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This proposal presents two innovative non-contact track gage measurement techniques, microwave and ultrasound. Both methods will be investigated and tested under harsh experimental setup conditions simulating outdoor train track. Based on the initial test results, the more promising of the proposed two techniques will be further developed into a system with optimized measurement speed and accura ...

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THE PROPOSED PROJECT WOULD EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A WATER FOG OR SPRAY GENERATOR TO CONTROL ON BOARD AIRCRAFT FIRES BY ATTENUATING RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER . INFRARED (IR) RADIATION FROM THE FLAME MAINTAINS COMBUSITION OF THE BURNING SURFACE AND AIDS IN THEINGITION OF COLD SURFACES--THEREBY SPREADING THE FIRE. OPTIMAL USE WILL NEED TO BE MADE OF THE WATER, SINCE IT WILLBE CARRIED ON ...

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FEW STUDIES OF AIRCRAFT TRAILING VORTICES HAVE BEEN PERFORM ED IN SHEARED OR STRATIFIED FLOWS. YET, MEASUREMENTS INDICATE THAT THE ATMOSPHERE IS TYPICALLY BOTH SHEARED AND STRATIF IED. THIS LACK OF KNOWLEDGE COULD BE IMPORTANT IF VORTEX EVOLUTION IS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT IN SHEARED, STRATIFIE D FLOWS THAN IN THE UNSHEARED, UNSTRATIFIED FLOWS THAT HAVE BEEN STUDIED IN THE PAST. OUR RECENT LABORAT ...

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THE PROPOSER\PRINCIPAL WILL PROVIDE POSITIVE FRAMEWORK FOR NON-SUBSIDY TRANSPORTATION TOWARE INVOLVEMENT IN CURRENT ANDFUTURE MASS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AND INNOVATIVE METHODS TO REDUCE COSTS, INCREASE OPERATING EFFICIENCIES AND INCREASE TYPES OF SERVICE. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGHONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS WITH PUBIC AND PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION AND PROVIDERS, GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES THAT ARE RES ...