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THE EFFICIENCY OF THE SCRUBBER ON THE HF HIGH ENERGY LASER WILL BE MEASURED UTILIZING FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY (FTIR). CONCENTRATIONS OF HF AND FLOWS WILL BE MEASURED BEFORE AND AFTER THE SCRUBBER, AND RECOMMENDATIONS MADE TO IMPROVE SCRUBBER EFFICIENCY, IF NECESSARY. AMBIENT AIR SAMPLING USING EITHER FTIR OR OTHER WET CHEMICAL METHOD WILL BE PERFORMED TO VALIDATE THE MODEL PREDICTI ...

THE EFFICIENCY OF THE SCRUBBER ON THE HF HIGH ENERGY LASER WILL BE MEASURED UTILIZING FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY (FTIR). CONCENTRATIONS OF HF AND FLOWS WILL BE MEASURED BEFORE AND AFTER THE SCRUBBER, AND RECOMMENDATIONS MADE TO IMPROVE SCRUBBER EFFICIENCY, IF NECESSARY. AMBIENT AIR SAMPLING USING EITHER FTIR OR OTHER WET CHEMICAL METHOD WILL BE PERFORMED TO VALIDATE THE MODEL PREDICTI ...

THE CURRENT PROCEDURE FOR REPORTING COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS SYSTEM SOFTWARE FAILURE USING PAPER FORMS IS ERROR-PRONE, TIME-CONSUMING AND INEFFICIENT. WHEN NUMEROUS TROUBLE REPORTS ARE ROUTINELY GENERATED, AS IS THE CASE WITH LARGE SYSTEMS OR SYSTEMS DEPLOYED AT MULTIPLE SITES, THE DEFICIENCIES OF PAPER FORMS MAY SEVERLY INHIBIT THE PROBLEM RESOLUTION PROCESS. THE TIMELY CORRECTION OF FIELD FAIL ...

THIS PROPOSAL IS DIRECTED TOWARDS ESTABLISHING THE FEASIBILITY OF USING WAVE ENERGY TO PROVIDE HIGH-PRESSURE SEAWATER AT REMOTE COASTAL AND ISLAND LOCATIONS. THIS HAS POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL VALUE BECAUSE OF THE MANY POSSIBLE USESOF HIGH-PRESSURE SEAWATER: IT CAN BE CIRCULATED IN ONSHORE AQUACULTURE TANKS, PASSED THROUGH A REVERSE OSMOSIS MEMBRANE TO PRODUCE FRESH WATER, OR PASSED THROUGH AN IMPULSE ...

WE PROPOSE AN IN-SITU OPTICAL FIBER ORGANIC MATRIX CURE/TEMPERATURE MONITOR WHICH ALLOWS ACCURATE DETERMINATION OF LOCALIZED STATE OF CURE DURING TYPICAL COMPOSITE FABRICATION PROCESSES. THE SYSTEM CONSISTS OF A RESIN FIBER WAVEGUIDE ENSOR WHICH MEASURES CHANGES OF REFRACTIVE INDEX AS THE RESIN CURES, AND A NON-SILICA CORE FIBER DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSOR WHICH COMPENSATES FOR TEMPERATURE INDU ...

METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES (MMCS) REPRESENT AN EMERGING CLASS OF STRUCTURAL MATERIALS WITH POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS RANGING FROM DIMENSIONALLY STABLE SPACE STRUCTURED COMPONENTS TO HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY PACKAGES FOR HYBRID MICROELECTRONICS. USE OF MMCS IN COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS HAS BEEN LIMITED TO DATE BECAUSE OF HIGH MATERIAL COSTS AND EXTREMELY HIGH MANUFACTURING COSTS (BOTH MATERIAL FABRICATION ...

WE HOPE TO INVESTIGATE THE POTENTIAL USE OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC DOOR SEAL AS A COMPONENT IN A LOW MAINTENANCE DOOR CLOSURE. THIS SEAL WILL INSERT A LOSSY FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL INTO THE PATH BY WHICH ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY ENTERS A SHIELDED ENCLOSURE AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE DOOR. THE MATERIAL IS EXPECTED TO REFLECT THE INCIDENT FIELD BECAUSE THE FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL WILL OFFER A HIGH IMPEDANC ...

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THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THIS ENDEAVOR IS TO DEVELOP AN AUTOMATED AND CONTINUOUS MEANS OF MONITORING WATER QUALITY, UTILIZING FISH AS THE SENSORS. THE SPECIFIC AIMS INCLUDE THE IMPROVEMENT OF COMPUTERIZED INSTRUMENTATION, AS WELL AS,TO QUANTIFY THE POTENTIAL FOR MONITORING THE FISH VENTILATORY PROFILES IN RESPONSE TO THE PRESENCE OF TOXICS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN IN A VARIETY OF COMMERCIAL APPLIC ...

NOVA TECHNOLOGY, INC. IS INVESTIGATING THE USE OF AN OPTICAL SETUP SIMILAR TO A TWYMAN-GREEN INTERFEROMETER, A LASER BEAM TO ILLUMINATE A MICROSCOPE SPECIMEN AND A REFERENCE SURFACE, IN THE SCATTERED LIGHT FROM THE SPECIMEN IS MIXED WITH THE SCATTERED LIGHT FROM THE REFERENCE SURFACEAT THE IMAGE PLANE OF THE MICROSCOPE. BY MONITORING THE SPECKLE INTENSITY WITH A CCD ARRAY, THE PHASE CHANGE IN SPEC ...