Accession Number:

ADA247865

Title:

Air Force Office of Scientific Research 1991 Research Highlights

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH BOLLING AFB DC

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1991-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

78.0

Abstract:

Content Modern Stability Research Improves Understanding of Nonlinear Structural Dynamic Behavior, Temporal Evolution of Three Dimensional Turbulent Mixing in Gases Measured Successfully, Control of Compressor Surge Achieved, Quasi-Steady Plasma Sustained With Pulsed Free Electron Laser, Turbine Cooling Enhanced by Total Temperature Separation, High Energy Density Matter Lithium Atoms in Cryogenic Solid Hydrogen, New Growth Directions For Molecular Beam Epitaxy Opening a Pathway to New Electro-Optical Materials, Improved Cermets Through Biomimetics, Diffusion Barriers in High Temperature Metal Matrix Composites, High Temperature Superconductor Films, Novel Microwave Power Device, High-Performance Gallium Antimonide-Based Devices, New Computational Methods Provide Dramatic Superconductor Performance, Fast-Recovery, High-Speed, High Power Switch for Impulse Radars and High Power Microwave Weapons, Light Induced Gene Expression in the Circadian Pacemaker, Microbial-Dependent Transformation of Toxic Metals, New Radar Technique Detects Charge Buildup in Clouds, Linear Programming, Large Scale Computing in Control Law Design, Advances in Nonlinear Feedback Control, Multiresolution Signal Analysis and Data Fusion, Aerial and Space-Based Reconnaissance Imaging, and Computation Based on the Cerebral Cortex.

Descriptors:

• *WEAPONS
• AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE
• DATA PROCESSING
• CONTROL
• METALS
• CLOUDS
• TEMPERATURE
• STABILITY
• ELECTROOPTICS
• CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS
• DYNAMICS
• STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES
• TOXICITY
• GROWTH(GENERAL)
• HIGH TEMPERATURE
• PLASMAS(PHYSICS)
• SUPERCONDUCTORS
• LINEAR PROGRAMMING
• LIGHT
• FILMS
• TURBULENT FLOW
• EPITAXIAL GROWTH
• METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES
• MICROWAVES
• MICROWAVE EQUIPMENT
• RADAR
• ATOMS
• PULSED LASERS
• COOLING
• MOLECULAR BEAMS
• HYDROGEN
• GASES
• HIGH ENERGY
• LITHIUM
• THREE DIMENSIONAL
• FREE ELECTRON LASERS
• NONLINEAR SYSTEMS
• PULSES
• FEEDBACK
• SIGNALS
• IMAGES
• BARRIERS
• HIGH DENSITY
• SEPARATION
• GENES
• TURBINES
• MIXING
• DIFFUSION
• BEHAVIOR
• CONTROL THEORY
• NUMERICAL METHODS AND PROCEDURES
• COMPRESSORS
• SURGES
• RECONNAISSANCE
• CRYOGENICS
• SWITCHES
• RADIOFREQUENCY POWER
• CERMETS
• CEREBRAL CORTEX
• SPACE BASED
• SOLIDIFIED GASES
• HIGH POWER

Subject Categories:

• Military Forces and Organizations

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE