Engineering: general books

Lightning has an impact on Air Force operations in the air and on the ground. Delays to flight or maintenance activities...  Read More >>

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has purchased two spectral analysis programs, RobWin and RSEMCA, to support...  Read More >>

Recent progress in the generation and sustainment of gas discharges at atmospheric pressure has energized research...  Read More >>

The military depends on the Global Positioning System (GPS) for a wide array of advanced weaponry guidance and precision...  Read More >>

Beam combination was demonstrated by splitting the beam from a diode pumped Q-switched Nd: YAG laser and pumping...  Read More >>

Federal policy has played a key role in the emergence of the U.S. biofuels industry. Policy measures include minimum...  Read More >>

It has been proposed that the implementation of a pulsed detonation combustor in a high-bypass turbofan engine would...  Read More >>

For a compressor disk, effective vibration suppression requires...  Read More >>

The price of crude oil recently soared past $115 per barrel, resulting in the most expensive gasoline prices ever...  Read More >>

This thesis examines the importance of a critical infrastructure rebuild strategy following a terrorist attack or...  Read More >>

Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) are becoming an integral part of our lives through a wide range of applications,...  Read More >>

The high cost of failure for microelectronic devices operating in the space environment has led to a need for an...  Read More >>

Breast cancer is second only to lung cancer as the most prevalent form of cancer to afflict women remaining the...  Read More >>

Noncontact measurements of lightweight flexible aerospace structures present several challenges. Objects are usually...  Read More >>

Estimating the direction-of-arrival of incident electromagnetic plane waves (a.k.a. direction finding or DF) has...  Read More >>

Interest in discovering a methodology for solving the Protein Structure Prediction (PSP) problem extends into many...  Read More >>

Post flight analysis of ballistic missile reentry vehicles is an area of focus for the U.S. Government, especially...  Read More >>

Inertial navigation systems (INS) offer passive, all-weather, and undeniable navigation information, which military...  Read More >>

Electrical power on military installations is vital for mission accomplishment. Most installations obtain electrical...  Read More >>

Estimating the angle of arrival (AOA) of a high frequency (HF) signal, 2- 2 MHz, is challenging, especially if the...  Read More >>

Ultra wideband (UWB) signals typically occupy a very large spectral bandwidth resulting from extremely short duration...  Read More >>

Electrical power grids represent a critical infrastructure for a nation as well as strategically important. Literature...  Read More >>

Lightning detection is an essential part of safety and resource protection at Cape Canaveral. In order to meet the...  Read More >>

In accordance with the 1988 amendment to the Act, the NRC's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) was established...  Read More >>

Satellites are the only major Air Force systems with no maintenance, routine repair, or upgrade capability. The...  Read More >>