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Musculoskeletal injury among military personnel is an under-recognized problem where shoulder injuries are significant and result in inflammation and pain from overuse, joint derangement, sprain/stain/rupture, and dislocation. Health hazard assessment is essential to ensure that fielded equipment and occupational duties do not exceed human capabilities over short and long term exposures. Hazard ...

ABSTRACT:This technology development effort focuses on introducing a prototype 2.4 meter aperture, deployable Satellite Communication (SATCOM) ground station. Over the past three years, a pathfinder GATR tracking ground station was fabricated and tested by tracking different satellites in low Earth orbit at multiple frequency bands (S, X, Ka). This Phase II SBIR effort focuses on maturing the t ...

ABSTRACT:This project will develop, test, and deliver a lightweight satellite communications (SATCOM) terminal that uses a flexible parabolic reflector antenna that can be folded or rolled for storage, yet re-acquire its precision shape upon deployment. This Phase II SBIR will assist in maturing GATRs flexible antenna component technologies, and integrating those technologies with leading-edge mo ...

ABSTRACT: High temperature wind tunnels are needed to replicate the environment vehicles will experience during high Mach Number flight. Of particular interest are sustained airflow temperatures of 2800„aF. To obtain this temperature, improved heating elements and systems are needed. During Phase I, an oxidation resistant, high temperature iridium-based wind tunnel heating element has been devel ...

ABSTRACT:Modern combustion systems such as gas-turbine combustors and rocket engines are characterized by high operating pressures and temperatures due to increased power density. Thermal radiation has significant impact on both, the heat fluxes at the wall and physical phenomena controlling the combustion process. The objective of this SBIR project is to develop a general, computationally efficie ...

ABSTRACT:Cache memory has been used effectively for years to improve the computation performance of microprocessors. In microprocessors, the processor operations are performed on data contained within the register file via instructions that are loaded from main memory. Cache was implemented as a smaller, faster bridge between the register file and main memory to complement the processor speed. Sys ...

ABSTRACT:Leveraging our extensive experience with optical data collections, analysis, and explosive munition modeling, the Torch Team proposes an innovative high-fidelity modeling approach to optimize the hardware/software requirements for a Background-Oriented Schlieren 3D (BOS-3D) blast pressure wave tracking and characterization measurements. Open-air arena and blast/structure experimental con ...

ABSTRACT:Leveraging our extensive experience with optical hardware development and explosive munition optical data collections, Torch proposes an innovative hardware/software solution with automated data processing and data fusion algorithms to capture high-resolution fragment imagery in an arena test environment. An innovative optical architecture is proposed to dramatically increase the GHOST ca ...

ABSTRACT: In Phase I, CFDRC in partnership with ESI, have developed and validated a physics-based CFD tool to quantify fuel spurt caused by impact and penetration of fuel tanks. CFD tool development, qualification and validation study showed good correlations with experiments in terms of fundamental physics including: a) droplet formation, breakup, size, timing and distribution; b) cavitation zone ...

ABSTRACT:As the next evolution in missile agility, the Air Force is looking at integrating small but capable divert and attitude control systems (DACS) into new and existing missile systems. This will increase the agility of the missile and allow for interception of faster or maneuverable targets. During Phase I, CFDRC supported this goal by defining two miniaturized thruster designs that utilize ...