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IN THIS PHASE I EFFORT, THE GOAL IS TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF CONDUCTING ACCELERATED CORROSION TESTING OF VEHICLES BY SIMULATING 5-10-15 YEARS OF FIELD LIFE IN A COMPUTER CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT SIMULATION CHAMBER. THE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS OF THE CHAMBER, THE TYPES OF ENVIRONMENTS PRESENT IN THE DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS, THE CORRELATION BETWEEN ACCELERATED CHAMBER TESTS AND FIELD COND ...

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A quality simulation which allows a user to simulate the acoustic emissions in a multi-source environment and then study the effects these conditions have on a set of acoustic sensors would be of great value. As acoustic sensors technology continues to advance with robust algorithms for detection, tracking and identification as well as high performance hardware providing real-time operation, thes ...

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 ...

Control systems that stabilize the operation of a compressor around the surge line have been demonstrated in controlled laboratory conditions on fixed speed compressors. Jet engine manufacturers are considering this technology for improving engine performance and operability by reducing the compressor surge margins that are currently built into engine control logic. To demonstrate this technolog ...

This project applies a combination of Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), Genetic Algorithms (GA), and CAD software to the problem of optimum armor design. Previous work for TACOM has established the efficacy of ANN/GA as applied to the problem of 1-D armor design. This new work will extend the concept to full 3-D vehicle geometries (CAD models). The CAD part of the code will handle the 3D data d ...

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IN A FEW YEARS, THE NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER (NTC) WILL HAVE NEW SIMULATION SYSTEMS AND UPGRADES TO RDMA AND RMCS. GIVEN EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT INTEGRATION, TEHSE SYSTEMS WILL INCREASE, SIGNIFICANTLY, THE AMOUNT AND FIDELITY OF DATA AVAILABLE TO THE TRAINING SNALYST. HOW EFFECTIVE THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE DEPENDS ON HOW EFFICIENTLY THE MAN-MACHINE COMBINAITONS AT TRAINING ANALYST WORK STATIONS ARE ...

THE NEED EXISTS FOR A SIMPLE AND COST EFFECTIVE METHOD TO DETERMINE THE STATUS OF HARDNESS CRITICAL ITEMS (HCI) FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF SYSTEMS WITH E3 SURVIVABILITY REQUIREMENTS. TRADITIONAL METHODS OF TESTING AND MAINTAINING SYSTEMS TO DATE HAVE NOT PROVEN TO BE EFFECTIVE. RECENT TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES MAY PROVIDE THE MUCH NEEDED SOLUTION TO HM/HS FOR E3. FOR EXAMPLE, EXPERT SYSTEMS, UTILIZING ARTIFI ...