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Material Technology - Military Applications Air Force Research Laboratory The United States Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is situated at Wright- Patterson Air Force Base. This website provides information concerning the AFRL headquarters, including details of its reading room, corporate strategy, organisation, symposiums, seminars and conferences. There are also links to the AFRL's various directorates: air vehicles, directed energy, human effectiveness, information, materials & manufacturing, munitions, propulsion, sensors and space vehicles.
no title available no description supplied Blowing Hot and Cold : Protecting Against Climatic Extremes Research and Technology Organization Meeting proceedings, RTO-MP-076, 8-10 October 2001, Dresden, Germany. It contains the papers presented at a Human Factors and Medicine Panel (HFM) Symposium which discuss the effects of climate, clothing and equipment on a soldier's health and performance. Subjects covered include advances in clothing technology, NBC protective clothing, thermal performance, models for prediction of heat and cold stress and electronic climate analysers. Capturing the Full Power of Biomaterials for Military Medicine : Report of a Workshop This site provides access to the full text of the report written by the National Research Council Committee on Capturing the Full Power of Biomaterials for Military Medical Needs, the Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design, and the National Materials Advisory Board, published by the National Academies Press in 2004. The report presents a technology development roadmap to enable the military to enhance its biomedical research and development efforts so that biomaterials technologies that fulfill the military's medical needs can be brought into service as soon as possible thus advancing combat casualty care on the battlefield. The report is divided into three main areas; biomaterials and their importance to military medicine, biomaterials technology assessment and roadmapping, and enabling biomaterials development. Microelectromechanical systems : advanced materials and fabrication methods A publication of the National Academy Press which discusses the proposition that there is a revolution underway in the field of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS). Many industrial procedures, not just engineering, will be affected. it analyses the nature of this "revolution". Military Handbooks and Standards Related to Reliability Provided by Weibull.com, a web-based resource portal for reliability engineering, this site provides full text pdf US Department of Defense military handbooks (MIL-HDBK) and military standards (MIL-STD) related to reliability practices. These include equipment guidelines, testing methods, screening processes, terms for reliability and maintainability, and configuration guidance. MIT's Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN) The Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN), is part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where advanced nanotechnology research is carried out. This web site provides information on the ISN and its research including a video titled Soldier of the Future and an explanation of what is meant by nanotechnology, links to the ISN Newsletter and news articles. The ISN is currently carrying out almost fifty research projects being carried out by seven teams; Energy Absorbing Materials, Mechanically Active Materials and Devices, Sensing and Counteraction, Biomaterials and Nanodevices for Soldier Medical Technology, Processing and Characterisation - The Nanofoundries, Modeling and Simulation of Materials and Processes, and Systems Design Hardening and Integration. National Obsolescence Centre The National Obsolescence Centre is a joint industry and QinetiQ initiative whose aim is to provide a support and guidance service on component obsolescence. The site provides access to members to the Component Availability Monitoring service and a serach facility to identify company name or solution providers. There is a link to a document register which contains details on legacy document systems, a bibliography and premiuim information for members. There are also links to products and services, news and events, and to the QinetiQ web sites. Protecting Buildings from Bomb Damage: Transfer of Blast-Effects Mitigation Technologies from Military to Civilian Applications In response to the possibility of terrorist attack, a Committee of the United States National Research Council examined design and construction methodologies developed for military buildings to assess whether they could be applied to civilian buildings. Details of the purchase price are displayed, and the report is searchable on-line. Review of Acquisition for the Secretary of State for Defence. An independent report by Bernard Gray An independent review by Bernard Gray to which investigates the process and policies used by the UK Ministry of Defence to purchase equipment for the Armed Forces. The review was commissioned by the previous Defence Secretary John Hutton to assess reforms to the acquisition process and make recommendations for how it can be improved. US Army ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory CRREL is part of the Engineers Research and Development Center, ERDC, of the US Army Corps of Engineers. Through scientific engineering and research, their aim is to increase knowledge of the world's cold regions in order to help the Army, Corps of Engineers and the Department of Defense operate in these conditions. The site provides information about CRREL and gives details on research branches and their projects. There are full text technical reports from 1995, fact sheets on current research projects, and an online manual 'Methods Manual for Detection of Propellant, Explosive or Pyrotechnic Compounds'. There is also an ice jam and bibliography database as well as computer simulations of models. There is also access to the ERDC Library with access to the library catalogue, publications, cold regions bibliography and related links. Use of Lightweight Materials in 21st Century Army Trucks This site provides access to the full text of the report written by the National Research Council Committee on Lightweight Materials for 21st Century Army Trucks and the National Materials Advisory Board, published by the National Academies Press in 2003. The report primarily looks at research and technology developments of new lightweight structural materials for light, medium, and heavy Army trucks which will decrease vehicle weight and increase fuel efficiency, but also considers alternative ways of reducing weight such as through the use of alternative power sources such as hybrid electric powertrains. The chapters look at the use of trucks in the US Army and requirments of the future military vehicle fleet; new materials and processing oportunities including aluminium and magnesium alloys, high strength steels, corrosion resistance, polymer matrix composites, self repair and self maintenance; and enabling new technology insertion through improved procurement practices, life cycle management, reduced maintenance and modular design. |
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