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THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES SUCH AS FIBERGLASS/PPS ARE STRONG, LIGHTWEIGHT, TOUGH MATERIALS SUITABLE FOR HARSH ENVIRONMENTS WHERE WEIGHT SAVINGS AND DURABILITY ARE REQUIRED. THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO APPLY THOSE BENEFITS TO TEMPORARY ROADWAY SURFACES FOR MILITARY BRIDGE SITE ACESS/EGRESS. AFTER A REVIEW OF PRIOR WORK, ESPECIALLY TESTING OF SANDWICH PANELS, IMPROVED PANEL UTILIZING FIBERGLASS/PPD SK ...

AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF MANY ENERGY INTENSIVE PROCESSES IS THE ABILITY TO HAVE ON-LINE MONITORING. THIS ENSURES OPERATOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY AS WELL AS PROPER OPERATION OF THE PLANT. CONSEQUENTLY, THERE IS A GREAT NEEDFOR DIAGNOSTIC INSTRUMENTS FOR MULTIPHASE MEDIA WHICH CAN FUNCTION IN DIFFICULT ENVIRONMENTS. THE GOAL OF THIS PHASE I AND PHASE II PROJECT IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RAPID, RUGGED, ...

THIS PROJECT WILL ESTABLISH A SERIES OF PRODUCTS TO FACILITATE THE GENERATION OF HUMAN GENETIC MAPS BY PREPARINGTRANSFORMED LYMPHOCYTES AND EXTENSIVE DATA PROFILES FROM MEMBERS OF ORIENTAL AND CAUCASIAN FAMILIES. THE TEST PANEL WILL BE OF SUFFICIENT SIZE SO THAT RESEARCHERS CAN: (1) DETECT EVEN RARE RESTRICTION FRAGMENT-LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS (RFLP'S), (2) DETERMINE THE FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION AND HA ...

THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP A TECHNIQUE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF VERY UNIFORM (LESS THAN 5 MICRONS) AND ULTRASTABLE GASEOUS MICROBUBBLES TO BE USED AS A STANDARDIZED ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT IN NEUROSONOGRAPHY (ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY). THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD ALLOW FURTHER PROGRESS IN THE NEWLY DEVELOPING FIELD OF CONTRAST-ENHANCED ULTRASONIC IMAGING OF INTRACRANIAL STRUCTURES. I ...

CERAMATEC HAS CONDUCTED EXPLORATORY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ON MONOLITHIC AND COMPOSITE MATERIALS IN THE ZRB2 AND TIB2 SYSTEMS AND HAS OBTAINED VERY ENCOURAGING RESULTS WITH SEVERAL PROPRIETARY COMPOSITIONS/CONSTRUCTIONS. THE AVERAGE STRENGTH OF A BASELINE TIB2 COMPOSITION WAS MEASURED AT 877 MPA (127.3 KSI). COMPOSITE STRUCTURESWITH DISCONTINUOUS REINFORCEMENT HAD STRENGTHS IN THE RANGE 400-600 ...

THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE SUCCESSFUL FABRICATION AND DENSIFICATION OF CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES FORMED BY INJECTION MOLDING. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS OBJECTIVE, A DESIGNED TEST MATRIX WILL BE DEVELOPED THAT WILL SYSTEMATICALLY INVESTIGATE THE KEY INJECTION MOLDING AND DEBINDING PARAMETERS SUCH AS BINDER COMPOSITION, SOLIDS RATIO, MOLDING CONDITIONS, DEBINDING CONDITIONS ...

THE ULTIMATE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ADAPT AND MODIFY GENERAL NETWORK'S TURNKEY PACKAGE, TOTAL SOLUTION, FOR MILITARY USE AS AN ADVANCED FACILITY TO EXPEDITE THE DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS. TOTAL SOLUTION IS COMPRISED OF COMPUTER HARDWARE AND GENERAL NETWORK'S PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE. THIS SOFTWARE IS AN INNOVATIVE, MODULARIZED, INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS SYSTEM DEVELO ...

IT IS DESIRABLE TO HAVE A MTHOD FOR EFFICIENT, COST EFFEC- TIVE, AND SIMULTANEOUS REMOVAL OF PB(II), AG(I), CD(II) AND HG(II) FROM POTABLE WATER TO LEVELS WELL BELOW THEIR EPA LIMITS. SUCH A METHOD COULD BE USED BY BOTH MUNICIPAL WATER WASTE TREATMENT PLALNTS. THE INTERACTION OF THE MACROCYCLE TETRAAZA-18CROWN WITH THE METALS OF INTEREST IS OF SUFFI- CIENT STRENGTH AND SELECTIVITY TO REMOVE THE ME ...

THIS PROPOSAL WOULD ENCOMPASS THE DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF SOLID STATE POWER SWITCHES AS HYBRID CIRCUITS. THE CIRCUITS WOULD CONTAIN PARALLEL OUTPUT TRANSISTORS, ALL REQUIRED CURRENT DRIVE STAGES, HIGHTEMPERATURE AND HIGH-CURRENT PROTECTION. TEMPERATURES ARE MEASURED WITH SCREEN PRINTED OR CHIP THERMISTORS AND CURRENT WILL BE MONITORED AS A VOLTAGE ACROSS A SENSE RESISTOR OR OTHER METHOD YET TO B ...

RAPID DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED IN RECENT YEARS ON SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS THAT HAVE ALLOWED MAGNET DESIGNERS TO CONSIDER MAGNETS FOR FIELDS UP TO 20 T. AS THEMAGNETIC FIELD OR THE OPERATING CURRENT INCREASES, HOWEVER, SO DO THE ELECTROMAGNETIC STRESSES EXPERIENCED BY THE SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE IN THE MAGNET WINDING. AT STRAINS EXCEEDING THE ELASTIC TOLERANCE OF NB(3)SN, IRREVERS ...