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Vendor: Robert J. McGraw
An Analysis of Nonlinear Elastic Deformations for a Homogeneous Beam at Varying Tip Loads and Pitch Angles
The Princeton beam experiments of 1975 were performed in hopes of producing viable data for beam nonlinear elastic deformation models in hopes of improving helicopter main beam designs. The recorded data, specifically for homogeneous beams of 7075 aluminum, have been referenced as a baseline...- $57.95
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Spectral Domain RF Fingerprinting for 802.11 Wireless Devices
The increase in availability and reduction in cost of commercial communication devices (IEEE compliant such as 802.11, 802.16, etc) has increased wireless user exposure and the need for techniques to properly identify/classify signals for increased security measures. A communication device's emission includes intentional modulation...- $57.95
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A Decision Model for Selecting Energy Efficient Technologies for Low-Sloping Roof Tops Using Value-Focused Thinking
The Air Force has a large inventory of low-sloping built up roofs (BURs) and millions of dollars are spent each year retrofitting these systems. The DOD has been directed to reduce non-renewable energy consumption by using energy-efficient technologies. These two details present a great...- $57.95
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In Vitro Toxicity of Aluminum Nanoparticles in Rat Alveolar Macrophages
Nanomaterials, which are by definition in the 1 - 100 nanometer range, have numerous possible benefits to society, but currently there is a lack of data that characterizes these materials effects on human health and environment. In general nanomaterials are of interest to the...- $57.95
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Vendor: Abdulla Al-Noaimi
Investigation Into Fretting Fatigue Under Cyclic Contact Load and Inconjunction with Plain Fatigue of Titanium Alloy
Fretting fatigue is the surface damage that occurs at the interface between two components that are under going a small amplitude oscillatory movements. Itresults in a reduction of the material life comparing to the plain fatigue. Most of the previous works were accomplished under...- $57.95
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Improved Visibility Within the Air Force Itv System
Computers, information systems, and communication systems are being used in transportation, warehousing, order processing, materials management, and procurement. In every major US deployment, lack of visibility over units and shipments entering a theater of operation has limited the military's ability to effectively conduct operational...- $57.95
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An Analysis of Biometric Technology as an Enabler to Information Assurance
The use of and dependence on Information technology (IT) has grown tremendously in the lasttwo decades. Still, some believe we are only in the infancy of this growth. This explosive growthhas opened the door to capabilities that were only dreamed of in the past....- $57.95
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Taking the High Ground: A Case for Department Of Defense Application of Public Cloud Computing
Cloud computing offers tremendous opportunities for private industry, governments, and even individuals to access massive amounts of computational resources on-demand at very low cost. Recent advancements in bandwidth availability, virtualization technologies, distributed programming paradigms, security services and general public awareness havecontributed to this new...- $57.95
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Afso 21: A Comparison of Private Sector and Air Force Practices
AFSO 21 is a recent Air Force initiative aimed at improving processes and eliminating waste from daily operations. This thesis provides, through industry benchmarking, techniques used by private companies to leverage process improvements through the effective use of best practices. Specifically, this thesis addresses...- $57.95
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Wait a Minute: I Didn't Sign Up for This!
