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  • 1
    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: AIAA Journal (ISSN 0001-1452); 25; 193-198
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  • 2
    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Description: A simple method of improving the TWT and multistage depressed collector (MDC) efficiency has been demonstrated. The efficiency improvement was produced by the application of a thin layer of carbon to the copper electrodes of the MDC by means of a rapid low-cost technique involving the pyrolysis of hydrocarbon oil in electric arc discharges. Experimental results with a representative TWT and MDC showed an 11 percent improvement in both the TWT and MDC efficiencies as compared to those of the same TWT and MDC with machined copper electrode surfaces. An extended test with a 550-W CW TWT indicated good durability of the carbon-coated electrode surfaces.
    Keywords: ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
    Type: IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (ISSN 0018-9383); ED-34; 490-493
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    Description: A modeling of the vortex-airfoil interaction is presented in which the finite-area of the real vortices is taken into consideration. Two vortex models are used. In the first, a disturbed piece of vorticity layer is simulated by four rows of discrete vortices of small strength. In the second, a number of discrete vortices is arranged within a circle. The first model may simulate a shear layer or a wake, while the second, a well-formed vortex. The method was applied to the calculation of the pressure induced on the surface of the airfoil by the interacting vortex. Both models give similar results. It was found that for large distances of the vortex from the surface of the airfoil, the consideration or not of the finite-area of the vortex is not a significant factor in determining the induced pressure field. However, when the distance of the vortex from the surface is reduced, its shape is distorted and the induced pressure pulses have lower amplitude than the ones induced by an equivalent point vortex. In the limit, where the vortex impinges on the leading edge of the airfoil, it is split into two and the time dependent pressure coefficient takes even negative values at some time intervals.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: AIAA Journal (ISSN 0001-1452); 25; 5-11
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  • 4
    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: AIAA Journal (ISSN 0001-1452); 25; 75-81
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer (ISSN 0887-8722); 1; 21-27
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  • 6
    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Description: Computational methods solving the thin shear layer formulation of the compressible, Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations are presently used to investigate the strongly interactive flow field about aircraft afterbodies. Solutions for a variety of axisymmetric afterbody and nozzle geometries are solved by means of a time-dependent implicit numerical algorithm for both subsonic and supersonic external flows, and the results obtained are compared with experimental data. A novel adaptive-grid technique is used to resolve flow regimes having large gradients, as well as to improve the accuracy and efficiency of the computational scheme.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets (ISSN 0022-4650); 24; 496-503
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  • 7
    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Description: The authors collected a set of heavy-ion single event upset (SEU) test data since their last publication in December, 1985. Trends in SEU susceptibility for state-of-the-art parts are presented.
    Keywords: ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
    Type: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (ISSN 0018-9499); NS-34; 1332-133
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  • 8
    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Description: Tests were conducted at NASA Lewis to measure the bit-error-rate performance of two 30-GHz 200-W coupled-cavity traveling-wave tubes (TWTs). The transmission effects of each TWT on a band-limited 220-Mbit/s SMSK signal were investigated. The tests relied on the use of a recently developed digital simulation and evaluation system constructed at Lewis as part of the 30/20-GHz technology development program. This paper describes the approach taken to test the 30-GHz tubes and discusses the test data. A description of the bit-error-rate measurement system and the adaptations needed to facilitate TWT testing are also presented.
    Keywords: ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
    Type: IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (ISSN 0018-9383); ED-34; 2625-263
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  • 9
    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: Journal of Aircraft (ISSN 0021-8669); 24; 737-744
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Description: The development of SIS tunnel junctions based on NbN for mixer applications in the submillimeter range is reported. The unique technological challenges inherent in the development of all refractory-compound superconductor-based tunnel junctions are highlighted. Current deposition and fabrication techniques are discussed, and the current status of all-NbN tunnel junctions is reported.
    Keywords: ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
    Type: International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves (ISSN 0195-9271); 8; 1243-124
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  • 11
    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Description: A measurement technique has been developed which allows noncontact capacitance-voltage measurements to be made using a gate electrode located remote from the semiconductor surface under study. With gate electrodes about 0.5 mm in diameter and gate to semiconductor separations of about 1500 A, it was possible to generate data entirely comparable to that obtained with integrated MIS structures but with the advantage that there was access directly to the free-semiconductor surface. This technique was applied to bulk single-crystal Si and InP samples.
    Keywords: ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
    Type: Applied Physics Letters (ISSN 0003-6951); 51; 987-989
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  • 12
    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets (ISSN 0022-4650); 24; 296-302
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: Journal of Aircraft (ISSN 0021-8669); 24; 433-440
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  • 14
    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: Journal of Aircraft (ISSN 0021-8669); 24; 645-652
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  • 15
    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: Journal of Aircraft (ISSN 0021-8669); 24; 594-602
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  • 16
    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Description: A detailed model of surface plasmon dispersion in the metal-oxide-metal tunnel diode is presented in order to clarify the spectral emission from this diode. The model predicts the location of the spectral peaks and the emission between the peaks by considering the effects of retardation on the surface plasmon. A nonradiative mode is found to play a major role in the transition from the visible to UV peaks in the diode spectra.
    Keywords: ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
    Type: Journal of Applied Physics (ISSN 0021-8979); 62; 1313-131
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Description: The aerodynamic performance and controllability of advanced, highly maneuverable supersonic aircraft can be enhanced by means of 'vortex management', which refers to the purposeful manipulation and reordering of stable and concentrated vortical structures due to flow separations from highly swept leading edges and slender forebodies at moderate-to-high angles-of-attack. Attention is presently given to a variety of results obtained in the course of experiments on generic research models at NASA Langley, clarifying their underlying aerodynamics and evaluating their performance-improvement potential. The vortex-management concepts discussed encompass aerodynamic compartmentation of highly swept leading edges, vortex lift augmentation and modulation, and forebody vortex manipulation.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: Progress in Aerospace Sciences (ISSN 0376-0421); 24; 3, 19; 173-224
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  • 18
    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Description: In this paper preliminary results on CuInSe2/ZnSe thin film heterojunction photovoltaic devices are presented. High-conductivity ZnSe films were reactively sutter-deposited onto CuInSe2 films and overcoated with ZnO to reduce the sheet resistance. The highest short-circuit current density, as determined from a spectral response weighted for air mass 1.5 global insolation, was 37.4 mA/sq cm. The highest pen-circuit voltage observed was 430 mV.
