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FIBER REINFORCED PLASTIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS ARE AVAILABLE WITH A VARIETY OF PERFORMANCE FACTORS AND MANUFACTURING METHODS. THERE ARE SEVERAL STRUCTURAL CONCEPTS THAT CAN BE UTILIZED WITH COMPOSITES. THIS PROJECT IS TO PERFORM A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO DETERMINE THE APPLICABILITY OF FIBER REINFORCED PLASTIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS FOR COMBATANT SUBMARINE STRUCTURES. EXAMPLES OF STRUCTURES TO BE ANALYZED ...

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The small spacecraft power system proposed in this program provides significant advantages over state-of-the-art systems including: (1) use of a high efficiency (25%-35%) AMTEC, static power conversion system, (2) reduced planform area, and vulnerability, (3) mass efficient phase change material for thermal energy storage during solar eclipse periods, (4) high reliability with no vibration, (5) si ...

THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES THE PHASE I DEVELOPMENT WORK FOR A DUAL OUTPUT, "FAIL-SAFE" FIBER OPTIC FUZE CONTACT TRANSDUCER FOR USE IN AIRBORNE MISSILE APPLICATIONS. THE SENSOR WOULD EXPLOIT THE SENSITIVITY OF SPECIALIZED OPTICAL FIBERS TO MICROBENDING: THIS PHENOMENON WOULD BE USED TO DETECT PHYSICAL DEFORMATION OF A MISSILE SKIN. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PHASE I EFFORT INCLUDE RESEARCHING AND IDENTIFYI ...

THE INTENTION IS TO INVESTIGATE THE SHIP MOTION EFFECTS ON ROBOT DYNAMICS AND EQUIPMENT LIFE. THE ON-BOARD ROBOT IS EQUIVALENT TO A STATIONARY ROBOT WITH BASE EXCITATION DUE TO SHIP MOTION. THE EXCITA-TION AT THE ROBOT BASE WILL BE MONITORED EITHER BY PLACING GYROSCOPES AND ACCELEROMETERS AT THAT POSITION, OR BY ASSUMING THE SHIP IS A RIGID BODY AND PLACING GYROSCOPES AND ACCELEROMETERS ON THE SHI ...

THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO PROVIDE FOR THE ENDOCRINE COMMUNITY A COLLECTION OF SPECIFIC MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES (MOABS) WITH ESPECIALLY HIGH AFFINITY FOR A NUMBER OF HORMONES AND RECEPTORS BEING ACTIVELY UTILIZED IN RESEARCH. THE SPECIFIC AIM OF THIS PHASE I PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP ONE OR MORE MOABS WITH THESE CHARACTERISTICS FOR STEROID HORMONES. THE RESULTING MOABS SHOULD BE OF CO ...

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BONN Corporation (BONN) has chosen to concentrate on a methodology that computes an optimal target search in near-real-time, with the capability of accommodating user-definable optimality based upon time / pathlength, probability of target detection target value, and survivability in a dense threat environment. This methodology will be extensible to address multiple airborne platforms and multipl ...

RECENTLY, CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS IN THE GENETIC AND MOLECULAR ANALYSES OF DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN OBTAINED. THERE ARE POWERFUL NEW MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO ANALYZE THOSE GENES IMPORTANT IN THE REGULATION OF DEVELOPMENT; HOWEVER, THOSE TECHNIQUES MUST BE USED WITH GENETICALLY DEFINED RESEARCH ANIMALS. ISOGENIC LINES ARE AVAILABLE IN THE MOUSE AND DROSOPHILA, BUT ARE NOT AVAILABLEIN T ...