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SEVERAL DIRECTED (DE) AND KINETIC ENERGY (KE) WEAPON TECHNOLOGIES ARE PRESENTLY IN THE LABORATORY, EITHER AS DESIGN CONCEPTS OR PROTOTYPE MODELS. FORTUNATELY, NONE OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES HAVE BEEN PUT TO FULL OPERATIONAL USE. THUS, REAL DATA IS LACKING OF THE EFFECTS TO THESE TECHNOLOGIES TO AN ARRAY OF MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES. HOWEVER, NUCLEAR WEAPON TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN RESEARCHED IN-DEPTH FOR TH ...

THIS WORK IS TO DEVELOP A METHOD TO IMPROVE THE ABILITY OF THE USNRC TO EVALUATE THE OPERATIONAL SAFETY SIGNIFICANCE OF OCCURANCES AT NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS. PERHAPS THE AREA OF GREATEST SAFETY SIGNIFICANCE IS HUMAN PERFORMANCE, BUT THE TECHNIQUES USED BY NRC DO NOT EVALUATE HUMAN PERFORMANCE IN ANY SYSTEMIC WAY. THE WORK IS PROPOSED TO BE PERFORMED IN THREE STAGES, AND BUILDS ON METHODS THAT HAVE B ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP AN IMPROVED DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE GAGE FOR DETERMINING DYNAMIC PRESSURE WITHIN BLAST AND SHOCK WAVE FLOWS WHERE THE FLOWS ARE SUBSONIC. DERIVATION OF DYNAMIC PRESSURE FROM A MEASUREMENT OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STAGNATION PRESSURE AND SIDE-ON OR STATIC PRESSURE REQUIRES USE OF THE SIDE-ON PRESSURE RECORD TO CORRECT FOR COMPRESSIBILITY EFFECTS. CURRENTLY ...

THIS DOCUMENT PROPOSES RESEARCH ON THE FABRICATION OF A FAMILY OF EMP HARDENED CONNECTORS AND CABLE HARDWARE FOR AIRCRAFT AND SHIPBOARD APPLICATIONS. THESE CONNECTORS AND CABLE HARDWARE WOULD SUPPRESS EMP TRANSIENTS THROUGH THE INTEGRAL INCORPORATION OF A THIN FILM, HIGH SPEED, HIGH CURRENT OVONIC THRESHOLD SWITCH (OTS). CABLES AND HARDWARE OF THIS TYPE WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE SURVIVABILI ...

NSRC PROPOSES AN AMBITIOUS EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM DESIGNED TO INVESTIGATE FLASHBOARD PLASMA SOURCE IMPROVEMENTS WITH APPLICATION EXISTING OPENING SWITCHES IN DNA SIMULATORS. WE WILL INVESTIGATE POWER SYSTEM OPTIONS INCLUDING DC CHARGING AND EXTERNAL TRIGGER SYSTEMS WITH MODEST TRIGGER REQUIREMENTS. MODIFICATIONS TO THE ELECTRODE GEOMETRY OF THE FLASHBOARDS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE DC HOLD-OFF CAPABIL ...

HYPERVELOCITY GUN TECHNOLOGY WILL PLAY A DECISIVE ROLE IN THE FUTURE TACTICAL BATTLEFIELD. WEAPONS WITH MUZZLE VELOCITIES OF 2.5 TO 4KN/S (8,000 TO 12,000 FT/S) OR GREATER HAVE POTENTIAL USES IN ALMOST EVERY ASPECT OF WARFARE. RECENT ADVANCES IN PULSED OWER TECHNOLOGY, SPECIFICALLY THE HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES AVAILABLE WITH INTERGRATED PULSE FORMING NETWORKS (IPFNS) AND ADVANCED ROTATING ELECTRICAL ...

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WE PROPOSE TO PROVE THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY TO USE ELECTROSTATIC ACCELERATION TO BOOST THE ENERGY OF CF-252 FISSION FRAGMENTS AS A LABORATORY SIMULATION OF COSMIC RAY EFFECTS I MICROELECTRONICS. THE PROJECT OBJECTIVE IS TO BOOST THE ENERGY SUCH THAT A LARGE FRACTION OF THE ACCELERATED IONS HAVE A RANGE IN SILICON GRATER THAN 20 MICROMETERS. THIS SOLVES A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS ASSOCIA ...

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