acceleration level) are typically measured during the science missions to characterize ... acceleration measurement instrument. Measuring the acceleration ...
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Provide acceleration measurement systems that meet the requirements of the researchers on ... SAMS measures the acceleration environment in the 0.01 to ...
The Space Acceleration Measurement System II (SAMS-II) measures accelerations ... To complement the SAMS-II measurements, the Microgravity Acceleration ...
Supports PIs by mapping acceleration environment on multiple platforms: ... SAMS - II - The Acceleration Measurement System for mapping ...
Provide acceleration measurement system that measures the Quasi steady and vibratory acceleration data in the 0.00001 to 100 Hz frequency ...
series to collect data characterizing the acceleration environment on the space ... connected to a laptop computer, served as a compact acceleration ...
The characterization of the microgravity (acceleration) environment of the Russian Mir Space ... acceleration environment to support microgravity science PIs. ...
data were collected by the Space Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS) ... This report presents an overview of the SAMS acceleration measurements ...
... 87-7 (0 V-- Measurement of Gunner Head Acceleration ... 11. Instrumented Human Acceleration Measurement Axis System ..... 18 ...
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Jul 16, 1999 ... Space Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS) Operations ... Space Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS) sensor device. The SAMS ...
Jul 5, 2011 ... Microgravity Acceleration Measurement System (MAMS) studies the small forces, or vibrations and accelerations, on the International Space ...
Feb 8, 2011 ... The MAMS is a complimentary acceleration measurement system to SAMS. While the SAMS system measures acceleration disturbances from ...
A general purpose measurement system was developed in the 1980's to supply scientific investigators with data of the residual acceleration environment. ...
The results of the pulse magnetic field formation of the accelerating magnetic system for the heavy ion collective accelerator prototype are presented. Magnetic field distribution in the acceleration region is measured. The relative gradient is close to t...
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A discussion is given of the magnetometric equipment developed for measuring pulsed magnetic fields in combined accelerating system of the heavy ion collective accelerator prototype (HICA) comprising two solenoids with the decreasing field and induction a...
was contacted to supply an acceleration measurement system to characterize the vibrations ... The acceleration data is provided to the experimenters so that ...
(AMAMS). Key words: MEMS, SAMS, Microgravity, Space Acceleration ... The Advanced Microgravity Acceleration Measurement Systems (AMAMS) project is ...
SCR. Milestones. ISS Resource Requirements. Revision Date: 9/22/2008. Objective: f Provide acceleration measurement systems that meet the ...
Two accelerometers provided acceleration data during the STS-75 mission in support of the third United States Microgravity Payload (USMP-3) experiments. The Orbital Acceleration Research Experiment (OARE) and the Space Acceleration Measurement System (SAM...
An automatic frequency control system is described for maintaining the drive frequency applied to a linear accelerator to produce maximum particle output from the accelerator. The particle output amplitude is measured and the frequency of the radio frequency source powering the linear ...
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Jun 18, 1999 ... To quantify the level of these disturbances, NASA developed the Space Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS) series to collect data ...
Jul 16, 1999 ... Space Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS) Operations ... The objectives of this experiment were: (1) to measure the microgravity ...
Apr 6, 2011 ... SAMS-II measures vibrations and transient acceleration disturbances resulting from ISS vehicle activities, ISS systems operations, experiment ...
The microgravity environment of the Space Shuttle Columbia was measured during the STS-73 mission using accelerometers from five different instruments: the Orbital Acceleration Research Experiment, the Space Acceleration Measurement System, the Three-dime...
The NASA Microgravity Science and Applications Division (MSAD) sponsors the Space Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS) to support microgravity science experiments with microgravity acceleration measurements. In the past, SAMS was flown exclusively on th...
This report describes the calibration of a six-degree-of-freedom acceleration measurement system designed for use in the measurement of linear and angular head accelerations of anthropomorphic dummies during crash tests. The calibration methodology, devel...
