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Vendor: Cody C. Rasmussen
Least-Squares Finite Element Formulation for Fluid-Structure Interaction
Fluid-structure interaction problems prove difficult due to the coupling between fluid and solid behavior. Typically, different theoretical formulations and numerical methods are used to solve fluid and structural problems separately. The leastsquares finite element method is capable of accurately solving both fluid and structural...- $57.95
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Improving the Estimation of the Military Worth of the Advanced Tactical Laser through Simulation Aggregation
Fielding High Energy Laser (HEL) weapon systems presents technological challenges as well as employment and financial challenges. The risk associated with the challenges mandates the development process include computer simulation models capable of predicting weapon system performance from the engineering level to assessing the...- $57.95
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Hybrid Airships: Well Suited for Foreign Humanitarian Assistance Operations
Airships played an important role in the US military early in the 20th century. After World War II the United States (US) military's interest in airships waned and airship operations terminated. This was due in part to advances in technology like fixed-wing aircraft. Over...- $57.95
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An Evaluation of the Hazard Prediction and Assessment Capability Software's Ability to Model the Chornobyl Accident
The performance of the Nuclear Facility (NFAC) incident module in modeling a nuclear reactor accident is evaluated. Fallout predictions are compared with air concentration measurements of I-131 in Europe over a five-day period. Two categories of source term specifications are used: NFAC-generated source terms...- $57.95
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An Evolutionary Algorithm to Generate Ellipsoid Detectors for Negative Selection
Negative selection is a process from the biological immune system that can be applied to two-class (self and nonself) classification problems. Negative selection uses only one class (self) for training, which results in detectors for the other class (nonself). This paradigm is especially useful...- $57.95
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Conventional Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles the Answer to Prompt Global Strike
During June of 2003, Knight Ridder Newspaper's senior military correspondent Joseph L Galloway interviewed General Tommy Franks, the head of US Central Command. General Franks described the beginning of hostilities as follows: "Somewhere 8 to 10 hours before the expiration of the ultimatum, I...- $57.95
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Vendor: Evren Kiymaz
Fuel Efficiency Assessment with DEA
In this study, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is used to calculate Air Mobility Command (AMC) airlift fuel efficiency for C-17 aircraft. Fuel is a strategic asset for the United States Air Force and suitable alternatives are not yet feasible or available in the quantity...- $57.95
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C-130J Logistics Problems: Did the Commercial Acquisition Strategy Doom the Aircraft from the Start?
The Air Force incorporated the C-130J into its inventory with a commercial acquisition strategy. This decision has resulted in numerous shortfalls that Air Force logisticians are fighting everyday to overcome. Despite the acquisition community's direction and requirements involving procurement of commercial items and Defense...- $57.95
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Commercial Airlift Augmentation: An Organizational Study
The Defense Transportation System (DTS) relies heavily upon the commercial air transportation industry to meet transportation requirements beyond the Department of Defense's (DOD) organic airlift capability. The Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) is an integral part of the DTS that provides a strategic alliance...- $57.95
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Raman Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers Based on Multimode Graded-Index Fibers and Their Application to Beam Cleanup
Raman fiber lasers (RFLs) and Raman fiber amplifiers (RFAs) in multimode fibers were explored. The RFL based ona graded-index fiber was shown to be very efficient relative to RFLs based on singlemode fibers. Several configurations of the RFL were examined; the beam quality of...- $57.95
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Improved Hyperspectral Image Testing Using Synthetic Imagery and Factorial Designed Experiments
The goal of any remote sensing system is to gather data about the geography it is imaging. In order to gain knowledge of the earth's landscape, post-processing algorithms are developed to extract information from the collected data. The algorithms can be intended to classify...- $57.95
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Development of Non-Uniform Radiation Solution Methods for Atmospheric Re-Entry Using Detailed Thermal Modeling
The line-by-line accurate spectral radiation solver SPRADIAN was integrated with the multi-temperature hypersonic flow-solver NH7Air for the purpose of predicting the radiation incident on the surface of a hypersonic re-entry vehicle. Atomic and molecular radiation mechanisms are considered for chemical species present in an...- $57.95
