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VPX: The Rugged Bus Architecture for Embedded Military Applications
For over two decades, the VMEbus has maintained its position as the open standard bus architecture of choice for defense and aerospace applications. While VME, a parallel bus,...
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Creating a Synthetic Virtual Instrument for Avionics Testing
The demand for fast evolution and increased flexibility of electronics systems in many different industries and applications has driven the trend for increasing software content of...
Briefs Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Simulations of Stall and Stall Control in Turbocompressors
Anumerical-simulation study of stall and stall control in radial and axial compressor stages of gas turbine engines has been performed. This and other similar studies are needed because...
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Application of CFD to a Slender-Bodied, Finned Projectile
In an application of computational fluid dynamics (CFD), flow fields about a slender-bodied finned projectile and the resulting aerodynamic forces and moments on the projectile were...
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Multi-Scale Model of Failure in a Composite Material
An adaptive concurrent multilevel computational model of failure in a heterogeneous-material structure has been developed. As used here, "concurrent" is a term of art characterizing a class of structural/material models that (1) incorporate submodels representing material substructures at...
Briefs Electronics & Computers
Adaptive Quantum Design of Semiconductor Devices
The term "adaptive quantum design" denotes a methodology for systematically seeking robust, manufacturable designs of semiconductor devices — especially semiconductor optoelectronic devices...
Briefs Electronics & Computers
Real-Time Simulation and Semiautomated Design of Complex ICs
A project called “System on a Chip Real-Time Emulation” (SOCRE) was undertaken to develop and demonstrate a methodology of simulation of operation and semiautomated design of...
Briefs Electronics & Computers
A Study of Two Ferrocene-Based Molecular Electronic Devices
Acomputational-simulation study of two ferrocene-based molecular electronic devices was performed as part of a continuing effort to develop a capability for ab initio design of...
Briefs Photonics/Optics
Continuous-Wave Atom Laser
Progress has been made toward realization of a continuous-wave, phase-andamplitude- stable atom laser based on magnetic guiding, magnetic compression, and continuous distributed evaporative cooling of a sparse cloud...
Briefs Photonics/Optics
Adaptive Optoelectronic Eyes
Aprogram of research has built a technological foundation for further development of systems that could be characterized, variously, as "smart" cameras or adaptive optoelectronic eyes. A system according to this...
Briefs Materials
Innovations Pertaining to Carbon-Based Materials
Some notable innovations in the design and manufacture of carbonbased materials have been made in a continuing program of basic research on carbon- based materials for use in propulsion systems of aircraft and spacecraft. The research has ranged over diverse topics that have included fabrication of...
Briefs Materials
Polymeric “Smart” Skin Materials
"Smart” skin materials based, variously, on polymers, dendrimers, carbon nanotubes, and/or other tailored molecular components are being developed for use as conformal coating surfaces of mechanical structures, including those of aircraft, to impart enhanced functionality to the coated surfaces. As used here,...
Briefs Materials
Nanoparticle AlxMoyOz/Al Thermites
Research on the microstructures, chemical compositions, and reactivities of thermites that consist of or contain mixtures of MoO3 and Al particles has led to development of a process for making thermites that...
Briefs Medical
Aptamer-Based Sensors for Detection of Proteins
Molecular aptamer beacons (MABs) are being investigated for use as rapid-signaling probe compounds for detecting specific proteins of interest (target proteins). In the MAB approach, one exploits...
Briefs Medical
Nanosensor Arrays for Detecting Breast-Cancer Compounds
Arrays of nanosensors for detecting biomolecules associated with breast cancer are undergoing development. It has been proposed to construct the arrays as silicon-based large-scale...
Briefs RF & Microwave Electronics
Traveling-Wave Wide-Band Microstrip Antennas
Microstrip antennas that can be made to perform well over relatively wide frequency ranges but are mechanically and electrically simpler than prior such antennas have been invented. These antennas...
Briefs Physical Sciences
Spintronic Effects in Semiconductor Nanostructures
Progress has been made in calculation of spintronic effects in semiconductor nanostructures. The calculations contribute to the body of theoretical knowledge complementing recent experimental advances in generating, transporting, and detecting coherent spin-polarized populations of electron and...
Tech Transfer Reports
In-Place Pipe Restoration Eliminates Need for Replacement
Established in 1987, American Pipe Lining of San Diego, CA developed an in-place pipe restoration service using an epoxy pipe lining technology to restore aging potable, HVAC, and gray...
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