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Vendor: Chia-Hwa Lee
Effects of Variable Contact Load on Fretting Fatigue Behavior of Shot-Peened And Un-Peened Titanium Alloy
Fretting fatigue occurs between two components in contact under relative motion and reduces fatigue life when compared with plain fatigue. Shot-peening, on the other hand, is the most commonly used cold working process to improve material fatigue resistance in aeronautical industries. Nearly all work...- $20.95
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Force Protection for the 21st Century Expeditionary Aerospace Forces: Security Forces Need for Organic Ground Intelligence
The United States military, force on force, is unmatched by any other country in the world. Our dominance encourages adversaries to seek asymmetrical means to thart our abilities to carry out our global leadership policies. To make an impact through the media and with...- $15.95
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Vendor: James C. Jones
Recommendations for Improved Monitoring of the Near-Earth Electromagnetic Space Environment
As the world's leading space power, the United States has enjoyed unchallenged exploitation of the ultimate high-ground. Its civil, commercial and military space programs have led to improvements in its military and economic power as well as safety and security in the daily lives...- $13.95
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Information Security: Securing Smart Cards With Iris Recognition
This thesis examines the application of iris recognition technology to the problem of keeping smart cards secure. In order to understand the technology, a comprehensive literature review was conducted. The biological components of the iris were examined to ensure that they were truly random...- $15.95
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An Analysis of Information Assurance Relating to the Department of Defense Radio Frequency Identification Passive Network
The mandates for suppliers to commence Radio Frequency Identification tagging set by Wal-Mart and the Department of Defense is changing this long-time rumored technology into reality. Despite the many conveniences to automate and improve asset tracking this technology offers, consumer groups have obstinately opposed...- $15.95
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Quantum Mechanical Calculations of Monoxides of Silicon Carbide Molecules
Modern semiconductor devices are principally made using the element silicon. In recent years, silicon carbide (SiC), with its wide band-gap, high thermal conductivity, and radiation resistance, has shown prospects as a semiconductor material for use in high temperature and radiation environments such as jet...- $20.95
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Distributed Analysis and Control Element: An Attempt to Update the Threat Tactical Picture?
This monograph discusses how the U.S. Army and Army tactical military intelligence branch could utilize a distributed analysis and control element (ACE) to support the commander's operational picture (COP) and situational understanding. Recent exercises to include the Experimental Force rotation at the National Training...- $15.95
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The Changing Role of Airpower Against Transnational Sanctuaries
Since 9/11 the US has relied on the use of airpower to strike terrorists in transnational sanctuaries. Remarkably, the recent use of airpower against transnational terrorists has often been controlled/directed by the CIA rather than the military, though both have played a role. Additionally,...- $13.95
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Electrical Characterization of Non-Implanted 4h-Silicon Carbide
Electrical characterization has been performed on p-type 4H-SiC implanted with Al or B to assess the activation efficiency and implantation-related damage recrystallization. The electrical technique of Temperature Dependent Hall Effect (TDHE) indicated that Al and B act as shallow acceptors in 4H-SiC with ionization...- $18.95
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Fatigue Behavior of an Advanced Sic/Sic Composite With an Oxidation Inhibited Matrix at 1200°C in Air and in Steam
The fatigue behavior of an advanced Silicon Carbide/Silcon (SiC/SiC) ceramic matrix composite (CMC) with oxidation inhibited matrix was investigated at 1200-C in laboratory air and in steam environments. The composite consisted of an oxidation inhibited SiC matrix reinforced with Hi-Nicalon fibers coated with pyrolytic...- $20.95
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Vendor: Dennis B. Pannell
Air Force Special Operations Command Rated Experience Decline: Evolution and Solutions
Recent studies and accident investigations have brought AFSOC aircrew experience into question. While Air Force calculations indicate AFSOC experience levels are adequate, there is growing concern within the operations community that suggests experience levels are slipping to dangerous levels. The purpose of this paper...- $15.95
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Vendor: Renato Jelic
Study Of Varying Boundary Layer Height on Turret Flow Structures
The Air Force Institute of Technology and the Air Force Research Labs are investigating flows over turrets which are commonly encountered in directed energy integrations with air vehicles. In this work, the computational study was performed using the NASA developed time-marching finite volume code...- $17.95
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Vendor: Jeffrey L. Marker
Developing Air Force Operational Planners for Enhanced Air-to-Ground Integration
The United States military is unquestionably the most dominant fighting force in the world today and the Air Force is a critical aspect of that power. Our adversaries recognize these facts and are shifting the nature of war away from force-on-force conflict, turning instead...- $13.95
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Vendor: Morgan D. Mackey
Nanotechnology Applications for ISR: The Solution to the Intelligence Gap?
