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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Sequences20110013045WorkMagnetic Field Solver20110013050WorkFiber-Optic 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 Data20110013070WorkCompressing 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 Flying20110013069WorkASPEN Version 3.020110013089WorkSymbolic Constraint Maintenance Grid20110013081WorkSTRANAL-PMC Version 2.020110013094WorkThermal Model of a Current-Carrying Wire in a Vacuum20110013118WorkAutomated Camera Calibration20110013055WorkAn Alternative for Emergency Preemption of Traffic Lights20110013052WorkLoci-STREAM Version 0.920110013119WorkSolving the Swath Segment Selection Problem20110013034WorkCode for Multiblock CFD and Heat-Transfer Computations20110013056WorkMultiplexing Transducers Based on Tunnel-Diode Oscillators20110013102WorkComputing Spacecraft Solar-Cell Damage by Charged Particles20110013101WorkImproving UDP/IP Transmission Without Increasing Congestion20110013085WorkGeneral Flow-Solver Code for Turbomachinery Applications20110013096WorkGrayscale Optical Correlator Workbench20110013100WorkLightweight, Segmented, Mostly Silicon Telescope Mirror20110013093Work4-Vinyl-1,3-Dioxolane-2-One as an Additive for Li-Ion Cells20110013113WorkMicrowave Oscillators Based on Nonlinear WGM Resonators20110013065WorkThe Spatial Standard Observer20110013060WorkScheduling with Automatic Resolution of Conflicts20110013103WorkSmaggIce Version 1.820110013120Work"One-Stop Shopping" for Ocean Remote-Sensing and Model Data20110013044WorkTracking Positions and Attitudes of Mars Rovers20110013063WorkFORTRAN Versions of Reformulated HFGMC Codes20110013117WorkSoftware for Simulating Air Traffic20110013073WorkSpectral Analysis Tool 6.2 for Windows20110013090WorkPointing Reference Scheme for Free-Space Optical Communications Systems20110013115WorkRepairing Fractured Bones by Use of Bioabsorbable Composites20110013099WorkGenerating CAHV and CAHVOR Images with Shadows in ROAMS