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  1. LASER PROPULSION THRUSTERS

    SBC: Combustion Sciences, Inc.            Topic: N/A

    LASER ROCKET PROPULSION RESEARCH RECENTLY HAS DEMONSTRATED SUBSTANTIALPOTENTIAL FOR THE CONVERSION OF HIGH POWER LASER ENERGY INTO THERMAL PROPULSIVE ENERGY, USING EITHER CONTINUOUS OR PULSED MODE LASER SOURCES. IT IS NOW POSSIBLE FOR THE FIRST TIME TO DEVELOP PROTOTYPE DESIGNS FOR ACTUAL LASER PROPULSION THRUSTERS THAT CAN BE BUILT AND TESTED AT REALISTIC LASER POWERS. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, PREVIOU ...

    SBIR Phase II 1989 Department of DefenseMissile Defense Agency
  2. IMPROVED DYNAMIC SEAL PERFORMANCE USING DIFFERENTIAL WEAR PROCESSES

    SBC: Mechanical Seal Technology,            Topic: N/A

    DYNAMIC SEAL PERFORMANCE CAN BE IMPROVED BY FAVORABLY CONTROLLING THE FLUID PRESSURE BETWEEN THE TWO SLIDING SURFACES. FAVORABLE CONTROL OF FLUID PRESSURE IN THE MIXED FRICTION REGIME CAN LEAD TO REDUCED GROSS WEAR AND REDUCED FRICTION. IN TRADITIONAL DESIGN THE DETAIL OF THE MIXED FRICTION LUBRICATION IS LEFT TO THE INHERENT CHARACTERISTICSOF THE MATERIALS THEMSELVES. BY ALTERING MATERIAL PROPERT ...

    SBIR Phase II 1989 National Science Foundation
  3. STRUCTURAL ZOOMING

    SBC: Re/Spec Inc.            Topic: N/A

    THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP AN INTEGRATED, COMPUTER GRAPHICAL DESIGN TOOL FOR THE NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS OVER DOMAINS CONTAINING GEOMETRIC FEATURES WITH WIDELY VARYING SCALES. MANY HOURS ARE PRESENTLY SPENT IN MODELING SUCH PROBLEMS. THE PROPOSED STRUCTURAL ZOOMING SYSTEM (SZS) WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE COST AND INCREASETHE ACCURACY OF SUCH ANALYSES. THE CENTRAL CONCEPT, A ...

    SBIR Phase II 1989 National Science Foundation
  4. OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR SOI MATERIAL

    SBC: Sandia Systems, Inc.            Topic: N/A

    PRESENT TECHNIQUES OF EXAMING RECRYSTALLIZED SILICON, INCLUDING SOI MATERIAL, INCLUDE A WET (ACID) ETCH AND EXAMINATION WITH AN OPTICAL MICROSCOPE, X-RAY DIFFRACTION, SEM OR TEM MICROSCOPES. THESE TECHNIQUES ARE SLOW, AND USUALLY THE SAMPLE IS DESTROYED. SANDIA SYSTEMS PROPOSES INVESTIGATING ANGLE-RESOLVED LIGHT SCATTER TECHNIQUES AS A METHOD TO EXAMINE RECRYSTALLIZED SILICON AS WELL AS OTHER MICR ...

    SBIR Phase II 1989 National Science Foundation
  5. A RAPID RESPONSE INSTRUMENT FOR IN SITU MEASUREMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR

    SBC: SOUTHWEST SCIENCES INC            Topic: N/A

    THE MEASUREMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR OR HUMIDITY IS CRITICAL IN MANY RESEARCH AND COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS. A BETTER KNOWLEDGE OF WATER VAPOR DISTRIBUTION THROUGHOUT THE ATMOSPHERE IS NECESSARY FOR UNDERSTANDING TROPOSPHERIC AND STRATOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY, STRATOSPHERIC-TROPOSPHERIC EXCHANGE, THE GLOBAL HYDROGEN BUDGET, CLUSTER IONS IN THE LOWER IONOSPHERE, AND MESOSPHERIC CLOUDS. SOUTHWEST SCIE ...

