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A SIX MONTH PROGRAM TO DEVELOP A RUGGED NEW DEVICE FOR MONITORING THE ONSET OF ICE FORMATION ON SURFACES OF TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES, ROADS, BRIDGES AND AIRCRAFTS, WILL BE DEVELOPED AND A PROTOTYPE WILL BE LABORATORY TESTED. THE NOVEL GAGE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM IS PARTLY BASED ON THE TECHNOLOGY APPLIED TO MEASURE CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLUTIONS. BASED ON EXISTING TECHNOLOGY, AND ALREADY TESTED UNDER HIGH ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ESTABLISH AN ACCURATE VITAMIN AND MINERAL DATA BASE THAT CAN BE EASILY UPDATED AND SERVE AS THE COMPREHENSIVE REFERENCE FOR MONITORING THE SUPPLEMENTAL VITAMIN AND/OR MINERAL CONSUMPTION OF INDIVIDUALS. IT ADDRESSES THE NEED TO IMPROVE METHODS FOR ASSESSING NUTRIENT INTAKE. EARLIER STUDIES SUGGEST THAT SUPPLEMENTATION CONTRIBUTES SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE NUTRIENT IN ...

NUMERICAL WAVE MODELS HAVE IMPORTANT FORECAST AND HINDCAST APPLICATIONS. STATE-OF-THE-ART MODELS ARE COMPLEX COMPUTER PROGRAMS WHICH OPERATE ON LARGE COMPUTER SYSTEMS. COSTS OF MODEL OPERATION AND USE OF ADVANCED MODELS BY FEW ORGANIZATIONS MAKE WAVE INFORMATION FROM MODELS NOT AVAILABLE FRO MANY ENGINEERING AND SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS. ADVANCED MODELS ARE KEYED TO PREDICTIONS OVER LARGE AREAS AND GRI ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO DEVELOP AND TEST THE PROCEDURES REQUIRED TO UTILIZE "EXPERT SYSTEMS" THEORY IN INVENTORY CONTROL AND MAINTENANCE REPAIR DECISION MAKING. THE INVENTORY MANAGERS ARE REQUIRED TO UTILIZE THEIR EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE IN EVALUATING THE MACHINE GENERATED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROCUREMENT AND/OR REPAIR ACTIONS. THE EFFORT WILL BE TO REVIEW AND ANALYZE THE EXISTING PROCE ...

WE HAVE RECENTLY DEVELOPED A DURABLE INFRARED OPTICAL HUMIDITY SENSOR FOR AIRBORNE IN-CLOUD USE. WE ARE CURRENTLY ADAPTING THIS SENSOR FOR USE IN THE EXTREME PRESSURES AND TEMPERATURES OF PRIMARY COOLANT LOOPS OF GAS-COOLED NUCLEAR REACTORS. IN THIS PROPOSED PHASE I EFFORT WE WILL THEORETICALLY AND EXPERIMENTALLY SHOW THAT IT IS FEASIBLE TO ADOAPT OUR EXISTING NON-CONTACT MOISTURE SENSING TENCHNOL ...

STUDIES OF THE DYNAMICS AND CONTROL OF FLEXIBLE SPACE STRUCTURES ARE COMPLICATED BY THE DISTRIBUTED-PARAMETER NATURE (PARTIALDIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS) OF THE FUNDAMENTAL DESCRIPTION. RATHER THAN INTRODUCE LUMPED (FINITE-DIMENSIONAL) APPROXIMATIONS AT THE OUTSET, IT IS PROPOSED TO USE MODERN MATHEMATICAL FORMULATIONS TO DEVELOP STATE-SPACE MODELS THAT RETAIN THIS DISTRIBUTED-PARAMETER NATURE. A PRACT ...

AREAS OF THE OCEAN FLOOR DISPOSED TO MINE BURIAL HAVE SOFT SEDIMENTS (I.E., LOW SHEAR STRENGTH) OR SANDY SEDIMENTS SUBJECT TO SCOUR. KNOWLEDGE OF SEAFLOWER SHEAR STRENGTH, POROSITY, AND GRAIN SIZE WOULD AID THE HUNT FOR BURIED MINES. NORMAL INCIDENCE, ACOUSTIC ECHO SOUNDERS ARE BEING DEVELOPED TO INFER SUCH PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE SEDIMENT. PSI PROPOSES TO EVALUTAE THE POTENTIAL FOR SUCCESS OF ...

AREAS OF THE OCEAN FLOOR DISPOSED TO MINE BURIAL HAVE SOFT SEDIMENTS (I.E., LOW SHEAR STRENGTH) OR SANDY SEDIMENTS SUBJECT TO SCOUR. KNOWLEDGE OF SEAFLOOR SHEAR STRENGTH, POROSITY, AND GRAIN SIZE WOULD AID THE HUNT FOR BURIED MINES. NORMAL INCIDENCE, ACOUSTIC ECHO SOUNDERS ARE BEING DEVELOPED TO INFER SUCH PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE SEDIMENT. PSI PROPOES TO EVALUATE THE THE POTENTIAL FOR SUCCESS O ...

THERE IS CONSIDERABLE EVIDENCE THAT MINES BURY IN MANY AREAS WHERE BOTH NAVY AND COMMERCIAL SHIPS MUST OPERATE. IF THESE MINES ARE LEFT UNCOUNTERED, THEY POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO TRANSITING TRAFFIC. FORTUNATELY, NOT ALL SEA BOTTOMS ARE CONDUCIVE TO MINE BURIAL, AND THE BURIED MINE COUNTERMEASURES PROBLEM CAN BE REDUCED BY IDENTIFYING AND APPLYING BURIED MINE COUNTERMEASURES ONLY IN THE AREAS W ...

TO SUCCESSFULLY EMPLOY THE INTRINSICALLY SHORT ACCESS TIME (I.E., LESS THAN 1NS) OF GAAS DIGITAL MEMORY CHIPS, UNIQUE SIGNAL PROCESSING ARCHITECTURES WILL BE REQUIRED WHICH MAY INFLUENCE CONVENTIONAL FUNCTION PARTITIONING AMONG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS. TO DETERMINE THE OPTIMAL ARCHITECTURE OF BOTH PROCESSOR AND IC'S, A CANDIDATE PROCESSOR OF IMPORTANCE TO THE AIR FORCE WILLL BE SELECTED. ITS ARCHITECT ...