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An estimate of the amount of a material removed from the Martian fretted terrain

An estimate is made of the volume of plateau material removed from the area of Martian fretted terrain between 270 W and 360 W. Depending on the model chosen for the former extent of plateau, between 0.5 and 3.3 million cubic km have been removed. This corresponds to a global equivalent layer between 3 and 21 m or a lowland equivalent layer between 9 and 60 m of redistributed sediment. The preferred model is at the lower end of this range. The material could have been removed during a relatively short period of Martian history by aeolian abrasion following in situ weathering. The volume of material is an order of magnitude smaller than the total amount likely to be present in the northern lowlands.

Dimitriou, Andrew

Investigation of Fretting by Microscopic Observation

An experimental investigation, using microscopic observation and color motion photomicrographs of the action, was conducted to determine the cause of fretting. Glass and other noncorrosive materials, as well as metals, were used as specimens. A very simple apparatus vibrated convex surfaces in contact with stationary flat surfaces at frequencies of 120 cycles or less than l cycle per second, an amplitude of 0.0001 inch, and load of 0.2 pound.

Godfrey, Douglas

ETP-0492, Measured Residual Stresses in CYL S/N 53 Fretted Area

This test report presents the results of a residual stress survey of the inner clevis leg of lightweight cylinder SIN 053 as described by ETP-0492. The intent of this testing was to evaluate the residual stresses that occur in and around the inner clevis leg at the capture feature contact zone during a normal flight cycle. Lightweight case cylinder segment IU50717, S/N L053 from Flight STS-27 exhibited fretting around the contact zone of the inner clevis leg and the capture feature of the field joint. Post flight inspection revealed several large fitting pits on the inside of the inner clevis leg. This cylinder was assigned for both residual stress and metallurgical evaluation. This report is concerned only with the residual so= evaluations. The effects of glass bead cleaning and fi=ing were evaluated using the x-ray diffraction method.

Webster, Ronald L.

Wear Behavior of Low-Cost, Lightweight TiC/Ti-6Al-4V Composite Under Fretting: Effectiveness of Solid-Film Lubricant Counterparts

The wear behavior of low-cost, lightweight 10-wt% TiC-particulate-reinforced Ti-6Al-4V matrix composite (TiC/Ti- 6Al-4V) was examined under fretting at 296, 423, and 523 K in air. Bare 10-wt% TiC/Ti-6Al-4V hemispherical pins were used in contact with dispersed multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs), magnetron-sputtered diamondlike carbon/chromium (DLC/Cr), magnetron-sputtered graphite-like carbon/chromium (GLC/Cr), and magnetron-sputtered molybdenum disulphide/titanium (MoS2/Ti) deposited on Ti-6Al-4V, Ti-48Al-2Cr-2Nb, and nickel-based superalloy 718. When TiC/Ti-6Al-4V was brought into contact with bare Ti-6Al-4V, bare Ti-48Al-2Cr-2Nb, and bare nickel-based superalloy 718, strong adhesion, severe galling, and severe wear occurred. However, when TiC/Ti-6Al-4V was brought into contact with MWNT, DLC/Cr, GLC/Cr, and MoS2/Ti coatings, no galling occurred in the contact, and relatively minor wear was observed regardless of the coating. All the solid-film lubricants were effective from 296 to 523 K, but the effectiveness of the MWNT, DLC/Cr, GLC/Cr, and MoS2/Ti coatings decreased as temperature increased.

Miyoshi, Kazuhisa

Handheld Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET)-Aptamer Sensor for Bone Markers

Astronauts lose significant bone mass during lengthy space flights. NASA wishes to monitor this bone loss in order to develop nutritional and exercise countermeasures. Operational Technologies Corporation (OpTech) has developed a handheld device that quantifies bone loss in a spacecraft environment. The innovation works by adding fluorescent dyes and quenchers to aptamers to enable pushbutton, one-step bind-and-detect FRET assays that can be freeze-dried, rehydrated with body fluids, and used to quantify bone loss.

Bruno, John G.

Integrating Realizability Checking in FRET

Realizability (alternatively referred to as relative consistency or implementability) - checking whether a specification can be implemented by an open system - has been the subject of extensive study. Realizability can be viewed as a stronger analysis method when compared to consistency checking in that it does not only check whether the system works in some environment, but instead whether the system works in all environments. In this report, we experiment and build on the approach presented by Gacek et al. that supports checking realizability of contracts involving infinite theories using SMT solvers. In particular, we 1) extend the Formal Requirements Elicitation Tool (FRET) to support generation of Lustre contracts that can be checked for realizability with the JKind k-induction and fix point generation engines; 2) study a compositional way for checking realizability based on the notion of connected components; and 3) test our approach and the capabilities of the JKind realizability engines on a large subset of the Lockheed Martin Cyber Physical System Challenge Problems.

Kooi, David

Realizability Checking of Requirements in FRET

Requirements formalization has become increasingly popular in industrial settings as an effort to disambiguate designs and optimize development time and costs for critical system components. Formal requirements elicitation also enables the employment of analysis tools to prove important properties, such as consistency and realizability. In this report, we present the realizability analysis framework that we developed as part of the Formal Requirements Elicitation Tool (FRET). Our framework prioritizes usability, and employs state-of-the-art analysis algorithms that support infinite theories. We demonstrate the workflow for realizability checking, showcase the diagnosis process that supports visualization of conflicts between requirements and simulation of counterexamples, and discuss results from industrial-level case studies.

Formal Requirements Elicitation Tool

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