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CARD GAP TESTS ARE THE HAZARD STANDARDS BY WHICH ENERGETIC MATERIALS ARE CLASSIFIED. THE USE OF INSENSITIVE MUNITIONS REQUIRES PERFORMANCE RESPONSE INFORMATION TO SENSITIVITY TESTS SUCH AS BULLET/ FRAGMENT IMPACT AND SHOCK IMPACT. NO CORRELATION METHODS EXIST BETWEEN CARD GAP TESTS AND SENSITIVITY TESTS, RESULTING IN THE NEED TO CONDUCT EXTENSIVE EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS. IT IS HYPOTHESIZED THA ...

LOVA PROPELLANTS ARE DESIGNED TO RESIST THERMAL THREATS, THUS INCREASING WEAPON SYSTEMS SURVIVABILITY. THE RESULTANTS CHARACTERISTICS MAKE THESE MATERIALS DIFFICULT TO IGNITE WITH CONVENTIONAL MATERIALS, RESULTING IN VARIABLE PERFORMANCE. LACK OF A RELIABLE IGNITER SYSTEM THREATENS DEPLOYMENT OF THESE NEEDED PROPELLANTS. LOVA IGNITION CRITERIA ARE NEEDED FOR IGNITER SYSTEM DEVELOPMENTS. NUMEROUS I ...

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THE EFFORT PROPOSED HEREIN WILL FOCUS ON DEVELOPING AND UNDERSTANDING IMPORTANT DESIGN PARAMETERS OF A COMPACT/HIGHLY EXPANDABLE, LIGHT WEIGHT STRUCTURAL WEAVED JOINT WHICH CAN BE EMPLOYED INEXPENSIVELY AS A BASIC CONSTRUCTION ELEMENT FOR OPERATIONS IN SPACE. A 12" DIAMETER PROTOTYPE IS AVAILABLE AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THIS PROPOSAL IF REQUESTED. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE USE OF THIS STRUCTURAL WEAVE ...

CURRENT FRAME BUFFER TECHNOLOGY IS NOT OPTIMIZED FOR USE WITH GENERAL PURPOSE PROCESSORS. THIS PROPOSAL IS FOR A PROGRAM TO DEVELOP A BREADBOARD FRAME BUFFER WHICH IS EFFICIENTLY ACCESSED BY SUCH PROCESSORS. THE FRAME BUFFER IS BASED ON THE VME BUS AND IS SCALABLE TO LARGE AMOUNTS OF IMAGE MEMORY AND VERY FAST IMAGE ACQUISITION RATES. ALL IMAGE DATA IS RANDOMLY ACCESSIBLE AT HIGH SPEED. ANTICIPATE ...

FOUR BEARINGLESS, SHAFT MOUNTED GENERATORS WITH OUTPUTS OF 10, 100, 500 AND 1000 WATTS OF 12-15 V DC WILL BE DESIGNED AND COMPUTER MODELED TO BE DRIVEN BY MODEL AIRPLANE SIZE RECIPROCATING ENGINES. DESIGN COMBINATIONS OF IRONLESS DISK AND IRON LAMINATION CYLINDRICAL GENERATORS USING RARE EARTH AND CERAMIC PERMANENT MAGNETS WILL BE MODELED FOR RELIABILITY WITH THE LOWEST WEIGHT AT THE HIGHEST EFFIC ...

THE CENTRAL POSTULATE OF THE PROPOSED EFFORT IS THAT WEAPONS WILL SENSE THEIR IMPACT CONDITIONS; I.E. TRAJECTORY ANGLE, ANGLE OF ATTACK (AOA), ROTATION VELOCITY, AND VELOCITY IN RELATION TO THE TARGET SURFACE. IF THOSE CONDITIONS ARE LESS THAN BENEFICIAL FOR PENETRATOR SURVIVABILITY AND/OR PERFORMANCE, THE WEAPON WILL ADJUST ITS ORIENTATION TO PRESCRIBED CONDITIONS. WEAPON DESIGNERS HAVE ASSUMED T ...

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