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ENHANCED EGRESS REQUIREMENTS NECESSITATES A RATE OF ADVANCE OF 80 FT/HR FOR BOTH A BORING MACHINE AND GROUND SUPPORT LINING SYSTEM. THIS ADVANCE RATE IS BEYOND THE CURRENT TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF ALL STATE-OF-THE-ART LINING SYSTEMS. AN INNOVATIVE PRESSURIZED LINING SYSTEM USING A POLYMERIC MATERIAL IS PRESENTED WHICH WILL MEET BOTH THE STRUCTURAL, AS WELL AS, OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE EGRES ...

THE PROPOSED WORK WILL INVOLVE EVALUATION OF ORDERED POLYMER SHEET AND TAPE-REINFORCED COMPOSITE STRUCTURES FOR APPLICATIONS SUCH AS ROCKET MOTOR CASES, PRESSURE VESSELS AND OTHER CYLINDRICAL COMPONENTS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO MAKE HIGH QUALITY FILM LAMINATES USING A FABRICATION PROCESS AMENABLE TO SCALE-UP. TEST SAMPLES WILL BE MADE, TESTED AND COMPARED WITH OTHER HIGHER PERFORMANCE C ...

MOBILE ROBOTS REQUIRE CONSIDERABLE AMOUNTS OF POWER TO PERFORM WORK, PROVIDE LOCOMOTION, AND RUN THE CONTROL ELECTRONICS. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND VISION PROMISE TO MAKE FUTURE MOBILE ROBOTS HIGHLY AUTONOMOUS AND THEY WILL BE EXPECTED TO OPERATE OVER SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCES FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. THE NEED FOR LIGHTWEIGHT, STABLE, POWERFUL ENERGY SOURCES THAT WITHSTAND TEMPERATURE EXTREMES, SHO ...

THE ARMOR PLATES USED IN TESTING MUNITIONS CONTAINING DEPLETED URANIUM (DU) ARE SUBJECT TO DISPOSAL AS LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO DEVELOP SELECTIVE SOLVENTS THAT WILL PREFERENTIALLY ATTACK THE CONTAMINATED AREAS OF THE TARGET, REMOVING THE DU, AND LEAVING THE ARMOR PLATE UNAFFECTED AND INTACT. PREVIOUS WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON THE DISSOLUTION OF URANIUM FOR ANAL ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF REMOTE MONITORING OF HUMAN CORE TEMPERATURE WITHOUT ANY PHYSICAL LINK WITH THE TEST SUBJECT. TEMPERATURE SENSING WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY AN INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED, INGESTED RADIOCAPSULE. IN PHASE I, AN EXISTING RADIOCAPSULE SYSTEM WILL BE UPGRADED AND ADAPTED TO MEET ARMY REQUIREMENTS. THIS UPGRADED SYSTEM WILL INCLUDE A RADIOCAPSULE, ...

THE CONTAMINATION OF GROUNDWATER BY VOLATILE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS IS A NATIONAL PROBLEM OCCURRING IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES. THE AIR FORCE HAS BEEN A LEADER IN INVESTIGATING PACKED-TOWER AERATION TO REMOVE VOCS FROM GROUNDWATER. IT HAS BEEN SPECULATED THAT THE PERFORMANCE OF THESE STRIPPING COLUMNS CAN BE IMPROVED BY ADDING SURFACTANTS TO THE WATER TO INCRESE THE WETTED PACKING SURFACE. TH ...

THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES IMPROVEMENTS IN MICROCHANNEL PLATE (MCP) LONG TERM GAIN STABILITY THROUGH REDUCTION OF ELIMINATION OF MECHANISMS CAUSING IRREVERSIBLE GAIN LOSS. IMPROVEMENTS IN OPERATIONAL LIFETIME WILL RESULT. MCP GAIN INSTABILITY CAN BE CATEGORIZED INTO SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM LOSSES. THE SHORT TERM INSTABILITY IS CAUSED BY ADSORPTION AND DESORPTION OF GAS MOLECULES LOOSELY BOUND ONTO MI ...

IN AN EFFORT TO COMPENSATE FOR THE DECLINING SKILL LEVELS OF SHIPYARD WELDERS, THIS PROGRAM RESEARCHES THE FEASIBILITY OF BUILDING AN ADAPTIVE WELD CONTROL SYSTEM USING A RULE-BASED EXPERT SYSTEM AND APPROPRIATE SENSORS. THE SHIPYARD WELDING PROCESS THAT CAN BENEFIT MOST FROM SUCH A CONTROL SYSTEM WILL BE IDENTIFIED. THE KEY DETERMINANTS OF WELD QUALITY AND THE TRANSFER FUNCTIONS THAT RELATE THEM ...

THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MINIATURIZED ALL SOLID STATE MAGNETIC SENSOR CHIP IS PROPOSED. THE SENSOR EXPLOITS THE MAGNETOELASTIC RESPONSE OF AN AMORPHOUS METAL FILM. PHASE I RESEARCH IS DIRECTED TOWARDS ESTABLISHING THE PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION OF THE PROPOSED SOLID STATE MAGNETIC SENSOR, IDENTIFYING THE CRUCIAL MATERIAL PARAMETERS THAT DETERMINE THE MAGNETIC SENSOR PERFORMANCE, AND DETERMINING THE PROPOS ...

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