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A RESEARCH PROJECT TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A SUBMARINE SEA ENVIRONMENT SENSOR (WAVE HEIGHT, SEA STATE), AND RELATIVE SPEED ACROSS AND DECK UTILIZING MICRO-CELL STRAIN SENSORS AND FIBER OPTIC DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS.

THIS PROJECT IS TO EXAMINE THE STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS OF A MUNITIONS DISPENSER, AND IDENTIFY COMPOSITE MATERIALS AND THEIR APPLICATION TO DESIGNS THAT WOULD REDUCE PARASITIC STRUCTURAL WEIGHT BY 30%. THERE ARE A VARIETY OF FIBERS, RESINS, AND MANUFACTURING PROCESSES THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR ACHIEVING SIGNIFICANT WEIGHT REDUCTION. AS THE PROPERTIES AND COSTS OF COMPLETED COMPONENTS VARYWITH MAN ...

THIS STUDY WILL EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY AND PRACTICALITY OF UTILIZING CHARCOAL CLOTH IN A LIGHT-WEIGHT SOLAR POWERED DISTILLATION PURIFICATION DEVICE INCORPORATING CHARCOAL CLOTH AS THE ENERGY ABSORBENT WATER WICK. IN THIS PROPOSED DEVICE, IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE CHARCOAL CLOTH WILL ACT NOT ONLY AS THE DISTILLATION MEDIA, BUT WILL ALSO REMOVE OBJECTIONABLE ODORS, CO-DISTILLABLE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS A ...

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ONE OF THE MOST COMMON PROBLEMS IN THE FIELDS OF SYSTEM DYNAMICS AND PATTERN RECOGNITION IS THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF A SYSTEM ARE KNOWN THAN AN ACCURATE MATHERMATICAL MODEL COULD BE CONSTRUCTED AND A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE BEHAVIOR OF THE SYSTEM COULD BE DEVELOPED. THIS WOULD HELP IMPROVE ITS DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE, MADE ITS IDENTIFICATION EASIER, FACILITATE INSPEC ...

PROPOSER, WHO HAS PATENTS FOR BONDING METAL TO GRAPHITE, WILL BOND TO PYROLYTIC ANISOTROPIC GRAPHITE, USING TIN COMPOSITE MATERIAL, IN ORDER TO FIND SUBSTITUTE FOR COPPER.

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TO SATISFY AIR FORCE REQUIREMENTS TO IMPROVE AVIATION REACTIVE ATMOSPHERES IN A UNIQUE, CONTRACTOR-OWNED ENTRAINED FLOW REACTOR WITH ON-LINE, IN-SITU ANALYSIS OF VOLATILE SPECIES, TEMPERATURE AND RADIATION ABSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS BY FOURTER TRANSFORM INFRARED (FT-IR) SPECTROSCOPY. THESE DATA WILL BE USED TO EVALUATE THE APPLICATION OF EXISTING CONTRACTOR-DEVELOPED MODELS OF VAPORIZATION, PYROLY ...

SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS IN COST AND DISPLACEMENT OF VALUABLE PETROLEUM FUEL CAN BE ACHIEVED BY BURNING COAL WHEN APPROPRIATE FOR DOD POWER GENERATION REQUIREMENTS. THIS PROPOSAL OFFERS A COST EFFECTIVE, PORTABLE, COMPUTER CONTROLLED AND INTEGRATED COAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING A COAL'S COMBUSTION PERFORMANCE. THE PROPOSED SYSTEM FOR COAL ANALYSES IS AN INTEGRATED THERMOGRAVIMETER ANALYZER (TGA), ...

THE EXTENSION OF A NON-CONTACT POLISHING TECHNIQUE PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED FOR IT-VI COMPOUNDS, IS PROPOSED FOR (100) GAAS WAFERS INTEGRATED CIRCUIT APPLICATIONS IN MIND. AN INITIAL TASK WILL BE TO CHARACTERIZE SUCH NON-CONTACT POLISHED SURFACES AND COMPARE THEM WITH CONVENTIONALLY POLISHED SURFACES. FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT OF THE TECHNIQUE, WE WILL INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF SCALE-UP FO ...