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ADIABATICS, INC. IS PLEASED TO PROPOSE A RESEARCH PROGRAM TO DESIGN AN OPTIMUM PISTON FOR A HIGH TEMPERATURE MILITARY ENGINE. ADIABATICS, INC. HAS BEEN CONDUCTING A PROGRAM FOR TACOM TITLED "DEVELOPMENT OF TRIBOLOGICAL SYSTEMS AND ADVANCED HIGH TEMPERATURE IN-CYLINDER COMPONENTS FOR ADVANCED HIGH TEMPERATURE DIESEL ENGINES" FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS. BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE WITH DESIGNING COMPONENTS ...

THE REFRACTIVE INDEX OF SCIENTIFIC MATERIALS IS OFTEN A VERY IMPORTANT PARAMETER. MANY CLASSICAL OR CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR MEASURING INDEX OF MATERIALS REQUIRE COMPLICATED APPARATUS AND OFTEN REQUIRE SPECIAL SAMPLE PREPARATION, SUCH AS FABRICATING PRISMS OF THE MATERIAL. THIS MAY RENDER THE MATERIAL UNSUITABLE FOR USE, AS IN THE CASE WHERE IT MUST BE IN SLICES TO BE USEFUL. THIS NEW TECHNIQUE ...

THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES THE NEED FOR EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE SUPPLY OF OXYGEN ON BOARD COMBAT AND TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT. THE PROPOSED EFFORT SPECIFICALLY INVOLVES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CLOSED LOOP BLEED AIR DRIVEN CYCLE FOR A HYBRID OXYGEN SYSTEM FOR ON-BOARD OXYGEN GENERATION AND STORAGE. A CLOSED LOOP CYCLE HAS THE ADVANTAGE OVER OPEN-LOOP CYCLES OF REDUCING OR ELIMINATING MOISTURE, CO2 AND OTHER CON ...

THE PROPOSED PROJECT ADDRESSES THE REPLACEMENT OF CFC-113 (FREON) AS A CLEANING AGENT, BOTH GENERALLY AND WITH SPECIFIC ATTENTION TO THE CLEANIUG OF METALS AND COMPOSITES. THE PHASE I WORK WILL PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE CHARACTERIZATION OF CLEANIUG REQUIREMENTS AND KNOWN METHODS. THE APPROACH IS MULTIDISCIPLINARY ENCOMPASSING UTILIZATION OF FORCES OF VARIOUS KINDS, AS WELL AS SIMPLE REPLACEMENT OF T ...

APPLICATION OF SIMULATION AND MODELLING TO THE DESIGN OF SEMICONDUCTOR FABRICATION EQUIPMENT WILL REDUCE DEVELOPMENT TIME AND COSTS AND PROMOTE INNOVATION IN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING. THIS PROJECT PROPOSES TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF AN INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT FOR VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING OF THIS EQUIPMENT. USING THIS SOFTWARE, DESIGNERS CAN PERFORM CRITICAL MODELLING AND DESIGN TRADES ...

An innovative pistonless impact mechanism for a seawater hydraulic rock drill is proposed. Compared to the current poppet-kicker port cycle, and poitentially higher impact energy. The proposed mechanism eliminates heavily loaded sliding elements, a chief problem in current mechanisms. The pistonless impact mechanism requires no protective coatings or complex, close tolerance machaning. It relies o ...

Creare is developing a novel technique for forming biaxially oriented thin and thick films of high temperature superconductor YBa(2)Cu(3)O(x) on non-lattice matched substrates. These films should display high critical current densities because they will avoid the weak link problem that occurs between misaligned grains. Presently, the only effective means of achieving biaxial alignment is to either ...

Creare is developing an innovative capillary-based evaporator component for direct cooling of advanced electronic modules and for interfacing with capillary pumped thermal management loops for spacecraft. A reentrant capillary structure design will increase by an order of magnitude the pumping capacity of the capillary surface. Compared with current porous wick evaporators, this evaporator will ha ...

Auxiliary bearings will be critical components of advanced gas turbine engines using magnetic bearings to support the engine spools. Because of the high temperature in the bearing compartments conventional oil-lubricated bearings cannot be used either as the main or auxiliary bearings. Although solid-lubricated bearings under development are capable of supporting high loads at high temperatures, ...