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Software Tech Briefs is a special supplement to NASA Tech Briefs. Download the digital version (PDF) at right to learn about new software programs outlined in the table of contents below.
Table of Contents
DESIGN & ANALYSIS SOFTWARE4 Multiphysics Analysis of a Burning Candle
5 Capacitively Coupled Plasma Analysis
6 3D Direct Modeling Streamlines Micro-Cogeneration System Design and Analysis Processes
8 Microwaving Moondust with COMSOL
9 TEAMS Model Analyzer
10 Observing System Simulation Experiment (OSSE) for the HyspIRI Spectrometer Mission
10 Probabilistic Design and Analysis Framework
MECHANICS/MACHINERY11 Excavator Design Validation
11 Momentum Management Tool for Low-Thrust Missions
12 Mixed Real/Virtual Operator Interface for ATHLETE
12 Antenna Controller Replacement Software
ELECTRONICS/COMPUTERS13 Efficient Parallel Engineering Computing on Linux Workstations
13 FAILSAFE Health Management for Embedded Systems
PHYSICAL SCIENCES14 Water Detection Based on Sky Reflections
15 Nonlinear Combustion Instability Prediction
15 JMISR INteractive eXplorer
18 Characterization of Cloud Water-Content Distribution
18 Autonomous Planning and Replanning for Mine-Sweeping Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
18 In-Situ Pointing Correction and Rover Microlocalization
19 Dayside Ionospheric Superfountain
19 Hybrid-PIC Computer Simulation of the Plasma and Erosion Processes in Hall Thrusters
19 BioNet Digital Communications Framework
20 Operation Program for the Spatially Phase-Shifted Digital Speckle Pattern Interferometer — SPS-DSPI
INFORMATION SCIENCES20 Intelligent Patching of Conceptual Geometry for CFD Analysis
21 Autonomous Exploration for Gathering Increased Science
22 Space Images for NASA/JPL
23 Real-Time Feature Tracking Using Homography
23 Stereo Imaging Tactical Helper
24 XMbodyinfo
24 Sparse Superpixel Unmixing for Hyperspectral Image Analysis
25 NAIF Toolkit — Extended
26 Systems Maintenance Automated Repair Tasks (SMART)
26 Centralized Alert-Processing and Asset Planning for Sensorwebs
27 Support for Systematic Code Reviews With the SCRUB Tool
28 Planning and Execution for an Autonomous Aerobot
29 Real-Time Exponential Curve Fits Using Discrete Calculus
30 Optimal Codes for the Burst Erasure Channel
30 Short-Block Protograph-Based LDPC Codes
31 Situational Lightning Climatologies
32 GOATS — Orbitology Component

