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TO ACHIEVE ADAPTIVE CONTROL, FAULT DIAGNOSTICS, SAMPLED DATA OF MACHINE PERFORMANCE AND TOOL WEAR, MODERN MACHINE TOOLS REQUIRE RELIABLE SENSING OF ONE OR MORE OF SIX FORCE COMPONENTS (X,Y,Z,TORQUE, A&B MOMENTS) ACTING ON THE TOOL. PRESENT FORCE SENSING METHOD EITHER HAVE INSUFFICIENT RESOLUTION TIME RESPONSE, ARE COSTLY TO INSTALL, CALIBATE AND REPLACE, LACK A RELIABLE, LOW COST AND EASY TO INSTA ...

PRESENT THRUST SENSING METHODS ON ROCKET ENGINE GROUND TEST STANDS EITHER HAVE INSUFFICIENT RESOLUTION AND TIME RESPONSE, ARE COSTLY TO INSTALL, CALIBRATE AND REPLACE OR RESULT IN \REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT ADDED STRUCTURAL COMPLAINCE. A REVOLUTIONARY METHOD OF ACCURATELY SENSING SMALL FORCES APPLIED TO RIGID MEMBERS HAS BEEN DISCOVERED BY CAMTECH. IT INVOLVES ATTACHING OR IMPLANTING A UNIT CALLED A MIH ...

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WITH OXIDES LIKE THORIA HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME. HOWEVER, OXIDES ARE NOT WET BY METALS, SO WHEN OXIDE DISPERSION HARDENED METALS ARE MELTED, THE DISPERSED OXIDE SEPARATES AS A SLAG AND THE ADVANTAGES OF DISPERSION HARDENING ARE LOST. IN THIS PROPOSAL, A NEW APPROACH TO OXIDE DISPERSION HARDENING IS SUGGESTED, THROUGH THE USE OF METALLOPHILIC COLLOIDAL OXIDE PARTICLES. SPECIFICALLY, A FUNDAM ...

THERE IS A NEED FOR HIGH SPEED EXTRACTION OF USEFUL INFORMATION FROM VARIOUS SENSORS IN TACTICAL SITUATIONS. CURRENT APPROACHES ARE SLOW, INACCURATE AND REQUIRE EXCESSIVE MEMORY FILES. THE PROPOSED PROJECT DEFINES AN INNOVATIVE SYSTEM WHICH PROVIDES IMPROVEMENTS OVER EXISTING TECHNIQUES THROUGH USE OF CONTINUAL OUTPUT, VARIABLE MESSAGELENGTH, ADAPTIVE MATCH CRITERIA TECHNIQUES. THE STUDY WILL PROV ...