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  1. INVESTIGATION OF THE INVERSE MONTE CARLO METHOD AND ITS APPLICATION TO NUCLEAR GAUGING

    SBC: Applied Research Associates, Inc.            Topic: N/A

    THE INVERSE MONTE CARLO (IMC) METHOD IS A NOVEL APPLICATION OF DIRECT MONTE CARLO (MC) THAT ALLOWS A RATHER LARGE CLASS OF INVERSE PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED IN A NONITERATIVE MANNER. DIRECT MC CAN BE VIEWED AS A MEANS OF ESTIMATING DEFINITE INTEGRALS; IMC, ON THE OTHER HAND, CAN BE VIEWED AS A MEANS OF SOLVING INVERSE PROBLEMS POSED AS FREDHOLM INTEGRAL EQUATIONS OF THE FIRST KIND. IN BOTH CASES, THE ...

    SBIR Phase II 1988 National Science Foundation
  2. AN EXPERT SYSTEM OPERATOR AID FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT MANEUVERS

    SBC: Applied Research Associates, Inc.            Topic: N/A

    THE SAFE, RELIABLE, AND EFFICIENT OPERATION OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS REQUIRES ADVANCED OPERATOR DECISION AIDS AS WELL AS CONTROL AND PROTECTION SYSTEMS. A PREDICTIVE EXPERT SYSTEM FOR PLANNING POWER MANEUVERS WILL BE INVESTIGATED AS ONE SUCH OPERATOR AID. IN THE PHASE I WORK THE FEASIBILITY OF THE SYSTEM WILL BE DEMONSTRATED VIA A ROBUST NEUTRONICS MODEL, USING THE TRANSIENT FEW-GROUP NEUTRON DIFFU ...

    SBIR Phase II 1988 Department of Energy
  3. A MICROWAVE ION SOURCE FOR REMOTE LEAK DETECTION AND VACUUM ANALYSIS INSTRUMENTATION FOR FUSION

    SBC: Applied Science and Technology,LLC            Topic: N/A

    PRESENTLY AVAILABLE MASS SPECTROMETER-BASED VACUUM INSTRUMENTS ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR USE IN ANTICIPATED FUSION FACILITIES, WHERE TRITIUM WILL BE USED. THE ION SOURCE IS THE PRIMARY LIMITATION. THIS R&D PROGRAM WILL LEAD TO DEVELOPMENT OF A MINIATURE ECR (ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANT)MICROWAVE ION SOURCE FOR APPLICATION IN LEAK DETECTORS AND VACUUM INSTRUMENTATION. THE ECR ION SOURCE CAN BE DEVELOPED ...

    SBIR Phase II 1988 Department of Energy
  4. DIAMOND COATINGS AND WINDOWS FOR MILLIMETER MICROWAVE TUBES

    SBC: Applied Science and Technology,LLC            Topic: N/A

    THE UNIQUE PROPERTIES OF DIAMOND MAKE IT ATTRACTIVE AS A MATERIAL FOR USE IN HIGH FREQUENCY, HIGH POWER, MILLIMETER MICROWAVE TUBES AND TRANSMISSION LINES. RECENT ADVANCES IN GYROTRONS AND FREE ELECTRON LASERS (FELS) AS POWER SOURCES, AND EXCELLENT PHYSICS RESULTS FROM THE T-10 TOKAMAK IN THE U.S.S.R. AND BIG-D AT GA TECHNOLOGIES IN THE U.S., HAVE HAD A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE FUSION PROGRAM. AN EXPER ...

    SBIR Phase I 1988 Department of Energy
  5. AN EVALUATION OF THE FEASIBILITY OF EXERCISE ON A TREADMILL IMMERSED IN COOL WATER FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS PATIENTS, AND THE MODIFICATION OF THE TREADMILL EQUIPMENT TO ENHANCE SUCH EXERCISE.

    SBC: Aquaciser, Inc.            Topic: N/A

    THE PURPOSE OF THIS PHASE I INVESTIGATION IS TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF MULITIPLE SCLEROSIS PATIENTS (MSP) TO PERFORM EXERCISE ON SPECIALLY MODIFIED TREADMILL IMMERSED IN COOL WATER (AQUACISER SYSTEM). THE AQUACISER SYSTEM WILL BEMODIFIED TO PROVIDE 48" (VS 40") OF WATER DEPTH, COOL (VS HOT) WATER FOR HEAT DISSIPATION AND PHYSICAL SUPPORT AP-PARATUS FOR MSP DURING VARIOUS EXERCISE INTENSITIES ...

