Research & information: general books

This paper addresses the classical problem of printed circuit board routing: that is, the problem of automatic routing...  Read More >>

In this paper, the gas-kinetic BGK scheme for the compressible flow equations is extended to chemical reactive flow....  Read More >>

The structural performance of two truss configurations, the orthogonal tetrahedral and a Warren-type, are compared...  Read More >>

The electronic link connecting cryogenically cooled radiation detectors to data acquisition and signal processing...  Read More >>

This report discusses the general framework and development of a computational tool for preliminary design of aircraft...  Read More >>

Performance characteristics were experimentally determined for several sizes of a shielded and unshielded thermocouple...  Read More >>

Empirical equations are presented with which to model rotationally-sampled (R-S) turbulence for input to structural-dynamic...  Read More >>

This report addresses the problem of path planning and control of robotic manipulators which have joint-position...  Read More >>

A simple kinematically consistent expression for the longitudinal two-point correlation function related to both...  Read More >>

A flow visualization technique for the large wind tunnels of the National Full Scale Aerodynamics Complex (NFAC)...  Read More >>

An ion beam probe diagnostic system can measure time- and space-resolved profiles of plasma space potential and...  Read More >>

The rationale for human exploration of space is examined. Observations of the technocatalytic potential are presented....  Read More >>

A fault-tolerant clock synchronization system was designed to a proven correct formal specification. Formal methods...  Read More >>

A problem of continued interest concerns the control of vibrations in a flexible structure and the related problem...  Read More >>

A general procedure is developed for identifying properties of structural joints. The procedure, which uses experimental...  Read More >>

The effect that artificial dissipation has on numerical solutions of the transonic Full Potential Equation (FPE)...  Read More >>

The Applications Technology Satellite (ATS-6), launched into synchronous orbit on 30 May 1974, carried a set of...  Read More >>

In high speed flight, the state of the boundary layer can strongly influence the design of vehicles through its...  Read More >>

The results of a flight evaluation of two electronic display formats for the approach to landing under instrument...  Read More >>

This report presents a new planar, wideband feed network for a slot spiral antenna, and the subsequent design and...  Read More >>

A hydrostatic stress-dependent, anisotropic model of viscoplasticity is formulated as an extension of Bodner's model....  Read More >>

Minimum energy configurations for homonuclear clusters containing from two to twenty-two atoms of six metals, Ag,...  Read More >>

An effort to investigate the potential of remote sensing for monitoring nonpoint source pollution was conducted....  Read More >>

The noise characteristics associated with various upper surface blowing configurations were investigated using a...  Read More >>

Ten years ago computer simulations of the flow field around the Space Shuttle Orbiter were limited to inviscid calculations...  Read More >>