    Keywords: ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
    Type: Solar Cells (ISSN 0379-6787); 21; 225-232
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  • 19
    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Description: (Previously cited in issue 20, p. 2915, Accession no. A86-42687)
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: AIAA Journal (ISSN 0001-1452); 25; 1052
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  • 20
    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Description: A spectral-domain technique for finding the characteristic impedances of a single cylindrical stripline and a coupled pair of cylindrical striplines is presented. Assuming a charge distribution on the strip, the variational expression for the line capacitance for single cylindrical stripline is derived. Good agreement with published results is obtained. The cylindrical coupled strip and microstrip lines are also analyzed and a comparison with their planar counterparts is made.
    Keywords: ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
    Type: IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques (ISSN 0018-9480); MTT-35; 672-675
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  • 21
    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Description: Supersonic inlet flows with mixed external-internal compressions were computed using a combined implicit-explicit (Beam-Warming-Steger/MacCormack) method for solving the three-dimensional unsteady, compressible Navier-Stokes equations in conservation form. Numerical calculations were made of various flows related to such inlet operations as the shock-wave intersections, subsonic spillage around the cowl lip, and inlet started versus unstarted conditions. Some of the computed results were compared with wind tunnel data.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (ISSN 0045-7825); 64; 21-37
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  • 22
    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Description: The use of the alpha-Ge(1-x):Al(x) and alpha-Ge(1-x):Cu(x) alloys and Pt/Al2O3 cermet thin films as resistive interconnects for binary synaptic memory arrays is evaluated. The fabrication of the 10-20 microns long, 10 microns wide, and 0.1 micron thick interconnects from the alloys and cermet is described. The current-voltage and switching characteristics of the as-deposited films and the patterned test structure are studied. The resistivity, uniformity, stability, and compatibility of the interconnects are examined. It is observed that alpha-Ge(1-x):Cu(x) alloys have a wide resistivity range and low temperature coefficients of resistance; however, their long-term stability is limited due to their low crystallization temperature. It is detected that the alpha-Ge(1-x):Al(x) alloys have higher crystallization temperatures and their resistivity is not greatly affected by large changes in metal content. The Pt/Al2O3 samples display excellent stability, easy fabrication, and control of resistivity with metal content.
    Keywords: ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
    Type: Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A (ISSN 0734-2101); 5; 1407-141
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  • 23
    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Description: Various papers on nuclear and space radiation effects are presented. The general topics addressed include: basic mechanisms of radiation effects, single-event phenomena, temperature and field effects, modeling and characterization of radiation effects, IC radiation effects and hardening, and EMP/SGEMP/IEMP phenomena. Also considered are: dosimetry/energy-dependent effects, sensors in and for radiation environments, spacecraft charging and space radiation effects, radiation effects and devices, radiation effects on isolation technologies, and hardness assurance and testing techniques.
    Keywords: ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
    Type: (ISSN 0018-9499)
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  • 24
    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Description: A 3-micron CMOS timing sampler is described which is a test circuit designed into the Jet Propulsion Labs' CRRES chip to be flown on the Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite (CRRES). The timing sampler consists of 64 inverter-pair stages with sampling latches and decoder circuitry. The sampler is used to measure inverter-pair propagation delays, which are nominally 2.5 ns, with a resolution of 100 ps. A simple model was developed to explain the radiation-induced inverter-pair delay shifts in terms of radiation-induced MOSFET threshold-voltage shifts and effective modal capacitances. The magnitude of the shift in pair delay with radiation was estimated at the point where the n-MOSFET threshold voltage became zero. For a 0.7-V-threshold shift, the pair delay increased from its preradiation value by 360 ps for a rising step input and decreased by 190 ps for a falling step input.
    Keywords: ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
    Type: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (ISSN 0018-9499); NS-34; 1470-147
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  • 25
    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Description: Results are given of SEU measurements on 256K dynamic RAMs with on-chip error correction. They are claimed to be the first ever reported. A (12/8) Hamming error-correcting code was incorporated in the layout. Physical separation of the bits in each code word was used to guard against multiple bits being disrupted in any given word. Significant reduction in observed errors is reported.
    Keywords: ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
    Type: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (ISSN 0018-9499); NS-34; 1310-131
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Description: Modeling of SEU has been done in a CMOS static RAM containing 1-micron-channel-length transistors fabricated from a p-well epilayer process using both circuit-simulation and numerical-simulation techniques. The modeling results have been experimentally verified with the aid of heavy-ion beams obtained from a three-stage tandem van de Graaff accelerator. Experimental evidence for a novel SEU mode in an ON n-channel device is presented.
    Keywords: ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
    Type: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (ISSN 0018-9499); NS-34; 1292-129
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Description: Direct current and also the microwave characteristics of optically illuminated AlGaAs/GaAs HEMT are experimentally measured for the first time and compared with that of GaAs MESFET. The results showed that the average increase in the gain is 2.89 dB under 1.7 mW optical intensity at 0.83 microns. Further, the effect of illumination on S-parameters is more pronounced when the devices are biased close to pinch off. Novel applications of optically illuminated HEMT as a variable gain amplifier, high speed high frequency photodetector, and mixer are demonstrated.
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    Type: IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques (ISSN 0018-9480); MTT-35; 1444-145
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: Journal of Aircraft (ISSN 0021-8669); 24; 880-885
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    Type: Journal of Aircraft (ISSN 0021-8669); 24; 873-879
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Description: An algebraic procedure for generating boundary-fitted grids about wing-fuselage configurations is presented. A wing-fuselage configuration consists of two aircraft components specified by cross sections and mathematically represented by Coons' patches. Several grid blocks are constructed to cover the entire region surrounding the configuration, and each grid block maps into a computational cube. Grid points are first determined on the six boundary surfaces of a block and then in the interior. Grid points on the surface of the configuration are derived from the intersection of planes with the Coons' patch definition. Approximate arc length distributions along the resulting grid curves concentrate and disperse grid points. The two-boundary technique and transfinite interpolation are used to determine grid points on the remaining boundary surfaces and block interiors.
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    Type: Journal of Aircraft (ISSN 0021-8669); 24; 868-872
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
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    Type: Journal of Aircraft (ISSN 0021-8669); 24; 856-860
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: AIAA Journal (ISSN 0001-1452); 25; 1456-146
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: AIAA Journal (ISSN 0001-1452); 25; 1417
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Description: Commercial avalanche photodiodes have been operated as single-photon detectors at an optimum operating temperature and bias voltage. These detectors were found to be 1.5-3 times more sensitive than presently available photomultiplier tubes (PMTs). Both single-photon detection probability and detector noise increase with bias voltage; detection probabilities greater than twice that of a PMT were obtained with detector noise levels below 100 counts per second. Higher probabilities were measured at higher noise levels. The sources of noise and their dependence on temperature and bias voltage are discussed.