    SBIR Phase I 1988 Department of Education
  6. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF MULTISEGMENT CERAMIC RING CRYOGENIC SEALS

    SBC: Aspen Systems, Inc.            Topic: N/A

    THE MAJOR LIMITING RELIABILITY COMPONENT OF CRYOGENIC SYSTEMS HAS ALWAYS BEEN SEALS. BESIDES CONTRIBUTING TO GAS CONTAMINATION AND DEBRIS PARTICLE ACCUMULATION, SEALS HAVE FAILED PHYSICALLY. AS A RESULT, SEALS HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAJORITY OF CRYOGENIC LIQUEFACTION AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEM FAILURES. A POTENTIALLY VIABLE SOLUTION IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTISEGMENT CERAMIC RING CRYOGENIC ...

    SBIR Phase II 1988 Department of Energy
  7. ULTRAHIGH PERFORMANCE MOTORS FOR ROBOTIC APPLICATIONS

    SBC: Aspen Systems, Inc.            Topic: N/A

    THE OBJECT OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO DEVELOP PERMANENT MAGNETS MOTORS HAVING SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER TORQUE CAPABILITY THAN THE STATE-OF-THE-ART THROUGH THE USE OF AIR-GAP WINDING ARMATURES AND ADVANCED COOLING TECHNIQUES. ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY STUDIES, THE AIR-GAP WINDING MOTOR HAS A PERFORMANCE FACTOR MORE THAN TWICE AS HIGH AS CONVENTIONAL PERMANENT MAGNET MOTORS, TWO TO THREE TIMES AS MUCH TORQUE ...

    SBIR Phase I 1988 National Science Foundation
  8. DEVELOPMENT OF SUBMARINE STRUCTURAL VIBRATION TRANSMISSION MODEL

    SBC: Atlantic Applied Research Corp            Topic: N/A

    THE ACTIVE SONARS TYPICALLY USED ON SUBMARINES OPERATE AT FREQUENCIES HIGH ENOUGH TO BE DIFFICULT IF NOT PRESENTLY IMPOSSIBLE TO MODEL ACCURATELY WITH FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS. LIKEWISE BEAM AND CYLINDER MODELS PROVIDE INADEQUATE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE HIGH FREQUENCY BEHAVIOR OF PLATE AND FRAME VIBRATIONS. THE APPLICATION OF THE AARC STATISTICAL ENERGY ANALYSIS PROGRAM WHICH INCLUDES BENDING, LONGI ...

    SBIR Phase II 1988 Department of DefenseNavy
  9. SUBMARINE MAST WAKE REDUCTION

    SBC: Atlantic Applied Research Corp            Topic: N/A

    A SUBMARINE MAST OR PERISCOPE WHICH PIERCES THE FREE SURFACE GENERATES A VISUALLY OBSERVABLE WAKE ON THE FREE SURFACE WHICH RENDERS THE SUBMARINE VULNERABLE TO DETECTION. IT IS PROPOSED TO INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF REDUCING THIS WAKE BY A COMBINATION OF ACTIVE AND PASSIVE FLOW CONTROL DEVICES ATTACHED TO THE MAST OR PERISCOPE. A DEVICE SIMILAR TO A BULBOUS BOW ON SHIPS WILL BE USED TO REDUCE ...

    SBIR Phase I 1988 Department of DefenseNavy
  10. LOW FREQUENCY TRANSIENT LOCALIZATION BY SONOBUOY ARRAYS

    SBC: Atlantic Applied Research Corp            Topic: N/A

    IT IS PROPOSED THAT A COMPUTER CODE BE DEVELOPED WHICH WILL LOCATE AND DEDUCE THE SIGNATURE OF LOW FREQUENCY TRANSIENTS BY SPARCE SONOBUOY ARRAYS. IT WILL BE ASSUMED THAT WE KNOW THE PROPERTIES OF THE PROPAGATING MEDIUM AND THAT IT IS HORIZONTALLY STRATIFIED. THE ALGORITHM WILL HAVE FOUR PARTS: 1) A DETECTION SCHEME, 2) A CORRELATION ROUTINE TO DETERMINE TIME DELAYS, 3) A ROUTINE TO DETERMINE LOCA ...

    SBIR Phase I 1988 Department of DefenseNavy
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