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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 ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP A VACCINE DELIVERY SYSTEM WHICH WILL STIMULATE, RAPIDLY, A STATE OF NON-SPECIFIC PROTECTION WHILE IT ENHANCES THE SPECIFIC IMMUNE RESPONSE TO THE VACCINE AND SHORTENS THE INDUCTION PERIOD FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIFIC IMMUNITY. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY PREPARING THE VACCINE IN AN OILIN-WATER EMULSION THAT CONTAINS NON-TOXIC IMMUNOSTIMULATORS OF MICROBI ...

THE PROPOSED PROGRAM OFFERS AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH FOR PROTECTING A BATTLE GROUP FROM ATTACKS BY ADVANCED ANTI-SHIP MISSILES. SPACIALLY DISTRIBUTED COUNTERMEASURES, OF VARIOUS TYPES, ARE DEPLOYED IN A COORDINATED MANNER SO AS TO COUNTER ALL PHASES AND ASPECTS OF THREAT MISSILE WEAPON SYSTEMS. THESE COORDINATED COUNTERMEASURES TECHNIQUES ARE APPLIED SEQUENTUALLY AND THEIR EFFECTIVENESS AGAINST EACH ...

THE PROPOSED WORK WILL EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF HAFNIUM CARBIDE FIBERPRODUCTION THROUGH PYROLYSIS OF ORGANOHAFNIUM POLYMER PRECURSORS. IN THIS CHEMICAL APPROACH TO CERAMIC PROCESSING, THE METHODS TO SYNTHESIZE ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMICALS SUITABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF ORGANOHAFNIUM POLYMERS AND TO FORM POLYMERIC FIBERS WITH AN (-HF-CHF-) BACKBONE WILL BE EXPLORED. THE POLYMERS WILL THEN BY PYROLYZE ...

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY IS TO INTEGRATE THE APPLICABLE FIELD, DEPOT AND OTHER AIR FORCE MAINTENANCE DATA INTO A SINGLE AND CONCISE MAINTENANCE HISTORY OR BASIC DATA PACKAGE. THIS PACKAGE OR HISTORY IS DESIGNED TO CONTAIN THE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY ALL OF THE USING DISCIPLINES, TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE CONTRIBUTING MAINTENANCE LEVELS (HARDWARE REPAIR, REMOVE AND REPLACE, CHECKED OK, ETC) AND, FINAL ...

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 ...

THIS PROJECT PROPOSES TO CONDUCT A LIMITED NUMBER OF MUCK FLOW EXPERIMENTS USING A CONTROLLED MUCK MATERIAL AND A SPECIALLY FABRICATED CHUTE SYSTEM. THE PROJECT WILL ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE HOW SOME OF THE FLOW FACTORS INTERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER TO INFLUENCE MUCK FLOW RATE. MEASUREMENTS OF MASS FLOW RATE IN TERMS OF THE RATE OF MUCK ACCUMULATION AT THE END OF THE CHUTE WILL BE MADE FOR 2 CHUTE ANGLES ...

THE U.S. ARMY'S SMALL CALIBER AMMUNITION MODERNIZATION PROGRAM (SCAMP) CARTRIDGE BRASS (70/30) CUP INSPECTION IS CURRENTLY A MANUAL PROCESS THAT IS BASED ON THE DIMENSIONAL AND HARDNESS (OR GRAIN SIZE( MEASUREMENTS OF SAMPLES FROM EACH CUP LOT. IN THIS PROPOSED WORK, TESTING WITH LABORATORY MOCKUPS WOULD EVALUATE THE MOST PROMISING SENSING TECHNIQUES FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF CUP DIMENSIONS AND HARDN ...

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REQUIREMENTS FOR MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION ARE BECOMING MORE STRINGENT AS THE ROLE OF THE TRACE ELEMENT COMPOSITION OF HIGHTECHNOLOGY DEVICES BECOMES APPARENT. IN SEMICONDUCTOR RESEARCH, FOR INSTANCE, THERE IS A NEED FOR ULTRA-TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS IN SOLIDS BELOW THE PPBA LEVEL WITH SPATICAL RESOLUTION IN THE FEW MICRON RANGE. RESONANCE IONIZATION SPECTROSCOPY (RIS) INVOLVES THE STEPWISE EXCITAT ...