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Investigation of Gravity Waves via the Rotational Temperature of Hydroxyl Nightglow
Measurement of the vibration and rotation bands of mesospheric hydroxyl radicals (OH) has been conducted during the past two decades using ground-based and space-based interferometers to take temperature and wind measurements from 70-100 km in altitude. Gravity waves that pass through the mesosphere can...- $57.95
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Enabling Intrusion Detection in IPSec Protected IPv6 Networks through Secret-Key Sharing
As the Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) implementation becomes more widespread, the IP Security (IPSec) features embedded into the next-generation protocol will become more accessible than ever. Though the networklayer encryption provided by IPSec is a boon to data security, its use renders standard...- $57.95
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Improving Maintenance Data Collection via Point-of-Maintenance Implementation
Maintenance data collection is an integral part of flightline aircraft maintenance. Historically, this data was input via traditional keyboard data entry methods at a computer terminal. These terminals are typically located in the aircraft maintenance unit (AMU) facility, away from where the actual maintenance...- $57.95
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Estimating the Effects of Radio Frequency Identification Tagging Technologies on the Army's War-Time Logistics Network
Some civilian business practices, such as radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, were used for the first time by the Army in a major conflict during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). RFID tags were attached to every container and pallet in all sustainment shipments entering and...- $57.95
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Vendor: Tiffiny S. Smith
In Pursuit of an Aptitude Test for Potential Cyberspace Warriors
The Air Force has officially assumed the cyberspace mission. In order to perform the mission to the best extent possible, it is important to employ personnel with the necessary skill sets and motivation to work in this type of environment. The first step in...- $57.95
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Assessing the US's Current Ability to Understand and Test EMP Effects on Systems
During the Cold War, the United States as a nation, and its military in particular, were very focused on nuclear warfighting. After winning the Cold War this focus became significantly lessened. However, in the past decade new concerns have arisen and it is once...- $57.95
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The One with the Most Information Wins? The Quest for Information Superiority
The escalation of interest in information as a corporate resource is reflected in the military's quest for information superiority. A volume of directives, articles, and doctrine is appearing to meet the unique challenges presented by information as a resource. Discussions of how to achieve...- $57.95
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Toward Validating Vertical Aggregation in Object Oriented Simulation
Recent interest in studying the nonlinear effects of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance in combat models has prompted researchers to employ vertical aggregation in object-oriented simulations. Traditional horizontal aggregation falls short for its inability to provide accurate means for nonlinear functions. Averaging a group of...- $57.95
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Post-Processing of Low Dose Mammography Images
In mammography, X-ray radiation is used in sufficient doses to be captured on film for cancer diagnosis. A problem lies in the inherent nature of X-rays to cause cancer. The resolution of the images obtained on film is directly related to the radiation dosage....- $57.95
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Indigenous Architecture for Expeditionary Installations
United States (U.S.) outpost building after World War II tended to neglect local design in favor of imported American style and at the expense of efficiency and local acceptance (Gillem, 2005: 70). The numerous expeditionary installations established throughout the Middle East in the Global...- $57.95
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Using Value-Focused Thinking to Evaluate the Practicality of Porous Pavement Parking Areas on Air Force Installations
Natural runoff processes have been altered by urban development; impervious surfaces (rooftops, highways, parking areas) and their associated stormwater systems channel runoff from a vast area into one concentrated outflow. This stormwater runoffcan cause erosion, flooding, landslides, and significant damage to aquatic ecosystems.Runoff from...- $57.95
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Tunable Mid-IR Optical Parametric Oscillator Using Periodically Poled Rubidium Titanyl Arsenate
Tunable sources of coherent radiation are needed for a variety of military and commercial applications, including infrared countermeasures and atmospheric remote sensing. This research investigates a tunable mid-infrared coherent source using periodically-poled rubidium titanyl arsenate (PPRTA) as a quasi-phase matched (QPM) optical parametric oscillator...- $57.95
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Vendor: Changwook Lim
Combat Identification Modeling Using Neural Networks Techniques