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    Type: Applied Physics Letters (ISSN 0003-6951); 51; 1493
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets (ISSN 0022-4650); 24; 385-393
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Description: Optical response to radiation at a wavelength of 10.6 microns in tungsten silicide-silicon Schottky barrier diodes has been observed. Incident photons excite electrons by means of junction plasmon assisted inelastic electron tunneling. At 78 K, a peak in the second derivative of current versus junction bias voltage was observed at a voltage corresponding to the energy of photons having a wavelength of 10.6 microns. This peak increased with increasing incident laser power, saturating at the highest laser powers investigated.
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    Type: Journal of Applied Physics (ISSN 0021-8979); 62; 3848-385
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: Journal of Aircraft (ISSN 0021-8669); 24; 710-717
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: Journal of Aircraft (ISSN 0021-8669); 24; 673-679
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Description: A quasi-two-dimensional analytical model is developed to account for vertical and horizontal current flow in and adjacent to a square ohmic contact between a metal and a thin semiconducting strip which is wider than the contact. The model includes side taps to the contact area for voltage probing and relates the 'apparent' interfacial resistivity to the (true) interfacial resistivity, the sheet resistance of the semiconducting layer, the contact size, and the width of the 'flange' around the contact. This relation is checked against numerical simulations. With the help of the model, interfacial resistivities of ohmic contacts to GaAs were extracted and found independent of contact size in the range of 1.5-10 microns.
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    Type: IEEE Electron Device Letters (ISSN 0741-3106); EDL-8; 202-204
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    Description: Nonlinear algebraic functional expansions are used to create a form for the unsteady aerodynamic response that is consistent with solutions of the time dependent Navier-Stokes equations. An enumeration of means of invalidating Frechet differentiability of the aerodynamic response, one of which is aerodynamic bifurcation, is proposed as a way of classifying steady and unsteady aerodynamic phenomena that are important in flight dynamics applications. Accommodating bifurcation phenomena involving time dependent equilibrium states within a mathematical model of the aerodynamic response raises an issue of memory effects that becomes more important with each successive bifurcation.
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
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    Type: Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets (ISSN 0022-4650); 24; 109-114
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    Type: Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets (ISSN 0022-4650); 24; 97
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Description: The base separation alleviation and drag reduction effectiveness of transverse rectangular grooves and longitudinal v-grooves in the afterbody shoulder region of a bluff body is investigated for body yaw angles of 0-30 deg. The grooves are found to be beneficial in reducing both freestream and axial drag coefficients at yaw angles of up to 25 deg.
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    Type: Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets (ISSN 0022-4650); 24; 179-181
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
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    Type: Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets (ISSN 0022-4650); 24; 127-132
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    Type: Journal of Aircraft (ISSN 0021-8669); 24; 115-119
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  • 46
    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Description: This paper reports on the progress in implementing optical interconnections for VLSI. Four areas are covered: (1) the holographic optical element (HOE), (2) the laser sources, (3) the detectors and associated circuits forming an optically addressed gate, and (4) interconnection experiments in which five gates are actuated from one source. A laser scanner system with a resolution of 12 x 20 microns has been utilized to generate the HOEs. Diffraction efficiency of the HOE and diffracted spot size have been measured. Stock lasers have been modified with a high-frequency package for interconnect experiments, and buried heterostructure fabrication techniques have been pursued. Measurements have been made on the fabricated photodetectors to determine dark current, responsivity, and response time. The optical gates and the overall chip have been driven successfully with an input light beam, as well as with the optical signal interconnected through the one to five holograms.
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    Type: IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (ISSN 0018-9383); ED-34; 706-714
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Description: A cosmic-ray ion track passing perpendicularly through the oxide layer of an enhancement-mode metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) forms a conducting path, the resistance of which is proportional to the stopping power of the cosmic ion and independent of the cross-sectional area of the ion track. The voltage across the oxide capacitance may drop below the threshold voltage if the gate bias is sufficiently low or if the external resistance in the gate-source circuit is sufficiently high. The first of a pair of MOSFETs forming a flip-flop circuit may thus be turned off, and the second transitor may turn on, providing it has a sufficiently short delay time, thereby completing a single-event upset.
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    Type: Journal of Applied Physics (ISSN 0021-8979); 61; 2374-238
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
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    Type: Journal of Aircraft (ISSN 0021-8669); 24; 225-230
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    Description: The requirements placed on an unsteady aerodynamic theory intended for turbomachinery aeroelastic applications are discussed along with a brief description of the various theoretical models that are available to address these requirements. The main emphasis is placed on the description of a linearized inviscid theory which fully accounts for the effects of a nonuniform mean or steady flow on unsteady aerodynamic response. Although this theory has been developed primarily for blade flutter prediction, more general equations are presented which account for unsteady excitations due to incident external aerodynamic disturbances as well as those due to blade motions. The resulting equations consist of a system of three field equations along with conditions imposed at blade, wake and shock surfaces and in the far field. These equations can be solved to determine the fluctuations in all fluid dynamic properties throughout the required solution domain. Example solutions are presented to demonstrate several effects associated with nonuniform steady flows on the linearized unsteady aerodynamic response to prescribed blade motions.
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Description: A scheme for nonvolatile associative electronic memory storage with high information storage density is proposed which is based on neural network models and which uses a matrix of two-terminal passive interconnections (synapses). It is noted that the massive parallelism in the architecture would require the ON state of a synaptic connection to be unusually weak (highly resistive). Memory switching using a-Si:H along with ballast resistors patterned from amorphous Ge-metal alloys is investigated for a binary programmable read only memory matrix. The fabrication of a 1600 synapse test array of uniform connection strengths and a-Si:H switching elements is discussed.
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets (ISSN 0022-4650); 24; 481-488
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    Type: Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets (ISSN 0022-4650); 24; 334-341
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    Type: Journal of Aircraft (ISSN 0021-8669); 24; 518-522
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Description: Measurements and comparisons have been made of the quantum efficiencies of microchannel plate (MCP) detectors in the far-UV (below 2000-A) wavelength range using CsI photocathodes (a) deposited on the front surfaces of microchannel plates and (b) deposited on solid substrates as opaque photocathodes with the resulting photoelectrons input to microchannel plates. The efficiences were measured in both pulse-counting and photodiode modes of operation. Typical efficiencies are about 15 percent at 1216 A for a CsI-coated MCP compared with 65 percent for an opaque CsI photocathode MCP detector. Special processing has yielded an efficiency as high as 20 percent for a CsI-coated MCP. This may possibly be further improved by optimization of the tilt angle of the MCP channels relative to the front face of the MCP and incident radiation. However, at present there still remains a factor of at least 3 quantum efficiency advantage in the separate opaque CsI photocathode configuration.