    SBIR Phase II 1989 National Science Foundation
  6. MICROSTACK INSULATOR FOR HIGH VOLTAGE PULSED SYSTEMS

    SBC: Tetra Corporation            Topic: N/A

    POLYMERIC OR CERAMIC INSULATORS CONVENTIONALLY ARE BEING USED IN HIGH VOLTAGE PULSED SYSTEMS. NEW APPROACHES ARE NEEDED THAT WOULD REDUCE INSULATORS RING THICKNESSES AND INCREASE CORRESPONDING GRADING RINGS FLASHOVER VOLTAGE. SUCH AN APPROACH WOULD POSSESS IN COMPARISON TO CONVENTIONAL INSULATORS: HIGHER SURFACE FLASHOVER FIELD STRENGTH; SMALLER PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS FOR EQUIVALENT VOLTAGE HOLDOFF; ...

    SBIR Phase II 1989 Department of DefenseMissile Defense Agency
  7. HIGH POWER LOW IMPEDANCE LIGHT WEIGHT TRANSMISSION LINES

    SBC: Tetra Corporation            Topic: N/A

    THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH POWER, LOW IMPEDANCE, LIGHTWEIGHT ENERGY STORAGE TRANSMISSION LINES FOR PULSE-POWER APPLICATIONS IS CRUCIAL FORSMALLER, LIGHTWEIGHT, SPACE-BASED, PULSE-POWER SYSTEMS. DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH DIELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE LINE TECHNOLOGY WOULD GREATLY REDUCETHE SIZE, WEIGHT, AND COMPLEXITY OF PULSE POWER SYSTEMS UTILIZING THESE TYPES OF COMPONENTS. EFFICIENT TRANSPORT OF 400KV, 100K ...

    SBIR Phase II 1989 Department of DefenseMissile Defense Agency
  8. A MULTIPLE INPUT 90MM SPECTROGRAPH

    SBC: Chromex Inc.            Topic: N/A

    RECENT YEARS HAVE SEEN SIGNIFICANT ADVANCES IN LIGHT DETECTION TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTER PROCESSING POWER. THERE ARE TWO DIMENSIONAL ARRAY DETECTORS, E.G. CCD ARRAYS, THAT ARE ENTIRELY CAPABLE OF PERFORMING AS SCIENTIFIC DETECTORS. MODERN SMALL COMPUTERS ARE CAPABLE OF HANDLING THE VAST QUANTITIES OF DATA PRODUCED ALMOST INSTANTANEOUSLY BY THESE DETECTORS. THE MISSING BUILDING BLOCK IN THE DEVELOPME ...

    SBIR Phase II 1993 National Science Foundation
  9. LIQUID PHASE PROCESSING AND SYNTHESIS AT VERY HIGH TEMPERATURES

    SBC: Intersonics Inc.            Topic: N/A

    LIQUID PHASE PROCESSING OF CERAMICS, GLASS, SEMICONDUCTORS, AND OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS PROVIDES A ROUTE TO PRODUCING USEFUL FORMS OF THESE MATERIALS WHICH IS OFTEN BLOCKED BY REACTION WITH CONTAINERS. THIS RESEARCH EXPLORES A NOVEL CONTAINERLESS PROCESSING METHOD FOR THESE MATERIALS. HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION AT CONTAINER SURFACES WOULD BE ELIMINATED TO ENABLE SYNTHESIS OF AMORPHOUS MATERIALS AND IM ...

    SBIR Phase II 1993 National Science Foundation
  10. Capillary Discharge X-Ray Laser Driver

    SBC: Multilayer Optics And X-ray            Topic: N/A

    A compact x-ray laser driver with a high repetition rate is the subject of this phase I project. Most existing x-ray laser drivers are huge (1000s of square feet of floor space), expensive ($10,000,000+), have a low repetition rate (1/hr), are complex and require several PhDs to keep them working. Thus applications of present x-ray lasers are limited. In contrast, the proposed laser will occupy on ...

    SBIR Phase II 1993 Department of DefenseMissile Defense Agency
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