The United States Air Force must invest in nanotechnology to develop intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) sensor capabilities necessary to maintain United States (US) vital interests in the future. The extrapolation of present scientific development trends suggests sensor components will continue to decrease in...- $13.95
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Vendor: Kirk M. Olson
Timing of Increasing Electron Counts From Geosynchronous Orbit to Low Earth Orbit
Under certain conditions, high energy electron fluxes can increase over short periods of time in the outer radiation belt and diffuse to low altitudes. Sudden increases of high energy electron densities at low altitudes can drastically damage unsuspecting low-earth-orbit satellites. The progression of electron...- $15.95
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Vendor: Eric V. Beck
Theoretical Comparison of the Excited Electronic States of the Uranyl and Uranate Ions Using Relativistic Computational Methods
This thesis examines the ground and excited electronic states of the uranyl (UO22+) and uranate (UO42-) ions using Hartree-Fock self-consistent field (HF SCF), multi-configuration self-consistent field (MCSCF), and multi-reference single and double excitation configuration interaction (MR-CISD) methods. The MR-CISD calculation included spin-orbit operators. Molecular...- $17.95
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Vendor: Khai H. Vuong
Modeling the Fate of Groundwater Contaminants Resulting From Leakage of Butanol-Blended Fuel
Fuel spills and leaks from storage tanks can contaminate groundwater. Typically in groundwater, hazardous aromatic hydrocarbons like benzene are attenuated through natural processes. However, it is possible that adding butanol to gasoline will interfere with these natural attenuation processes, so that spills and leaks...- $17.95
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Vendor: Jenny W. Ji
Holistic Network Defense: Fusing Host and Network Features for Attack Classification
This work presents a hybrid network-host monitoring strategy, which fuses data from both the network and the host to recognize malware infections. This work focuses on three categories: Normal, Scanning, and Infected. The network-host sensor fusion is accomplished by extracting 248 features from network...- $17.95
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Vendor: Jonathan W. Leffler
Feasibility of Using Classification Analyses to Determine Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensification
Tropical cyclone intensity techniques developed by Dvorak have thus far been regarded by tropical meteorologists as the best identification and forecast schemes available using satellite imagery. However, in recent years, several ideologies have arisen which discuss alternative means of determining typhoon rapid intensification or...- $17.95
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Attaining Realistic Simulations of Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANET) are comprised of wireless systems that communicate without the assistance of centrally managed routers or base stations. MANET research and development has increased due to computing technologies offering smaller, faster, smarter, and more power efficient platforms to operate on. Largely...- $17.95
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Vendor: Kyle S. Allen
Evaluation Techniques for Determining Damping Mechanisms on Titanium Plates
High cycle fatigue (HCF) is the single largest cause of component failure for all modern military gas turbine engines. Hard coatings, such as magnesium aluminate spinel, have been found to provide significant damping properties. Past studies have had difficulties isolating the contributions of these...- $17.95
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Evaluation of the Air Force's Alternative Fuel Vehicle Program in Complying With Executive Order 13149
The Air Force must comply with Executive Order (E.O.) 13149, which includes cutting its vehicle fleet's petroleum fuel usage 20 percent by 2005. This thesis examines the Air Force's current alternative fuel vehicle (AFV) program, which is centered around the acquisition and use of...- $15.95
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Vendor: John C. Kirkwood
Analysis of Air Force Compliance With Executive Order 13149
The Air Force must comply with Executive Order (E.O.) 13149: Greening the Government Through Federal Fleet and Transportation Efficiency. This order focuses on the reduction of petroleum consumption in an effort to reduce dependence on foreign oil and preserve the environment. Specifically, it directs...- $15.95
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Daylighting Strategies for U.S. Air Force Office Facilities: Economic Analysis of Building Energy Performance and Life-Cycle Cost Modeling With Monte
The U.S. federal government maintains more than 500,000 facilities in the United States and around the world, most of which are heavily dependent on fossil fuels to produce electricity. Within the federal government, the Department of Defense (DOD) spends over $2.5 billion per year...- $18.95
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Factors Leading to Effectiveness and Satisfaction in Civil Engineer Information Systems
The Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency (AFCESA) has developed information systems in support of civil engineer operations. Over the last decade the number of systems has grown to support the breadth of civil engineer functions. At this time numerous (900+) decentralized systems support...- $18.95