When the medical non-combatant is denied security, safety, and rights under the Law of Armed Conflict and Geneva Convention, this tendency toward anarchy in warfare suggest that there is safety for no one. Medical non-combatants are not trained or prepared to be Prisoners of...- $57.95
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Vendor: Robert H. Zielinski
Star Tek--Exploiting the Final Frontier: Counterspace Operations in 2025
Space superiority, like air superiority today, will be a vital core competency in the year 2025. US national security is already heavily leveraged in space - a trend which will increase in the future. Likewise, other countries and commercial interests will continue to seek...- $57.95
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A Comparison of the US Air Force Fitness Test and Sister Services' Combat-Oriented Fitness Tests
This research explores how the United States Air Force Physical Fitness Test (AFPFT) events compare to sister-services' physical fitness test events with respect to their predictability of combat capability. Multiple regression tools, non-parametric analyses, and chi2 contingency table hypothesis testing were utilized to test...- $57.95
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Fatigue Management for Aef Deployment and Sustained Operations
Under the new Expeditionary Aerospace Force (EAF) concept, the US Air Force is capable of deploying and employing in 72 hours or less. Furthermore, the Air Force mission frequently requires 24-hour activities to meet operational demands. Because of its commitment to project power with...- $57.95
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Improved Multispectral Skin Detection and Its Application to Search Space Reduction for Dismount Detection Based on Histograms of Oriented Gradients
Due to the general shift from conventional warfare to terrorism and urban warfare by enemies of the United States in the late 20th Century, locating and tracking individuals of interest have become critically important. Dismount detection and tracking are vital to provide security and...- $57.95
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Heat Transfer Experiments on a Pulse Detonation Driven Combustor
Heat transfer experiments were conducted using a heat exchanger behind a pulse detonation combustor and aGarrett automotive turbocharger at the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL). The equivalence ratio and purge fraction wereheld at 1.0 and 0.9, respectively, while the frequency of operation was varied...- $57.95
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Cost Effectiveness Approach to B-1b Consumable and Reparable Procurement Strategies
The use of a cost effectiveness methodology to evaluate inventory procurement strategies can provide added insight into the best possible use of limited financial resources. This research utilized a cost effectiveness approach to evaluate the procurement of B-1B bomber spare parts used for base-level...- $57.95
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Department of Defense: Enterprise Requirements and Acquisition Model
In support of senior leadership emphasis on improving early systems engineering and analysis, the Enterprise Requirements and Acquisition Model(ERAM) is a quantitative discrete-event process simulation model that accounts for activities from the identification of a desired space capability early in the JCIDS process through...- $57.95
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The Use of Space-Based Assets to Reduce the Effects of Natural Disasters
Natural disasters kill one million people around the world each decade, and leave millions homeless each year. As destructive as natural disasters are, there are means to reduce the effects of natural disasters. Reducing the effects of natural disasters requires volumes of data to...- $57.95
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Vendor: David A. Torres
Evaluation of Fuel Oxygenate Degradation in the Vadose Zone
Groundwater contamination by petroleum products poses a potential human health and safety risk. Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) was a commonly used fuel oxygenate that was added to gasoline to meet environmental regulations. The widespread use of MTBE resulted in significant contamination of drinking water...- $57.95
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Increasing the Weaponization of Spaces: A Prescription for Further Progress
This paper addresses the issue of weaponization of space, or, more specifically, what would DoD like to do in/from space with weapons and what impedes DoD's ability to do this? Given the current environment, it appears that DoD should take prompt action to: (1)...- $57.95
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Packet Analysis of Unmodified Bluetooth Communication Devices
Bluetooth technology has potential for widespread use within the Department of Defense and the Air Force. An office environment using Bluetooth technology can wirelessly connect computers, printers, and other office equipment in order to share information over short distances. The clutter and annoyance of...- $57.95
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Using Sequence Analysis to Perform Application-Based Anomaly Detection within an Artificial Immune System Framework
The Air Force and other Department of Defense (DoD) computer systems typically rely on traditional signature-based network IDSs to detect various types of attempted or successful attacks. Signature-based methods are limited to detecting known attacks or similar variants; anomaly-based systems, by contrast, alert on...- $57.95
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Information Technology Allows for New Leadership and Command and Control Philosophies
The United States (US) is transitioning from the industrial age to the information age. The rapid change and availability of information technology is affecting the military. The Department of Defense contends that the military services must undergo a cultural change to be more innovative...- $57.95
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A Step Forward for Interdependence: The Air Force Continuation Training Program
As the Joint force transforms to become more interdependent, the manner in which the Services train must also adapt. Joint interdependence requires increased trust and confidence among all Service members. In order to foster this trust, joint training must increase. For Combat Air Forces...- $57.95
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A Model to Predict Diffraction Attenuation Resulting from Signal Propagation over Terrain in Low Earth Orbit Satellite Systems
A critical issue for designers of communication systems is the characterization of the communication channel. The free-space propagation model does not adequately predict the mean path loss in space-to-ground communication systems. Traditional methods for predicting the effect of terrain impacting the path of propagating...- $57.95
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A Decomposition Approach for the Multi-Modal, Resource-Constrained, Multi-Project Scheduling Problem with Generalized Precedence and Expediting Resour
The field of project scheduling has received a great deal of study for many years with a steady evolution of problem complexity and solution methodologies. As solution methodologies and technologies improve, increasingly complex, real-world problems are addressed, presenting researchers a continuing challenge to find...- $57.95
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Quantitative Analysis of a Turbulent Wind Tunnel with Obstructions for Use in Liquid Flame Spread Experiments
The research was done as part of an effort to develop alternative fire suppressant technologies for aircraft engine nacelles. The turbulent shear flow behind a surface mounted fence inside an open circuit wind tunnel was investigated experimentally. The tunnel test section was designed to...- $57.95
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Chaos Theory for the Practical Military Mind: A Research Paper
The military professional is a practically-minded individual. This is not, stereotypes aside, the result of an inflexible, unimaginative nature, but comes from pursuing a profession that emphasizes mission accomplishment above all else. What sane nation would want less of its protectors? This paper is...- $57.95
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Quantum Computing: Bridging the Expanding Bandwidth Requirements Gap of the Future?
