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What Lies Ahead For The Highway Program?, Ralph R. Bartelsmeyer

Kentucky's Annual Forum on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Working Toward A Clean Air Environment For Kentucky, Frank P. Partee

Kentucky's Annual Forum on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Twenty-Second Kentucky Highway Conference Committee, Kentucky Transportation Center

Kentucky's Annual Forum on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of WKU Board of Regents meeting. Agenda items: policy, guidelines and procedures for non-university speakers, speaker ban, purchase of 168 acres from William Covington and 64 acres from Billy Morris. tuition and fees, personnel and salaries, WSM antennae and request that student members of Academic Council receive voting privileges.

Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of WKU Board of Regents meeting. Agenda items: bonds, naming John Minton dean of Graduate College, Harry Largen Vice President of Business Affairs and Bradford Mutchler director of University-School Relations, increased student participation in Academic Council, reorganization of engineering technology, personnel and salaries and creation of Big Rivers Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation Scholarship.

Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of WKU Board of Regents meeting. Agenda items: construction of Raymond Cravens Graduate Center and Ivan Wilson Center for Fine Arts, bonds, personnel and salaries and resolution in honor of Gabie Robertson.

Special Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of WKU Board of Regents special meeting. Agenda items: budget, tuition and fees, Gabie Robertson bequest, personnel and salaries, closing of University High School, resolutions of respect for regents Douglas Keen, Charles Embry, Paul Gerard III and naming Paul Garrett Conference Center.

Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of WKU Board of Regents meeting. Agenda items: executive committee report, salaries, new regents, new programs: Dental Hygiene, Home Economics MA, Library Science MA, Child Development & family Living, personnel, construction of Environmental Sciences & Technology Building, married student housing, heating plant, tuition and fees, purchase of 1580 Normal Drive, purchase of 126 Old Morgantown Road, creation of an FM radio station, Lenk Company donation to study water pollution, Jones-Jaggers laboratory school and College Heights Foundation.

Application Of Turn- Key Construction To Industrialized Urban Housing In Missouri, Kenneth P. Buchert, Walker W. Milner, Harry Rubey

Space Congress® Proceedings

Housing can be the answer to prayers for the declining technically-oriented aerospace industry.

According to Look magazine the Soviet Union is outproducing the U.S. two to one in new housing units for its people and nearly every country in Western Europe now outproduces us. It would be most unfortunate if we were first on the moon, first in defense, but last in housing. Industrialization and new financing methods for housing offer great opportunities to provide success for most groups which are often at odds. A 50 billion dollar a year business will produce profits for stockholders, hundreds of thousands of …

Selection & Preliminary Design Of Light-Weight, Low Cost X-Band Aircraft Antennas For Defense Satellite Communications, K. G. Schroeder

Space Congress® Proceedings

As satellite communications requirements increase and more functions are combined in the same frequency band in accordance with the ICNI concept, special requirements are being imposed on the aircraft antenna system.

Depending on data rates to be transmitted via a satellite link, various bandwidths are required for the earth terminals. For high data rates, large relative bandwidths are necessary; and available frequency allocations generally indicate operation at X-band, with Ku-band as a possible additional choice.

Mobile users require full hemispherical coverage of the antenna system. Aircraft users have the additional constraint that the antenna aperture has to be flush with …

Education: The Crisis And A Plan, Harold A. Blum

Space Congress® Proceedings

The crisis in education is described here in terms of quality, obsolescence, utilization of new technology, and economics. A plan is discussed for a flexible system of education which includes features such as elimination of the scheduled lecture as the center of educational operation, individual rate of progress, non-punitive grading system, year round operation. Specifically, a model is discussed for an undergraduate engineering curriculum. The problems of implementation and some possible ways to do this within five years are also discussed.

Design, Fabrication And Test Of A Boron Wing Structure, A. August, A. London, W. Ludwig

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A section of aluminum wing structure was redesigned using "boron-epoxy composite. It represents the first application of this material to a pressurized fuel carrying section of wing. The design tradeoffs, material properties, joint test data, manufacturing and processes and test data developed during the program are presented. The results of this effort have provided a broad technology "base for the application of the material to future aircraft structures.

