NASA Tech Briefs - May 2014 - Vol. 38 No. 5

Features

• Tech Needs

  Fabrics with an Inherent Thickness

• Technologies

  Dielectric Fluid Technology Enhances Transformers

  V-Trough Solar Collector Provides Electricity, Hot Water

• Application Briefs

  Flexible Wing Flap Reduces Noise and Drag

  Control Software Navigates Lunar CubeSats

  Lunar Simulants Provide Critical Tests for Moon Missions

• Who's Who

  Michelle Munk, Principal Investigator, Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA

• Articles

  Products of Tomorrow: April 2014

  Power for Extreme Environments

Tech Briefs

• Test & Measurement

  Processing COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 Data for Slant Total Electron Content Measurements

  Durability Analysis of a Vehicle by Virtual Test Model (VTM)

  Model-Based Prognostics for Batteries

  Application of a Physics-Based Stabilization Criterion to Flight System Thermal Testing

• Physical Sciences

  Optical Phased Array with Digitally Enhanced Interferometry

  Mass Spectrometry of Spacecraft Contamination Using the Direct Analysis in Real-Time Ion Source

  Lithium-Ion Battery Technologies with High Energy Density

  Low-Cost Communications Concept for Smallsats: Opportunistic MSPA

  Spatial Standard Observer

  Use of Selective Oxidation Catalyst for Amperometric Sensing Electrode

  Simple Subset Wizard

  COEDI Instrument Design Development for the GEOCAPE Mission

  Intercalibration of Measurements from Microwave Sensors

• Manufacturing & Prototyping

  Tailored 3D Fiber Architecture to Improve CVI Processing

  3D Microwave Print Head System for Melting Materials

  Novel Chemistry for Deposition of MgF2 Thin Films

• Software

  Gridded Atmosphere Products from GPS Radio Occultation Measurements with Bayesian Interpolation Technique

  Goddard Mission Services Evolution Center Compliance Test Suite

  NASA Experiment Designer: A Tool for Running Scientific Workflows

  SensorWeb Campaign Manager API Client

  Kameleon-Plus: Data Access, Interpolation, and Fieldline Tracing Library for Space Weather Simulation Data

  Software for Lossless Data Compression

  Asynchronous Message Service (AMS) Software Libraries

  Software for Executing International Standard CCSDS 123B

  TASAR and TAP: Airborne Trajectory Management Enabled by Traffic-Aware Software

  Module::Build::Database

• Materials

  The Flexibility of ITO Films in Electronic Coating Applications

  Electride Mediated Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

  Patterned Carbon Nanotube Arrays for Displays

  Puncture Self-Healing Polymer for Aerospace Applications

• Information Sciences

  Safety Analysis of Conflict Prevention Algorithms

  CT-CURS: Unwrapping/Re-slicing Software for Cylindrical Objects Inspected Using Computed Tomography

  Trajectory Specification for High-Capacity Air Traffic Control

  Whole Symbol Moments SNR Estimator Analysis and Implementation

  Identification of Abnormal Noise Temperature Patterns in Deep Space Network Antennas Using Fuzzy Logic

  Controllable V-Notch in Spacecraft Antenna Pattern for Spacecraft Pointing and Orientation Determination

  Quick Thrust Profile Design Analysis for Verifying Spacecraft Operational Capabilities

  Numerical Evaluation of Near-Hypersingular Integrals

• Mechanics & Machinery

  Pneumatic Sample Acquisition and Transfer System

  Brine Residual in Containment

  Locking Orifice Retaining Nut

  Hybrid Mechanical Electrostatic Actuator for Deformable Mirrors

  Reconfigurable Structural Joint

• Electronics & Computers

  Battery Fault Detection with Saturating Transformers

  Digitally Controlled, 12-V Precision Current Source for Extreme-Temperature Operation

  Scandate Cathode for High-Power, Long-Life Electric Space Propulsion

  Hybrid Force/Stress Amplified Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Transducer System

  Improved Battery Health Monitoring

  Space Modem GMSK Modulator

  Barrel Distortion Correction Image Processing Algorithm for Fish-Eye Lenses

  Co-Optimized, Blunt-Body Re-entry Vehicle Design Process

Products

• Product of the Month

• Applications

  Beyond Smart Vision

• Articles

  Advances in Manufacturing Fiber Optic Gyroscopes

• Products

  Product of the Month: Non-Contact Laser Beam Monitoring System

  1-Chip CMOS HD Video Camera

  Multispectral Photodiode Array

  Configurable Fiber Laser Workstation

  20-Element Photodiode

  Off-Axis Parabolic Mirror

  Compact Recorder

  6 MP CMOS Image Sensor

  Short Pulse, UV Fiber Laser

• Briefs

  First Single-Molecule LED Developed

  Two-Dimensional Material Shows Promise for Optoelectronics

  Improving the Efficiency of Green-Blue-Ultraviolet Light-Emitting Diodes

• Applications

  LED Street Lights Reduce Energy Consumption by 72% at Power Station

  Production Company Uses LED Street Lights To Illuminate Dark Parking Lot

  Customized Goniophotometer System Tests High Intensity Obstruction Lights

• Articles

  Liquid Cooling Technology for LEDs

  Finding the Optimal Lighting Solution for Line-Scan Applications

• Products

  Wire-to-Board Connector

  Based LEDs

  Ballast Control ICs

  Chip-on-Board (COB) LEDs

  LED Drivers

  Aluminum Body LED Work Light

• Research News

  Scientists Build Thinnest-Possible LEDs To Be Stronger, More Energy Efficient

  LED Drivers Use Less Energy, Produce More Light With Gallium Nitride Transistors

  Artificial Metamaterial Could Speed Up Underwater Communications

  Novel LEDs Pave The Way To Cheaper Displays