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Although technologies derived under the Integrated High Performance Turbine Engine Technology (IHPTET) initiative should result in higher performance of gas turbine engines, the durability of engine components continues to be one of the most important design issues which impacts their affordability and robustness. It is currently very difficult to measure or predict the fatigue life of engine com ...

Continuous attenuation of ambient light without image distortion is of great importance in helmet mounted displays. To accomplish this, we propose a device based on liquid crystal-dichroic dye mixture. The system is electrically controllable, light weight, with full grey scale capability for all light conditions. It addresses all of the requirements and restrictions of visor based helmet mounte ...

New materials such as continuous fiber reinforced aluminum matrix composites exceptional performance, but often at the expense of incompatibility with conventional joining techniques. Spacecraft structures require high stiffness for stable structures and launch vibration resistance, as well as low outgassing characteristics, especially when cryogenic sensors are in use on the spacecraft. Solutio ...

Austral Engineering and Software, Inc. proposes to develop a computer platform for simulation-and-optimization-based design of multiple-stage manufacturing processes. Phase I will use metal forming processes to demonstrate feasibility of embedding analytical models of basic transport phenomena into design models that include geometric, microstructure, and processing features. Each stage of a me ...

Cybernet Systems proposes the development of a measurement system for measuring an indivudual's cognitive capacity and detecting cognitive overload. While much research has been done in this area, there remains to be developed a comprehensive system capable of integrating the many different parameters of physiological, psychological, and task performance data that must be taken into account when ...

The goal of this Phase I SBIR proposal is to develop a technically innovative high-speed GC for analysis of breath samples to assess body burden and metabolism of toxins. This instrument will be transportable yet deliver laboratory quality results which is lacking in currently available transportable GC's. Detection limits of 0.01 parts-per-billion will be achieved with this instrument. It will ...

The objective of this effort is to define key technical requirements, identify enabling technologies, conduct technology experiments, develop a system specification, provide an implementation approach, and develop a demonstration plan for a Collaborative Engineering Real Time Database Correlation Tool to support the development and correlation of databased required for the success of a collaborati ...

Historically, the Air Vehicle Technology industry has developed technologies based upon performance and, to a much lesser extent, the cost of individual technologies. The public and government will no longer justify and support these costs inlight of a perception that the enemy has been defeated. Emphasis of Science and Technology efforts must now be on system affordability. Further "gray beard ...

This Small Business Innovation Research project will investigate the feasibility of a programmable image processor with on-chip light sensing capability The architecture of the processor is based on cellular neural networks, which can be employed to perform many types of temporal and spatial image processing tasks through programming of the cloning templates.The proposed chip contains three disti ...

The proposed SBIR research targets the development of a Filtered-Rayleigh Scattering (FRS) velocimetry systrm for the study of unsteady aerodynamics. During Phase I a two-component FRS velocimetry system will be contructed. Enhaqncements will be made to the 1) hardware: improved iodine filter, frequency-stabilized laser, scientific-grade high-resolution cameras, packaged receiving optics, 2) so ...