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Larry D Sawyer

Frank E Hudson

Robert Lynn Gerber

Robert B Williams

Albert H Lepie

Mark W Decker

Howard L Bowman

Howard Lester Sleeper

Mary Hunstad

Theresa M Atienzamoore

R Allen Boyack

William M Maraffio

Robert L Darwin

An apparatus for positioning an object in a remote location with a high degree of precision, insuring stability and repeatability for discrete sampling to be taken at intervals between each sampling on the order of years. A preferred embodiment of the present invention positions an optical probe in a propellant bore hole. The present invention measures and records the exact position of an optical probe within the bore hole, so that exact position may be repeated for future measurements to be taken over the lifetime of the system.

Slidable fixture positioner

An fire protection system for use in shipboard magazines wherein electric at detectors in a ship magazine provide temperature data to a fire panel. Upon detection of predetermined threshold temperatures, the fire panel initiates an alarm system and activates a fire sprinkler valve to apply water to fire sprinklers in the magazine. Temperature data from the heat sensors and stored weapon response data are used by a damage control system to generate graphic display data showing thermal conditions in the magazine and estimated times and temperatures at which stored munitions will undergo thermal destruction.

Electrical detector actuated magazine sprinkler (EDAMS) system

A flywheel tensile testing apparatus for viscoelastic materials is used for high-rate tensile testing to determine the mechanical properties such as the initial modulus, the stress-strain characteristics, energy at break, and void formation of energetic materials such as solid propellants and plastic bonded explosives under deformation rates in excess of 20,000 inches per minute. The tensile tester is comprised of a plurality of support trestles which are mounted on a common base. A flywheel and a light weight engagement wheel are mounted for rotation on the support trestles. A clutch and rotor assembly is located between the flywheel and the light weight engagement wheel so that when the clutch is engaged, the stored energy of the flywheel is transferred to a rotor assembly which in turn drives the light weight engagement wheel. The flywheel is driven by a variable speed motor. The activation of the clutch and rotor assembly are preferably performed in response to an electronic signal. A stretching mechanism for elongating the viscoelastic test specimen is located proximate the light weight engagement wheel and further positioned so as to tangentially align the viscoelastic test specimen with the light weight engagement wheel. The light weight engagement wheel is initially in a stationary or stopped position. When activated, the light weight engagement wheel quickly ramps up to the desired speed and engages the stretching mechanism which initiates the high rate tensile test on the viscoelastic test specimen.

High rate flywheel tensile testing apparatus for viscoelastic materials

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Larry D Sawyer