STANFORD RESEARCH INST MENLO PARK CALIF

Electromagnetic Pulse Coupling and Propagation to Power Lines: Theory and Experiments.

FEB 1974

102 pages

Authors: W. E. Scharfman; E. F. Vance; STANFORD RESEARCH INST MENLO PARK CALIF

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Coupling of transients to aboveground transmission lines is analyzed and measured experimentally. Measurements were made using scale models approximately 1-foot high to represent power transmission lines. The coupling to the line and the propagation characteristics of the line were measured. The effects of bends and junctions on the transmitted signals were measured and analyzed. Periodically, grounded lines and multiconductor lines were also examined. The variation of the induced-voltage waveforms with ...

New Polymer-Forming Reactions for Fluorocarbons.

JUN 1973

Authors: Madeline S. Toy; Roger S. Stringham; STANFORD RESEARCH INST MENLO PARK CALIF

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The synthesis and reaction of selected perfluorocompounds containing perfluoroolefinic (-CF=CF2) and fluoroxy (- OF) functional groups adaptable to polymerization reactions are studied. The background and theoretical considerations of utilizing the addition reactions between fluoroxy and unsaturated fluorocarbon bonds as new polymer-forming reactions are dis- cussed. Facile and quantitative addition reactions between -CF=CF2 and -OF bonds are demonstrated. The predominant addition of perfluoro-tert-butoxy group of perfluoro- tert-butylhypofluorite to the terminal perfluoro-olefinic ...

U. S.-Soviet Interaction Models - Volume I.

JUN 1970

Authors: George A. Daoust Jr.; Morris O. Edwards; Harriette Hughes; Thomas L. Lalley; James D. Atkinson; STANFORD RESEARCH INST MENLO PARK CALIF

From an historical analysis of international policy interaction, this study develops methods and models designed toward more objective estimates of the U. S.-Soviet interaction process. The influence of other countries, particularly France and Communist China, is considered when appropriate. The study was approached through a four-point evaluation: (1) pre-World War II interaction patterns in the field of military postures, programs, and strategies, specifically those emphasizing multipolar relationships; (2) U. ...

SENSITIVITY FUNDAMENTALS.

15 NOV 1969

Authors: M. E. Hill; R. W. Wollfolk; D. Tegg; R. Shaw; D. S. Ross; STANFORD RESEARCH INST MENLO PARK CALIF; STANFORD RESEARCH INST MENLO PARK CALIF

The effect of confinement on the initiation of low-velocity detonation (LVD) was studied with particular emphasis on the confinement strength and charge length. Using 1,2-bis(difluoramino)-2-methylpropane (IBA) as a model compound, it was found that there was a slight increase in the apparent LVD gap sensitivity when the ratio of charge length L to the charge diameter D was increased threefold. Studies with both IBA and ethyl nitrate indicate ...

SCIENTIFIC IMPACTS OF PHENOMENA-ORIENTED RESEARCH SPONSORED BY AFOSR.

15 AUG 1969

45 pages

Authors: James E. Hacke Jr; Jr Hacke James E.; STANFORD RESEARCH INST MENLO PARK CA; STANFORD RESEARCH INST MENLO PARK CALIF

This exploratory study has the purpose of developing and demonstrating methods of evaluating the scientific impacts of pioneering phenomena-oriented research sponsored by a mission-oriented agency. Whistlers are audio-frequency radio signals resulting from the longitudinal propagation of sferics in the exosphere. Their general characteristics were fairly well understood prior to 1960; but work sponsored by AFOSR in that year contributed materially positive identification of their sources, understanding of the ...

Objective and Dynamic Analyses of Tropical Weather.

JUN 1969

Authors: Robert L. Mancuso; Roy M. Endlich; STANFORD RESEARCH INST MENLO PARK CALIF

Various approaches were tested for deriving wind information from satellite cloud photographs made by the ATS-3 satellite. Approaches tested included: estimating a wind-vector field from cloud-motion measurements; altering the kinematic properties (divergence and vorticity) to fit cloud distributions; and estimating wind speeds from satellite-derived wind direction. All these schemes gave wind fields that were in reasonable agreement with the available station winds and provided excellent background fields ...

SENSITIVITY FUNDAMENTALS.

31 MAY 1969

Authors: Marion E. Hill; Robert W. Woolfolk; Hans R. Bredfeldt; Derek Tegg; Robert Shaw; STANFORD RESEARCH INST MENLO PARK CALIF; STANFORD RESEARCH INST MENLO PARK CALIF

Studied were the following fundamental sensitivity properties of difluoramino compounds: The low-velocity detonation (LVD) wave characteristics of the liquid phase; The relation of shock sensitivity and failure diameter to the flow and the chemical reaction rate behind the shock front; The mechanism and kinetics of thermal decomposition of the compounds in the gas phase. The compounds chosen for this study are as simple as possible structurally, but at ...

Water, Sewerage, and Storm Drainage Systems Staff Vulnerability - San Jose, California.

MAY 1969

Authors: Robert L. Nevin; Ellis E. Pickering; STANFORD RESEARCH INST MENLO PARK CALIF

This report calculates the personnel casualties resulting from a hypothetical nuclear weapon attack to the management, operational, and maintenance staffs of the water supply, sewerage, and drainage systems of San Jose, California. The capabilities of the remaining staff to manage, operate and maintain the physical portion of the systems are then assessed and a determination is made of overall postattack systems limitations due to staff capabilities. This report ...

Debris Removal Civil Defense Operations San Jose - Detroit Case Study. Volume II.

MAR 1969

Authors: George E. Wickham; STANFORD RESEARCH INST MENLO PARK CALIF

As a part of the Five-City Study, this report examines the problems of debris removal to achieve specified objectives in urban areas. It details the necessary steps for determination, and provides a quantitative value of the total resources required to accomplish clearing operations. It illustrates the application of methodology developed in research report titled 'Debris Removal Civil Defense Operations: Volume 1' so as to provide realistic appraisals ...

Project SQUID: Diffusion and Heterogeneous Reaction. VII. Effect of Different Catalyst Geometries.

MAR 1965

Authors: C. M. Ablow; H. Motz; H. Wise; STANFORD RESEARCH INST MENLO PARK CALIF

Project SQUID. Diffusion and Heterogeneous Reaction. V. Transition from Surface-to-Diffusion-Controlled Process during Atom Recombination.

JUL 1963

Authors: Henry Wise; Clarence M. Ablow; Dan J. Schott; STANFORD RESEARCH INST MENLO PARK CALIF

Project SQUID: Rates of Charge Production in the Nitrogen Afterglow.

MAR 1963

Authors: C. R. Gatz; F. T. Smith; H. Wise; STANFORD RESEARCH INST MENLO PARK CALIF

Project SQUID: Energy Exchange between Gases and Solids.

FEB 1963

Authors: Henry Wise; STANFORD RESEARCH INST MENLO PARK CALIF