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TORPEDO PROPELLERS ARE EXPOSED TO TIME VARYING UNSTEADY FORCES. THESE WATER INDUCED LOADS CREATE BLADE VIBRATIONS WHICH GENERATE NOISE. FOSTER-MILLER PROPOSES TO CHARACTERIZE AND OPTIMIZE THE HIGH DAMPING AND EXCELLENT STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF GRAPHITE FIBER REINFORCED MAGNESIUM METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES. AN ALIGNED, DISCONTINUOUS FIBER PREFORM WILL BE DEVELOPED TO ENHANCE THE INHERENT STRENGTH AND ...

AN ACTIVE SONAR SYSTEM IS PROPOSED THAT WILL ELIMINATE THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF REVERBERATION IN LONG CONTINUOUS WAVE (CW) ACOUSTIC TRANSMISSIONS. THE UNIQUE SYSTEM EMPLOYS A CIRCLE DETECTOR PROCESSOR THAT WILL DETECT A TARGET WITH A SMALL DOPPLER SHIFT EVEN WHEN IT IS BURIED IN REVERBERATIONS WITH THE SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO AS LOW AS -26 DB.

A DATABASE MODEL WHICH PROVIDES A UNIQUE LEVEL OF SUPPORT FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING IS PROPOSED. ENGINEERING DESIGN APPLICATIONS HAVE VERY DIFFERENT DATA MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS THAN GENERAL BUSINESS APPLICATIONS, E.G., HANDLING SEVERAL DIFFERENT KINDS OF DATA EFFICIENTLY: GRAPHICS, AND SOLID GEOMETRIES AS WELL AS TRADITIONA RECORD-ORIENTED DATA. MODELING SEVERAL DIFFERENT VIEWS OF ...

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ADVANCED COMPOSITES LABORATORIES WILL DEVELOP AN IMPROVED MOUNTAINEERING SKI FOR MILITARY USE. WE WILL INCORPORATE THE BEST OF DOWNHILL SKI TECHNOLOGY WITH THE BEST OF TELE MARK AND MOUNTAINEERING SKI TECHNOLOGY TO PRODUCE A SKI FOR THE US MARINE CORPS WHICH WILL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MARINE CORPS TOICS N86-13. WE WILL USE ADVANCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS TO ALLOW US TO PROVIDE A HIGH PERFORMAN ...

SMALL DIAMETER HIGH STRENGTH OPTICAL FIBERS ARE NEEDED FOR NEW HIGH SPEED AIR-DEPLOYED DATA LINKS. CURRENT FIBER COATING TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY AND CANNOT MEET MILITARY PERFORMANCE NEEDS. FIBER COATING THICKNESS MUST BE REDUCED, BUT THIS RESULTS IN LOW TENSILE STRENGTH USING CONVENTIONAL COATING MATERIALS (UV CURABLE ACRYLATES FOR EXAMPLE). WE PROPOSE TO ...

A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AIMED AT DEVELOPING A LI/SO(2)CL(2) CELL HAVING IMPROVED PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS IS PROPOSED. THIS CELL, WHEN FULL DEVELOPED, IS EXPECTED TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER VOLUMETRIC ENERGY DENSITY THAN THE LI/SOCL(2) CELL. IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE LI/SO(2)CL(2) CELL WILL BE ACHIEVED VIA THE FOLLOWING MODIFICATIONS: I. USE OF MIXED ELECTROLYTES, BA ...

THIS PROPOSAL OFFERS AN INNOVATIVE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF DETERMINING HOW LONG A TOKEN RING LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN) WILL TAKE TO INITIALLY CONFIGURE, OR TO RECONFIGURE FOLLOWING STATION OR CABLE FAILURE/DAMAGE. THIS RECONFIGURATION TIME IS CRITICAL IN REAL-TIME MILITARY APPLICATIONS AND IN INDUSTRIAL CONTROL APPLICATIONS. THE PHASE I PROPOSAL INVOLVES THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EVENT-STEPPED COMPU ...

ALPHATECH'S ITERATIVE MODELING METHODOLOGY (AIMM) DEVELOPS A SYSTEM REPRESENTATION BY USING A TEAM-BASED APPROACH TO DEVELOPING A SERIES OF CHART-BASED MODELS OF THE SYSTEM WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF AN APPROPRIATE SCENARIO; THIS SET OF CHART-BASED MODELS CULMINATES WITH A PETRI NET REPRESENTATION WHICH CAN BE DIRECTLY IMPLEMENTED IN ALPHATECH'S SIMULATION TOOL, MODELER. THE COMPUTER MODEL THAT RESULTS ...