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THE TACTICAL ACTION OFFICER (TAO) OR BATTLE GROUP COMMANDER (BGC) IS FACED WITH MAKING DECISIONS IN REAL-TIME WITH A HEAVY RELIANCE ON TACTICAL DISPLAYS AND ONBOARD COMPUTERS FOR TACTICAL COMMAND CONTROL. EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION (ASR) AND COMPUTER VOICE RESPONSE (CVR) ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY SOPHISTICATED AND COST EFFECTIVE. THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES THE USE OF A ...

THE VORTICITY OPTICAL PROBE (VOP) IS A RECENTLY DEVELOPED TECHNIQUE WHICH USES MICROSCOPIC CLEAR SPHERICAL PARTICLES CONTAINING EMBEDDED PLANAR REFLECTIVE CRYSTALS TO SAMPLE THE LOCAL VORTICITY OF A LIQUID FLOW IN WHICH THEY ARE SUSPENDED. LASER LIGHT REFLECTIONS FROM THE PARTICLES, DETECTED EXTERNALLY TO THE FLOW, HAVE BEEN USED IN THE PAST TO DETERMINE ONE OR TWO COMPONENTS OF A SINGLE SPHERE'S ...

THE WASTE HEAT EXCHANGER IS OFTEN THE LARGEST SINGLE COMPONENT IN DIESEL-EXHAUST POWERED AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS, AND ON ACCOUNT OF ITS HIGH MATERIAL CONTENT, IS OFTEN THE HEAVIEST AND MOST COSTLY AS WELL. THE NEED EXISTS FOR A HEAT EXCHANGER DESIGN AND FABRICATION TECHNIQUE WHICH IS COMPACT AND LIGHTWEIGHT, RESISTS FOULING FROM EXHAUST GASES, IS EASILY CLEANED, USES INEXPENSIVE MATERIALS, AND IS ...

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COMPOSITE LAMINATES MADE FROM CONVENTIONAL GRAPHITE-EPOXY ARE PRONE TO DELAMINATION DUE TO IMPACT OR EDGE EFFECTS. SOME MEANS OF IMPROVING COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH AFTER IMPACT IS DESIRED. STITCHING IS ONE OPTION, BUT CAUSES DAMAGE TO IN-PLANE PROPERTIES AND REQUIRES ACCESS TO BOTH SIDES OF THE LAYUP. THE PROPOSED TECHNIQUE UTILIZES SHORT BORON FIBERS ORIENTED IN THE Z (OR THICKNESS) DIRECTION TO REDU ...