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AN ULTRA LOW-COST FUEL TANKAGE FOR EXPENDABLE TURBOJET PROPULSION SYSTEMS TO BE USED IN THE LONGFOG MISSILE IS PROPOSED. DESIGN CRITERIA AND TECHICAL OBJECTIVES BASED ON MISSION REQUIREMENTS AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS ARE PRESENTED. TWO CANDIDATE SYSTEMS ARE PROPOSED: ONE FEATURING COMPRESSOR DISCHARGE BLEED AIR FOR FUEL TANK PRESSURIZATION AND THE OTHER FEATURING A HIGH-PRESSURE BOTTLE OF INERT GAS F ...

An immediate requirement exists for new techniques for efficient non destructive inspection and repair of composite components such as those that will be used in the "composite weapon" that is under development. IDeally, these operations would be undertaken at the field or the depot level itself, and be performed by semi-skilled operators. Therefore, systems that are robuts, inexpensive and accura ...

Fastening and joining technology has lagged behind the progress that has been made in other areas of composites for advanced air vehicles. Aerotech proposes the development of reversible polymeric adhesive bonding of composites using variable frequency microwave energy. With this method, composites are bonded using Poly Ether Ether Ketone (a high temperature thermoplastic) which is cured using v ...

DESCRIBED IS A NEW LOW-COST DISPOSABLE BIOREACTOR FOR THE COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OF PLANT CELL SUSPENSIONS IN VITRO. DETERMINATION OF THE TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF OUR NEW TECHNOLGY IS PROPOSED. DEVELOPED BY AGRESEARCH INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND BASED ON PRELIMINARY EXPERIMENTS, OUR NEW LOWER COST BIOREACTOR AND PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY SHOULD PRODUCE GREATER SAVINGS AND ALLOW A WIDER RANGE OF ...

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This is a Phase II proposal to continue the work begun by AgriTech Electronics, LC (AgriTech) on a GPS-based livestock control system. This system will exclude animals from areas, or contain them within defined boundaries, where it is impractical or inefficient to build fence to achieve this objective. These needs arise in a variety of contexts, including the exclusion of livestock from riparian a ...

50540-98-I Imaging Fractures and Fracture Systems to Assess Reservoir Properties--American Spectrum Engineering and Science Services, 5010 Grand Central Drive, Morgantown, WV 26505-4797; (304) 284-9144 Mr. William K. Overbey, Jr., Principal Investigator Mr. William K. Overbey Jr., Business Official DOE Grant No. DE-FG02-98ER82528 Amount: $74,694 Many fractured gas reservoirs could be produced ...

Electromechanical dissociation (EMD) is defined as the inability of the heart to generate anycardiac output despite the presence of ECG complexes. Several authors have defined a subset of EMDtermed pseudo-EMD. This has been defined as the presence of cardiac contractile function withoutpalpable peripheral pulses. Some authors have suggested that patients in pseudo-EMD are more easilyresuscitated t ...

The electromagnetic directed energy method (lasers, particle beams, and high power microwaves) of defending against missiles relies on generating a large amount of energy at the defense site, locating the target, and then transporting a large fraction of that energy to the target along a line of sight at the speed of light, to either destroy or destabilize the threat at as long range as possibl ...