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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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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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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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Experimental Investigation of Oblique Wing Aerodynamics at Low Speed
In an effort to increase the range of missiles and guided bombs, the USAF is looking at options for
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Biomedical Signal Processing
CRC Press 出版This book presents the theoretical basis and applications of biomedical signal analysis and process
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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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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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Disturbance Observer
A new flight controller was evaluated through piloted simulation and flight test conducted at the U
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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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Detonation Branching in a PDE With Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuel
Pulse detonation engines (PDE) capitalize on the large mass flux and pressure rise a detonation has
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A Metagenomic Analysis of Microbial Contamination in Aviation Fuels
Microbial contamination in aviation fuel arises due to the impracticality of keeping fuel tanks ste
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Comparative Analysis of Mobility Management Schemes in a Low Earth Orbit Satellite Network
In the 60's the United Status and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics engaged in a "space race"
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Transforming the Aircraft Inspection Process
The next five years promise to bring significant changes to the Air Force's current operating envir
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Reusable Launch Vehicle Design Implications for Regeneration Time
In last few years the Air Force Research Laboratory sponsored several research projects on Reusable
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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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Thrust and Performance Study of Micro Pulsed Plasma Thrusters
This research is focused on several areas of the ?1/4PPT performance. An important idea studied is
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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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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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Costs of Arsenic Removal Technologies for Small Water Systems
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was introduced on December 2, 1970 by President Rich
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Parachute Extraction of a Generic Store From a C-130
This thesis encompasses a feasibility analysis of a parachute extracted generic precision guided mu
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Technical Feasibility of Loitering Lighter-Than-Air Near-Space Maneuvering Vehicles
The near-space region of earth's atmosphere above 20 kilometers altitude is greatly underutilized.
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Modern Power Converters for Renewable Energy Applications
CRC Press 出版As the world transitions toward sustainable energy solutions, power converters have become indispen
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Small Internal Combustion Engine Testing for a Hybrid-Electric Remotely-Piloted Aircraft
Efficient operation of a hybrid-electric propulsion system (HEPS) powering a small remotely-piloted
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Exfit Flight Design and Structural Modeling for Falcon LAUNCH VIII Sounding Rocket
This research effort furthers the Air Force's study of reusable launch vehicles and hypersonic airf
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An Investigation of Starting Techniques for Inward Turning Inlets at Flight Speeds Below the On-Design Mach Number
The purpose of this study was to create and investigate starting techniques aimed at allowing compl
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Wireless Sensor Networks in Smart Environments
Understand the fundamental building blocks of the Internet of Things The Internet of Things is th
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