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The parallel diagonal dominant (PDD) algorithm is an efficient tridiagonal solver. This paper presents for study...  Read More >>

A computer model has been developed which evaluates the performance of a heat exchanger. This model is general enough...  Read More >>

Pressure is one of the most important parameters measured when testing models in wind tunnels. For models tested...  Read More >>

VAPEPS (VibroAcoustic Payload Environment Prediction System) is...  Read More >>

This report describes conceptual thermal design study for an Electronically Scanned Thinned Array Radiometer (ESTAR)....  Read More >>

A fuzzy logic based controller for a laser-beam-smoothing spatial filter is described. It is demonstrated that a...  Read More >>

A simple factorization is given of an arbitrary hermitian, positive definite matrix in which the factors are well-conditioned,...  Read More >>

A model of security monitoring is presented that distinguishes between two types of logging and auditing. Implications...  Read More >>

We describe decentralized reconfigurable implementation of a conference management system based on the low-level...  Read More >>

Thermoset polyimides have great potential for successfully meeting tough stress and temperature challenges in the...  Read More >>

We describe a simple analytic representation of the ArH2 potential energy surface which well reproduces the results...  Read More >>

Although much work has been done in applying artificial intelligence (AI) tools and techniques to problems in different...  Read More >>

A decoupled control approach for a Large Gap Magnetic Suspension System (LGMSS) is presented. The control approach...  Read More >>

A major problem is currently felt to exist in the implementation of materials processing on a spacecraft. Crystal...  Read More >>

A new method is described for determining which stars in a navigation star catalog are near a star sensor field...  Read More >>

A new approach to modeling gear tooth surfaces is discussed. A computer graphics solid modeling procedure is used...  Read More >>

In our previous work on Model-Based Vector Quantization (MVQ), we presented some performance comparisons (both rate...  Read More >>

Fourier spectral method can achieve exponential accuracy both on the approximation level and for solving partial...  Read More >>

The technique of windowing has been often used in the implementation of the waveform relaxations for solving ODE's...  Read More >>

A new method was developed to design an active vibration isolation system for microgravity space experiments. This...  Read More >>

This paper describes a bitvectors library that has been developed...  Read More >>

Current industry approaches for the durability assessment of metallic structures are briefly reviewed. For polymer...  Read More >>

During the report period the BUGS-4 instrument was completed, and the maiden voyage took place on 29 September from...  Read More >>

Acousto-ultrasonic (AU) measurements were performed on a series of tensile specimens composed of 8 laminated layers...  Read More >>

A roadmap for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code validation is developed. The elements of the roadmap are consistent...  Read More >>