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This project will analyze and select promising materials and designs to be used in the plumes of tactical solid rocket motors for missile steering and control. The emphasis is on high-performance refractory materials and compatibility of material systems. The control fins experience severe thermal and severe particulate erosion environments. Missile controllability requires fins with minimal er ...

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THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES SYSTEMS TO REDUCE NOISE AND VIBRATIONS EMANATING FROM AUXILIAIY POWER UNITS (APUS) WHICH ARE BEING INITEGRATED INTO ARMY VEHICLES AND SHELTERS. EXCESSIVE NOISE AND VIBRATIONS ARE HARMFUL TO AND HINDER THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OPERATORS AND OCCUPANTS. IN MILITARY EQUIPMENT, IT IS ALSO BENEFICIAL TO AVOID EMANATIONS THAT MIGHT BE USED AS DETECTION SIGNATURES . THIS EXPLORATORY DEV ...

ARMY NATICK RESEARCH HAS FOUND THAT A SUPERACTIVATED CARBON WITH BET SURFACE AREAS GREATER THAN 3000 METERS SQUARED PER GRAM HAS POTENTIAL APPLICATION IN THE PRODUCTION OF SUPERIOR CHEMICAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT FOR BATTLEFIELD PERSONNEL. THIS CARBON, ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED BY AMOCO CORPORATION, IS PRODUCED BY A UNIQUE HIGH TEMPERATURE CAUSTIC ACTIVATION PROCESS AND IS NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM DO ...

MILITARY SYSTEMS POWERED BY INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES EMIT NOISE FROM THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF NOISE, AIRBORNE, DUE TO THE PRESSURE WAVE PROPAGATING THROUGH THE EXHAUST SYSTEM AND EXITING AT THE OUTLET AND STRUCTURE - BORNE, RADIATED FROM THE VIBRATING COMPONENTS OF THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP A COMPUTER CODE SIMULATING THE EXHAUST SYSTEM, AN ...

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A VARIETY OF HARDWRE ENHANCEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE OVER THE YEARS TO THE HIGH ENERGY LASER DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING SYSTEM (HELDAPS) AT THE WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE HIGH ENERGY LASER SYSTEM TEST FACILITY. THE EXISTING HELDAPS SOFTWARE DOES NOT FULLY UTILIZE THE CAPABILITIES OF THE ENHANCED SYSTEM CONFIGURATION. A PHASE I PROJECT IS PROPOSED TO SYSTEMATICALLY ANALYZE THE HELDAPS ROCESSING REQ ...

We propose the application of HEMS technology to the development of a tactile finger tip display device for operation in conjunction with finger force reflective devices. By co~ining high bandwidth finger tip acutation with lower bandwidth, large motion finger force reflection, we hope to gain full range-of-motion dexterity with the impression of sensitive surface touch. For medical diagnostic ...

For the Phase I effort we plan to investigate two potential mutispectral sensor solutions a 3 color reticle system and 2 color imaging system. Each of these sensor soncepts will be analytically modeled and evaluated against the best set of target and background data that is available. This process will be used to identify minimum required sensor configurations in order to solve the Safe-To-Load ...

In the Phase I effort, we will implement a three level modeling approach to provide the basis for an optimized multi-sensor design. The three levels include performance, cost and power. the organization of each level will include provisions for the sensor, processor, transmission and display. the cost and power models will be based on survey of existing technologies using methods outlined below ...