Space Shuttle Booster Configuration Features, Robert A. Lynch

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Some of the major Space Shuttle configuration design features are considered. The scope of the discussion is limited to the booster stage of a two-stage, parallel mounted concept. The body shape is considered including cross sectional shape, fineness, and nose shape. The factors affecting wing and tail concept and sizing are discussed. The interrelationship between the critical vehicle balance requirements and the forward location of the airbreathing engines is considered. Finally, the booster and orbiter launch arrangement and its influence on performance and ground operations is reviewed. A summary of the trends in booster configuration design is presented.

Case Study In Digital Simulation, B. L. Capehart, R. M. Strong

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This paper presents a study of numerical methods for the simulation of continuous systems described by n— order differential equations. The methods are applied to a wide spectrum of problems with the emphasis being on the practical rather than the theoretical results. The paper is directed toward the reader who is interested in comparative results of the application of various methods rather than derivations which can be found in a number of available texts.

The methods considered are Euler, modified Euler, classical Runge-Kutta, Milne's fourth-order predictor-corrector, Hamming's fourth-order predictor-corrector, a second-order predictorcorrector, Adams-Moulton, state variable, 2 transform, and 2 form. …

Florida Transportation --Where To From Here?, James Hunter

Space Congress® Proceedings

Florida now has the only "lunar" highway in this galaxy. Man can travel non-stop from Cape Kennedy to the moon — a distance of 238,857 miles in 3| days. It has been proven that willpower and adequate financing can accomplish previously unbelievable tasks. Going to the moon has been the feat of the century.

It seems man does well as long as he is airborne but when he returns to earth trouble starts. There are so many of us now -- and increasing every year --to compound the problem we each have our own private automobiles — at least one. …

A New Multiple Access Technique For Use With Satellite Networks, Elmer Thomas

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The Multiple Access Discrete Address System described is particularly applicable to future digital modulation systems. A high degree of efficiency is achieved using methods which provide the advantages of time division without the critical dependence on precise timing characteristic of more conventional techniques. A performance comparison with current fm/fdm is provided.

In communicating through a satellite repeater, a modulation technique must be selected to serve two separate functions. The first is the address function which must permit the receiver to separate the desired signal from other transmis-- sions simultaneously using a given repeater. The second function is to transfer a …

Interactive Computer Graphics Applied To Continuous Systems Simulation, Bernard J. Schroer

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Interactive computer graphics is beginning to achieve wide acceptance as a valuable tool in assisting the everyday engineer in his engineering activities. This paper describes one of the uses of interactive computer graphics in assisting the engineer - the modeling of continuous systems using CSMP. Continuous systems modeling using interactive computer graphics is being used extensively at The Boeing Company, Huntsville, Alabama. As a result of this utilization many additional requirements have been placed on CSMP. These requirements will be presented in this paper.

Off-Duty Concepts For Long Duration Space Missions, Edward W. Karnes, Leonard A. Loudis, J. K. Thomas, Thomas Spiritoso

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Leisure time preferences were surveyed in three populations which are potential sources of future spacecrew candidates: test pilots, military pilots and aerospace engineers and scientists. A questionnaire designed to provide rating scale measures of preferences for various types of spacecraft recreational equipment items, leisure time activity categories, content within activity categories, and various .kinds of snack items was administered to the samples from the three populations. The results indicated that leisure time preferences in the three populations were quite similar.

Representative spacecraft off-duty concepts for long duration space missions and possible engineering constraints are discussed.

Fluidic Technology And Some Recent Applications To Space And Oceanography, M. Rountree, W. J. Westerman

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This paper is presented to show the degree of advancements that fluidic technology is making in various technical disciplines. Examples are used and discussed based on the many programs sponsored by the government. The references used here represent only a small percent of the total. Individuals with specific interests or applications can expand the reference list on the choosen subject to take advantage of the considerable amount of advanced research and development already completed.

Trade Off Analysis Of Pulse Compression For A Satellite Radar Altimeter, Charles J. Mundo

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The Trade off Analyses of Pulse Compression for satellite radar altimeters conclude that when 10 cm accuracy in altitude measurement is sought, pulse compression results in increased instrument life and greater power efficiency. When accuracy requirements exceed two meters, it is no longer required.