The purposes of this research were: (1) validating Kim's (2007) simulation method by applying analytic methods and (2) comparing the two different Robust Parameter Design methods with three measures of performance (label accuracy for enemy, friendly, and clutter). Considering the features of CID, input...- $57.95
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Adaptive Control of Woofer-Tweeter Adaptive Optics
Adaptive optics applies advanced sensing and control to improve the ability of optical systems to collect images through a turbulent atmosphere. The results of this research e ort demonstrate that the combination of two recent approaches improves the performance of adaptive optics in directed...- $57.95
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Quest Hierarchy for Hyperspectral Face Recognition
Face recognition is an attractive biometric due to the ease in which photographs of the human face can be acquired and processed. The non-intrusive ability of many surveillance systems permits face recognition applications to be used in a myriad of environments. Despite decades of...- $57.95
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Linking Embeddedness and Macroinvertebrate Health in Two Southwest Ohio Streams
Environmental managers utilize a variety of tools when assessing lotic systems for stressors attributed to anthropogenic sources. Stream deposited sediment has been recognized as one of the major stressors affecting streams in the U.S. The detrimental effect on aquatic biota of sediment depositing within...- $57.95
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Basic Field Manual, Vol. IV: Signal Communication
This text includes signal regulations and technical information needed by officers and enlisted men of arms other than the Signal Corps engaged in signal communication. It supplements the matter contained in chapter 7, Basic Field Manual, Volume VIII, and prescribes in detail the installation,...- $57.95
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Vendor: Ronald J. Dougherty
Fit to Fight: Admin or Ethos? Embedding Fitness in Air Force Culture
Physical fitness is absolutely essential for effective military service. Recognizing that since the Air Force's inception its fitness efforts have failed to produce a fit force, then-chief of staff Gen John P. Jumper became the catalyst for change. In a series of "Chief's Sight...- $57.95
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Vendor: Dustin P. Ziegler
Persistent Space Situational Awareness: Distributed Real-Time Awareness Global Network in Space
In the decades since the space program first began, the United States has become more and more dependent on space across a broad spectrum of military, commercial, and civil applications. That dependence brings with it an inherent vulnerability, and recent evidence of the growing...- $57.95
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The Air Force Physical Fitness Program, Is It Adequate?
In this paper the author defines four components of physical fitness - muscular fitness, cardiorespiratory fitness, flexibility and body composition. Potential individual and organizational benefits of physical fitness are discussed. A brief history of military and the Air Force fitness programs from WW I...- $57.95
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Vendor: Scott D. Berger
Dual Channel Matched Filtering and Space-Time Adaptive Processing
We propose a dual channel matched filtering system that addresses two key challenges in the practical implementation of a single channel matched filtering system: secondary data support and computational cost. We derive an exact expression of the dual channel normalized signal-to-interference plus noise ratio...- $57.95
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Modeling and Analysis of Clandestine Networks
Since Sept. 11, 2001, there has been great interest in the military and intelligence communities in using Social Network Analysis (SNA) to support the disruption and destruction of global terrorist networks. SNA results, however, tend to be descriptive and are limited due to the...- $57.95
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The Time-Critical Targeting Model
This research project will develop a model that describes how we acquire, designate and engage a time-critical target. Very rarely do U.S. Air Force aircraft operate independently. F-15Cs integrate with E-3 AWACS for counter air while F-16CJs and RC-135s coordinate for suppression of enemy...- $57.95
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An Analytical Study of T-38 Drag Reduction in Tight Formation Flight
This thesis explores the benefits of flying in a tight formation, mimicking the natural behavior of migratory birds such as geese. The first phase of the research was to determine an optimal position for the wingman of a tight formation flight of T-38 Talon...- $57.95
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Optimization of Therapeutic Strategies for Organophosphate Poisoning
The National Preparedness Vision requires the U.S. be prepared to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from all hazards associated with a chemical attack. Results of this study demonstrate that we cannot protect service members and first responders as required following a nerve...- $57.95
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Factors Influencing the Air Force Cycle Ergometry Fitness Assessment
This research investigated the influence of exercise activities, situational factors, and personality on the Air Force submaximal cycle ergometry test (SCET). Data were collected via a questionnaire administered to 209 active duty students and faculty assigned to the Air Force Institute of Technology during...- $57.95
