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Multiple major pipeline failures have been caused by seam weld defects not detected by available ILI technology [August 16, 2013 WSJ]. Phase I will demonstrate a game changing capability to deliver internal and external corrosion mapping and seam weld crack detection in a low-cost tool that “encourages more repetitive ILI runs and wider use.” JENTEK’s new through wall imaging method called S ...

What is needed is a lightweight system that can be deployed and used by one person that will measure and compile the track geometry data and compute the MCO for a rail section in real time without reliance on any external reference. Such a device, the Mid-chord Rail Offset Measurement System (McROMS) is the subject of this proposal. But MCO is not the only rail geometry data of interest. If this s ...

Trenchless excavation methods, such as horizontal directional drilling (HDD) operations, offer the potential for significant cost savings on many utility relocation projects; however, these methods require extremely accurate drill head navigation in addition to precise knowledge of existing utility location in order to ensure boring operations do not interfere with existing pipelines or conduits. ...

WE PROPOSE THE INVESTIGATION OF NUCLEATION PROCESSES CAPABLEOF CAUSING THE FREEZING OF SUPERCOOLED WATER DROPLETS IN FRONT OF A MOVING SUBSONIC AIRCRAFT. THE GOAL IS TO DEVELOPA NUCLEATION MECHANISM CAPABLE OF FREEZING THE WATER DROPLETS FAR ENOUGH IN FRONT OF THE MOVING PLANE SO THAT BY THE TIME THE PLANE REACHES THE DROPLETS THEY ARE FROZEN AND BOUNCE FROM THE LEADING EDGES AND THE IMPENAGE, WIT ...

TO COMPARE COSTS AND TRAINING EFFECTIVENESS OF DIFFERENT FIDELITY OPTIONS OF SIMULATORS AND TRAINING REGIMA, A NEED EXISTS FOR A COMPUTERIZED EXPERT SYSTEM WHICH WILL PERMIT INTERROGATION OF THE VARIOUS DETERMINERS. WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP THE "ISOPERFORMANCE" MODEL FOR USE BY FAA AND IMPLEMENT IT ON A PERSONAL COMPUTER IN A FULLY UP-AND- RUNNING SOFTWARE PROGRAM. THE KEY TO THE ISOPERFORMANCE APPRO ...

THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT, INCLUDING PHASES I AND II, IS TO DEVELOP A DGPS RECEIVER FOR THE RECEPTION OF CODED MSK MODULATION USING VLSI TECHNOLOGY TO IMPLEMENT SIGNAL DEMODULATION AND DECODING. DURING PHASE I, THE FOLLOWING ISSUES WILL BE ADDRESSED: 1) SELECTION OF APPROPRIATE ATOMSPHERIC NOISE MITIGATION TECHNIQUES 2) SELECTION OF APPROPRIATE ALTERNATE DEMODULATION/ DECODING TECHNIQU ...

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