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DETECTION AND MEASUREMENT OF SOOT IN THE EXHAUST OF TURBINE ENGINES IS IMPORTANT FROM A TACTICAL STANDPOINT OF AIRCRAFT VULNERABILITY. EXIS TING OPTICAL DETECTION METHODS ARE SUBJECT TO ERROR AND SUBJECTIVE ANA LYSIS. A NOVEL SOOT DETECTION METHOD IS PROPOSED FOR DEVELOPMENT. IT RELIES ON THE ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY RADIATED BY IONS EMBEDDED IN SOO T PARTICLES. THE FREQUENCY OF THE RADIATION IS VER ...

A PHASE I FEASIBILITY STUDY IS PROPOSED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A 2400 DEGREE KELVIN GAS SAMPLE CELL WHICH IS CAPABLE OF SIMULATING THE COMBU STION PRODUCTS OF HYDROGEN-AIR SCRAMJET PROPULSION SYSTEM AT PRESURES FROM 0.5 TO 2.0 ATMOSPHERES, FLOWS FROM 0 TO 1.0 STANDARD LITERS PERMI NUTE, AND A CELL COMPOSITION OF AIR WITH 20 PERCENT WATER VAPOR BY WEI GHT. ADDRESSED WITHIN THE PROPOSAL IS THE PRIMA ...

There exist many waste sites where the detailed characterization of the contamination needs to be performed to determine whether or not active remediation is necessary. These tests should be performed in situ since many of the contaminants are volatile. In addition, some of the sites are contaminated with radioactive waste, making in-site detection of contaminants difficult because the detectors b ...

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A SEMI-AUTOMATED FLIGHT EVALUATION SYSTEM (S AFES) IS PROPOSED. THIS WILL INVOLVE THE INTEGRATION OF CUSTOM SOFTWARE, A MICROCOMPUTER, SOFTWARE UTILIZED BY THE USAF IN LEARNING ABILITIES MEASUREMENT, AND PRECISION AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTATION. SAFES WILL IMPROVE FLIGHT TRAINING PROGRAMS BY PROVIDING SPECIFIC, OBJECTIVE RECORDS OF PILOT FLIGHT DATA ACQUIRED IN THE PERFORMANCE ...

THR PRIORITIZATION OF THREATS AND THE PRIORITIZATION OF TARGETS REPRESENT A CRUCIAL ASPECT OF CURRENT AIR FORCE PLANNING. IN A WORLD WHERE THE POTENTIAL THREATS ARE INCREASING WHILE THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES ARE DECREASING , A MODES IS REQUIRED WHICH WILL INABLE THE QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON OF ALL LEVELS OF POSSIBLE TACTICAL AND STATEGIC DECISIONS. WE WILL BEGIN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH A MODEL DURING ...