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Assessing the Economic and Environmental Impacts Associated With Currently Available Street Lighting Technologies
Rising global energy demand and natural disasters continuously threaten energy supplies and prices. As a result, the U.S. government has mandated all government agencies to reduce energy consumption in order to minimize dependence on foreign energy supply and reduce costs. Concern over carbon emissions...- $17.95
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Vendor: Vikki L. Ellison
Analysis of Frustrated Vendor Hazardous Material Shipments Within the Defense Airlift System
Since military units do not want to deploy with excess materiel or maintain large stockpiles of supplies, the services are looking to improve the purchasing and delivery processes of vendor items to overseas personnel. Unfortunately, due to miscommunica-tion and overlooked transportation requirements some shipments...- $15.95
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Collisional Dynamics of the Cesium D1 and D2 Transitions
The collisional dynamics of the 6-P levels in cesium have been studied utilizing steady state laser absorption and laser induced fluorescence techniques. In addition the production of a blue beam produced by two photon absorption has been observed in potassium.This work has been selected...- $17.95
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Reproducibility, Distinguishability, and Correlation of Fireball and Shockwave Dynamics in Explosive Munitions Detonations
The classification of battlespace detonations, specifically the determination of munitions type and size using temporal and spectral features of infrared emissions, is a particularly challenging problem. The intense infrared radiation produced by the detonation of high explosives is largely unstudied. Furthermore, the time-varying fireball...- $18.95
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The Evolution of Military Airlift and the C-17: How Unique Capabilities Fall Short of Filling the Airlift Gap
Strategic mobility is the connection between the logistical base in the homeland and the soldier on the battlefield. The task of worldwide mobility is accomplished through the combined effort of airlift, sealift and the pre-positioning of assets at critical points around the globe, all...- $13.95
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Vendor: Jaime M. Schofield
Analysis of Enemy Propaganda in Iraq
The US should stop blaming the American mainstream media for the failure of Iraqi citizens to more strongly support the country's efforts in Iraq. The key to making US efforts more effective is to connect with the Iraqi people who are not watching the...- $13.95
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Vendor: Steven W. Lo
Differences in Civil Engineer Perceptions of Change Based on Prior Training and Experience
The Department of Defense (DoD) and the United States Air Force (USAF) have moved toward an aggressive stance to competitively source and privatize (CSP) support functions as much as possible. This move is intended to shrink support costs and redirect the savings to force...- $17.95
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An Analysis of Factors That Have Influenced the Evolution of Information Assurance from World War I through Vietnam to the Present
This study is an exploratory historical analysis of the factors that have influenced the evolution of military Information Assurance (IA) programs from World War I to the present. Although the term IA has recently been widely used throughout the Information Resource Management field (IRM),...- $57.95
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Vendor: Ryan S. Ponack
Assessing Capabilities of the High Energy Liquid Laser Area Defense System through Combat Simulations
High Energy Laser (HEL) technology continues to improve and its place in the battlefield is ever evolving. By combining the high energy delivery of solid state laser technology with the efficient thermal management of liquid laser technology, HELLADS has two main advantages over any...- $57.95
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Vendor: James K. Hall
Three Dimensional Formation Flight Control
Automating the control of an aircraft flying in formation necessitates the extension of the theory of formation flight control to allow for three dimensional maneuvers. The formation was modeled as a two-aircraft, leader and wingman, formation. Both aircraft has its own three dimensional, rotating...- $15.95
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An Analysis of the Effects of Low Energy Electron Radiation on A1xga1-Xn/Gan Modulation-Doped Field-Effect Transistors
The effects of radiation on AlxGa1-xN/GaN MODFETs is an area of increasing interest to the USAF as these devices become developed and integrated in satellite-based systems. Irradiation is also a valuable tool for analyzing the quantum-level characteristics and properties that are responsible for device...- $17.95
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Process Improvements for the AH-64 Tail Rotor Vibration Analysis
The Apache was the first helicopter of its kind to fly with the tail rotor blade offset by 55 degrees as opposed to the traditional 90 degrees. Current balancing methods approximate the rotor system as a traditional 4 bladed, same plane system with different...- $15.95
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Empirical Analysis of Various Multi-Dimensional Knapsack Heuristics
Since the multidimensional knapsack problems are NP-hard problems, the exact solutions of knapsack problems often need excessive computing time and storage space. Thus, heuristic approaches are more practical for multidimensional knapsack problems as problems get large. This thesis presents the results of an empirical...- $15.95