Measurement of the gradient of the gravitational acceleration from a satellite platform is likely to
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Measurement of the microgravity acceleration environment on the International Space Station will be accomplished by two accelerometer systems. The Microgravity Acceleration Measurement System will record the quasi-steady microgravity environment, includin...
Abstract-- A system level fault injection experiment measuring changes in probability of failure and error propagation as a function of failure acceleration. It demonstrates that: (1) Probability of failure increases with failure acceleration, and (2) Error propagation decreases with failure ...
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A general overview of a new control system for SLAC klystrons is presented along with a detailed description of the remote controller for measurement and control of accelerator components.
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A system for measuring the displacement, velocity, and acceleration of hand-writing movements has been developed. Samples of handwriting processed by this system indicate that the acceleration waveforms of uninterrupted handwriting approximate multilevel ...
measurement system was developed in the 1980's to supply scientific investigators ..... history prior to initiation of a critical portion of an experiment ...
DISTURBANCE FEEDBACK TECHNIQUES FOR HYDROFOIL CRAFT USING ACCELERATION MEASUREMENTS Sergey, and the overall controller explicitly exhibits an algebraic disturbance feedback loop. A simplified hydrofoil rejection, marine systems, ship control 1. INTRODUCTION In hydrofoil control, acceleration feedback (AF
Jul 16, 1999 ... Space Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS) sensor device. The SAMS sensor consisted of three sensor heads positioned orthogonally ...
Jul 16, 1999 ... Space Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS) electronic box in the Mir Space Station. The electronic box consisted of a control panel and ...
Feb 8, 2011 ... SAMS-II measures vibrations and transient acceleration disturbances resulting from ISS vehicle activities, ISS systems operations, experiment ...
This report discusses the following topics on the laser particle accelerator: Basic laser system requirements; glancing incidence measurements; and demo experiments using IFEL mechanism.
May 31, 2011 ... On April 19, 2001, both the Microgravity Acceleration Measurement ... Both acceleration systems are also used in support of the vehicle ...
using the capacitance measurements of the test mass to find the acceleration of the spacecraft due to the ...... accelerated by high voltage. Precise changes in thrust ..... electrochemical corrosion on the tips of the emitters or ...
The Next Linear Collider Test Accelerator (NLCTA) being built at SLAC will integrate the new technologies of X-band accelerator structures and RF systems for the Next Linear Collider, demonstrate multibunch beam-loading energy compensation and suppression of higher-order deflecting modes, measure transverse ...
The QSAM (Quasi-Steady Acceleration Measurement) system is an instrument especially developed to detect selectively a spacecraft's low-frequency acceleration under microgravity free of any bias or noise. The QSAM principle is briefly addressed here along with the QSAM hardware design and data processing ...
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Current accelerator projects will involve the construction and field measurement of up to ten thousand magnets. A statistical analysis has shown that in order to optimize the performance of an accelerator it will be necessary to measure the parameters of ...
... Carbody lateral and vertical accelerations shall be measured near the car...the floor level. 3 Truck accelerations in the lateral direction shall...which is evidenced by lateral accelerations in excess of 0.4 g root...
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Oct 27, 2003 ... NASA's Glenn Research Center has developed an innovative space acceleration measurement system, the SAMS-FF for free-flyer spacecraft.
A novel fiber-optic measurement system for superconducting accelerator magnets is described. The principal component is an extrinsic Fabry-Perot Interferometer to determine localized strain and stress in coil windings. The system can be used either as a s...
There are a number of applications for accelerometers, environmental sensing devices (ESDs), that measure an instantaneous acceleration and/or an integrated acceleration in various weapons and missile systems. Optical means of making those measurements an...
We report on the development of an accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) system for the measurement of actinides at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. This AMS system is centered on a recently completed heavy isotope beam line that was designed particu...
tion measurement and recording system that can Serve a wide variety of space experiments. ... require the time history of the magni- tude and frequency ...
The Space Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS) project at the NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) has
The International Space Station is being developed by NASA and international partners as a versatile
The measurement of acceleration has been accomplished using several technologies in high-reliability
... measurement reference for the nystagmus phase data that would precisely define ... the instantaneous inertial angular acceleration of the skull as the ...
