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THE FEASIBILITY STUDY INCLUDES R&D TASKS TO INVESTIGATE THE FOLLOWING: A) WORKPIECE CLASSIFICATION; B) WORKPIECE LOCATION AND ORIENTATION, AND C) WORKPIECE SURFACE CONDITION. THESE TASKS INCLUDES PREPROCESSING OF REAL-TIME VIDEO DATA FROM A SPECIAL 3-D VISION SYSTEM, AND APPLICATIONS OF ADVANCED COMPUTER VISION METHODOLOGIES TO CARRY OUT THE INVESTIGATION OF A), B), AND C).

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THE PROPOSAL DEALS WITH TESTING A NEW TYPE OF DOPPLER ACOUSTIC CURRENT PROFILER FOR MEASUREMENT OF PROFILES OF WATER VELOCITY. THIS NEW PROFILER MEASURES VELOCITY TRANSVERSELY TO A MAIN ACOUSTIC BEAM AND FEATURES MEASUREMENTS FROM A SINGLE SCATTERING VOLUME. CONSEQUENTLY, THIS TRANSVERSE DOPPLER PROFILER FEATURES REDUCED SENSITIVITY TO FLOW INHOMOGENEITIES AND IMMUNITY TO DEAD ZONES CAUSED BY SIDE ...

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SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE MECHANICAL PROPERTY DATA BASE FOR P100 GG/AL METAL MATRIX COMPOSITE MATERIAL. LITTLE OR NO DATA EXISTS RELATIVE TO THE ENVIROMENTAL BEHAVIOR OF THIS MATERIAL. THE PRESENT ANTICIPATED APPLICATION ENVIRONMENTS FOR THIS MATERIAL INCLUDE SEACOAST, SHIPBOARD, AND ENVIRONMENTS IN WHICH FOSSIL FUEL EXHAUSTS ARE PRESENT. THE PROP ...

WE HAVE RECENTLY DEVELOPED A DURABLE INFRARED OPTICAL HUMIDITY SENSOR FOR AIRBORNE IN-CLOUD USE. WE ARE CURRENTLY ADAPTING THIS SENSOR FOR USE IN THE EXTREME PRESSURES AND TEMPERATURES OF PRIMARY COOLANT LOOPS OF GAS-COOLED NUCLEAR REACTORS. IN THIS PROPOSED PHASE I EFFORT WE WILL THEORETICALLY AND EXPERIMENTALLY SHOW THAT IT IS FEASIBLE TO ADOAPT OUR EXISTING NON-CONTACT MOISTURE SENSING TENCHNOL ...

OPTICAL COUNTERMEASURES RESEARCH REQUIRES ACCURATE SHORT-PATH AIRBORNE MEASUREMENT OF WAVELENGTH DEPENDENT ATMOSPHERIC EXTINCTION. THIS ATMOSPEHERIC TOTAL EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT HAS AEROSOL ABSORPTION, AEROSOL SCATTERING, AND WATER VAPOR MOLECULAR ABSORPTION COMPONENTS. CURRENT DEVICES MEASURES ONLY MONOCHROMATIC SINGLE-ANGLE AEROSOL SCATTERING COEFFICIENTS. THE DIFFERENCE CAN BE SIGNIFICANT, ESPE ...