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AN EXPERT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IS PROPOSED TO ACHIEVE AN EXPERT SYSTEM FOR JOINING COMPOSITE MATERIALS. THE NEED IS TO ASSIST DESIGN ENGINEERS TO ACCESS LARGE AMOUNTS OF JOINT DESIGN AND DATA THAT IS AVAILABLE. THE EXPERT SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE ALPHANUMERIC AND GRAPHICS INFORMATION TO THE DESIGNER TO ASSIST IN THE OPTIMUM SELECTION OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS JOINING TECHNIQUES. THE ...

ABARIS PROPOSES AN EXPERT SYSTEM TO AID THE AVIATION PLANNER AND COST ESTIMATOR IN DEALING WITH THE IMPACT OF NEW MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE FOR THE DESIGN AND SUBSEQUENT MANUFACTURE OF NEW AIRCRAFT. THE NEW ADVANCED COMPOSITES; GRAPHITE AND KEVLAR FIBERS, EPOXY AND BISMALEIMIDE RESINS, ETC., OFFER SIGNIFICANT WEIGHT REDUCTIONS AND OTHER OPERATIONAL ADVANTAGES, BUT REQUIRE DIFFERENT DESIGN ...

THE PROPOSED WORK INVOLVES APPLICATION OF SUPPORTED MOLTEN SALT CATALYSIS TO THE CATALYTIC ENDOTHERMIC DEHYDROGENATION OF METHANOL. THE CATALYSTS OF INTEREST INCLUDE EUTECTICS COMPOSED OF CU(+1) SALTS WITH HOMOGENEOUSLY DISPERSED ZN(+2) SALTS OR HETEROGENEOUSLY DISPERSED ZNO. IN ADDITION, THE STUDY WILL INCLUDE EVALUATION OF HETEROGENEOUS DISPERSIONS OF METALLIC PALLADIUM IN BINARY AND TERNARY EUT ...

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 ...

GAS-TO-LIQUID HEAT EXCHANGERS FIND APPLICATION IN NEARLY EVERY ENERGY CONVERSION AND PROCESS SYSTEM. HOWEVER, DUE TO LOW HEAT FLUXES, THEY ARE EXCESSIVELY LARGE AND EXPENSIVE. LOW HEAT FLUXES ARE CAUSED PRIMARILY BY LOW GAS-SIDE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY IS TO DEVELOP A NOVEL FLUIDIZED BED HEAT EXCHANGER WHICH HAS SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER HEAT FLUXES THAN CONVENTIONAL HE ...

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IN THIS PROJECT, THE FEASIBILITY OF A NOVEL, SOLID-PHASE, COLORIMETRIC ASSAY WILL BE INVESTIGATED; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES WILL BE COVALENTLY IMMOBILIZED ON GLASS AS THE SOLID MATRIX. SEVERAL CHEMICAL REACTIONS WILL BE STUDIED TO IDENTIFY LINKAGES THAT GIVE LOW NONSPECIFIC BINDING OF PROTEINS AND SMALL MOLECULES WHILE MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY OF IMMUNOGLOBULINS. GLASS WILL BE CHEMICALLY REFINED TO ...

THE LONG-RANGE GOAL OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO DEVELOP A DEVICE INCORPORATING AN ASSAY FOR SIMPLE, QUICK, RELIABLE, ACCURATE, AND HIGHLY SENSITIVE MEASUREMENTS OF COMPOUNDS IN HUMAN SALIVA. PHASE I FEASIBILITY RESEARCH IS FOCUSED ON DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOLID-PHASE ASSAY PORTION WITH PROGESTERONE AS THE PROTOTYPIC ANALYTE. THE PRIMARY APPLICATION OF THE PROGESTERONE ASSAY WILL BE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF F ...

IN THE FIELD OF REMOTELY PILOTED VEHICLES (RPV'S) GREATER EMPHASIS HAS BEEN PLACED ON ACHIEVING COMBINATIONS OF HIGHER ALTITUDE, LONGER ENDURANCE, GREATER PAYLOAD CAPACITY, AND ARE MORE COST EFFECTIVE. TO THIS END A LIGHT-WEIGHT, POWERFULL, COMPACT, FUEL EFFICIENT AND INEXPENSIVE ROTARY PROPULSION ENGINE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IS PLANNED WHICH WOULD ADDRESS ITSELF TO ACHIEVING THE ABOVE EMPHASIZE COM ...

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 ...