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NSA SBIR PROGRAM'WSAJanuary 1985 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20546

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Page

Summary ....... . ........... ................. . .... ......... ..... 1

Introduction ............ ....... ................ ................ 1

Technical Topics ............................................. 2

Review and Evaluation of Phase I Proposals ........................... 2

Phase fl of SBIR ................. .......... ....... ................... 3

Abstracts of Awards .. . ......................... 3

01. Aeronautical Propulsion and Power .............................. 4

01.01-051 IA Computation of the Tip Vortex Flow Field for Advanced Propellers ..... 4

01 01-8500 Optimized Aerodynamic Design for Advanced Turboprop ............ 4

01.02-7070 Turbulent Mixing of Gases in a Simulated Combustor ............... 5

01.03-5052 Adiabatic Wankel Type Rotary Engines .......................... 5

01.03-5444 Rapid Solidification of Low Density Alloys by Melt Overflow .......... 5

01.05-1753 A Design Concept for Reducing Dynamic Loads on Spur Gear Teeth .... 6

01.05-3812 New Perfiuoroether Fluids Exhibiting Excellent Oxidative and Thermal

Stabilities ......... .......... ............ ................. 6

01.05-8279A High Energy Tnbo-Elements ........... .................... 7

01.06-0252 Low Weight-to-Horsepower Ratio Electric Drive .................. 7

02. Aerodynamics and Acoustics ........... ....................... 7

02.01-0769 Aerothermodynarmc Performance of Lifting Advanced Orbital Transfer

Vehicles at High Altitudes ...... ...... .. .......... ....... 7

02.01-3844 Wiener-Hermite Simulation of Turbulence ...... ........... 8

02.01-9457B Rapid Computation with Nonlinear Numerical Algorithms ............ 8

02.02-0794 Fuselage Shapes for Natural Laminar Flow .................. 9

02.02-8218A Multi-Element Natural Laminar Flow Airfoils ..... ............... 9

02 02-8218 Supercritical Laminar Flow Control and Hybrid Airfoils ............ 10

02 02-8500A Generation of an "Artificial" Burst in a Turbulent Boundary Layer ..... 10

02.03-5903 Magnetic Suspension and Balance System for Wind Tunnels ........... 10

02 04-0769 Nonequilibrium Flows and Catalytic Surfaces on Spacecraft Reentry .. 11

02.06-4037 Shear Stress Sensor Development Using Surface Acoustic Waves ....... 11

02 06-8477 A Pulsed Laser Holocamera for Wind Tunnel Testing .............. 12

02.08-8676 Optical Slip-Ring for High-Density Data Communication Links ....... 12

03. Aircraft Systems, Subsystems, and Operations ..................... 12

03.02-8477 Optical Technique: The Impact of Heavy Rain on Aircraft Performance .. 12

03.03-8293 Expert Systems for Accident Investigations ..................... 13

03 05-8747 Application of Parameter Extraction at Extreme Angles of Attack ...... 13

03 08-9191 Optimal Guidance with Obstacle Avoidance for Nap of the Earth Flight .. 14

03.09-2281 Decision-Making Modeling for Theory of Human Error ............ 14

03.09-5845 Polar Graphics for Rapid Assessment of Multi-vanate Information ..... 14

04. Materials and Structures .................. ................. 15

04 01-1504 High Temperature Aluminum Bronze Matrix Composites . ..... 15

04.03-5400 Woven Reinforcement Constructions for Composites ................. 15

04.03-5911 Four-Dimensional Impact Resistant and Damage Tolerant Composites ... 16

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04.05-5911 Silicon Carbide Matrix Thermal Protection Materials ................ 16

04.07-5785A Characterization and Development of Hot Pressed Graphite/Alumnum for

Low Coefficient of Thermal Expansion Fittings .................... 16

04.07-7227 Precision Wires from Ion-Plated Aluminum/ Graphite Composite Tape ... 17

04.09-5050 Structural Modules with Self-Integrity Monitoring .. ............... 17

04.10-0332 Ultrasonic Correlator for Nondestructive Charactenzation-of Materials ... 17

04.12-4495 ProtectingSteel Structures with Polymers That Expand When Cured .... 18

04.13-1504 Low Coefficient of Therman Expansions Metal Matrix Composite

Fittings .. ...... . ........ .......... ................... 18

04.14-9030 Novel Oxygen Atom Source for Material Degradation Studies ......... 19

