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THE TIME REQUIRED FOR CLEANING, DEHUMIDIFYING AND PURGING OFCARGO HOLDS HAS A DIRECT EFFECT ON THE TURN AROUND TIME OF VESSELS CARRYING MOISTURE SENSITIVE GOODS IN PORT. THIS PROPROJECT WILL THOROUGHLY RESEARCH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR DEHUMIDIFICATION, DEVELOP DESIGN CRITERIA, DESIGN CRITERIA , DESIGN A REFRIGERANT TYPE DEHUMIDIFIER, CONSTRUCT A PROTO TYPE, AND TEST THE EQUIPMENT IN THE FIELD. PARTIC ...

COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS DEPEND ON GROUND SUPPORT FOR NAVIGATION. THE GROUND SOLUTION CAN BE COSTLY AND MAY PROVIDE LESS ACCURACY THAN NEEDED. A GPS-BASED REAL-TIME AUTONOMOUS SPACECRAFT NAVIGATION SYSTEM IS PROPOSED. AN ALGORITHM WILL BE DEVELOPED WHICH COMBINES GPS-DERIVED POINT POSITION ESTIMATES WITH A PROPAGATED A PRIORI POSITION ESTIMATE. THE POINT POSITIONS ARE ...

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Microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) of most industrially utilized alloys, including those used in many Naval installations, is well established. However, the diagnosis of MIC type corrosion is often difficult to make using the techniques commonly employed requiring large amounts of tiem and money and "expert opinion". Ther is a need for a less subjective indicator of MIC. The work of seve ...

TAMM RELATES TO TWO TECHNOLOGIES FOR NONINVASIVE TRANSCUTANEOUS MEASUREMENTS OF BLOOD ANALYTES THAT HAVE POTENTIAL FOR APPLICATION IN A COMBAT CASUALTY CARE ENVIRONMENT. THE NEAR INFRARED (NIR) REFLECTANCE TECHNOLOGY DETERMINES BLOOD ANALYTE CONCENTRATION BASED ON DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE MEASUREMENTS WITH A FIBER OPTIC PROBE. SPECTRAL DATA ACQUIRED IS PROCESSED USING SOPHISTICATED PATTERN RECOGNITION ...

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THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS TO ESTABLISH THE FEASIBILITY OF USING INTELLIGENCE GLEANED FROM THE ELECTRICAL ARC SIGNALS OF THE SUBMERGED ARC WELDING PROCESS TO ADAPTIVELY CONTROL THE POSITION AND GEOMETRY OF THE WELD BEAD RELATIVE TO THE WELD JOINT. BY SO DOING, IT WILL BE ESTABLISHED THAT PROPER SIDEWALL AND INTERBEAD FUSION AND UNIFORM FILL CAN BE ADAPTIVELY MAINTAINED IN REAL-TIME. ...

COLLISION AVOIDANCE TECHNIQUE USED BY THE MAJOR RAILROADS OF THE US STILL RELY ON THE ALERTNESS OF THE LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER TO SEE AND RESPOND TO WARNING SIGNALS DISPLAYED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND ALONG THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. SO LONG AS THE ENGINEER REMAINS ALERT, THE SYSTEM WORKS WELL, BUT WHEN THE ENGINEER IS NOT QUICK TO PERCEIVE AND REACT TO DANDER SIGNALS, THE SYSTEM FAILS. MAINTAINING ENGINEE ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROPOSED HERE IS THE DEFINITION AND DESIGN OF A SIMULATION MODELING SYSTEM CAPABLE OF 1) REPRESENTING ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS OVER A RANGE OF RESOLUTION FROM CHIPS TO DEVICES AND 2) INTEGRATING VALIDATION AND VERIFICATION OF BOTH FUNCTIONALITY AND PERFORMANCE. THE DESIGN OF THIS MODELING SYSTEM WILL BE FOUNDED UPON PRINCIPLES THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE EFFE ...

A NEED EXISTS TO MONITOR VIBRATION IN HIGHWAY BRIDGES. IT IS DESIRABLE TO MONITOR MANY POINTS ON THE BRIDGE. THE CURRENT PROBLEM IS THAT SENSORS MUST BE WIRED TO A CENTRAL LOCATION. WIRE IS DIFFICULT TO INSTALL AND TO MOVE. THE SOLUTION IS TO COLLECT SENSOR DATA BY RADIO. A SYSTEM EXISTS THAT ELIMINATES WIRE. IT GATHERS SENSOR DATA TO A CENTRAL LOCATION BY RADIO. THE SYSTEM'S UNIQUE FEATURE IS THA ...