NASA Tech Briefs, September 2006Topics covered include: Improving Thermomechanical Properties of SiC/SiC Composites; Aerogel/Particle Composites for Thermoelectric Devices; Patches for Repairing Ceramics and Ceramic- Matrix Composites; Lower-Conductivity Ceramic Materials for Thermal-Barrier Coatings; An Alternative for Emergency Preemption of Traffic Lights; Vehicle Transponder for Preemption of Traffic Lights; Automated Announcements of Approaching Emergency Vehicles; Intersection Monitor for Traffic-Light-Preemption System; Full-Duplex Digital Communication on a Single Laser Beam; Stabilizing Microwave Frequency of a Photonic Oscillator; Microwave Oscillators Based on Nonlinear WGM Resonators; Pointing Reference Scheme for Free-Space Optical Communications Systems; High-Level Performance Modeling of SAR Systems; Spectral Analysis Tool 6.2 for Windows; Multi-Platform Avionics Simulator; Silicon-Based Optical Modulator with Ferroelectric Layer; Multiplexing Transducers Based on Tunnel-Diode Oscillators; Scheduling with Automated Resolution of Conflicts; Symbolic Constraint Maintenance Grid; Discerning Trends in Performance Across Multiple Events; Magnetic Field Solver; Computing for Aiming a Spaceborne Bistatic- Radar Transmitter; 4-Vinyl-1,3-Dioxolane-2-One as an Additive for Li-Ion Cells; Probabilistic Prediction of Lifetimes of Ceramic Parts; STRANAL-PMC Version 2.0; Micromechanics and Piezo Enhancements of HyperSizer; Single-Phase Rare-Earth Oxide/Aluminum Oxide Glasses; Tilt/Tip/Piston Manipulator with Base-Mounted Actuators; Measurement of Model Noise in a Hard-Wall Wind Tunnel; Loci-STREAM Version 0.9; The Synergistic Engineering Environment; Reconfigurable Software for Controlling Formation Flying; More About the Tetrahedral Unstructured Software System; Computing Flows Using Chimera and Unstructured Grids; Avoiding Obstructions in Aiming a High-Gain Antenna; Analyzing Aeroelastic Stability of a Tilt-Rotor Aircraft; Tracking Positions and Attitudes of Mars Rovers; Stochastic Evolutionary Algorithms for Planning Robot Paths; Compressible Flow Toolbox; Rapid Aeroelastic Analysis of Blade Flutter in Turbomachines; General Flow-Solver Code for Turbomachinery Applications; Code for Multiblock CFD and Heat-Transfer Computations; Rotating-Pump Design Code; Covering a Crucible with Metal Containing Channels; Repairing Fractured Bones by Use of Bioabsorbable Composites; Kalman Filter for Calibrating a Telescope Focal Plane; Electronic Absolute Cartesian Autocollimator; Fiber-Optic Gratings for Lidar Measurements of Water Vapor; Simulating Responses of Gravitational-Wave Instrumentation; SOFTC: A Software Correlator for VLBI; Progress in Computational Simulation of Earthquakes; Database of Properties of Meteors; Computing Spacecraft Solar-Cell Damage by Charged Particles; Thermal Model of a Current-Carrying Wire in a Vacuum; Program for Analyzing Flows in a Complex Network; Program Predicts Performance of Optical Parametric Oscillators; Processing TES Level-1B Data; Automated Camera Calibration; Tracking the Martian CO2 Polar Ice Caps in Infrared Images; Processing TES Level-2 Data; SmaggIce Version 1.8; Solving the Swath Segment Selection Problem; The Spatial Standard Observer; Less-Complex Method of Classifying MPSK; Improvement in Recursive Hierarchical Segmentation of Data; Using Heaps in Recursive Hierarchical Segmentation of Data; Tool for Statistical Analysis and Display of Landing Sites; Automated Assignment of Proposals to Reviewers; Array-Pattern-Match Compiler for Opportunistic Data Analysis; Pre-Processor for Compression of Multispectral Image Data; Compressing Image Data While Limiting the Effects of Data Losses; Flight Operations Analysis Tool; Improvement in Visual Target Tracking for a Mobile Robot; Software for Simulating Air Traffic; Automated Vectorization of Decision-Based Algorithms; Grayscale Optical Correlator Workbench; "One-Stop Shopping" for Ocean Remote-Sensing and Model Data; State Analysis Database Tool; Generating CAHV and CAHVOmages with Shadows in ROAMS; Improving UDP/IP Transmission Without Increasing Congestion; FORTRAN Versions of Reformulated HFGMC Codes; Program for Editing Spacecraft Command Sequences; Flight-Tested Prototype of BEAM Software; Mission Scenario Development Workbench; Marsviewer; Tool for Analysis and Reduction of Scientific Data; ASPEN Version 3.0; Secure Display of Space-Exploration Images; Digital Front End for Wide-Band VLBI Science Receiver; Multifunctional Tanks for Spacecraft; Lightweight, Segmented, Mostly Silicon Telescope Mirror; Assistant for Analyzing Tropical-Rain-Mapping Radar Data; and Anion-Intercalating Cathodes for High-Energy- Density Cells.
