Air Force Science and Technology Board, Committee on Aging Avionics in Military Aircraft, National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems
(Ilmumisaeg: 07-May-2001, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309512053)
Extending the life of an airframe has proven challenging and costly. Extending the life of an avionics system, however, is one of the most critical and difficult aspects of extending total aircraft system lifetimes. Critical components go out of prod...Loe edasi...
Air Force Science and Technology Board, Committee on Aging Avionics in Military Aircraft, National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems
(Ilmumisaeg: 07-May-2001, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309170949)
Extending the life of an airframe has proven challenging and costly. Extending the life of an avionics system, however, is one of the most critical and difficult aspects of extending total aircraft system lifetimes. Critical components go out of prod...Loe edasi...
National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Office of International Affairs, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Committee on Alternative Technologies to Replace Antipersonnel Landmin
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Mar-2001, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309171168)
This book examines potential technologies for replacing antipersonnel landmines by 2006, the U.S. target date for signing an international treaty banning these weapons. Alternative Technologies to Replace Antipersonnel Landmines emphasizes the role t...Loe edasi...
National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Office of International Affairs, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Committee on Alternative Technologies to Replace Antipersonnel Landmin
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Mar-2001, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309502726)
This book examines potential technologies for replacing antipersonnel landmines by 2006, the U.S. target date for signing an international treaty banning these weapons. Alternative Technologies to Replace Antipersonnel Landmines emphasizes the role t...Loe edasi...
Committee on Outsourcing Design and Construction-Related Management Services for Federal Facilities, Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Division on Engineeri
(Ilmumisaeg: 20-Dec-2000, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309171373)
In this study outsourcing is defined as the organizational practice of contracting for services from an external entity while retaining control over assets and oversight of the services being outsourced. In the 1980s, a number of factors led to a ren...Loe edasi...
Committee on Outsourcing Design and Construction-Related Management Services for Federal Facilities, Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Division on Engineeri
(Ilmumisaeg: 20-Dec-2000, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309512817)
In this study outsourcing is defined as the organizational practice of contracting for services from an external entity while retaining control over assets and oversight of the services being outsourced. In the 1980s, a number of factors led to a ren...Loe edasi...
National Research Council, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Committee on Review of DOE's Office of Heavy Vehicle Technologies
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Nov-2000, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309513265)
As national priorities have been focused both on reducing fuel consumption and improving air quality, attention has increased on reducing emissions from many types of vehicles, including light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty diesel-powered vehicles...Loe edasi...
National Research Council, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Committee on Review of DOE's Office of Heavy Vehicle Technologies
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Nov-2000, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309183802)
As national priorities have been focused both on reducing fuel consumption and improving air quality, attention has increased on reducing emissions from many types of vehicles, including light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty diesel-powered vehicles...Loe edasi...
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Committee on Advanced Engineering Environments, National Research Council, National Academy of Engineering, Division on Engineering a
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-Sep-2000, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309171786)
America is changing. Many of the most noticeable changes in day-to-day life are associated with the advancing capabilities of computer systems, the growing variety of tasks they can accomplish, and the accelerating rate of change. Advanced engineerin...Loe edasi...
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Committee on Advanced Engineering Environments, National Research Council, National Academy of Engineering, Division on Engineering a
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-Sep-2000, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309514767)
America is changing. Many of the most noticeable changes in day-to-day life are associated with the advancing capabilities of computer systems, the growing variety of tasks they can accomplish, and the accelerating rate of change. Advanced engineerin...Loe edasi...
Committee on Materials, Structures, and Aeronautics for Advanced Uninhabited Air Vehicles, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Materials Advisory Board, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Division
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-Jun-2000, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309171779)
U.S. Air Force (USAF) planners have envisioned that uninhabited air vehicles (UAVs), working in concert with inhabited vehicles, will become an integral part of the future force structure. Current plans are based on the premise that UAVs have the pot...Loe edasi...
Committee on Materials, Structures, and Aeronautics for Advanced Uninhabited Air Vehicles, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Materials Advisory Board, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Division
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-Jun-2000, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309515931)
U.S. Air Force (USAF) planners have envisioned that uninhabited air vehicles (UAVs), working in concert with inhabited vehicles, will become an integral part of the future force structure. Current plans are based on the premise that UAVs have the pot...Loe edasi...
Transportation Research Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Standing Committee to Review the Research Program of the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles
(Ilmumisaeg: 27-Jun-2000, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309183604)
Review of the Research Program of the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles reviews the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles (PNGV). The PNGV program is a cooperative research and development (R&D) program between the federal gover...Loe edasi...
Transportation Research Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Standing Committee to Review the Research Program of the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles
(Ilmumisaeg: 27-Jun-2000, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309514859)
Review of the Research Program of the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles reviews the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles (PNGV). The PNGV program is a cooperative research and development (R&D) program between the federal gover...Loe edasi...
National Research Council, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Committee on R&D Opportunities for Advanced Fossil-Fueled Energy Complexes
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2000, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309171854)
Vision 21 reviews the goals of the Department of Energys (DOE) Vision 21 Program (DOEs vision for the future of coal-based power generation) and to recommend systems and approaches for moving from concept to reality. Vision 21 is an ambitious, forw...Loe edasi...
National Research Council, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Committee on R&D Opportunities for Advanced Fossil-Fueled Energy Complexes
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2000, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309515993)
Vision 21 reviews the goals of the Department of Energys (DOE) Vision 21 Program (DOEs vision for the future of coal-based power generation) and to recommend systems and approaches for moving from concept to reality. Vision 21 is an ambitious, forw...Loe edasi...
National Research Council, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Board on Army Science and Technology, Committee on Review and Evaluation of the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program
(Ilmumisaeg: 19-May-2000, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309516211)
The U.S. Army is pilot testing chemical hydrolysis as a method for destroying the chemical agents stockpiled at Aberdeen, Maryland (HD mustard agent), and Newport, Indiana (VX nerve agent). The chemical agents at both locations, which are stored only...Loe edasi...
National Research Council, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Board on Army Science and Technology, Committee on Review and Evaluation of the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program
(Ilmumisaeg: 19-May-2000, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309171885)
The U.S. Army is pilot testing chemical hydrolysis as a method for destroying the chemical agents stockpiled at Aberdeen, Maryland (HD mustard agent), and Newport, Indiana (VX nerve agent). The chemical agents at both locations, which are stored only...Loe edasi...
National Research Council, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Materials Advisory Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Committee on the
(Ilmumisaeg: 18-May-2000, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309594127)
The Helium Privatization Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-273) directs the Department of the Interior to begin liquidating the U.S. Federal Helium Reserve by 2005 in a manner consistent with "e;minimum market disruption"e; and at a price given by a form...Loe edasi...
National Research Council, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Materials Advisory Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Committee on the
(Ilmumisaeg: 18-May-2000, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309171878)
The Helium Privatization Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-273) directs the Department of the Interior to begin liquidating the U.S. Federal Helium Reserve by 2005 in a manner consistent with "e;minimum market disruption"e; and at a price given by a form...Loe edasi...