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THE PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH EFFORT IS TO INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF SUPPLYING APPROXIMATELY 1 WATT OF ELECTRICAL POWER FOR ONE YEAR ON THE SEA BED WITH A NOVEL BATTERY, THE ROPE BATTERY. THE PROPOSED BATTERY WOULD LOOK VERY MUCH LIKE SMALL DIAMETER WIRE ROPE, POSSIBLYHUNDREDS OF FEET LONG. THIS UNUSUAL SHAPE PERMITS THE ROPE BATTERY TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE VASTNESS OF THE OCEAN ...

EXISTING LONG-LINE FIBER OPTIC LINKS UTILIZE VARIOUS LASER DIODES AS SOURCES; GRADED - INDEX, FUSED - SILICA CORE FIBERS AS THE TRANSMISSION MEDIA; AND PHOTO-DETECTING DIODES AS THE RECEIVING DEVICE. BY 1990 IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 10 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL COMMUNICATIONS CABLE INDUSTRY WILL UTILIZE THIS TRANSMISSION METHODOLOGY AS THE CONVENTIONAL, TWISTED WIRE PAIR WILL BE 10 8TH POWER TIMES MORE EXP ...

THIS PROPOSAL IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF SWITCHABLE HOLOGRAMS IN RAPID (\ NANOSECOND) REPROGRAMMING OF VLSI CHIPS. THE CONCEPT WAS CHOSEN FOR HIGH SPEED, LOW SIZE, LOW COST, LOW POWER CONSUMPTION, AND MINIMUM WIRING. IT WILL RESULT IN HIGH FLEXIBILITY AND VERY RAPID REPROGRAMMING BUT WILL NOT BE AS FLEXIBLE AS A CROSS BAR SYSTEM. THE FINAL SYSTEM SHOULD SERVE REAL NEEDS, E.G. CHIP COMPUT ...

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PULSED POWER CONDITIONING FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHER SYSTEMS REQUIRES FAST-ACTING RHEOSTATS (MODULATORS) WITH ENOUGH THERMAL INERTIA TO ABSORB TENS OF MEGAJOULES ADIABATICALLY WITHIN MILLISECONDS, AND ENOUGH COOLING CAPABILITY TO DISSIPATE THE ABSORBED ENERGY BETWEEN LAUNCHES. ONE UNEXPLORED CLASS OF DEVICES FOR ACCOMPLISHING THIS ARE MODERN VERSIONS OF THE CLASSIC CARBON PILE RHEOSTAT, IN WHICH ...

WHILE THE THEORETICAL BOUNDS ON THE ENERGY STORED BY AND THE POWER OUTPUT OF ELECTROCHEMICAL POWER SOURCES ARE WELL DEFINED BY THERMODYNAMIC AND PHYSICAL CONSIDERATIONS, THE DEGREE TO WHICH ONE CAN APPROACH THE THEORETICAL BOUNDS IS DETERMINED BY CONTRAINTS IMPOSED BY THE DESIGN OF THE ELECTRODES AND PACKAGING MATERIALS. THIS RESEARCH DEALS WITH AN INNOVATIVE CONCEPT FOR MATERIALS AND PACKAGE DESI ...

THE PROPOSED PROGRAM RELATES TO THE EVALUATION OF A NEW CATHODE CATALYST IN DIS-TYPE LI/SOC12 CELLS. THIS NEW CA CATALYST HAS BEEN SHOWN TO CHANGE THE CATHODE REACTION MECHANISM AND TO INCREASE BOTH CATHODE RATE (FACTOR OF TEN) AND CAPACITY (FACTOR OF AT LEAST TWO) IN BOBBIN-TYPE LI/SOC12 CELLS. THE NEW MECHANISM RESULTS IN A DECREASE IN CATHODE OVERPOTENTIAL (LESS LIC1) AND A SAFER LI/SOC12 CELL. ...