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Characterizing a Neutron Energy Spectrum Using a "Forward Edge" Neutron Time-of-Flight Spectroscopy Technique
A Fermi-style thermal neutron disc chopper was designed, constructed, and calibrated in conjunction
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Flying Reactors
For more than 50 years the United States has explored the possibility of space borne nuclear fissio
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Performance Evaluation of a Field Programmable Gate Array-based System for Detecting and Tracking Peer-to-peer Protocols on a Gigabit Ethernet Network
The TRacking and Analysis for Peer-to-Peer 2 (TRAPP-2) system is developed on a Xilinx ML510 FPGA.
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Vision-Aided Autonomous Precision Weapon Terminal Guidance Using a Tightly-Coupled INS and Predictive Rendering Techniques
This thesis documents the development of the Vision-Aided Navigation using Statistical Predictive R
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JSTARS, E-10A and the Kill Chain
This research paper examines the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS), its succes
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Mitigating Reversing Vulnerabilities in .NET Applications Using Virtualized Software Protection
Protecting intellectual property contained in application source code and preventing tampering with
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Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics for the Compensation of Amplitude and Phase Distortions
Two deformable mirrors with finite conjugate ranges are investigated for compensating amplitude and
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P.S. Bond, the Clausewitz of Combat Engineering
This monograph examines Colonel Bond's writings and compares his principles of military engineering
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Parametric Reliability of Space-Based Field Programmable Gate Arrays
The high cost of failure for microelectronic devices operating in the space environment has led to
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Concurrent Cognitive Mapping and Localization Using Expectation Maximization
Robot mapping remains one of the most challenging problems in robot programming. Most successful me
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Performance-Metric Driven Atmospheric Compensation for Robust Free-Space Laser Communication
The effect of turbulence on laser propagation is a significant challenge to current electro-optical
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TM 5-818-1
The United States Army Publishing Directorate is the Army's leader in publishing and delivering inf
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Address, "Heat Treating of Steel,"
This historic address, "Heat Treating of Steel," by Frederick J. Newman, offers a glimpse into earl
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Alternative Pulse Detonation Engine Ignition System Investigation Through Detonation Splitting
A Pulse Detonation Engine (PDE) combusts fuel air mixtures through a form of combustion: detonation
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Hybrid Airships for Lift
With its reduced operating costs and point-of-need (PON) delivery ability, the hybrid airship is on
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Minimizing Losses in a Space Laser Power Beaming System
A mathematical model is developed to track the amount of power delivered in a wireless laser power
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Wind Tunnel Investigation of the Static Stability and Control Effectiveness of a Rotary Tail in a Portable UAV
The Air Force Research Lab, Munitions Directorate, Flight Vehicles Integration Branch (AFRL/MNAV) d
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Back-Pressure Effect on Shock-Train Location in a Scramjet Engine Isolator
The isolator of the scramjet decelerates the incoming high Mach flow to a lower Mach number and sta
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Planetary Defense
Concern exists among an increasing number of scientists throughout the world regarding the possibil
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Chromate Content Bias as a Function of Particle Size in Aircraft Primer Paint Overspray
Spray painting operations using chromate-containing primer paints produce particles which may expos
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Performance Analysis and Comparison of Multiple Routing Protocols in a Large-Area, High-Speed Mobile Node Ad Hoc Network
The U.S. Air Force is interested in developing a standard ad hoc framework using "heavy" aircraft t
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Stunning Swarms
This paper proposes and advocates the concept of Micro-Air Vehicle Incapacitating Swarms (MAVIS) as
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Three-Dimensional Dynamic Stress Analysis of Sandwich Panels
A layerwise geometrically nonlinear theory for a thick sandwich plate was developed by introducing
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Protection of Native Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout in Yellowstone Lake
The National Park Service (NPS) was formed on August 25, 1916, and is the U.S. federal agency that
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Geophysical Exploration for Engineering and Environmental Investigations
This manual provides guidance and assistance to design engineers in the development of different ty
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Far Infrared Spectrometry of the Cosmic Background Radiation
The Office of Scientific & Technical Information (OSTI), is a part of the U.S. Department of Energy
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All About Milk
"All About Milk" by M. J. Rosenau, first published in 1914, is a comprehensive treatise on milk, it
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The Canning of Foods
"The Canning of Foods," originally published in 1912, offers a detailed look into the methods emplo
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Ventilation and Heating
Explore the principles of indoor climate control with "Ventilation and Heating" by John Shaw Billin
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Bulgarian Geopolitics in a Balkan Context
Routledge 出版This book is about the geographic space as an inseparable component of a nation's historical memory
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Chemical Safety Audit Program
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was introduced on December 2, 1970 by President Rich
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High Power Radio Frequency Weapons
The emergent technology of high power radio frequency in a directed energy role has huge potential
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Two-Stage Stochastic Linear Programming With Recourse
The LP recourse problem applies to two-stage optimization problems where uncertainty in resource av
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Using a Distributed Object-Oriented Database Management System in Support of a High-Speed Network Intrusion Detection System Data Repository
The Air Force has multiple initiatives to develop data repositories for high-speed network intrusio
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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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Effects of Environment on Creep Behavior of Nextel 720/Alumina-Mullite Cermaic Composite at 1200-C
The creep behavior of an oxide-oxide ceramic matrix composite (CMC) was investigated at 1200-C in l
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An Infrared Camera Simulation for Estimating Spatial Temperature Profiles and Signal-to-Noise Ratios of an Airborne Laser-Illuminated Target
Airborne Laser testing and evaluation can be aided by developing a spectrally-based infrared camera
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Radiation Effects on the Electrical Properties of Hafnium Oxide Based MOS Capacitors
Hafnium oxide-based MOS capacitors were investigated to determine electrical property response to r
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An Application of Automated Theorem Provers to Computer System Security
The Schematic Protection Model is specified in SAL and theorems about Take-Grant and New Technology
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Optical Studies of Lanthanide and Actinide Ions in Calcium Flouride
The Office of Scientific & Technical Information (OSTI), is a part of the U.S. Department of Energy
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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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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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Mission Route Planning With Multiple Aircraft and Targets Using Parallel A* Algorithm
The general Mission Route Planning (MRP) Problem is the process of selecting an aircraft flight pat
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Scalable and Fault Tolerant Group Key Management
To address the group key management problem for modern networks this research proposes a lightweigh
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Stretching the Umbilical Cord
This study addresses the question of whether or not the Air Force should continue to develop a Spli
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Preparing for the Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Threat Within the Contemporary Operating Environment (COE)
This monograph investigates the Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) threat the US
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Direction Finding With Mutually Orthogonal Antennas
Estimating the direction-of-arrival of incident electromagnetic plane waves (a.k.a. direction findi
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A Photogrammetry-Based Hybrid System for Dynamic Tracking and Measurement
Noncontact measurements of lightweight flexible aerospace structures present several challenges. Ob