    Keywords: ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
    Type: Applied Optics (ISSN 0003-6935); 26; 2925-293
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Description: Chi and Mendel (1984) analyzed the performance of minimum-variance deconvolution (MVD). In this correspondence, a further analysis of the performance of the MVD filter is presented. It is shown that the MVD filter performs like an inverse filter and a whitening filter as SNR goes to infinity, and like a matched filter as SNR goes to zero. The estimation error of the MVD filter is colored noise, but it becomes white when SNR goes to zero. This analysis also conects the error power-spectral density of the MVD filter with the spectrum of the causal-prediction error filter.
    Keywords: ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
    Type: IEEE Transactions on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ISSN 0096-3518); ASSP-35; 888
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    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: The Plasma Motor-Generator project utilizes the influence of the geomagnetic field on a conductive tether attached to a LEO spacecraft to provide a reversible conversion of orbital energy into electrical energy. The behavior of the current into the ionospheric plasma under the influence of the geomagnetic field is of significant experimental and theoretical interest. Theoretical calculations are reviewed which start from Maxwell's equations and treat the ionospheric plasma as a linear dielectric medium. These calculations show a charge emitting tether moving in a magnetic field will generate electromagnetic waves in the plasma which carry the charge in the direction of the magnetic field. The ratio of the tether's speed to the ion cyclotron frequency which is about 25 m for a LEO is a characteristic length for the phenomena. Whereas for the dimensions of the contact plasma much larger than this value the waves are the conventional Alfven waves, when the dimensions are comparable or smaller, diffraction effects occur similar to those associated with Fresnel diffraction in optics. The power required to excite these waves for a given tether current is used to estimate the impedance associated with this mode of charge dissipation.
    Keywords: ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
    Type: NASA. Johnson Space Center, NASA(ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship Program, 1987, Volume 1; 20 p
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    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: The current status of nickel-hydrogen (NiH2) testing ongong at NWSC, Crane In, and The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, Ca are described. The objective of this testing is to develop a database for NiH2 battery use in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and support applications in Medium Altitude Orbit (MAO). Individual pressure vessel-type cells are being tested. A minimum of 200 cells (3.5 in diameter and 4.5 in diameter) are included in the test, from four U.S. vendors. As of this date (Nov. 18, 1986) approximately 60 cells have completed preliminary testing (acceptance, characterization, and environmental testing) and have gone into life cycling.
    Keywords: ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
    Type: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. The 1986 Goddard Space Flight Center Battery Workshop; p 167-188
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    Description: The principal activities of the Energy Storage Section of the Space Research and Technology Center (ESTEC) of the European Space Agency are presented. Nickel-hydrogen and fuel cell systems development are reported. The European Space Battery Test Center (ESBTC) facilities are briefly described along with the current test programs and results obtained.
    Keywords: ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
    Type: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. The 1986 Goddard Space Flight Center Battery Workshop; p 141-165
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    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: The initial focus of the program was to confirm that charging can indeed result in explosions and constitute a significant safety problem. Results of this initial effort clearly demonstrated that cells do indeed explode on charge and that charging does indeed constitute a real and severe safety problem. The results of the effort to identify the chemical reactions involved in and responsible for the observed behavior are described.
    Keywords: ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
    Type: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. The 1986 Goddard Space Flight Center Battery Workshop; p 121-137
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    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: The results of the safety fault tree analysis on the eight module, 576 F cell Li/SOCl2 battery on the spacecraft and in the integration and test environment prior to launch on the ground are presented. The analysis showed that with the right combination of blocking diodes, electrical fuses, thermal fuses, thermal switches, cell balance, cell vents, and battery module vents the probability of a single cell or a 72 cell module exploding can be reduced to .000001, essentially the probability due to explosion for unexplained reasons.
    Keywords: ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
    Type: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. The 1986 Goddard Space Flight Center Battery Workshop; p 93-119
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    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: MOLICEL rechargeable lithium cells were cycled in batteries using series, parallel, and series/parallel connections. The individual cell voltages and branch currents were measured to understand the cell interactions. The observations were interpreted in terms of the inherent characteristics of the Li/MoS2 system and in terms of a singular cell failure mode. The results confirm that correctly configured multicell batteries using MOLICELs have performance characteristics comparable to those of single cells.
    Keywords: ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
    Type: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. The 1986 Goddard Space Flight Center Battery Workshop; p 73-91
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    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: A high rate active Li/SOCl2 cell was designed for use in a 28 volt, 250 amp-hour space battery system. The lithium battery is being considered as a replacement of its heavier silver-zinc counterpart on board the Centaur-G booster rocket which is used to launch payloads from the Space Shuttle cargo bay into deep-space. Basically a feasibility study, this development effort is demonstrating the ability of the lithium cell to deliver up to 90 amps safely at power densities of approximately 25 watts per pound. Test data on 4 prototype units is showing an energy density of 85 watt-hours per pound and 9.0 watt-hours/cu in. The cells tested typically delivered 280 to 300 amp-hours under ambient temperature test conditions using alternating continuous loads of 90, 55, and 20 amperes throughout life. Data from four cells tested are presented to demonstrate the capability of Li/SOCl2 technology for a C/3 discharge rate in active and hermetic cell units.
    Keywords: ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
    Type: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. The 1986 Goddard Space Flight Center Battery Workshop; p 61-72
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    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: Three different finite field multipliers are presented: (1) a dual basis multiplier due to Berlekamp; (2) a Massy-Omura normal basis multiplier; and (3) the Scott-Tavares-Peppard standard basis multiplier. These algorithms are chosen because each has its own distinct features which apply most suitably in different areas. Finally, they are implemented on silicon chips with nitride metal oxide semiconductor technology so that the multiplier most desirable for very large scale integration implementations can readily be ascertained.
