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The Ktech Team proposes a feasibility study of a fuel/air driven flux compression power unit (FCPU) for electric guns. Through variations of inductance gradients and through changes in scale, the proposed technology will be applicable to both electrothermal/chemical and electromagnetic guns. In the Phase 1 effort, we develop simulation models to predict the performance of the flux compression po ...

A FEASIBILITY STUDY IS PROPOSED FOR AN ENCAPSULATED, HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION, BROAD RANGE PIEZOELECTRIC POLYMER STRESS GAUGE TO MEASURE SHOCK-TO-DETONATION TRANSITIONS IN EXPLOSIVES AND PROPELLANTS. THESE MEASUREMENTS ARE KEY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF EFFECTIVE "GROWTH TO DETONATION" MODELS WHICH ARE A NECESSARY ELEMENT IN THE ASSESSMENT OF THE VULNERABILITY AND/OR DEVELOPMENT OF TACTICAL SYSTEMS INC ...

CURRENT ATTEMPTS TO USE THE PLASMA OPENING SWITCH (POS) FOR DECADE HAVE NOT YET BEEN ENTIRELY SUCCESSFUL DUE TO THE APPARENT INABILITY OF THE SWITCH TO OPEN EFFICIENTLY TO A HIGH-IMPEDENCE LOAD. RESEARCH DIRECTED TOWARD IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE POS IN THE LONG-CONDUCTION TIME REGIME HAS BEEN FRUSTRATED BY THE INABILITY OF COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS TO OPERATE IN THE PARAMETER REGIMES OF INTEREST ...

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Mission Research Corporation proposes the development of a unique FPGA (field programmable gate array) for applications in space and other military and civilian environments requiring the versatility of reconfigurability with retention of the configuration in an unpowered state. The FPGA will be capable of being configured once and retaining that configuration for a minimum of 10 years even with ...

VANADOUS FORMATE IS USED IN THE LOMI PROCESS FOR CHEMICAL DECONTAMINATION OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS TO REDUCE THE EXPOSURE TO RADIATION BY PLANT PERSONNEL. IN THIS PROCESS, VANADOUS FORMATE IS USED TO PARTIALLY REDUCE IRON AND NICKEL OXIDES THAT CONTAIN RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS, PRIMARILY COBALT OXIDE. THESE METALS ARE THEN CHELATED IN SOLUTION, ABSORBED ON ION EXCHANGE RESINS, SOLIDIFIED AND BURIED. T ...

IN THIS PROPOSAL WE OFFER TO DEVELOP FOR THE DEFENSE NUCLEAR AGENCY A SOFTWARE DESIGN FRAMEWORK THAT CAN BE USED BY ALL OF DNA'S CONTRACT ORGANIZATIONS FOR THEIR OWN INDIVIDUALLY TAILORED DNA COMPUTATIONAL SOFTWARE--EXISTING OR DEVELOPMENTAL. THIS FRAMEWORK MAKES USE OF NEWLY DEVELOPED OBJECT-ORIENTED DESIGN AIDES TO ENABLE USERS TO BUILD THEIR OWN CODES FOR USE ON THE NEWEST WORKSTATIONS AND MASS ...

A GOOD MODEL FOR PREDICTING THE CONDUCTION AND OPENING CHARACTERISTICS OF PLASMA OPENING SWITCHES IS REQUIRED IF SWITCH- ES CURRENTLY IN USE ARE TO BE SCALED UP TO THE CURRENT AND VOLTAGE RATINGS REQUIRED BY THE FAMILY OF THREAT SIMULATOR. EMPIRICAL VERIFICATION OF THE NUMEROUS MODELS WHICH HAVE EVOLVED AROUND DIFFERENT CONDUCTION PROCESSES HAVE MET WITH LIMITED SUCCESS BECAUSE SWITCH CHARACTERIST ...

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MRC PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A SAFETY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR (PI) OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM) PROTECTION STATUS OF A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (NPP). WE BELIEVE THAT SUCH A PI IS NEEDED BECAUSE: (1) EM ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IS ON THE INCREASE,(2) ADDITIONAL EM THREATS MUST BE EVALUATED, AND (3) DISRUPTION OF NPP OPERATIONS BY EM EFFECTS CAN AND MUST BE AVOIDED. PREVIOUS STUDIES HAVE ADDRESSED THE ISSUE OF E ...