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Development of an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) for a low cost miniature gun launchable Inertail Navigation System (INS) to be packaged within a 60 mm projectile is prosed. The IMU sensor cluster design proposed is based upon the inertial silicon sensors produced by Waddan Systems. A pair of the silicon accelerometers are mounted together with their input axes coincident. Each is excited by an e ...

Development of a low-cost six degree of freedom inertial measurement unit on single silicon chip for use in evaluation injury potential of aircraft crew escape systems is proposed. The design is based upon the silicon micromachining technology developed by Waddan Systems. The highly integrated chip utilizes three multisensors and one accelerometer to yield the six acceleration components. In a mul ...

A potentially low cost method of producing prepreg tow is proposed. The method for fabricating impregnated tow suitable for Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) technology, while defined, does not include a low cost methodology for producing high quality, dimensional accurate continuous product. This product should be environmentally friendly and lend itself to a wide variety of commercial composite ap ...

The ultimate aim of this research is to develop a computer system to aid in producing accurate parts obsolescence predictions. This can be accomplished through the automated use of previous experience, which consists of information on existing parts. The feasibility of an automated system which uses existing components as cases to aid the obsolescence prediction for a current part will be demonstr ...

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