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Design Manual Constructed Wetlands and Aquatic Plant Systems for Municipal Wastewater Treatment
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was introduced on December 2, 1970 by President Rich
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Effects Of Boundary Layer Flow Control Using Plasma Actuator Discharges
This study addresses the usage and effects of atmospheric plasma discharges on the near wall flow c
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Systems-Level Feasibility Analysis of a Microsatellite Rendezvous With Non-Cooperative
The United States is very dependant upon the use of space. Any threat to our ability to use it as d
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Characterizing the Effect of Chlorine and Chloramines on the US EPA Office of Research and Development Formation of Biofilm in a Simulated Drinking Water Distribution System
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was introduced on December 2, 1970 by President Rich
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Modeling, Stability, and Control of a Rotatable Tail on a Micro Air Vehicle
This research uses existing experimental wind tunnel data to develop a non-linear model that is use
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Optimizing Mean Mission Duration for Multiple-Payload Satellites
This thesis addresses the problem of optimally selecting and specifying satellite payloads for incl
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The Wind and Beyond
How ideas about aerodynamics first developed and how the science and technology evolved to forge th
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AFIT UAV Swarm Mission Planning and Simulation System
The purpose of this research is to design and implement a comprehensive mission planning system for
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The UAV Continuous Coverage Problem
The purpose of this research is to develop a method to find an optimal UAV cyclic schedule to provi
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Computational Fluid Dynamics Investigation of Vortex Breakdown for a Delta Wing at High Angle of Attack
Using the commercially available FLUENT 3-D flow field solver, this research effort investigated vo
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Development of a Screening Tool to Facilitate Technology Transfer of an Innovative Technology to Treat Perchlorate-Contaminated Water
Perchlorate contamination of drinking water is a significant problem nationwide. The purpose of thi
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Comparative Analysis of a High Bypass Turbofan Using a Pulsed Detonation Combustor
It has been proposed that the implementation of a pulsed detonation combustor in a high-bypass turb
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Design of Wastewater Treatment Facilities
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was introduced on December 2, 1970 by President Rich
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Description and Sampling of Contaminated Soils
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was introduced on December 2, 1970 by President Rich
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A Systems Architecture and Advanced Sensors Application for Real-Time Aircraft Structural Health Monitoring
Aircraft are being pushed beyond their original service life, increasing the potential for structur
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A Comparative Analysis of the Cost Estimating Error Risk Associated With Flyaway Costs Versus Individual Components of Aircraft
A shrinking workforce, unstable budgets, and rapidly changing objectives under stricter time constr
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Vacuum Chamber Construction and Contamination Study of a Micro Pulsed Plasma Thruster
The micro pulsed plasma thruster (micro-PPT) is a simple and versatile electric thruster capable of
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Modeling Vertical Flow Treatment Wetland Hydraulics to Optimize Treatment Efficiency
An upward Vertical Flow Treatment Wetland (uVFTW) at Wright Patterson AFB designed to bioremediate
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Rockets and People, Volume 4
In this last volume of his four-volume set of memoirs, the famous Russian spacecraft designer Boris
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Modeling of Wake-vortex Aircraft Encounters
There are more people passing through the world's airports today than at any other time in history.
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Capillary Flow in an Interior Corner
The design of fluids management processes in the low-gravity environment of space requires an accur
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X37 Space Vehicle
The Air Force invested $16M in NASA's X-37 program and will have exclusive testing of two of these
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Chlorine Dioxide for Wastewater Disinfection
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was introduced on December 2, 1970 by President Rich
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Analyzing Carbohydrate-Based Regenerative Fuel Cells as a Power Source for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Based on current capabilities, we examine the feasibility of creating a carbohydratebased regenerat
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A Century Long Pursuit of Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks
The United States has dramatically increased its production of alternative fuels over the past seve
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Investigation of the Performance Characteristics of Re-Entry Vehicles
When a non-US spacecraft reenters the Earth's atmosphere, having the ability to accurately determin
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Operational Characteristics of a Rotating Detonation Engine Using Hydrogen and Air
Rotating detonation engines (RDE) are pressure gain combustion engines that have the potential for
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Cycle Performance of a Pulse Detontation Engine With Supercritical Fuel Injection
Pulse detonation engines (PDE) rely on rapid ignition and formation of detonation waves. Because hy
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Performance Characterization of a Three-Axis Hall Effect Thruster
he research presented here represents the first efforts to operate and quantify the performance of
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An Evaluation of U.S. Air Force Aviation Fuel Consumption Factors to Accurately Predict Aviation Fuel Costs by Aircraft Mission, Design, and Series
The purpose of this research was to evaluate the ability of Air Force published fuel factors to acc
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Analysis and Forecasting of Air Force Operating and Support Cost for Rotary Aircraft
This research explores forecasting techniques to estimate the Cost per Flying Hour for Air Force He
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Pilot Mental Workload Calibration
The issue of predicting high pilot mental workload is important to the United States Air Force beca
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Hybrid Airships
Airships played an important role in the US military early in the 20th century. After World War II
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Thomson Scattering Study of Collisional-Shock Heated Plasmas, Report No. 62
Thomson scattering was used to obtain eloctron temperature and density profiles in deuterium plasma
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Design of a Space-Borne Autonomous Infrared Tracking System
Complete characterization of the space environment in support of the United States' goal of Space S
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Identifying and Mitigating the Risks of Cockpit Automation
Cockpit automation has delivered many promised benefits such as improved system safety and efficien
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The Need for a Global Space-Traffic-Control Service
Losing a satellite to an accidental on-orbit collision is no longer hypothetical, but real and incr
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Attitude Model of a Reaction Wheel/Fixed Thruster Based Satellite Using Telemetry Data
Attitude determination of satellites is normally the job of inertial instruments, such as gyroscope
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Technology Transfer
Everyday within United States Air Forces' research laboratories there are hundreds of scientists an
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System Identification of an on Orbit Spacecraft's Antenna Dynamics
The research presented here is a follow on to previous efforts [Pachter, Barba, 2007] in which a ti
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Common Aero Vehicle Autonomous Reentry Trajectory Optimization Satisfying Waypoint and No-Fly Zone Constraints
To support the Global Strike mission, an autonomous trajectory optimization technique is presented
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Handbook for Stabilization/Solidification of Hazardous Wastes
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was introduced on December 2, 1970 by President Rich
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Comparison of High Aspect Ratio Cooling Channel Designs for a Rocket Combustion Chamber With Development of an Optimized Design
An analytical investigation on the effect of high aspect ratio (height/width) cooling channels, con
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Application of Sliding Mode Methods to the Design of Reconfigurable Flight Control Systems
Observer-based sliding mode control is investigated for application to aircraft reconfigurable flig
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Detonation Propagation Through Ducts in a Pulsed Detonation Engine
Development of a continuously operating pulsed detonation engine (PDE) without a high energy igniti
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Design Manual
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was introduced on December 2, 1970 by President Rich
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Water
Water: Vital to Life, Vulnerable to Terrorism The safety of US water systems took on new meaning as
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Biological Concepts for Design and Operation of the Activated Sludge Process
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was introduced on December 2, 1970 by President Rich