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THIS STUDY WILL EVALUATE THE RANGE OF SHIP SIZES AND POWER LEVELS (SPEEDS) TO DETERMINE THE OPTIMUM SHIP CHARACTERISTICS FOR OPERATING U.S. FLAG RO/RO SHIPS IN U.S. COASTAL SERVICE. RO/RO CARGO HANDLING TECHNIQUES PREVALENT IN EUROPE AND SCANDINAVIA WILL BE INCORPORATED AS A FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENT OF THE SERIES OF SHIPS INVESTIGATED. THESE TECHNIQUES INVOLVE THE USE OF CASSETTES TO HANDLE CONTAINERS ...

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THIS PROJECT AIMS AT DEVELOPING A HIGHLY ACCURATE AND ECONOMICAL AIRCRAFT ALTIMETER. THE MOTION OF AN EVACUATED BELLOWS WILL BE MONITORED BY AN OPTICAL POSITION SENSOR WHICH WILL GIVE AN ELECTRICAL ANALOG SIGNAL LINEARLY RELATED TO THE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE. WHILE THE SENSOR IS VERY SMALL, RUGGED AND INEXPENSIVE, IT HAS A LARGE DYNAMIC RANGE (100,000), HIGH LINEARITY (0.01%) AND HIGH SENSITIVITY (M ...

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The proposed project will demonstrate unique digital signal processing software for automated, early detection of Widespread Fatigue (WF) damage in turbine engine disks. The software, known as RVMD is based on recently patented technology in Rotational Vibrationa Monitoring (RVM). RVMD will measure loss of disk structural rigidity due to WF defects, both from High Cycle and Low Cycle Fatigue. ...

DIGITAL SIGNAL CORPORATION PROPOSES TO REPLACE THE CURRENT VEHICLE CRUSH MEASUREMENT SYSTEM OF HIGHLY TRAINED INVESTIGATORS USING TIME CONSUMING METHODS WITH A PORTABLE, RUGGED, EASY TO USE LASER RADAR/CAMCORDER SYSTEM. THE BENEFITS RANGE FROM EASY TO REPRODUCE AND CORROBORABLE RESULTS TO AN INCREASE IN PRODUCTIVITY POSSIBLE WITH A TRIPOD MOUNTED SYSTEM WHICH SETS UP AND TAKES DATA WITHIN MINUTES. ...

A DEMONSTRATION MOORED-SHIP MOTION DETERMINATION (MSMD) SYSTEM WILL BE BUILT AND TESTED. THE MSMD SYSTEM TRACKS CONTAINER CARGO SHIPS AT PIERSIDE, USING A PIER-MOUNTED SENSOR SUITE. AN EXTENDED KALMAN FILTER CONVERTS THE SENSORREADINGS INTO A PREDICTION OF THE POSITION, ORIENTATION AND MOTION OF THE SHIP, IN ALL SIX DEGREES OF FREEDOM. THE CONFIGURATION OF SENSORS FOR THE MSMD SYSTEM AND THE MATHE ...

ECOTEK INTERNATIONAL PROPOSES AN ALL SOLID-STATE VISIBILITY MONITORING SYSETM THAT WILL BE USED TO MONITOR VISIBILITY CONDITIONS ALONG ROADWAYS AND WARN TRAVELERS OF LOW VISIBILITY CONDITIONS. THE PURPOSE OF THE SYSTEM IS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF MULTIPLE-VEHICLE COLLISIONS AND CONSEQUENT FATALITIES, INJURIES, AND PROPERTY DAMAGES. THE SYSTEM IS BASED ON AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO A WELL-ESTABLISHED ...