Research & information: general books

Unliquidated obligations resulted in missed opportunities to improve drinking water infrastructure.  Read More >>

Space vehicles flying through the atmosphere at high speed are known to excite a complex set of chemical reactions...  Read More >>

Vulnerabilities in Medicare's interrupted-stay policy for long-term care hospitals.  Read More >>

The altitude dependencies of the moduli of the electric field E in the VLF and LF frequency bands (f sub B much...  Read More >>

U.S. Customs and Border Protection's management of the purchase and storage of steel in support of the secure border...  Read More >>

USAID's Measuring Impacts of Stabilization Initiatives: program generally achieved its objectives, but USAID's lack...  Read More >>

This report investigates the potential of using Global Positioning System (GPS) data and a model of the ionosphere...  Read More >>

Unless modified, FEMA's temporary housing plans will increase costs by an estimated $76 million annually  Read More >>

The state of Colorado did not fully assure that funds intended to treat mining wastes and remove contaminants from...  Read More >>

Vulnerabilities in the HHS Small Business Innovation Research Program.  Read More >>

U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team makes progress in securing cyberspace, but challenges remain  Read More >>

Long-term orbital lifetime predictions are analyzed. Predictions were made for three satellites: the Solar Max Mission...  Read More >>

Jet noise is a major concern in the design of commercial aircraft. Studies by various researchers suggest that aerodynamic...  Read More >>

An important class of techniques to reduce helicopter vibration is based on using a Higher Harmonic controller to...  Read More >>

Progress was made on the analysis of tether damping and on experimentation of the control system on the laboratory...  Read More >>

Wider use of ceramic matrix composites (CMC) will require the development of advanced structural analysis technologies....  Read More >>

The least-squares finite element method (LSFEM) based on the velocity-pressure-vorticity formulation is applied...  Read More >>

Oxidizer propellant systems for liquid-fueled rocket engines must meet stringent cleanliness requirements for particulate...  Read More >>

Treatment of convective and pressure fluxes in the Euler and Navier-Stokes equations using splitting formulas for...  Read More >>

The State of Florida's management of State Homeland Security Program and Urban Areas Security Initiative grants...  Read More >>

The state of Nevada's management of State Homeland Security Program and Urban Areas Security Initiative grants awarded...  Read More >>

This final report describes the work performed under this delivery order from June 1993 through August 1994. The...  Read More >>

The state of California's management of Urban Areas Security Initiative grants awarded during fiscal years 2006...  Read More >>

An inward precipitator collects particles initially dispersed in a gas throughout either a cylindrical or spherical...  Read More >>

An anomalous material response has been observed under the action of applied compressive loads in fibrous SiC/Ti...  Read More >>