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A visualization package is proposed for the real time visualization of three-dimensional, time-varying hazards data generated by existing and next generation hazard and consequence assessment software. The Hazard Prediction Assessment Capability (HPAC) software will be used as a representative consequence assessment toolset, and the new visualization capability will be integrated in a manner appli ...

Rapid noninvasive detection of blast lung injury is of great interest for forward military medical care, homeland defense, and civilian trauma. Near Infrared and Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy (NIRS, DOS) are novel techniques that can penetrate non-invasively through the thorax/lungs, detect air/blood beneath the surface, and measure the lung function. The overall objective of this project is to dev ...

A model that characterizes the flow patterns within gelled hypergolic reaction chambers, and its rigorous validation with prior and current engine development data, is proposed. Phase I modeling will leverage recent breakthroughs associated with hypergolic gel combustion stochastic turbulent dispersion, droplet breakup and a heuristic collision and evaporation methodology. During Phase I a reduc ...

OEMs have historically been forced into short term planning due to the nature of the market for their products; however they have increasingly turned to a new agile approach to planning of design and production. Tools for the development and exploitation of capabilities need to be developed to be successful in a changing, nonlinear, uncertain and unpredictable environment. Specifically simulation ...

The benefits of guided munitions have been demonstrated during conflicts in recent years. It is now commonplace to see bombs and cruise missiles guide themselves for pinpoint strikes against enemy targets specified by GPS locations. Up to this point, however, self-guidance has been limited to rather expensive munitions (e.g, in the tens, to hundreds, of thousands of dollars range) deployed from l ...

Our objective is to develop a novel, compact, lightweight, and disposable Micropump for safe and precise delivery of pharmacological agents and drugs. The proposed technology will couple recently reported electrokinetic phenomena, electrothermal flow, with an inline flow sensor based on Laser-Induced Fluorescence Photobleaching Anemometry and a feedback controller for automatic, digital control o ...

Field tests in a variety of scenarios indicate significant advantages to using polarization for enhancing target detection in cluttered backgrounds or backgrounds with countermeasures. Polarization provides additional information in these difficult detection scenarios and has strong potential to address a variety of Army and MDA needs. For midcourse scenarios, debris and decoy clouds, low thermal ...

Sarcos Research Corporation proposes the development of a miniature, disposable, embedded computer-controlled IV infusion pump for administration of drugs during casualty treatment, stabilization and transport on the battlefield. The pump will be based on the Company's proprietary design concepts that enable pumps that are accurate, power efficient, small size, light weight, rugged, and can opera ...

The largest border in the United States is not the boundary between the US and Canada or the US and Mexico, but the coastlines. Maintaining security of our territorial waters is essential in the face of an increasingly hostile world. Current maritime security strategy rests on four pillars; awareness, prevention, protection, and, response. Of these, awareness is arguably the most important; howeve ...

3D Research Corporation and Aerojet, Incorporated, propose a novel approach to munitions modeling to assure the munitions meets Insensitive Munitions (IM) requirements of DoDD 5000.2-R and MIL-STD-2105C. IM validation of munitions requires extensive testing, and it is necessary to develop analytical approaches which accelerate the design process for IM compliance. The proposed approach evaluates ...