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Gratings for Lidar Measurements of Water Vapor20110013042WorkStochastic Evolutionary Algorithms for Planning Robot Paths20110013039WorkSOFTC: A Software Correlator for VLBI20110013079WorkProcessing TES Level-1B Data20110013043WorkCompressible Flow Toolbox20110013051WorkElectronic Absolute Cartesian Autocollimator20110013072WorkProcessing TES Level-2 Data20110013086WorkKalman Filter for Calibrating a Telescope Focal Plane20110013032WorkMarsviewer20110013109WorkFull-Duplex Digital Communication on a Single Laser Beam20110013061WorkVehicle Transponder for Preemption of Traffic Lights20110013080WorkProbabilistic Prediction of Lifetimes of Ceramic Parts20110013047WorkSecure Display of Space-Exploration Images20110013062WorkState Analysis Database Tool20110013057WorkMission Scenario Development Workbench20110013033WorkAnion-Intercalating Cathodes for High-Energy-Density Cells20110013064WorkImprovement in Recursive Hierarchical Segmentation of Data20110013068WorkSingle-Phase Rare-Earth Oxide/Aluminum Oxide Glasses20110013070WorkCompressing Image Data While Limiting the Effects of Data Losses20110013122WorkLower-Conductivity Ceramic Materials for Thermal-Barrier Coatings20110013040WorkLess-Complex Method of Classifying MPSK20110013059WorkRapid Aeroelastic Analysis of Blade Flutter in Turbomachines20110013095WorkProgram for Analyzing Flows in a Complex Network20110013075WorkPatches for Repairing Ceramics and Ceramic-Matrix Composites20110013048WorkDigital Front End for Wide-Band VLBI Science Receiver20110013066WorkAvoiding Obstructions in Aiming a High-Gain Antenna20110013121WorkAutomated Vectorization of Decision-Based Algorithms20110013104WorkAnalyzing Aeroelastic Stability of a Tilt-Rotor Aircraft20110013097WorkMultifunctional Tanks for Spacecraft20110013054WorkDiscerning Trends in Performance Across Multiple Events20110013083WorkFlight-Tested Prototype of BEAM Software20110013078WorkProgram Predicts Performance of Optical Parametric Oscillators20110013076WorkTool for Analysis and Reduction of Scientific Data20110013116WorkImprovement in Visual Target Tracking for a Mobile Robot20110013036WorkTool for Statistical Analysis and Display of Landing Sites20110013092WorkSilicon-Based Optical Modulator with Ferroelectric Layer20110013074WorkAerogel/Particle Composites for Thermoelectric Devices20110013107WorkStabilizing Microwave Frequency of a Photonic Oscillator20110013082WorkMicromechanics and Piezo Enhancements of HyperSizer20110013108WorkIntersection Monitor for Traffic-Light-Preemption System20110013114WorkDatabase of Properties of Meteors20110013087WorkPre-Processor for Compression of Multispectral Image Data20110013105WorkRotating-Pump Design Code20110013112WorkMore About the Tetrahedral Unstructured Software System20110013049WorkTracking the Martian CO2 Polar Ice Caps in Infrared Images20110013041WorkHigh-Level Performance Modeling of SAR Systems20110013077WorkImproving Thermomechanical Properties of SiC/SiC Composites20110013106WorkCovering a Crucible with Metal Containing Channels20110013035WorkProgress in Computational Simulation of Earthquakes20110013058WorkReconfigurable Software for Controlling Formation Flying20110013052WorkLoci-STREAM Version 0.920110013069WorkASPEN Version 3.020110013089WorkSymbolic Constraint Maintenance Grid20110013119WorkSolving the Swath Segment Selection Problem20110013081WorkSTRANAL-PMC Version 2.020110013094WorkThermal Model of a Current-Carrying Wire in a Vacuum20110013118WorkAutomated Camera Calibration20110013055WorkAn Alternative for Emergency Preemption of Traffic Lights20110013034WorkCode for Multiblock CFD and Heat-Transfer Computations20110013102WorkComputing Spacecraft Solar-Cell Damage by Charged Particles20110013056WorkMultiplexing Transducers Based on Tunnel-Diode Oscillators20110013101WorkImproving UDP/IP Transmission Without Increasing Congestion20110013096WorkGrayscale Optical Correlator Workbench20110013085WorkGeneral Flow-Solver Code for Turbomachinery Applications20110013093Work4-Vinyl-1,3-Dioxolane-2-One as an Additive for Li-Ion Cells20110013100WorkLightweight, Segmented, Mostly Silicon Telescope Mirror20110013113WorkMicrowave Oscillators Based on Nonlinear WGM Resonators20110013060WorkScheduling with Automatic Resolution of Conflicts20110013065WorkThe Spatial Standard Observer20110013044WorkTracking Positions and Attitudes of Mars Rovers20110013115WorkRepairing Fractured Bones by Use of Bioabsorbable Composites20110013103WorkSmaggIce Version 1.820110013063WorkFORTRAN Versions of Reformulated HFGMC Codes20110013120Work"One-Stop Shopping" for Ocean Remote-Sensing and Model Data20110013117WorkSoftware for Simulating Air Traffic20110013073WorkSpectral Analysis Tool 6.2 for Windows20110013090WorkPointing Reference Scheme for Free-Space Optical Communications Systems20110013099WorkGenerating CAHV and CAHVOR Images with Shadows in ROAMS