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A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STOICHIOMETRIC DIESEL ENGINE IS PROPOSED USING THE THERMAL IGNITION COMBUSTION CHAMBER. THE ADIABATIC DIESEL ENGINE WITHOUT WATER OR AIR COOLING ALLOWS THE THERMAL IGNITION CHAMBER TO STORE HEAT DURING COMBUSTION AND RELEASE THE ENERGY FOR IGNITION IN THE FOLLOWING CYCLE. INJECTION OF FUEL ON TO 1800-2000 DEG. F WALL TEMPERATURE WILL PREPARE THE FUEL FOR ...

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CERAMATEC HAS CONDUCTED EXPLORATORY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ON MONOLITHIC AND COMPOSITE MATERIALS IN THE ZRB2 AND TIB2 SYSTEMS AND HAS OBTAINED VERY ENCOURAGING RESULTS WITH SEVERAL PROPRIETARY COMPOSITIONS/CONSTRUCTIONS. THE AVERAGE STRENGTH OF A BASELINE TIB2 COMPOSITION WAS MEASURED AT 877 MPA (127.3 KSI). COMPOSITE STRUCTURESWITH DISCONTINUOUS REINFORCEMENT HAD STRENGTHS IN THE RANGE 400-600 ...

THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE SUCCESSFUL FABRICATION AND DENSIFICATION OF CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES FORMED BY INJECTION MOLDING. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS OBJECTIVE, A DESIGNED TEST MATRIX WILL BE DEVELOPED THAT WILL SYSTEMATICALLY INVESTIGATE THE KEY INJECTION MOLDING AND DEBINDING PARAMETERS SUCH AS BINDER COMPOSITION, SOLIDS RATIO, MOLDING CONDITIONS, DEBINDING CONDITIONS ...

TITANIUM MACHINING HAS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY DURING THE PAST 25 YEARS BUT DESPITE INTENSE INTEREST IN FINDING IMPROVED TOOL MATERIALS,WC-6 WT. % CO IS STILL USED AT CUTTING SPEEDS LESS THAN 75 M/MIN. RECENT WORK AT CERAMATEC SHOWED THAT NOVEL CERAMIC CUTTING TOOLS COULD BE USED TO MACHINE TITANIUM ALLOYS WITH 30-75% LESS FLANK WEAR THAN CONVENTIONAL CEMENTED CARBIDES AT SPEEDS OF 100-175 M/MIN. ...

THE IMPROVEMENT OF SINGLE CRYSTAL DIAMOND TOOLS VIA THE INVESTIGATION OF DESIGN ALTERNATIVES TO EXISTING EDGE TECHNOLOGIES EQUIPMENT TO IMPROVE ROUNDNESS OF TOOL NOSE RADIUS AND DETERMINATION OF OPTIMUM DIAMOND CRYSTAL ORIENTATION, EDGE PREPARATION AND TITANIUM NITRIDE COATINGS TO IMPROVE TOOL EDGE DURABILITY WHEN MACHINING HIGH PHOSPHOROUS ELECTROLESS NICKEL MATERIALS.

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WE WILL INSTALL LOGIC PROGRAMMING ASSOCIATES PROLOG ON A MACINTOSH II. WITHIN THIS SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT, WE WILL CREATE A PROLOG PORT OF LINGER (A LANGUAGE INDEPENDENT GRAMMAR ERROR REPORTER), A EUROPEAN KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM SHELL FOR LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION. THE SPECIFIC GOAL WILL BE TO DEVELOP A SYSTEM USABLE FOR INSTRUCTION IN SPANISH GRAMMAR. THIS IMPLIES WE WILL NEED TO CREATE A SPANISH INSTRU ...

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THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED WORK (PHASE I AND II) IS TO DEVELOP A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR MODELING COMPLEX THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOWS ENCOUNTERED IN NAVAL APPLICATIONS. THE SOFTWARE WILL BE BUILT ON CREARE'S FLUID FLOW MODELING CODE FLUENT/BFC. IN PHASE I, WE WILL DEVELOP THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE ENHANCEMENTS TO BE ADDED TO THE PROPOSED CODE. TO DEMONSTRATE THE CURRENT CAPABILITIES OF FLUENT/BFC,WE ...