGRAM SEEKS TO ADVANCE THEIR USE TO COMPOUND CURVATURE HELICOPTER PRIMARY STRUCTURE AND CONCURRENTLY DEMONSTRATE A MANUFACTURING PROCESS APPLICABLE TO LARGE, COMPLEX STRUCTURES. THE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM INCLUDES S ...

THE RECENT DISCOVERY OF PEROVSKITE-LIKE COPPER-OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS WITH TRANSITION TEMPERATURES ABOVE LIQUID NITROGEN TEMPERATURES HAS LED TO RENEWED INTEREST IN THE APPLICATION OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY. THESE NEW YBACUO (YBA(2)CU(3)O(7-X) MATERIALS OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THESE MATERIALS AS DETECTORS MORE CONVENIENTLY THAN THE "CLASSICAL" SUPERCONDUCTORS. THE LONG RANGE GOAL OF THE PROPOSED PR ...

COMPOSITES OFFER THE POTENTIAL FOR OBTAINING MATERIALS WITH SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES (STIFFNESS, DAMAGE TOLERANCE, HIGH TEMPERATURE CAPABILITIES) COMPARED TO THAT OF ANY OF THE INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS ALONE. DIAMOND WOULD BE A VERY INTERESTING COMPONENT IN A COMPOSITE MATERIAL BECAUSE OF ITS EXTRAORDINARY HARDNESS, HIGH ELASTIC MODULUS, LOW COMPRESSIBILITY, LOW THERMAL EXPANSION ...

IT IS COMMONLY AGREED THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF ULTRA-HIGH DENSITY AND VERY HIGH SPEED ELECTRONICS FOR COMPUTING AND SIGNAL PROCESSING IS PRESENTLY LIMITED NOT BY THE CIRCUT COMPONENTS THEMSELVES BUT RATHER BY THE ELECTRONIC PACKAGING. HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTOR (HTSC) FILMS ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THIS TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE APPLICATIONS IF A NUMBER OF CRITICAL MA ...

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CASE-BASED REASONING (CBR) REPRESENTS A POWERFUL NEW PARADIGM FOR BUILDING EXPERT SYSTEMS THAT PROMISES TO OFFER MANY ADVANTAGES IN REDUCING THE TIME AND COST OF KNOWLEDGE-ENGINEERING, IN SIMPLIFYING SYSTEM MODIFICATION, AND IN AUTOMATING DOMAINS THAT RESIST REPRESENTATION IN RULES OR FRAMES. COGNITIVE SYSTEMS PROPOSES TO EXPLORE THE PRACTICALITY OF THESE AND OTHER PROMISED ADVANTAGES FOR CBR IN T ...

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CONFIRMING THE ACCURAY OF LIFE-PROTECTING INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE TEST EQUIPMENT OR SIMULATING MILITARY ENVIRONMENTS OFTEN REQUIRES SOPHISTICATED AND CUMBERSOME TEST CHAMBERS DEPENDENT ON COMPLICATED CALCULATIONS. THE CALIBRATION OF SUCH TEST EQUIPMENT MAY BE EASILY COMPROMISED BY OPERATOR ERROR WHERE INVOLVED CALCULATIONS ARE USED AND COMPLICATED INTERCONNECTIONS AND VALVES ARE EMPLOYED. WE PROPOSE TO ...