    Keywords: ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
    Type: The Telecommunications and Data Acquisition Report; p 63-75
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    Description: The Numerical Aerodynamic Simulator (NAS) epitomizes the coming of age of supercomputing and opens exciting horizons in the world of numerical simulation. An overview of supercomputing at Lockheed Corporation in the area of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is presented. This overview will focus on developments and applications of CFD as an aircraft design tool and will attempt to present an assessment, withing this context, of the state-of-the-art in CFD methodology.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: NASA. Ames Research Center, Supercomputing in Aerospace; p 77-85
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer (ISSN 0887-8722); 1; 97-104
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    Description: In the leading edge region, the measured pressure distributions exhibit extreme variations from strong suction peaks to a pressure maximum at the attachment line. These variations occur over short distances on the wing surface, and their character changes with changes in Mach number and angle of attack. The data/theory comparisons show that the character of the measured pressure distributions is well predicted for every Mach number and/or angle of attack condition considered. There is good agreement between theory and experiment for the location of the attachment line and suction peaks. The pressure magnitudes are well represented in the critical leading edge region, including the pressure maximum on the attachment line. The wing/body/inlet results agree well with the wing alone back to about 20 percent of chord where the upper surface suction peak typically occurs. The largest differences between theory and measurement always occur in the vicinity of suction peaks, with the difference being approximately 15 percent or less. In regions of largest error, the predicted pressures underestimate the suction peak strength for each case considered. The ability of the NCOREL code to reproduce wing pressure characteristics is shown.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: Research in Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar-Flow Control, Part 3; p 1015-1024
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    Description: For the case of the F-15 flight tests, boundary layer transition was observed up to Mach numbers of 1.2. For very limited and specific flight conditions, laminar flow existed back to about 20 percent chord on the surface clean up glove. Hot film instrumentation was effective for locating the region of transition. For the F-106 flight tests, transition on the wing or vertical tail generally occurred very near the attachment line. Transition was believed to be caused by either attachment line contamination or strong cross flow development due to the high sweep angles of the test articles. The compressibility analysis showed that cross flow N-factors were in the range of 5 to 12 at transition.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: Research in Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar-Flow Control, Part 3; p 997-1014
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    Description: A brief outline of the experimental and theoretical investigation of boundary layer instability mechanisms on a swept leading edge at Mach 3.5 is presented. Transition is affected by wind tunnel noise only when roughness is present. Local bar-R sub * Reynolds number and k/eta sub * are useful correlation parameters for a wide range of free stream Mach numbers. Stability theory is in good agreement with the experimental cross flow vortex wavelength. These conclusions are briefly discussed.
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    Type: Research in Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar-Flow Control, Part 3; p 981-995
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    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: The design of supersonic vehicles with laminar flow control and vehicles such as the Space Shuttle requires information on allowable transition tolerances to fabrication defects such as discrete surface roughness and waviness. A relatively large data base on the effects of discrete roughness on transition exists for subsonic and supersonic speeds. The existing supersonic wind tunnel transition data are contaminated by wind tunnel noise emanating from the turbulent boundary layers on the nozzle walls. Roughness and waviness transition data obtained in a quiet Mach 3.5 supersonic wind tunnel are compared with those obtained in conventional noisy flows.
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    Type: Research in Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar-Flow Control, Part 3; p 965-980
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    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: Detailed, up to date systems studies of the application of laminar flow control (LFC) to various supersonic missions and/or vehicles, both civilian and military, are not yet available. However, various first order looks at the benefits are summarized. The bottom line is that laminar flow control may allow development of a viable second generation SST. This follows from a combination of reduced fuel, structure, and insulation weight permitting operation at higher altitudes, thereby lowering sonic boom along with improving performance. The long stage lengths associated with the emerging economic importance of the Pacific Basin are creating a serious and renewed requirement for such a vehicle. Supersonic LFC techniques are discussed.
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    Type: Research in Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar-Flow Control, Part 3; p 923-946
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    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: Fuelled by a need to reduce viscous drag of airframes, significant advances have been made in the last decade to design lifting surface geometries with considerable amounts of laminar flow. In contrast to the present understanding of practical limits for natural laminar flow over lifting surfaces, limited experimental results are available examining applicability of natural laminar flow over axisymmetric and nonaxisymmetric fuselage shapes at relevantly high length Reynolds numbers. The drag benefits attainable by realizing laminar flow over nonlifting aircraft components such as fuselages and nacelles are shown. A flight experiment to investigate transition location and transition mode over the forward fuselage of a light twin engine propeller driven airplane is examined.
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    Type: Research in Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar-Flow Control, Part 3; p 861-886
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    Description: Wind tunnel tests were conducted to evaluate a natural laminar flow airfoil designed for the high speed jet aircraft in general aviation. The airfoil, designated as the High Speed Natural Laminar Flow (HSNLF)(1)-0213, was tested in two dimensional wind tunnels to investigate the performance of the basic airfoil shape. A three dimensional wing designed with this airfoil and a high lift flap system is also being evaluated with a full size, half span model.
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    Type: Research in Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar-Flow Control, Part 3; p 697-726
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    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: Research activity on an airfoil designed for a large airplane capable of very long endurance times at a low Mach number of 0.22 is examined. Airplane mission objectives and design optimization resulted in requirements for a very high design lift coefficient and a large amount of laminar flow at high Reynolds number to increase the lift/drag ratio and reduce the loiter lift coefficient. Natural laminar flow was selected instead of distributed mechanical suction for the measurement technique. A design lift coefficient of 1.5 was identified as the highest which could be achieved with a large extent of laminar flow. A single element airfoil was designed using an inverse boundary layer solution and inverse airfoil design computer codes to create an airfoil section that would achieve performance goals. The design process and results, including airfoil shape, pressure distributions, and aerodynamic characteristics are presented. A two dimensional wind tunnel model was constructed and tested in a NASA Low Turbulence Pressure Tunnel which enabled testing at full scale design Reynolds number. A comparison is made between theoretical and measured results to establish accuracy and quality of the airfoil design technique.
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    Type: NASA, Langley Research Center, Research in Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar-Flow Control, Part 3; p 727-751
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    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: The design and testing of Natural Laminar Flow (NLF) airfoils is examined. The NLF airfoil was designed for low speed, having a low profile drag at high chord Reynolds numbers. The success of the low speed NLF airfoil sparked interest in a high speed NLF airfoil applied to a single engine business jet with an unswept wing. Work was also conducted on the two dimensional flap design. The airfoil was decambered by removing the aft loading, however, high design Mach numbers are possible by increasing the aft loading and reducing the camber overall on the airfoil. This approach would also allow for flatter acceleration regions which are more stabilizing for cross flow disturbances. Sweep could then be used to increase the design Mach number to a higher value also. There would be some degradation of high lift by decambering the airfoil overall, and this aspect would have to be considered in a final design.