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An Analysis of the Design-Build Delivery Approach in Air Force Military Construction
The design-build method for construction project delivery continues to grow in both the private and public sector. Several government agencies have observed, through experience with design-build, positive results which give "anecdotal" credibility to design-build methods. The objective of this study is to compare the...- $18.95
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Electrical Activation Studies of Silicon Implanted Alxga1-Xn
Electrical activation studies of silicon implanted AlxGa1-xN grown on sapphire substrates were conducted as a function of ion dose, anneal temperature, and anneal time. Silicon ion doses of 1x10 13, 5x10 13, and 1x10 14 cm -2 were implanted in AlxGa1-xN samples with aluminum...- $15.95
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The Impact of Renewable Energy Sources on Forward Operating Bases
The United States military is an expeditionary force which depends on forward operating bases to project power around the world. However, rising fuel costs and attacks on supply convoys are jeopardizing our ability to remain an expeditionary force. Our current electrical generation systems contribute...- $13.95
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Vendor: Orhan Gozaydin
Analysis of Cooperative Behavior for Autonomous Wide Area Search Munitions
This research investigates the effectiveness of autonomous wide area search munitions using cooperative and non-cooperative behavior algorithms under various scenarios. The scenarios involve multiple autonomous munitions searching for an unknown number of targets with different priorities at unknown locations. For the cooperative cases, communications...- $15.95
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Optical Investigation of Transition Metal Implanted Wide Band Gap Semiconductors
Thin films of GaN, Al0.1Ga0.9N, and ZnO were implanted with Cr, Mn, and nickel Ni to produce dilute magnetic semiconductors. Optical and magnetic techniques were used to evaluate crystal structure restoration and coercive field strength as a function of implant species and annealing temperature....- $15.95
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Vendor: Robert D. Sagraves
Air Base Defense Outside the Wire: Air Support for Defending Expeditionary Air Bases on the Nonlinear Battlefield
This study examines the role of air support in defending expeditionary air bases on the nonlinear battlefield. The study begins by calling on US Army doctrine to describe the characteristics of the nonlinear battlefield. Emphasis is placed on the undefended seams that emerge on...- $57.95
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Performance Analysis of TCP Enhancements in Satellite Data Networks
Like the rest of society, the armed forces are increasingly reliant on technology to accomplish their missions. Often, however, technology is largely useless without the appropriate information to direct the machines when, where, and how to act. Rapid and reliable information delivery, therefore, is...- $17.95
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Deep Level Defects in Electron-Irradiated Aluminum Gallium Nitride Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy
Aluminum gallium nitride (AlGaN)-based devices are attractive candidates for integration into future Air Force communication and sensor platforms, including those that must operate in harsh radiation environments. In this study, the electrical and optical properties of 1.0 MeV electron irradiated n-AlxGa1-xN are characterized for...- $20.95
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Vendor: Robert E. Dunkel
Investigation of Cooperative Behavior in Autonomous Wide Area Search Munitions
The purpose of this research is to investigate the effectiveness of wide-area search munitions in various scenarios using different cooperative behavior algorithms. The general scenario involves multiple autonomous munitions searching for an unknown number of targets of different priority in unknown locations. Three cooperative...- $17.95
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The "Space" of Aerospace Power: Why and How
This paper attempts to tackle the "why?" and "how?" questions facing the USAF vis-a-vis realizing full space power capabilities. Space power capabilities refer not only improved force enhancement and space force support, but also more importantly, to space control and force application. All this...- $57.95
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Implementing Force Structure Reductions for Air Combat Command F-15's
Force structure is fundamental to creating an effective fighting force. Force structure reductions are negotiated and fought over at the very highest levels of government. However, the reductions are implemented at the operational wing level. The number of assigned aircraft per squadron seems to...- $13.95
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Vendor: Shauna M. Kinkela
Estimating Equatorial F-Region Daytime Vertical EXB Drift Velocities From Ground-Based Magnetometer Measurements in the Philippine Longitude Sector
Ionospheric disturbances can severely impact Department of Defense (DoD) systems, such as radar, satellite, and navigation technologies. Forecasting disturbances and describing the Earth's ionosphere, in turn, relies upon innovative computer-based models that gather input parameters from ground and space-borne observations and empirical models for...- $15.95
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