Today's war-fighter has become extremely reliant on network-based tools and technologies to perform the day-to-day mission. The widespread use of video teleconferencing, high-resolution and real-time intelligence imagery, IP telephony, different forms of streaming video/audio, and network-based collaborative planning tools, to name a few examples,...- $57.95
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Army Airmindedness: Finding Common Ground in No Man's Land
As the United States military faces budgetary and congressional mandates to become more jointly oriented, the services are forced to find Joint tactical and operational links that will help the President and his advisors meet national strategic objectives. Aviation is one of the few...- $57.95
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Characterization and Implementation of a Real-World Target Tracking Algorithm on Field Programmable Gate Arrays with Kalman Filter Test Case
A one dimensional Kalman Filter algorithm provided in Matlab is used as the basis for a Very High Speed Integrated Circuit Hardware Description Language (VHDL) model. The JAVA programming language is used to create the VHDL code that describes the Kalman filter in hardware...- $57.95
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An Airpower Application Framework: Modeling Coercive Airpower Strategies
This study focuses on the development of a theoretical framework for the application of coercive airpower strategies that can be used in the construction of a decision aid for use by airpower strategists. ... The author then undertakes a review of on-going modeling and...- $57.95
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Looking Ahead at the Future of Airlift: A Capabilities Approach to Designing the Next Generation Strategic Airlifter
Now that the C-17 is beginning to make an operational impact, and the C-141 continues to retire en masse, it is important to start looking ahead at what the next generation airlifter should look like and what capabilities it should possess. This study bridges...- $57.95
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Statistical Processing Methods for Polarimetric Imagery
Estimation theory is applied to a physical model of incoherent polarized light to address problems in polarimetric image registration, restoration, and analysis for electro-optical imaging systems. In the image registration case, the Cramer-Rao lower bound on unbiased joint estimates of the registration parameters and...- $57.95
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Shi(el)DS: A Novel Hardware-Based Security Backplane to Enhance Security with Minimal Impact to System Operation
Computer security continues to increase in importance both in the commercial world and within the Air Force.Dedicated hardware for security purposes presents and enhances a number of security capabilities. Hardware enhances both the security of the security system and the quality and trustworthiness of...- $57.95
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Utilization of Decision Analysis for Service Member Retirement Options
The Military Retirement Reform Act of 1986 and subsequent repeal in the FY2000 Military Defense Authorization Act resulted in a decision problem for all military members considering retirement. The proper choice between the accepting the $30,000 Career Service Bonus and Redux retirement pay versus...- $57.95
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A Simulation Based Methodology to Examine the B-1b's An/Alq-161 Maintenance Process
This thesis looks at the maintenance procedures associated with the defensive electronic counter measure (ECM) system on the B-1B, designated the AN/ALQ-161. Computer simulation of the current line-replaceable-unit (LRU) maintenance network for Ellsworth AFB and Dyess AFB is modeled. In addition, two hypothetical repair...- $57.95
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Graph Theoretical Analysis of Network-Centric Operations Using Multi-Layer Models
As the Department of Defense continues its transformations to a network centric force, evaluating DoD's progression towards net-centricity remains a challenge. This research proposes to extend the Network Centric Operation Common Framework Version 2.0 (draft) with the metrics based in graph theory and, specifically...- $57.95
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Stastistical Machine Translation of Japanese
Statistical machine translation (SMT) uses large amounts of language training data to statistically build a knowledge base for translating from one language to another. Before introducing this language data, usually in the form of a parallel set of sentences from both languages, the SMT...- $57.95
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Electrical Activation Studies of Ion Implanted Gallium Nitride