The Automobile's Role In The Future, John L. Hult

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This paper explores the competition between various modes of travel as a function of range and between travel and electronics for communicating. An evolutionary development of our means of travel is described which would introduce new concepts for improving the capacity and capability of our urban transportation systems while mollifying unwanted side effects. A Freeway Express Transit is outlined which would better use the already huge investment commitments in land, equipment, and social way of life that have made the automobile such an important factor. It would retain the eminent role of the automobile while evolving the transportation systems toward …

Practical Applications Of Sequential Pattern Recognition Techniques, R. Newman, B. Reisine

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Experiments involving sequential recognition techniques and feature ordering schemes were performed on 23 feature samples of vowel spectra and 12 feature samples of remotely sensed agricultural crop data. Since each experiment dealt with two pattern classes, Wald's sequential probability ratio test was used. The test was implemented with both fixed and time-varying stopping boundaries. Feature ordering was accomplished by both dispersion analysis and the divergence criterion.

Advanced Space Power Systems, Robert R. Bathelemy, Howard A. Macewen

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A technology applications study of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) electrical generators was conducted to determine their uses in space. Many important uses were found, including military applications, long range communications and active sensors. Most importantly, it was found that, to retain a livable environment on earth, large scale heatproducing processes must be moved into space. MHD power conversion will play a key role in this effort.

A Satellite Analysis Of Twin Tropical Cyclones In The Western Pacific, James L. Cox, Gilbert Jager

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Satellite cloud photographs are very important for a clearer understanding of meteorological features of almost every scale and their interrelationships. In this paper, satellite derived information, particularly cirrus-level wind estimates made from cloud photographs, are used to recount the story of twin tropical cyclones--ANNIE and GILDA-- which formed about the same time on opposite sides of the equator in the Western Pacific during November 1967. Throughout the life cycle of the twins, it is the change which takes place in the cirrus-level wind field that enables the meteorologist to discern the step by step development of the respective cyclones as …

Satellite-Observed Sunglint Patterns: Unusual Dark Patches, Clinton J. Bowley

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Anomalous dark areas in sunglint patterns are frequently observed in the Applications Technology Satellite (ATS) photography. These dark areas appear to be caused by relatively calm surface conditions against a background of higher sea states. Evidence of cold water temperatures suggests the presence of upwelling. These sightings may thus be of importance to the fishing industry.

Some Shifting Relationships Between The User Community And The Earth Resources Program, Allan H. Muir

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The NASA Earth Resources Program has reached an important point in its development. Up to this point the program's major emphasis has been on the research and development of sensors and other technical hardware required to place a remote sensing capability in orbit. This research has been quite successful. There may be some nearterm disappointments, but for the most part, the hardware required for ERTS A&B will be ready by early 1972.

On the other hand, recent statements by NASA officials indicate that if ERTS is to achieve the success desired for it, more effort is required to effectively link …

Sensory Aids For The Handicapped: A Challenge For Modern Engineering Technology, Bruce E. Mathews

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The search for sensory aids for the blind and deaf has revealed many possibilities, but at present there is no aid which to any great degree replaces the defective sensory channel. This paper summarizes the major developments in sensory aids in an attempt to stimulate interest in this problem among engineers and scientists.

Cobalt-Base Alloys In Aerospace, F. R. Morral

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The engineering capability of the industrial cobalt-base superalloys will be examined. Developments in alloy design, as well as manufacturing techniques to extend usefulness of cobalt superalloys for temperature stability, corrosion resistance, creep, fatigue, and strength will be reviewed as they apply to aircraft structures and parts.

Selected Examples For Space Manufacturing Processes/ Facilities And Experiments, Wolfgang H. Steurer

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The unique effect of the orbital zero- and low-g environment upon the behavior of liquids offers the potential of new material processing techniques not feasible under terrestrial conditions. A number of promising processes and the related product capabilities are discussed in detail. On the basis of an evaluation of process effectiveness and facility requirements, an example for a potential three-phase space experiment program is presented.

Impact Of Aerospace Technology On Future Ocean Systems, Donald P. Germeraad

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The ocean, like space, is a rather hostile environment but for different reasons; constraints of extreme pressure with depth, poor visibility and highly corrosive properties. Although submersibles have operated in this medium since the turn of the century, they have been operational essentially in the same limited plane as a surface vessel and use the ocean primarily as a covert cloak. Mission flexibility in using the third dimension (depth) has been constrained by stringent structural requirements. This presentation will discuss technological advancements required to make significant contributions to future ocean oriented commercial and military systems. There is not a direct …