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PROJECT OBJECTIVES: COMPLETE TESTING OF FIRE-RESISTANCE AND STRENGTH CHARACTERISTICS OF PAPER AND PAPERBOARD TREATED WITH ARNOX FIRE RETARDANT, DEVELOP PRODUCTION SCALE APPLICATION METHODS. ARNOX IS A PATENTED CONDENSED PHASE SYSTEM, LOW SMOKE FIRE RETARDANT RENDERS PAPER AND PAPERBOARD ESSENTIALLY NON-COMBUSTIBLE. DECOMPOSITION AND OUTGASSING IS MATERIALLY SLOWED. ASTM TESTS DEMONSTRATE TREATED P ...

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EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS OBTAINED DURING A RECENT RESEARCH PROGRAM AT FLOW INDUSTRIES HAVE SHOWN THAT A LEADING EDGE VORTEX ON A DELTA WING AT CONSTANT ANGLE OF ATTACK CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF DISCRETE SMALLER VORTICES. THESE VORTICES PAIR, MUCH THE SAME AS IN A FREE SHEAR LAYER. A DEVICE IS PROPOSED TO MODULATE THE SHEDDING AND THE PAIRING OF THE DISCRETE VORTICES BY MECHANICALLY OR ACOUSTICALLY ...

RAIL GUN BARRELS WILL BE REQUIRED TO LAST FOR MULTIPLE SHOTS WITHOUT DETERIORATING PERFORMANCE. THE EROSION OF THE CONDUCTIVE RAILS IN CURRENTLY OPERATING ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHERS LIMITS BOTH PERFORMANCE AND LIFETIME. IN THE PROPOSED PROGRAM, ADVANCED FABRICATION TECHNOLOGY WILL BE UTILIZED TO DEVELOP RAILS WITH EROSION-RESISTANCE SURFACE LAYERS BONDED TO THE BULK RAIL CONDUCTOR. A KEY FEATURE WI ...

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TO DATE, PREPARATION OF ENERGETIC POLYMERS HAS EMPHASIZED DOUBLE BASE PROPELLANTS, CURED PROPELLANTS, OR POLYMERIZATION OF ENERGETIC MONOMERS. THESE ROUTES OFTEN PRODUCE A RELATIVELY LOW ENERGY DENSITY PROPELLANT, MARGINAL MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, OR COMPLEX AND COSTLY SYNTHESIS TECHNIQUES. IN THIS PROGRAM, KSE WILL UTILIZE NITRATION CHEMISTRY PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED TO IMPROVE THE COMBUSTION QUALITY O ...