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The goal of this SBIR is the enhancement of the current state-of-the-art combustion instability analysis tools.  The planned enhancement is focused on capturing the effects of injection element distribution and the inclusion of substantial film cooling and diluent injection.  These characteristics are extremely important in the design of high-pressure oxygen rich staged combustion (ORSC) engines ...

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K2 Energy Solutions, Inc. will address the Navy’s energy storage requirements by designing and fabricating a modular battery system similar to those the company has already developed for high performance electric vehicles. K2 develops and manufactures advanced lithium-ion energy storage systems based on intrinsically safe and inexpensive lithium iron phosphate cathode materials.

Broadband signal processing is important for interpreting signals received from active sonar transmissions. The traditional approach to processing broadband signals in the sonar literature is to assume a harrowband condition that Justifies the use of narrowband signal processing. RTcently there has been renewed interest in avoiding the narrowband assumption and in actually using techniques th ...

The SBIR Phase I proposal is designed to improve the high end temperature performance of Altairnano''''s nano Lithium titanate batteries and will develop an equivalent circuit model capturing the transient dynamics of Altairnano’s 50 Ah cell. Altairnano will study the effects of various materials and the interactions between them to determine the best electrode material combination in order to e ...

This small business innovative research phase I project from Sagent Corporation addresses the need to develop and demonstrate high-performance nonlinear, adaptive, and hybrid systems cdontrol technology for precision multi-target, multi-platform fire-on-the-move applications including armor, air defense and aircraft system applications. Reliance on incremental improvements in linear, fixed-point ...

Significant advances have been made in machining technology, most notably machining centers capable of spindle speeds and feedrates that are an order of magnitude higher than conventional. However, the use of this new technology requires much more technical expertise, and experience and intuition are no longer sufficient. Specifically, machine tool productivity can be greatly enhanced if informati ...

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A flexible hose and drogue system typically employed in military aircraft refueling operations has proven reliable except when excessive shear forces on the receiving aircraft’s refueling probe are induced, which can induce a break-away design feature. New concepts are required to eliminate this break-away feature, reducing FOD and potential damage to the aircraft. This requires a new innovati ...