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THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED WORK IS TO APPLY RADIATION TRANSPORT METHODS DEVELOPED TO STUDY CONTROLLED FUSION TO SIMULATE THE REFLECTION OF LIGHT IN COMPUTER GRAPHICS. VIEWFACTOR METHODS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN APPLIED TO THE STUDY OF TIME DEPENDENT RADIATION TRANSPORT IN ENCLOSURES. CODES DEVELOPED AT KMS FUSION, INC. (KMS) HAVE THE ABILITY, BELIEVED UNIQUE FOR VIEW FACTOR CODES, OF SOLVING TIME DEP ...

Past applications of wood fibers in cement-based materials have been limited to the specialty market of thin cement panels. Synthetic fibers have recently gained tremendous popularity as secondary reinforcement in conventional concrete for shrinkage crack control. Concrete reinforcing fibers should provide high levels of slenderness ratio, elastic modulus, tensile and bond strengths, and finenes ...

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LOCATING NATIVE QUARTZ GRAVEL DEPOSITS WITH THERMAL IMAGERY HAS BEEN FOUND FEASIBLE BY THE USDA FOREST SERVICE SOUTHERN REGION, BUT THE COST OF OBTAINING IMAGERY WITH RESEARCH SCANNERS IS EXCESSIVE AND IMPRACTICAL. THE PYROELECTRIC VIDEO SYSTEM MANUFACTURED BY THE ISI GROUP OFFERS A POTENTIAL LOW COST ALTERNATIVE, BUT NEEDS RESEARCH TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF THIS APPLICATION. A DUAL CAMERA S ...

A DUAL LASER BEAM TECHNIQUE INVOLVING LASER EVAPORATION OF ALIQUID TARGET WILL BE DEVELOPED TO DEPOSIT THIN FILMS OF INDIUM TIN OXIDE (ITO) ON SILICON. ITO IS EXCELLENT FOR USEIN HIGH SPEED ELECTRONIC DEVICES, WHILE SILICON IS AN OPTIMAL SUBSTRATE DUE TO AVAILABILITY OF HIGH PURITY, LOW COST, LARGE AREA WAFERS. ATTEMPTS WILL BE MADE TO UNDERSTAND THE PHYSICS OF LASER EVAPORATION THAT WILL FACILITA ...

STRAW BALES HAVE BEEN USED FOR AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS IN THE PAST. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THIS METHODOLOGY CAN NOW BE ADAPTED TO PROVIDE SAFE, LOW COST HOUSING FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES. QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED ARE - THE EXTENT OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROBLEM IN RURAL COMMUNITIES - THE TECHINCAL PROBLEMS OF PRODUCING SUITABLE STRAW BALES - THE DESIGN OF A STRAW BALE HOUSE WHICH MAXIMIZES THE OPPORTINI ...

RECENT ADVANCES IN AERODYNAMIC, STRUCTURAL, ELECTRONIC, AND PROPULSIVE TECHNOLOGIES MAKE POSSIBLE A NEW GENERATION OF LOW-COST UNMANNED AIRCRAFT FOR ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE RESEARCH. THE FIRST SUCH PLATFORM, DESIGNATED PERSEUS, IS ALREADY UNDER DEVELOPMENT AS A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES AND HARVARD UNIVERSITY. PERSEUS' LITHIUM BATTERY PROPULSION SYSTEM WILL ENABLE IT TO CARRY A 50 KG ...

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A NEW TYPE OF PROBE AND ASSOCIATED COMPUTING INSTRUMENT ARE PROPOSED FOR QUICKLY MEASURING THERMAL PROPERTIES OF SOLID MATERIALS. THE PROPOSED COMBINATION IS BASED ON A MINIATURE THIN FILM HEAT FLUX SENSOR RECENTLY DEVELOPED AT VIRGINIA TECH. THE NEW PROBE ENABLES THE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY AND DIFFUSIVITY OF SOLID MATERIAL SPECIMENS TO BE MEASURED SIMPLY AND RAPIDLY. AT THE END OF THE PROBE WILL BE ...

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