NASA Tech Briefs’ Information Sciences Web page spotlights new computer software architectures, algorithms, mathematical models, and simulation and analysis tools, as published in NASA Tech Briefs magazine. Many of the Tech Briefs below are correlated to a Technical Support Package (TSP) or White Paper that can be downloaded free of charge.
Model-Based Fault Diagnosis: Performing Root Cause and Impact Analyses in Real Time
The methodology and its required interfaces have been
implemented to become a commercial product for integrated
systems health management.
Generic, object-oriented fault models,
built according to causal-directed graph
theory, have been integrated into an overall
software architecture dedicated to monitoring
and predicting the health of mission-
critical systems. ...
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Real-Time Flight Envelope Monitoring System
The system uses a combination of three
separate detection algorithms to provide a
warning at a preset number of degrees prior
to stall.
The objective of this effort was to show that real-time aircraft
control-surface hinge-moment information could be
used to provide a robust and reliable prediction of ...
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Interactive Schematic Integration Within the Propellant System Modeling Environment
Commercial areas of interest include automotive engine components, petroleum refineries and
offshore rigs, and industrial machinery builders.
Task requirements for rocket propulsion
test preparations of the test stand
facilities drive the need to model the test
facility propellant systems prior to constructing
physical modifications. The
Propellant System Modeling ...
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Magnetic and Electric Field Polarizations of Oblique Magnetospheric Chorus Waves
A theory was developed to explain the
properties of the chorus magnetic and
electric field components in the case of an
arbitrary propagation angle. The new theory
shows that a whistler wave has circularly
polarized magnetic fields for oblique
propagation. This theoretical result is verified
by GEOTAIL observations. The wave
...
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Variable Sampling Mapping
The performance of an optical system
(for example, a telescope) is limited by
the misalignments and manufacturing
imperfections of the optical elements in
the system. The impact of these misalignments
and imperfections can be quantified
by the phase variations imparted on
light traveling through the system. Phase
retrieval is a ...
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