A comprehensive and systematic electrical activation study of Si-implanted gallium nitride (GaN) was performed as a function of ion implantation dose, anneal temperature, and implantation temperature. Additionally, acceptor-implanted GaN was also investigated. Temperature-dependent Hall effect measurements from 10-800 K and photoluminescence (PL) spectra taken...- $57.95
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Information System Incidents: The Development of a Damage Assessment Model
Information system (IS) incidents, such as hacking, denial-of-service, and viruses areon the rise. With low manning and under-trained information security specialists it is difficult for organizations to stop IS incidents from occurring. Once an incident has occurred it is the IS manager's responsibility to...- $57.95
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New Missions for the CV-22 Osprey in a Changing World
The CV-22 OSPREY will become operational within the next few years. Although it is seen as a replacement for the aging, but still capable, MH-53J PAVELOW, the CV-22 improves upon the basic operating capabilities of its predecessor. The OSPREY will also be able to...- $57.95
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Combat Air Forces Campaign Level Modernization Planning: A Study in Group Decision Making
Modernization is a critical component of the current transformation effort within the Department of Defense (DoD) Effective and efficient modernization planning will provide for the improved allocation of limited funding. The Air Force currently conducts capabilities based modernization planning to identify shortfalls. Air Combat...- $57.95
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Development of Interference Lithography Capability Using a Helium Cadmium Ultraviolet Multimode Laser for the Fabrication of Sub-Micron-Structured Opt
The goal of this work is to develop unique holograms on a semiconductor-metal thin films to characterize as potential metamaterials. This is achievable by developing a fabrication recipe to include exposure methods, exposure dosages, and material development. This study developed an interference lithography capability...- $57.95
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Cooperative Unmanned Aerial Surveillance Control System Architecture
Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) is a high-demand Department of Defense mission performed by unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) at the tactical and theater levels. Coordinating UAS aircraft through cooperative control offers the advantages of persistence, distributed and adaptable sensor coverage, and reduced revisit time...- $57.95
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Vendor: Ahmet Kahraman
Multimission Aircraft Design Study, Payload
It is proposed that a Multi-Mission Aircraft (MMA) be prepared to combine some or all the functions of the aging AWACS, JSTARS, RIVET JOINT, COMPASS CALL, and ABCCC fleet. Three different thesis studies have been developed by three Air Force Institute of Technology GSE...- $57.95
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Modeling a Field Application of in Situ Bioremediation of Perchlorate-Contaminated Groundwater Using Horizontal Flow Treatment Wells
Perchlorate contaminated groundwater is rapidly becoming a significant environmental remediation issue for the Department of Defense. In this study, an existing numerical model that simulates the operation of a Horizontal Flow Treatment Well (HFTW) system to effect the in situ biodegradation of perchlorate through...- $57.95
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Catastrophe on the Horizon: A Scenario-Based Future Effect of Orbital Space Debris
Orbital space debris can be defined as dead satellites, discarded rocket parts, or simply flecks of paint or other small objects orbiting the earth. It is simply space ―junk,‖ but junk that can be extremely dangerous to space assets. Most of the debris concerns...- $57.95
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Determining Pacaf Transportation Alternatives to the General Purpose Vehicle
Under funding for vehicle replacement requirements raised concerns and has led to purchasing alternative vehicles classified as equipment items to supplement budget shortfalls. In order to effectively usefunds and meet mission requirements, Pacific Air Force (PACAF) commanders need an adjustable multifactor decision tool that...- $57.95
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Analysis of the Current Air Force-Specific Status of Resources and Training System Reporting System
The status of resources and training system (SORTS) is a process that measures the "health" of units and wings in day-to-day preparedness and the ability to execute a major theater war or other scenario envisioned in the national security strategy. With talk of the...- $57.95
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