United States Air Force Graduate Student Research Program. 1989 Program Technical Report. Volume 1

Abstract

Partial Contents: Laser polarimeter development; Euler solutions to transonic flow past an ogive-cylinder body with wraparound fins; Observations and improvements of ballistic stress analysis techniques; Latin hyper-cube sampling with regression analysis for prediction of engine infrared observables; A general purpose two dimensional plotting program; Matrix inversions of candidate geometries for application of CT emission techniques to broad band radiative transfer; Survey of the personal computer environment at AEDC; A nonlinear filter and an odd/even iteration for inviscid fluid flow equations; Effects of elevated temperature exposure on the strength and microstructure of 2-D carbon-carbon; Vibration control of a cantilevered beam using a distributed actuator; Using the STM to characterize the effects of surface treatments on the surface morphology of carbon fibers; Finite element model for astrex; Modeling combustion instability in solid rocket motors; State variable control of a flexible grid structure; Effects of jet aircraft noise on domestic goats; Transition state analysis -- Gluconolactone by MOPAC; Adaptation of the axisymmetric TASS model for hurricane simulations. Air Force research/ laboratories.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA221067

Entities

People

  • Rodney C. Darrah
  • Susan K. Espy

Organizations

  • Universal Energy Systems

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Engineers
  • Geography
  • Health Services
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Medical Personnel
  • Physics Laboratories

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Aerospace Research.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy