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COMPOSITE STRUCTURES IN SPACE MAY BE SUBJECT TO SOURCE OF THERMAL ENERGY, WHICH INCLUDES X-RAYS FROM NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND HIGH ENERGY LASER LIGHT. THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES THE NEED FOR ANALYSIS TOOLS TO PREDICT THE EFFECTS OF RAPID THERMAL PULSE LOADING ON AEROSPACE COMPOSITE MATERIALS. A MAJOR OBJECTIVE OF THIS PHASE I STUDY IS TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY AND MAGNITUDE OF EFFORT TO DEIVER SUCH AN ...

THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN AUTOMATED CUP INSPECTION MODULE IS PROPOSED. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PHASE I EFFORT ARE TO ESTABLISHED THE PARAMETERS WHICH MUST BE MEASURED AND THEIR REQUIRED RESOLUTION. THE PARAMETERS INCLUDE HARDNESS, OUTSIDE AND INSIDE DIAMETERS, BASE THICKNESS, TOTAL LENGTH, AND WALL THICKNESS. IN PHASE I, THE MEASUREMENT CONCEPTS WILL BE MOCKED-UP AND DYNAMICALLY TESTED TO VERIFY THEIR G ...

MICROCOMPUTER DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS HAVE SIMPLIFIED THE TASK OF UPDATING AND MAINTAINING LARGE QUANTITIES OF INFORMATION. A PARALLEL DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN THE EMERGENCY OF COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN SYSTEMS THAT ENABLE AN OPERATOR TO EXAMINE AND MANIPULATE DRAWINGS. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBILITY OF COMBINING THE ADVANTAGES OF THE DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH THOSE OF CO ...

A SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATION OF THE IONIZED CLUSTER BEAM (ICB) DEPOSITION TECHNIQUE IS PROPOSED. THE ICB METHOD ALLOWS A BROAD RANGE OF CONTROL OVER THE SURFACE MOBILITY OF DEPOSITED ATOMS AND HAS BEEN APPLIED SUCCESSFULLY TO A VARIETY OF THIN FILM MATERIALS. HOWEVER, A NUMBER OF FACTORS HAVE HAMPERED U.S. RESEARCH IN THIS AREA, SO THAT THERE IS NOT NOW A SUFFICIENT BASE OF KNOWLEDGE OR EXPERIENCE T ...

THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP HIGH-TEMPERATURE AMORPHOUS INTERMETALLIC ALLOYS WITH CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURES, TX, AS HIGH AS 1000OC (1273K) FOR EXTENDED APPLICATION IN OXIDATION, SULFIDATION, CORROSION, WEAR, AND CATALYTIC REACTIONS. PHASE I OF THE PROJECT WILL ESTABLISH CRITERIA FOR QUANTITATIVE INTERPRETATION AND PREDICTION OF CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE OF BINARY AMORPHOUS INTERMETALLIC COMPOUND ...

THE PROPOSED WORK WILL EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING PROCESSING SCIENCE TO TAILOR THE COMPOSITION AND INTERFACE BONDING OF WHISKER-REINFORCED CERAMIC COMPOSITES. MICROSTRUCTURAL CONTROL WILL BE EVALUATED BY VARYING GEL STRUCTURES (COLLOIDAL VERSUS POLYMERIC) AND SINTERING (LIQUID STATE VERSUS SOLID STATE) CONDITIONS. THE MULLITE-MULLITE AND MULLITE-ALUMINA COMPOSITES WERE SELECTED FOR THE STUD ...

THE PROPOSED PROJECT WOULD EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A WATER FOG OR SPRAY GENERATOR TO CONTROL ON BOARD AIRCRAFT FIRES BY ATTENUATING RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER . INFRARED (IR) RADIATION FROM THE FLAME MAINTAINS COMBUSITION OF THE BURNING SURFACE AND AIDS IN THEINGITION OF COLD SURFACES--THEREBY SPREADING THE FIRE. OPTIMAL USE WILL NEED TO BE MADE OF THE WATER, SINCE IT WILLBE CARRIED ON ...

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