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Automated Carrier Landing of an Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle Using Dynamic Inversion
Dynamic Inversion (DI) is a powerful nonlinear control technique which has been applied to several
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An Approach to the Constrained Design of Natural Laminar Flow Airfoils
A design method has been developed by which an airfoil with a substantial amount of natural laminar
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X-Hale
In conjunction with the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) and the Air Force Research Laborat
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A Systems Engineering Approach to Integrated Structural Health Monitoring for Aging Aircraft
The United States Air Force and many of its Coalition partners have extended the original service l
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A Model for Palladium Catalyzed Destruction of Chlorinated Ethene Contaminated Groundwater
Groundwater contamination by chlorinated ethenes is a widespread environmental problem. Conventiona
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Aerospace Ground Equipment Management's Impact on Homestation Sortie Production
Since the Air Force began its evolution into an Expeditionary Air Force, much effort has been expen
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Crew Exploration Vehicle Skip Entry Trajectory
This research effort develops a program using MATLAB to solve the equations of motion for the atmos
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Meeting U.S. Defense Needs in Space
U.S. defense industrial base (DIB) deterioration and increased DOD interest in space exploitation h
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High Altitude Airship Station-Keeping Analysis
Lighter-than-air vehicles were once widely utilized by most major militaries. The airship's extende
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The Need for Speed
Transformation to the next level of technology is a pressing issue for the Air Force's strategic pl
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A Nonlinear Pre-Filter to Prevent Departure And/or Pilot-Induced Oscillations Due to Actuator Rate Limiting
Closed loop instability caused by excess phase lag induced by actuator rate limiting has been suspe
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Satellite-Based Fusion of Image/Inertial Sensors for Precise Geolocation
The ability to produce high-resolution images of the Earth's surface from space has flourished in r
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Thermal Characterization of a Hall Effect Thruster
The thermal characteristics of a Hall thruster directly influence thruster and spacecraft design. H
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Hybrid Airships
Airships played an important role in the US military early in the 20th century. After World War II
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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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Cubesat Packaged Electrospray Thruster Evaluation for Enhanced Operationally Responsive Space Capabilities
A new specialized electrospray thruster with a potential to be used with a 3-U CubeSat was operated
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Economic Feasibility of Installing an Anaerobic Digester on a Department of Defense Installation
Improving technology has made anaerobic digestion a viable method for disposing of organic waste an
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Unmanned Aircraft Systems in a Forward Air Controller (Airborne) Role
The ability to deliver weapons systems and the increased capabilities of unmanned aircraft systems
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Air Traffic Control Capabilities
New world-wide requirements to equip aircraft for ADS-B surveillance systems provides an opportunit
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The Effect of Aerodynamic Surfaces Versus Thrust Maneuvers on Reentry Vehicles
This research effort analyzes the effect of aerodynamic surfaces versus thrust maneuvers on a reent
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Thermal Performance of Cryogenic Multilayer Insulation at Various Layer Spacings
Multilayer insulation (MLI) has been shown to be the best performing cryogenic insulation system at
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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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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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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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Design Manual
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was introduced on December 2, 1970 by President Rich
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Sizing Analysis for Aircraft Utilizing Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Systems
Current conceptual aircraft design methods use historical data to predict and evaluate the size and
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Design and Performance Calculations of a Propeller for Very High Altitude Flight
Reported here is a design study of a propeller for a vehicle capable of subsonic flight in Earth's
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Characterization of UAV Performance and Development of a Formation Flight Controller for Multiple Small UAVS
The Air Force Institute of Technology's (AFIT) Advanced Navigation Technology (ANT) Center has rece
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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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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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Chemical and Biological Treatment of Thermally Condition Sludge Recycle Liquors
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was introduced on December 2, 1970 by President Rich
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Liquid Metal Batteries
CRC Press 出版This book describes the current knowledge and future challenges in liquid metal batteries. It detai
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Long Term Quadrotor Stabilization
The work of this thesis focuses on the IMU and getting the best performance possible out of the IMU
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Multimission Aircraft Design Study
In the most recent years, the Command, Control and Communications, Counter Measures, Intelligence,
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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
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Satellite Capabilities Mapping
The cost and schedule advantages small satellites have over larger legacy systems have been studied
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Experimental Methods to Characterize Nonlinear Vibration of Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicles
For urban combat reconnaissance, the flapping wing micro air vehicle concept is ideal because of it