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    Type: Research in Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar-Flow Control, Part 3; p 637-671
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    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: The large performance gains predicted for the Natural Laminar Flow (NLF)(1)-0414F airfoil were demonstrated in two-dimensional airfoil tests and in wind tunnel tests conducted with a full scale modified Cessna 210. The performance gains result from maintaining extensive areas of natural laminar flow, and were verified by flight tests conducted with the modified Cessna. The lift, stability, and control characteristics of the Cessna were found to be essentially unchanged when boundary layer transition was fixed near the wing leading edge. These characteristics are very desirable from a safety and certification view where premature boundary layer transition (due to insect contamination, etc.) must be considered. The leading edge modifications were found to enhance the roll damping of the Cessna at the stall, and were therefore considered effective in improving the stall/departure resistance. Also, the modifications were found to be responsible for only minor performance penalties.
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    Type: Research in Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar-Flow Control, Part 3; p 673-696
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    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: Results are presented from a numerical simulation of transition control in plane channel and boundary layer flows. The analysis is based on a pseudo-spectral/finite difference semi-implicit solution procedure employed to numerically integrate the time-dependent, three-dimensional, incompressible Navier-Stokes equations in a doubly periodic domain. In the channel flow, it was found that the active periodic suction/blowing method was effective in controlling strongly three-dimensional disturbances. In the boundary layer, the preliminary analysis indicated that in the early stages, passive control by suction is as effective as active control to suppress instabilities. The current work is focused on a detailed comparison of active and passive control by suction/blowing in the boundary layer.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: NASA, Langley Research Center, Research in Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar-Flow Control, Part 2; p 577-592
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    Description: The growth and decay of a wave packet convecting in a boundary layer over a concave-convex surface and its active control by localized surface heating are studied numerically using direct computations of the Navier-Stokes equations. The resulting sound radiations are computed using linearized Euler equations with the pressure from the Navier-Stokes solution as a time-dependent boundary condition. It is shown that on the concave portion the amplitude of the wave packet increases and its bandwidth broadens while on the convex portion some of the components in the packet are stabilized. The pressure field decays exponentially away from the surface and then algebraically, exhibiting a decay characteristic of acoustic waves in two dimensions. The far-field acoustic behavior exhibits a super-directivity type of behavior with a beaming downstream. Active control by surface heating is shown to reduce the growth of the wave packet but have little effect on acoustic far field behavior for the cases considered. Active control by sound emanating from the surface of an airfoil in the vicinity of the leading edge is experimentally investigated. The purpose is to control the separated region at high angles of attack. The results show that injection of sound at shedding frequency of the flow is effective in an increase of lift and reduction of drag.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: Research in Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar-Flow Control, Part 2; p 593-616
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    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: Laminarization of the boundary layer on the surface of aircraft wings can be accomplished by the use of concepts such as Natural Laminar Flow (NLF), Laminar-Flow Control (LFC), and Hybrid Laminar-Flow Control (HLFC). Several integral boundary-layer methods were developed for the prediction of laminar, transition, and separating turbulent boundary layers. These methods were developed for use at either subsonic or supersonic speeds, have small computer execution times, and are simple to use. The theoretical equations and assumptions which form the basis of the boundary-layer method, are briefly outlined and the results of several correlation cases with exciting experimental data are presented.
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    Type: Research in Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar-Flow Control, Part 2; p 547-575
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    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: The application of stability theory in Laminar Flow Control (LFC) research requires that density and velocity profiles be specified throughout the viscous flow field of interest. These profile values must be as numerically accurate as possible and free of any numerically induced oscillations. Guidelines for the present research project are presented: develop an efficient and accurate procedure for solving the 3-D boundary layer equation for aerospace configurations; develop an interface program to couple selected 3-D inviscid programs that span the subsonic to hypersonic Mach number range; and document and release software to the LFC community. The interface program was found to be a dependable approach for developing a user friendly procedure for generating the boundary-layer grid and transforming an inviscid solution from a relatively coarse grid to a sufficiently fine boundary-layer grid. The boundary-layer program was shown to be fourth-order accurate in the direction normal to the wall boundary and second-order accurate in planes parallel to the boundary. The fourth-order accuracy allows accurate calculations with as few as one-fifth the number of grid points required for conventional second-order schemes.
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    Type: Research in Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar-Flow Control, Part 2; p 517-545
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    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: For all the Laminar Flow Control (LFC) techniques examined, finite-amplitude effects are destabilizing, i.e., finite-amplitude 2-D Tollmien-Schlichting (TS) waves grow faster than predicted by linear theory. It was also found, in direct contrast to the results from linear theory for low-amplitude waves, that temperature fluctuations exert a further destabilizing influence on finite amplitude 2-D TS waves. The controlled boundary layers are, of course, subject to intense 3-D secondary instabilities. The instantaneous growth rates of both the fundamental and subharmonic instabilities are strongly tied to the amplitude of the primary 2-D wave. The principal finite-amplitude effects upon the 3-D secondary instabilities occur through the faster growth of the 2-D waves.
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    Type: Research in Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar-Flow Control, Part 2; p 491-516
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    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: An analytical study of linear-amplifying instabilities of a laminar boundary layer as found in the experimental data of the LaRC/8-foot laminar-flow control (LFC) experiment was completed and the results are presented. The LFC airfoil used for this experiment was a swept, supercritical design which removed suction air through spanwise slots. The amplification of small disturbances by linear processes on a swept surface such as this can be due to either Tollmien-Schlichting (TS) and/or crossflow (CF) mechanisms. This study consists of the examination of these two instabilities by both the commonly used incompressible (SALLY and MARIA) analysis and the more involved compressible (COSAL) analysis. A wide range of experimental test conditions with variations in Mach number, Reynolds number, and suction distributions were available for this study. Experimentally determined transition locations were found from thin-film techniques and were used to correlate the n-factors at transition for the range of test cases.