05. Teleoperators and Robotics ......................... ........ 19

05.01-5915 A Remote Teleoperations Manual Feedback Device with Gyrostatic Force

Translation ........... ........... ................... ... 19

05.02-6585 Self-Aligning Electrical Connector ........... .... ........ 19

05.04-4561 Dead Reckoning Optoelectronic Intelligent Docking System . ...... 20

05.04-8600A Maneuver Automation Sensor .......... ................ 20

05.06-4161 Advanced Torque Converters for Robotics and Space Applications ... 20

06. Computer Sciences and Applications ......... 21

06.01-3030K Optimal Systolic Architecture for the Navier-Stokes Equations ........ 21

06.02-5100 Improved Visual Display of Three-Dimensional Information . .... 21

06.02-9500 Automated Object Scan System for Three-Dimensional Cathode Ray

Tube ..... ......... ........... ... ........... ... 22

06.03-1234 A Floating-Point Computer Module for Array Processing on a FLEX/32

Multicomputer ........................................ 22

06.04-1625 Enhancement of Simulation[Animation Graphics Systems ........ .. 23

06.05-8677 Improvements in Control Center Man-Machine Allocation and

Effectiveness ......... ...... ........... ................ 23

06.06-6700 Software Life Cycle Engineering Support System ............... 24

07. Information Systems and Data Handling .............. ...... ... 24

07.04-1112 Focal-Plane Processing of Visual Information ........... 24

07.06-1000 Low-Power Spectrum Analysis and Real-Time Data Compression

System ............................................ 24

07.06-6207 Determination of Cloud Properties from Satellites ..... ...... 25

07.06-8911 West Coast Storm Forecasting with Satellite Data ............ 25

07.06-9709 A Low Power Fourier Transform Processor ........ ....... ... 26

07 08-5300 Expert System for Extraction of Data System Requirements ............ 26

07.09-7511 Robust Natural Language Processor for Transactional Dialogues ....... 26

08. Instrumentation and Sensors .. . ..... .................. 27

08.01-6882 Concentric Groove Grating ........ ..... ............ 27

08 05-3220 Integrated Receiver Concept Using Programmable Charge Coupled

08 06-1920 A Pulsed Carbon Dioxide Laser for Space Application in Remote

08.03-4520 A Particulate Monitor for Comet and Planetary Atmospheres .......... 27

08 05-1590 Simultaneous Orbit Determination with Physical Connectedness ....... 27

Devices . ........ .. .. ......... ... 28

Atmospheric Sensing .................... ........ 28

08 07-5800B An Analog/Digital Electro-Optical System for Real-Time X-Ray Imaging. .29

08.07-8629 Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator for Use in Zero-Gravity . .29

08 08-0537 An All Solid State Tunable Laser for Remote Sensing Applications .... 29

08.08-9030 Laser Spectrometer and Wavemeter ... ............ 30

08.09-6500 Optimal Silicon Carbide Production .................. 30

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08.11-2227 Widely Tunable Gas Laser for Remote Sensing of the Stratosphere ...... 30

08.12-7847 Analysis of Micrometer and Submicrometer Atmospheric Aerosols ..... 31

08.13-4561 Miniature Infrared Data Acquisition and Telemetry System . ....... 31

08.13-8500 Modular Digital Holographic Fringe Data Processing System . ...... 32

08.15-1315 Measurement of Chlorophyll Related Pigments and Productivity in the

Sea ..................... .... ....... ...32

08.15-1512 Measurement of Liquid Water and Ice Water Contents of Snow .. ... 33.

09. Spacecraft Systems and Subsystems .. ... ... .. . 33

09.01-6364 Control of Large Space Structures Using the Stable Factorization

Approach ........................................... 33

09.02-1753A Thermal Transport System Using Conformal Heat Exchanger .. 33

09.04-9450 Electrochromic Panels for Control of Radiant Energy Transfer .. ... 34

09.05-1504 Electronic Component Temperature Control Using Metal-Matrix

Composites ......... . ...................... . 34

09.06-5785 Metallized Kevlar Space Tether System ...... . . 35

09.08-6551 High Performance Ambient Temperature Heat Pipes .................. 35

09.09-0546 Metal Hydrides for Integration of Spacecraft Hydrogen Resources ..... .35

09.10-1447 Polarization Stability of a Pyroelectnc Conversion Material .... .. 36

09.11-9785 Active Refrigeration and Heat Pump Thermal Control of Spacecraft ..... 36

09.12-3800B A Reliable, Long-Lifetime Closed-Cycle Cryocooler for Space ....... 36

09 13-5000 A Single Channel Handheld Optical Radar . .. 37

09.14-4942 Pumped, Two-Phase, Non-Azeotropic Spacecraft Cooling Systems ...... 37

09.15-1230 Self-Maintaining Thermal Surfaces ............................... 38

09.16-1227 Modular Cold Plates for High Heat Fluxes ... 38

09.19-8629 A Helium-3/Helium-4 Dilution Cryo