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THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES THE NATIONAL NEED TO DEVELOP AN EFFECTIVE CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONDENSED ACID MIST EMISSIONS FROM UTILITY POWERPLANTS. SULFURIC ACID MIST EMISSIONS ARE SYMPTOMATIC OF POWER GENERATING PLANTS BURNING HIGH SULFUR COAL AND EQUIPPED WITH WET LIME OR LIMESTONE SCRUBBERS, RESULTING IN A HIGHER PARTICULATE LOAD, CORROSION OF METAL SURFACES, AND THE FORMATION OF A BLUE PLUME LEAVING T ...

THE REMOVAL OF FINE PARTICULATES FROM FLUE GAS AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE IS A DIFFICULT CHALLENGE. SOLID WASTE INCINERATORS, FOR EXAMPLE, CAN EMIT MORE THAN 0.2 LB/M-BTU OF FUEL FIRED. MANY OF THESE INCINERATORS HAVE LITTLE OR NOHEAT RECOVERY AND DISCHARGE HIGH TEMPERATURE FLUE GAS TO THE ATMOSPHERE. COLLECTION OF THE SO-CALLED RESPIRABLE DUSTS, CONSISTING OF PARTICLES BELOW ABOUT 10 MICRONS IS QUIT ...

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M.S. Sapuppo & Associates will examine VLSI microfabrication technology to make traditional spinning wheel gyros. Unique wheel designs will be studied to manufacture complete miniature gyros. Unique wheel designs will be studied to manufacture complete miniature gyros. The simplicity of this design bypasses operator skill/contamination sensitive procedures which make current gyros costly. The marr ...

THIS PROJECT PROPOSES TO INCREASE THE FIDELITY OF LOGISTICS IN DISTRIBUTED INTERACTIVE SIMULATIONS (DIS). THE SIMNET SYSTEM AND PROTOCOLS ARE USED AS A WORKING MODEL. SIMNET (SHORT FOR SIMULATOR NETWORKING) IS A SYSTEM OF NETWORKED COMBAT VEHICLE SIMULATORS DESIGNED FOR COMBINED ARMS TACTICAL TRAINING. THE LOGISTICS PORTIONOF SIMNET IS A LOW FIDELITY MODEL, SUPPLYING THE BARE MINIMUM LOGISTICS SUP ...

AI-BASED DECISION AIDS PROMISE TO HELP PILOTS COPE WITH INCREASINGLY COMPLEX HELICOPTER PILOTAGE SYSTEMS. AIRNET CAN BE A TOOL TO HELP MEASURE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SUCH SYSTEMS, BUT CURRENTLY THERE IS NO WAY TO INTEGRATE SUCH SYSTEMS INTO AIRNET. THIS PROPOSAL SHOWS HOW THE OBJECT-ORIENTED DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION TECHNIQUES, PIONEERED IN LARGE-SCALE SIMULATION OF BATTLEFIELD OPERATING SYSTEMS, ARE ...

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL, UNDERWATER POSITIONING SYSTEM WILL BE BASED ON MODIFICATIONS OF THE 300KHZ, SONIC, HIGH-ACCURACY POSITIONING SYSTEM (SHARPS) TO OPERATE AT 1MHZ IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE REQUIRED RESOLUTION. THE MODIFICATIONS WILL PROVIDE THE PRECISION REQUIRED BY NASA TO DETECT TARGETS AT DISTANCES UP TO 75 FEET, WITH A RESOLUTION OF 0.063 INCHES. THE 1-MHZ, SONIC-SENSOR SYSTE ...

IN MODERN WARFIGHTING THEORY, A COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS AND COUNTERMEASURES (C3CM) STRATEGY SOULD BE USED TO EMPLOU OPERATIONS SECURITY, DECEPTION (EXPLOITATION), JAMMING AND DESTRUCTIVE MEANS AGAINST AN ADVERSARY. A CREDITABLE CONCEPT ON HOW TO MEASURE THE WARFIGHTING BENEFITS OF A COMPREHENSIVE C3CM STRATEGY IS NEEDED. THE INCORPORATION OF SUCH A CONCEPT INTO AN EXISITING DECISION AID T ...

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