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    Type: Research in Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar-Flow Control, Part 2; p 471-489
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    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: Detailed mean velocity and disturbance amplitude measurements were conducted in a Blasius boundary-layer flow with wall suction applied at three downstream locations. The main emphasis was a direct comparison of the growth rate of the instability wave with discrete spanwise slots versus wide porous strips. The results demonstrate that the local effects of suction through slots or very narrow porous strips have a greater beneficial effect on the stability of the boundary-layer flow relative to the suction influence of a wide porous strip. Codes which use continuous suction for the growth rates of the instability waves to determine the suction quantities for a multiple series of slots will be quite conservative in the estimation of the suction quantity. Guidelines were provided for suction-chamber design and flow rates to minimize internal oscillations which propagate into the boundary-layer flow.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: NASA, Langley Research Center, Research in Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar-Flow Control, Part 2; p 435-451
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    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: A large chord swept supercritical laminar-flow control (LFC) airfoil was designed, constructed, and tested in the Langley 8-foot Transonic Pressure Tunnel (TPT). The LFC airfoil experiment was established to provide basic information concerning the design and compatibility of high performance supercritical airfoils with suction boundary-layer control achieved through fine slots or porous surface concepts. Shockless pressure distribution was achieved. Full chord laminar flow was achieved on upper and lower surfaces. Full chord laminar flow was maintained at subcritical speeds and over large supercritical zones. Feasibility of combined suction laminarization and supercritical airfoil technology was demonstrated.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: Research in Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar-Flow Control, Part 2; p 453-469
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    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: Goertler vortices arise in laminar boundary layers along concave walls due to an imbalance between pressure and centrifugal forces. In advanced laminar-flow control (LFC) supercritical airfoil designs, boundary-layer suction is primarily used to control Tollmien-Schlichting instability and cross-flow vortices in the concave region near the leading edge of the airfoil lower surface. The concave region itself is comprised of a number of linear segments positioned to limit the total growth of Goertler vortices. Such an approach is based on physical reasonings but rigorous theoretical justification or experimental evidence to support such an approach does not exist. An experimental project was initiated at NASA Langley to verify this concept. In the first phase of the project an experiment was conducted on an airfoil whose concave region has a continuous curvature distribution. Some results of this experiment were previously reported and significant features are summarized.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: Research in Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar-Flow Control, Part 2; p 421-433
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    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: The Tollmien-Schlichting (TS) instability is a time-dependence instability which can lead to transition of laminar boundary layers on airfoils. A comparison of theoretical predictions and experimental observations of the TS instability on the NLF(1)-0414F airfoil designed by Viken and Pfenninger. The theoretical predictions were obtained using the SALLY stability code. Test results, from the same hot films that were used to detect transition, revealed that TS waves could be detected by the hot films if the hot-film signal was adequately modified.
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    Type: Research in Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar-Flow Control, Part 2; p 377-380
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    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: The purpose is to re-examine the heat transfer from a hot-wire probe in the compressible subsonic flow regime; describe the three-wire hot-wire probe calibration and data reduction techniques used to measure the velocity, density, and total temperature fluctuation; and present flow quality results obtained in the Langley 0.3 meter Transonic Cryogenic Wind Tunnel and in flight with the NASA JetStar from the same three-wire hot-wire probe.
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    Type: Research in Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar-Flow Control, Part 2; p 345-357
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    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: An analysis is conducted on the effect of imperfections consisting of humps and dips on the stability of incompressible flows over flat plates. The mean flow is calculated using interacting boundary layers. Linear quasiparallel spatial stability is used to calculate the growth rates and mode shapes of two-dimensional disturbances. Then, the amplification factor is computed. A search for the most dangerous frequency is conducted based on an amplification factor of 9 in the shortest distance. Correlations are made with the transition experiment of Walker and Greening using the e sup 9 method.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: NASA, Langley Research Center, Research in Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar-Flow Control, Part 1; p 301-315
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  • 88
    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: In modern laminar flow flight and wind tunnel research, it is important to understand the specific cause(s) of laminar to turbulent boundary layer transition. Such information is crucial to the exploration of the limits of practical application of laminar flow for drag reduction on aircraft. The process of transition involves both the possible modes of disturbance growth, and the environmental conditioning of the instabilities by freestream or surface conditions. The possible modes of disturbance growth include viscous, inviscid, and modes which may bypass these natural ones. Theory provides information on the possible modes of disturbance amplification, but experimentation must be relied upon to determine which of those modes actually dominates the transition process in a given environment. The results to date of research on advanced devices and methods used for the study of transition phenomena in the subsonic and transonic flight and wind tunnel environments are presented.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: Research in Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar-Flow Control, Part 2; p 317-340
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  • 89
    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: An effective computational scheme was developed to study the growth/damping of Goertler vortices along walls of variable curvature. Computational experiments indicate that when the amplification rates for the u-, v-, and w-perturbations are the same, the finite difference approach to solve the initial value problem and the normal mode approach give identical results for the Blasius boundary layer on constant curvature concave walls. The growth of Goertler vortices was rapid in the concave regions and was followed by sharp damping in the convex region. However, multiple sets of counter-rotating vortices were formed and remained far downstream in the convex region. The current computational scheme can be easily extended to more realistic problems including variable pressure gradients and suction effects.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: Research in Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar-Flow Control, Part 1; p 289-300
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  • 90
    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: There are many fluid flows of practical interest where transition can be caused by competing hydrodynamic instabilities. Thus in three-dimensional boundary-layer flows over curved walls, instability might be caused by Tollmien-Schlichting waves, Goertler vortices or crossflow vortices. If a particular type of instability is suppressed by some means, there is the possibility that another one might be stimulated. Hence it is important to understand the mechanisms by which these different instabilities interact. Some properties of the interaction which can take place between Goertler vortices and Tollmien-Schlichting waves are discussed.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: Research in Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar-Flow Control, Part 1; p 261-271
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  • 91
    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: Boundary-layer receptivity examines the way in which external disturbances generate instability waves in boundary layers. Receptivity theory is complementary to stability theory, which studies the evolution of disturbances that are already present in the boundary layer. A transition prediction method which combines receptivity with linear stability theory would directly account for the influence of free-stream disturbances and also consider the characteristics of the boundary layer upstream of the neutral stability point. The current e sup N transition prediction methods require empirical correlations for the influence of environmental disturbances, and totally ignore the boundary layer characteristics upstream of the neutral stability point. The regions where boundary-layer receptivity occurs can be separated into two classes, one near the leading edges and the other at the downstream points where the boundary layer undergoes rapid streamwise adjustments. Analyses were developed for both types of regions, and parametric studies which examine the relative importance of different mechanisms were carried out. The work presented here has focused on the low Mach number case. Extensions to high subsonic and supersonic conditions are presently underway.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: NASA, Langley Research Center, Research in Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar-Flow Control, Part 1; p 273-287
