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THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN IBM PC-COMPATIBLE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TRAINING SYSTEM WITH COMPLETE VOICE INPUT AND OUTPUT IS PROPOSED. THIS SYSTEM, BUILT UPON AN UNDER-$10,000 HARDWARE PLATFORM, WILL BE CAPABLE OF DISPLAYING A REALTIME RADARSCOPE PICTURE OF ANY GEOGRAPHICAL SECTOR IN THE MILITARY OR CIVILIAN ENVIRONMENT. THE SIMULATOR WILL BE CAPABLE OF GENERATING REALISTIC TRAFFIC FLOWS FOR THE SECTOR CH ...

NECK STRAINS ARE FREQUENT AND NECK FRACTURES ARE OCCASIONALLY EXPERIENCED AMONG PILOTS AND HIGH PERFORMANCE AIRCRAFT. CURRENT ACCELERATION PROTECTION TECHNIQUES HAVE CONCENTRATED ON PHYSIOLOGICAL PROTECTION AND LARGELY IGNORE NECK PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS. PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED NECK PROTECTION SCHEMES PRIMARILY RELY UPON LIMITING HEAD DISPLACEMENTS, LEADING TO UNACCEPTABLE OPERATIONAL LIMITATIONS. TH ...

APPLICATION OF NUMERICAL METHODS TO SOLVE FOR THE FLOWFIELD OVER COMPLEX CONFIGURATIONS DEPENDS HEAVILY ON THEIR SUITABILITY FOR ARBITRARY MESH SHAPES. MAJOR DIFFICULTIES APPARENT WITH PRESENT FINITE VOLUME SCHEMES INCLUDE UNCERTAINTY IN DEFINING FUNCTIONAL POINT EVALUATIONS, ORDER OF APPROXIMATIONS AND ADHOC SCHEMES TO INCORPORATE PAPER PHYSICS. THIS RESEARCH IS TARGETED AT APPLYING FUNCTIONAL AP ...

THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP A METHODOLOGY FOR SPECIFICATION OF STUDENT'S MODELS THAT WILL BOTH ALLOW ACCURATE ASESSMENT OF A STUDENT'S CAPABILITIES IN A PARTICULAR DOMAIN AS WELL AS PROVIDING A KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION FRAME WORK FOR AN AUTHORING SYSTEM. TRAININGSITUATIONS ARE SPECIALIZED FORMS OF DISCOURSE SITUATIONS INVOLVING THE TRANSFER OF PROBLEM SOLVING INFORMATION BETWEEN THE SIT ...

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MOVING FROM PROTOTYPE TO PRODUCTION DESIGN IS NOT ALWAYS A SMOOTH TRANSITION. INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PARTS CAN SURFACE THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY UNNOTICEABLE BUT ARE NOW WORRISOME OR EVEN FATAL TO THE GOAL OF THE DESIGN. IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE THIS COSTLY SCENARIO, DESIGNERS NEED A TOOL THAT WILL EXPOSE THESE INTERACTIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE - PREFERABLY, BEFORE THE DESIGNERS ARE COMMITTED TO A GIVEN IMPL ...

THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP A SET OF DESIGN-FOR-PRODUCIBILITY (DFP) TOOLS AND GUIDELINES FOR ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS. THE GUIDELINES WILL COVER ALL LEVELS OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION: BASE MATERIALS, BARE BOARDS, BOARD ASSEMBLIES, CONNECTORS, WIRE AND CABLE HARNESSES, RACKS, CHASSIS, CABINETS, AND PERIPHERAL ASSEMBLIES. THE GUIDELINES WILL INCLUDE GOOD MANUFACTURABILITY, TESTABILITY, AND INSPEC ...

THE THRUST OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS TO MATHEMATICALLY MODEL THE FUNCTION, BEHAVIOR AND STRUCTURE ASPECTS OF MECHANICAL DESIGNS AND DEVELOP COMPUTATIONAL MECHANISMS FOR THE DESIGN SYNTHESIS OF MECHANICAL SYSTEMS. THE APPROACH TO BE USED IS A COMBINATION OF THE TRANSFORMATIONAL APPROACH (USED PREVIOUSLY IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND VLSI DESIGN) AND THE PROBLEM SOLVING/PLANNING APPROACH OF ARTIFICI ...

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THERE ARE NUMEROUS INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES REQUIRING THAT MATERIAL BE HEATED AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY COOLED. IF MOST OF THIS HEAT IS RECOVERED AND RECYCLED TO THE OVEN, THE NET POWER INPUT TO THE OVEN COULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED. THE KEY TO ACCOMPLISHING THIS IS AN INCREASE OF THE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT BETWEEN GAS AND MATERIAL SO THAT THE HEAT EXCHANGERS ARE RESASONABLY COMPACT. SIMPLE EXPERIMEN ...