NASA Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

Toward Improving the Efficiency and Realism
of Coupled Meteorological Acoustic
Computer Models for the Forest
Canopy – 151
FORMATION FLYING
Flying the Earth Observing Constellations
– 28
Formations of Tethered Spacecraft as
Stable Platforms for Far IR and Sub-mm
Astronomy – 26
Tethered Formation Configurations:
Meeting the Scientific Objectives of
Large Aperture and Interferometric Science
– 26
FORMATION
Identification and Control of Gravity Related
Defect Formation During Melt
Growth of Electro-Optic Single Crystals
Bismuth Silicate(Bi12SiO20) – 265
FORMAT
BRL-CAD Tutorial Series: Volume IV
Converting Geometry Between BRLCAD
and Other Formats – 222
FOSSIL FUELS
Decision Analysis Using Value Focused
Thinking to Select Renewable Energy
Sources – 129
FRACTURE MECHANICS
Development of a Fatigue Crack Growth
Coupon for Highly Plastic Stress Conditions
– 122
Tensile Creep Fracture of Polycrystalline
Near-Stoichiometric NiAl – 59
FRACTURE STRENGTH
Discrete Spring Model for Predicting
Delamination Growth in Z-Fiber Reinforced
DCB Specimens – 57
FRACTURES (MATERIALS)
Development of a Fatigue Crack Growth
Coupon for Highly Plastic Stress Conditions
– 122
FREE ELECTRON LASERS
Femtosecond X-ray Pulses from a Frequency
Chirped SASE FEL – 254
Multiple Beam Directors for Naval Free
Electron Laser Weapons – 117
Saturation of a High-Gain Single-Pass
FEL – 255
FREE FLOW
Predictions for the Effects of Free Stream
Turbulence on Turbine Blade Heat
Transfer – 93
Stagnation Point Flow and Heat Transfer
Under Free- Stream Turbulence – 95
FREE JETS
Jet-Pylon Interaction of High Bypass Ratio
Separate Flow Nozzle Configurations
– 246
Measurement of Initial Conditions at
Nozzle Exit of High Speed Jets – 15
Velocity and Temperature Measurement
in Supersonic Free Jets Using Spectrally
Resolved Rayleigh Scattering – 322
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FREE-PISTON ENGINES
Sunpower Cooling Solutions – 76
FREQUENCIES
Analysis of the Effects of Phase Noise
and Frequency Offset in Orthogonal Frequency
Division Multiplexing (OFDM)
Systems – 72
Performance Analysis of the IEEE
802.11A WLAN Standard Optimum and
Sub-Optimum Receiver in Frequency-
Selective, Slowly Fading Nakagami
Channels with AWGN and Pulsed Noise
Jamming – 241
Signal Enhancement Using Time-
Frequency Based Denoising – 231
Stimulus-Frequency Otoacoustic Emissions:
Validity and Reliability of SFOAES
Implemented on Mimosa Acoustics
SFOAE Measurement System
V2.1.18 – 162
Typhoon-Induced Stage-Frequency Relationships
for the Island of Rota, Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands
– 152
FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING
Analysis of the Effects of Phase Noise
and Frequency Offset in Orthogonal Frequency
Division Multiplexing (OFDM)
Systems – 72
Performance Analysis of the IEEE
802.11A WLAN Standard Optimum and
Sub-Optimum Receiver in Frequency-
Selective, Slowly Fading Nakagami
Channels with AWGN and Pulsed Noise
Jamming – 241
FREQUENCY RANGES
The Atacama Millimeter Array (ALMA):
Imaging Cosmic Dawn at Near-THz Frequencies
– 301
FREQUENCY RESPONSE
A Thermal Infrared Heterodyne Receiver
with Applications to Astronomy – 333
An Improved Method for Solving Systems
of Linear Equations in Frequency
Response Problems – 222
FRICTION STIR WELDING
Friction Stir Welding of GR-Cop 84 for
Combustion Chamber Liners – 119
FUEL CELLS
High Energy Efficiency and High Power
Density Proton Exchange Membrane
Fuel Cells: Electrode Kinetics and Mass
Transport – 136
High Performance Oxygen Electrodes for
PEM Fuel Cells – 135
Oxygen Electrodes for Rechargeable Alkaline
Fuel Cells - III – 44
PEM Fuel Cells for Passive Operation
– 133
FUEL INJECTION
Experiments with a PDE Using Multiple
Injection – 30
FUELS
Design of a High Heat Flux Facility for
Thermal Stability Testing of Advanced
Hydrocarbon Fuels – 265
Hydrogen as a Fuel for DOD (Defense
Horizons, Number 36, Nov 2003) – 54
FULL SCALE TESTS
Material Modeling of Space Shuttle
Leading Edge and External Tank Materials
For Use in the Columbia Accident
Investigation – 123
FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS
Functional Analysis of LIM Domain Proteins
and Co- Factors in Breast Cancer
– 175
Pulsed Phase Lock Loop Device for
Monitoring Intracranial Pressure During
Space Flight – 160
FUNCTIONAL DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS
A Technical Overview and Description of
SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared
Astronomy) – 292
FUNCTIONS (MATHEMATICS)
Efficient Evaluation Functions for Multi-
Rover Systems – 208
Team Formation in Partially Observable
Multi-Agent Systems – 184
Unifying Temporal and Structural Credit
Assignment Problems – 181
FUZZY SYSTEMS
Automated Modern Control Design
– 230
GALACTIC CLUSTERS
Analysis of RXTE data on Clusters of
Galaxies – 297
GALACTIC EVOLUTION
BLAST: The Balloon-Borne Large Aperture
Submillimeter Telescope – 115
Finding our Origins with the Hubble and
James Webb Space Telescopes – 297
Future Developments in Far-IR and
Submm Space Observations – 308
IR Fine-Structure Line Signatures of
Central Dust-Bounded Nebulae in Luminous
Infrared Galaxies – 304
Star and Galaxy Formation at High Redshifts:
What is to be learned from Future
Far-Infrared and Submillimeter Observations
– 306
Star Formation in Local Galaxies from
the UV to the Far-IR – 299
Surveying Galaxy Evolution in the Far-
Infrared: A Far-Infrared All-Sky Survey
Concept – 300
GALACTIC MASS
Evidence of Spin and Energy Extraction
in a Galactic Black Hole Candidate: The
XMM-NEWTON/EPIC SPECTRUM of
XTE 11650-500 – 310
GALACTIC NUCLEI
The Growth of Central Black Hole and
the Ionization Instability of Quasar
Disk – 320