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  • 92
    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: In order to design Laminar Flow Control (LFC) configurations, reliable methods are needed for boundary-layer transition predictions. Among the available methods, there are correlations based upon R sub e, shape factors, Goertler number and crossflow Reynolds number. The most advanced transition prediction method is based upon linear stability theory in the form of the e sup N method which has proven to be successful in predicting transition in two- and three-dimensional boundary layers. When transition occurs in a low disturbance environment, the e sup N method provides a viable design tool for transition prediction and LFC in both 2-D and 3-D subsonic/supersonic flows. This is true for transition dominated by either TS, crossflow, or Goertler instability. If Goertler/TS or crossflow/TS interaction is present, the e sup N will fail to predict transition. However, there is no evidence of such interaction at low amplitudes of Goertler and crossflow vortices.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: NASA, Langley Research Center, Research in Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar-Flow Control, Part 1; p 219-244
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    Description: The asymptotic formulations of the nonparallel linear stability of incompressible growing boundary layers are critically reviewed. These formulations can be divided into two approaches. The first approach combines a numerical method with either the method of multiple scales, or the method of averaging, of the Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (WKB) approximation; all these methods yield the same result. The second approach combined a multi-structure theory with the method of multiple scales. The first approach yields results that are in excellent agreement with all available experimental data, including the growth rates as well as the neutral stability curve. The derivation of the linear stability of the incompressible growing boundary layers is explained.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: NASA, Langley Research Center, Research in Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar-Flow Control, Part 1; p 245-259
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    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: A review of Natural Laminar Flow (NLF) and Laminar-Flow Control activities over the last twenty years at the Cessna Aircraft Company is presented. Expected NLF benefits and remaining challenges are then described.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: NASA, Langley Research Center, Research in Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar-Flow Control, Part 1; p 79-88
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    Description: The NASA Leading-Edge Flight Test (LEFT) program addressed the environmental issues which were potential problems in the application of Laminar Flow Control (LFC) to transport aircraft. These included contamination of the LFC surface due to dirt, rain, insect remains, snow, and ice, in the critical leading-edge region. Douglas Aircraft Company designed and built a test article which was mounted on the right wing of the C-140 JetStar aircraft. The test article featured a retractable leading-edge high-lift shield for contamination protection and suction through perforations on the upper surface for LFC. Following a period of developmental flight testing, the aircraft entered simulated airline service, which included exposure to airborne insects, heavy rain, snow, and icing conditions both in the air and on the ground. During the roughly 3 years of flight testing, the test article has consistently demonstrated laminar flow in cruising flight. The experience with the LEFT experiment was summarized with emphasis on significant test findings. The following items were discussed: test article design and features; suction distribution; instrumentation and transition point reckoning; problems and fixes; system performance and maintenance requirements.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: NASA, Langley Research Center, Research in Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar-Flow Control, Part 1; p 141-161
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  • 96
    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: Progress is summarized from 1974 to the present in the practical application of laminar-flow control (LFC) to subsonic transport aircraft. Those efforts included preliminary design system studies of commercial and military transports and experimental investigations leading to the development of the leading-edge flight test article installed on the NASA JetStar flight test aircraft. The benefits of LFC on drag, fuel efficiency, lift-to-drag ratio, and operating costs are compared with those for turbulent flow aircraft. The current activities in the NASA Industry Laminar-Flow Enabling Technologies Development contract include summaries of activities in the Task 1 development of a slotted-surface structural concept using advanced aluminum materials and the Task 2 preliminary conceptual design study of global-range military hybrid laminar flow control (HLFC) to obtain data at high Reynolds numbers and at Mach numbers representative of long-range subsonic transport aircraft operation.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: NASA, Langley Research Center, Research in Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar-Flow Control, Part 1; p 53-77
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    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: Commercial air transportation has experienced revolutionary technology advances since WWII. These technology advances have resulted in an explosive growth in passenger traffic. Today, however, many technologies have matured, and maintaining a similar growth rate will be a challenge. A brief history of laminar flow technology and its application to subsonic and supersonic air transportation is presented.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: NASA, Langley Research Center, Research in Natural Laminar Flow and Laminar-Flow Control, Part 1; p 25-44
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  • 98
    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: The effect of boundary layer control blowing on the download of a wing in the wake of a hovering rotor was measured in a small scale experiment. The objective was to evaluate the potential of boundary layer control blowing for reducing tilt rotor download. Variations were made in rotor thrust coefficient, blowing pressure ratio, and blowing slot height. The effect of these parameter variations on the wing download and wing surface pressures is presented. The boundary layer control blowing caused reductions in the wing download of 25 to 55 percent.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: Proceedings of the Circulation-Control Workshop, 1986; p 429-447
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  • 99
    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: Short takeoff and landing (STOL) performance utilizing a circulation control airfoil was successfully demonstrated on the A-6 CCW (circulation control wing). Controlled flight at speeds as slow as 67 knots was demonstrated. Takeoff ground run and liftoff speed reductions in excess of 40 and 20 percent respectively were achieved. Landing ground roll and approach speeds were similarly reduced. The technology demonstrated was intended to be useable on modern high performance aircraft. STOL performance would be achieved through the combination of a 2-D vectored nozzle and a circulation control type of high lift system. The primary objective of this demonstration was to attain A-6 CCW magnitude reductions in takeoff and landing flight speed and ground distance requirements using practical bleed flow rates from a modern turbofan engine for the blown flap system. Also, cruise performance could not be reduced by the wing high lift system. The A-6 was again selected as the optimum demonstration vehicle. The procedure and findings of the study to select the optimum high lift wing design are documented. Some findings of a supercritical airfoil and a comparison of 2-D and 3-D results are also described.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: NASA. Ames Research Center Proceedings of the Circulation-Control Workshop, 1986; p 449-477
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  • 100
    Publication Date: 2013-08-31
    Description: Lower surface blowing (LSB) is investigated as an alternative to the variable blade pitch requirement for the X-wing Circulation Control (CC) rotor concept. Addition trailing edge blowing slots on the lower surfaces of CC airfoils provide a bidirectional lift capability that effectively doubles the control range. The operational requirements of this rotor system are detailed and compared to the projected performance attributes of LSB airfoils. Analysis shows that, aerodynamically, LSB supplies a fixed pitch rotor system with the equivalent lift efficiency and rotor control of present CC rotor designs that employ variable blade pitch. Aerodynamic demands of bidirectional lift production are predicted to be within the capabilities of current CC airfoil design methodology. Emphasis in this analysis is given to the high speed rotary wing flight regime unique to stoppable rotor aircraft. The impact of a fixed pitch restriction in hover and low speed flight is briefly discussed.
    Keywords: AERODYNAMICS
    Type: NASA. Ames Research Center Proceedings of the Circulation-Control Workshop, 1986; p 363-380
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