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Using Future Value Analysis to Select an Optimal Portfolio of Force Protection Initiatives
With the recent increase in terrorist activity, force protection has become a key issue for the Department of Defense. Leading the research for new ideas and concepts in force protection for the US Air Force is the Air Force Force Protection Battlelab (FPB). The...- $57.95
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Composite Aircraft Life Cycle Cost Estimating Model
Composite materials are beginning to comprise a greater percentage of structural materials used throughout aircraft production. The increased usage of composites has led individuals within the Air Force community to revisit aircraft life cycle cost, LCC, models. A series of affordability initiatives has culminated...- $57.95
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The Aerodynamic Performance of the 24 Inch Houck Configuration
Fuel efficiency of aircraft is of great importance to the military and private sector. A more efficient wing design for UAVs would lead to improvements in mission support while reducing fuel costs for the Air Force. An experimental investigation of one candidate design, the...- $57.95
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An Analysis of the Air Force Working Capital Fund's Performance and the Pricing Strategy of the Materiel Support Division
The Air Force Working Capital Fund (AFWCF), a revolving fund established to create a more business-like environment between the Air Force and its customers, is comprised of several divisions providing depot level repairs, supplies and inventory, information technology solutions and transportation services to military...- $57.95
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Secureqemu: Emulation-Based Software Protection Providing Encrypted Code Execution and Page Granularity Code Signing
This research presents an original emulation-based software protection scheme providing protection from reverse code engineering (RCE) and software exploitation using encrypted code execution and page-granularity code signing, respectively. Protection mechanisms execute in trusted emulators while remaining out-of-band of untrusted systems being emulated. This protection...- $57.95
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Multi Criteria Decision Support Model for the Turkish Air Force Personnel Course/Education Planning System
Many personnel are assigned to different courses and educational opportunities in the Turkish Air Force every year. This daunting process requires a great deal of time and does not currently seek to find an optimal solution. The Turkish Air Force has a database for...- $57.95
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Calibrated Probabilistic Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts Based on the MRF Ensemble
United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) is updating the Arsenal Exchange Model (AEM) that it uses for allocating strategic weapons to targets. AEM does not model the range constraints on bomber routes. These routes are used to deliver gravity munitions. In order to include these...- $57.95
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Creating an Agent Based Framework to Maximize Information Utility
With increased reliance on communications to conduct military operations, information centric network management becomes vital. A Defense department study of information management for net-centric operations lists the need for tools for information triage (based on relevance, priority, and quality) to counter information overload, semi-automated...- $57.95
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Vendor: Necdet Kilic
Routing of Time-Sensitive Data in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
Mobile networks take the communication concept one step further than wireless networks. In these networks, all nodes in the network are assumed to be mobile. These networks are also called mobile ad hoc networks, due to their mobility and random configurations. Ad hoc networking...- $57.95
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Conceptual Design Tool to Analyze Electrochemically-Powered Micro Air Vehicles
A multi-fidelity conceptual design tool was developed to assess electrochemically-powered micro air vehicles(MAVs). The tool utilizes four areas of contributing analyses (CAs): aerodynamics, propulsion, power management, and power sources to determine the endurance duration of a given mission. The low-fidelity aerodynamic CA consisted of...- $57.95
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Evaluation of XMX/2L-MIL Virtual Impactor Performance and Capture and Retention of Aerosol Particles in Two Different Collection Media
The United States Air Force uses the XMX/2L-MIL (XMX) high volume air sampler to collect samples for biological analysis. The XMX uses a virtual impactor to concentrate particles 1.0 to 10 m in size into a secondary flow prior to sample collection using a...- $57.95
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An Analysis of the Potential for Using Over-The-Horizon Radar Systems for Space Surveillance
The Australian Defence Force is investigating the development of a space surveillance system. While several dedicated facilities for space surveillance are in operation around the world, Australia's Over-The-Horizon Radar (OTHR) network has some potential for this role. The OTHR operates in the HF band...- $57.95
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