NASA Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

MARS SURFACE
Reflectance and Thermal Infrared Spectroscopy
of Mars: Relationship Between
ISM and TES for Compositional Determinations
– 321
MASERS
Probing Planck-Scale physics with a Ne-
21/He-3 Zeeman maser – 127
MASS SPECTROMETERS
Solar Array in Simulated LEO Plasma
Environment – 296
MASSIVELY PARALLEL PROCESSORS
The Data Services Archive – 255
MASS
A Novel and New Ultra-Lightweight Reinforcement
for Producing Low Mass Optical
Systems – 294
MATERIALS SELECTION
SiC/SiC Composites for Applications
Above 2600 F – 55
MATERIALS
SiC/SiC Composites for Applications
Above 2600 F – 55
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
A Dynamic Failure Model for Predicting
the Impact that a Program Location has
on the Program – 258
A Gamma Memory Neural Network for
System Identification – 234
A Nonlinear Theory for Smart Composite
Structures – 55
Analytical Modeling and Test Correlation
of Variable Density Multilayer Insulation
for Cryogenic Storage – 265
Application of Self Nulling Eddy Current
Probe Technique to the Detection of Fatigue
Crack Initiation and Control of Test
Procedures – 138
Assessment, Development, and Validation
of Computational Fracture Mechanics
Methodologies and Tools for Shot-
Peened Materials Used in Rotorcraft
Principal Structural Elements – 9
Cloud Detection Using Measured and
Modeled State Parameters – 162
Computer-Simulation Surrogates for Optimization:
Application to Trapezoidal
Ducts and Axisymmetric Bodies – 267
Electron Collection by International
Space Station Solar Arrays – 325
Enabling Interoperation of High Performance
Scientific Computing Applications:
Modeling Scientific Data with the
Sets and Fields (SAF) Modeling System
– 231
Exhaust Gas Modeling Effects on Hypersonic
Powered Simulation at Mach
10 – 111
Experimental Robust Control Studies on
an Unstable Magnetic Suspension System
– 131
Feedback on the PicUp3D Experience
and the Open Source Strategy Applied to
a Spacecraft-Plasma Interaction Simulation
Code – 259
Fringe Formation in Dual-Hologram Interferometry
– 123
Further Results of Soft-Inplane Tiltrotor
Aeromechanics Investigation Using Two
Multibody Analyses – 12
High Level Design Proof of a Reliable
Computing Platform – 248
In-Flight Thermal Performance of the Lidar
In-Space Technology Experiment
– 44
Integrated Human Factors Toolkit – 266
ISS Plasma Interaction: Measurements
and Modeling – 294
Metamorphosis of a Hairpin Vortex into a
Young Turbulent Spot – 116
Modeling of the Plasma Thruster Impact
on Spacecraft Charging – 37
Numerical Modeling of ISS Thruster
Plume Induced Contamination Environment
– 269
Rigorous Mathematical Modeling of the
Adsorption System with Electrothermal
Regeneration of the Used Adsorbent
– 66
Secondary Arcs on Solar Generators:
EMAGS 2 Test Campaign – 324
Secondary Electron Emission Causing
Potential Barriers Around Negatively
Charged Spacecraft – 37
SPARCS: An Advanced Software for
Spacecraft Charging Analyses – 259
Transonic Navier-Stokes Solutions about
a Complex High-Speed Accelerator Configuration
– 119
Unified Collection and Coordination for
UCAVs – 309
MATRICES (MATHEMATICS)
Free Oscillations of Deep Nonhydrostatic
Global Atmospheres: Theroy and a Test
of Numerical Schemes – 162
MATRIX MATERIALS
Oxidation Kinetics and Strength Degradation
of Carbon Fibers in a Cracked
Ceramic Matrix Composite – 56
Waveform Based Acoustic Emission Detection
and Location of Matrix Cracking in
Composites – 55
MEASURE AND INTEGRATION
A Review of Spacecraft Effects on
Plasma Measurements – 33
Instrumentation for Studies of Electron
Emission and Charging From Insulators
– 45
ISS Plasma Interaction: Measurements
and Modeling – 294
MEASUREMENT
Chrial Boson Theory on the Light-
Front – 276
Measurement of the Running b-Quark
Mass Using e(sup+)e(sup-)yields b(bar
b)g Events – 285
Measurements of NO(y), Nitric Acid, NO,
and PAN in the South Coast Air Basin
– 151
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
A New Electromagnetic Instrument for
Thickness Gauging of Conductive Materials
– 104
Calibrating the Floating Potential Measurement
Unit – 43
Current Collection by a Segmented
Langmuir Probe in the Ionosphere
Plasma – 43
NASA Programs in Advanced Sensors
and Measurement Technology for Aeronautical
Applications – 16
The Deflection Plate Analyzer: A Technique
for Space Plasma Measurements
Under Highly Disturbed Conditions – 43
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
Accelerated Testing of Polymeric Composites:
Correlation of Scale-up Effects
on Viscoelastic Behavior – 57
Characterization of the Nonlinear Elastic
Properties of Graphite/Epoxy Composites
Using Ultrasound – 63
Computation of Variability in the Average
Thermal and Mechanical Properties of a
Melt-Infiltrated SiC/SiC Composite – 61
Development of a Low Data Event Timer
for Monitoring an Advancing Crack in
Fracture – 139
Foreign Object Damage Behavior of a
SiC/SiC Composite at Ambient and Elevated
Temperatures – 56
Mechanical Properties of Triaxial Braided
Carbon/Epoxy Composites – 60
Studies on Hot-Melt Prepregging of
PMR-II-50 Polyimide Resin with Graphite
Fibers – 53
Synthesis and Characterization of Porous
Hydroxyapatite and Hydroxyapatite
Coatings – 80
Tensile Stress Acoustic Constants of Unidirectional
Graphite/Epoxy Composites
– 63
The Influence of Sizings on the Durability
of High-Temperature Polymer Composites
– 53
Thermomechanical Properties of M40J
Carbon/PMR-II-50 Composites – 52
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
Method and Apparatus for Non-Invasive
Measurement of Changes in Intracranial
Pressure – 124
Non-Invasive Method of Determining Absolute
Intracranial Pressure – 226
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