Further testing will be conducted with the chosen sensors to characterize their operational capabilities beyond the 1 to 10 Hz range. ...
This paper reviews plans for the formidable task of measuring SSC accelerator magnets. The focus is on measurements of the dipoles for the two collider rings. The magnitude of the job is summarized. The required accuracy of the measurements is discussed in terms of SSC accelerator requirements ...
The on-line control system for dosimetric monitoring of the ''F'' installation is described. The system is designed for continuous measurements of the radiation in the accelerator rooms and for automatic alarm control of the accelerator operation and beam...
We have developed a low-cost, nanosecond response diagnostic system for measuring the performance of a pulsed electron accelerator module. The system uses inexpensive sensors hardwired to electronic circuits, which are interfaced to a digital computer. Pr...
A measuring system at the table-top scale was developed for RF measurements of a muffin-tin accelerating structure operating at 32 times the SLAC frequency (2.856 GHz). Both perturbation and non-perturbation methods are employed to characterize the RF properties of a muffin-tin structure. Conventional bead pull ...
This summary report presents the results of the processed acceleration data measured aboard the Columbia orbiter during the STS-107 microgravity mission from January 16 to February 1, 2003. Two accelerometer systems were used to measure the acceleration l...
The NASA Microgravity Science and Applications Division (MSAD) sponsors science experiments on a variety of microgravity carriers, including Orbiter missions and Russia's Mir space station. The MSAD sponsors the Space Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS...
The electronics in the injector of the NIKHEF-K electron accelerator works at a voltage level of 400K volts. In order to control the pulsshape and the reliability of the pulser the measuring signal has to be brought down to ground-level. Therefore a measu...
This summary report presents the results of some of the processed acceleration data measured aboard the International Space Station during the period of August to December 2001. Two accelerometer systems were used to measure the acceleration levels for th...
The NASA Microgravity Science and Applications Division (MSAD) sponsors the Space Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS) to support microgravity science experiments with microgravity acceleration measurements. MSAD is currently sponsoring science experime...
Mar 5, 2001 ... The Space Acceleration Measurement System II (SAMS-II) will measure accelerations caused by vehicle, crew and equipment disturbances. ...
Jan 11, 2002 ... History of Shuttle-Based Measurements. In the mid-1980's. the NASA Microgravity Research Division directed the Glenn Research Center ...
... photographic system was used on the DES to measure eye displacement during a variety of acceleration environments. Eye displacements of 3.95 ...
... Title : Body Displacement Measured during Sustained +GZ, -GZ and + or -GY Acceleration Using a Stereoscopic Photographic System. ...
Descriptions are given of an automatic measuring system for the programmed acceleration frequency control in the 7-Bev proton synchrotron. (tr- auth)
... Descriptors : *ACCELEROMETERS, *LINEAR ACCELERATORS, USSR, DYNAMICS, IMPACT SHOCK, TRANSLATIONS, ACCELERATION ...
... Descriptors : *ELECTRON ACCELERATORS, *SOLIDS, DESIGN, LINEAR ACCELERATORS, MEASUREMENT, PHYSICAL PROPERTIES. ...
A single quantum system, such as the Unruh-DeWitt detector, can be used to determine absolute acceleration by local measurements on a quantum field. To show this, we consider two kinematically indistinguishable scenarios: an inertial observer, Bob, measuring the field of a uniformly accelerated ...
A strapdown inertial measuring system for measuring angular rate and linear accelerations about a spacecraft is disclosed. The system uses an annular momentum control device (AMCD) as the basic sensor. Features of the device include reliability, zero fric...
*A system for characterizing the phase shift per cell of a long X-band accelerator structure is described. The fields within the structure are perturbed by a small cylindrical metal bead pulled along the axis. A computer controls the bead position and processes the data from a network analyzer connected to the accelerator section. ...
The staff of the Combined Stress Branch has completed the integration of a system to allow quantitative measurement of perceived attitude while under sustained acceleration. Equipment involved included the computer control system of the Dynamic Environmen...
