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Advanced Computation and Engineering Services proposes to develop new and innovative modeling concepts to more accurately define and predict the failure modes of various fabric materials from current and futuristic ballistic impacts, working closely with North Carolina State University and conferring with engineers at body armor manufactures. Extensive research has been conducted by various gover ...

Conventional docking tests take a long time because of the many degrees of freedom. Additionally, large libraries of small molecules are tested without adequately using feedback about their suitability as inhibitors from previous tests. We propose a rapid initial screen that can computationally evaluate large numbers of small molecules so that a subset may be selected for further computational ana ...

Innovative damping methods for small turbine engines are needed by the Army and other military and commercial interests. The plasma sprayed coating process provides a method for successfully achieving the required damping for the newer high efficiency turbine engines that experience high "g " loads between 800 °F and 2000 °F. Plasma sprayed ceramic coatings have demonstrated significant damping ...

This program will develop an ambulatory, miniaturized, EEG acquisition/analysis device that will be capable of automatic and real-time detection of seizure activity including non-convulsive status epilepticus. The miniaturized EEG device, based on CleveMed's state-of-the art ambulatory EEG technology, measures 1.3" x .9" x .3" and weighs a mere .42 oz. Convenient and fast EEG acquisition is achie ...

In this Phase I effort, Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. (CRG) proposes to demonstrate the feasibility of an innovative smart fastener design. Novel armor fastening technologies must be developed for next-generation composite armor. These fastening systems must be quick and easy to install and maintain, require no structural modification to the current vehicle fleet, and support the weight of the ...

Insensitive munitions (IM) design and testing for propulsion systems is hindered both by high test costs and the complexity of propellant responses to IM stimuli. Modeling and simulation tools for predictions of IM hazards are under development that characterize many of the pertinent phenomena, including damage sensitization to reaction and delayed-onset detonation. Such tools can provide many b ...

In modernizing its rotorcraft fleet, the US Army has identified the need to increase the horsepower of existing rotorcraft transmissions without sacrificing component life, and also the need for new transmission designs with higher power density capacity and improved durability. The concept of improving durability without enlarging the current transmission envelop or imposing changes that would r ...

Caregivers have a responsibility, in high stress of combat environments, to collect/report data that documents injury event, severity, care, and outcome. Gathering such data accurately and completely is critical to patient care. Accurate data is also needed to support operation/logistics planning, force modeling, casualty forecasting, training, and compliancy. The military and its research partner ...

Future weapons and defense systems used by the DoD are critical elements to the armed forces and national security. Therefore, it is conceivable that during the design and manufacturing process IC's are susceptible to the covert addition of intentional malicious attack functionality that compromises the integrity of the hardware. This embedded functionality could serve purposes similar to software ...

In this proposed effort, Efficient Channel Coding (ECC) will validate various technologies and concepts for xSTREAM (eXtreme Streaming Transmitter-Receiver for Enhanced Application Micro-UAVs). xSTREAM is ECC's approach to enabling a self-contained, wireless, mobile, ad-hoc, power efficient communications for the US Army's Future Combat System Class II Micro-UAVs. The xSTREAM transceiver consists ...