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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 ...

IN RECENT YEARS THE CORROSIVITY OF THE TACTICAL WHEELED VEHICLE ENVIRONMENT HAS BECOME MORE SEVERE DUE TO INCREASED USE OF ROAD SALTS, INCREASED ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS (SO(2) AND NO(X)), AND CHANGES IN CLIMATIC CONDITIONS IN SELECTED GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS OF THE WORLD. THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF THE ABOVE CONDITIONS AND MARINE SALTS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASE THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF SELECTED VEHICLES AN ...

To advance scientific and medical understanding of blood chemistry, we propose to develop modern medical simulation software that will be of use in predicting outcomes of medical interventions. For example, the chemical reactions between hemoglobin, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and electrolytes that occur in blood are essential to understanding human physiology, but still confuse students at many leve ...

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 ...

THE PROPOSED INVESTIGATION OF ADAPTIVE PROTOCOLS FOR SPREAD-SPECTRUM PACKET RADIO NETWORKS HAS FOUR PRIMARY TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES. FIRST, IT WILL PROVIDE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SIGNALING TECHNIQUES, ARCHITECTURES, AND ADAPTIVE PROTOCOLS FOR SURVIVABLE PACKET RADIO NETWORKS. SECOND, A NEW ADAPTIVE DISTRIBUTED ROUTING ALGORITHM WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR USE IN SPREADSPEC ...

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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This advanced development program is devoted to adapting SATIMO's proprietary Microwave Camera design and the associated proprietary microwave imaging codes based on Augumented Diffraction Tomography (ADT) and the Volumetric Electric Field Integral Equation (VEFIE) to provide efficient 3-D imaging of water movement along perferred flow channels during snowmelt. The customized Microwave Camera wil ...

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