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INNOVATIVE RESEARCH IS NEEDED TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF DESIGNING FOR PRODUCIBILITY. KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS NOW OFFER CONSIDERABLE PROMISE IN THIS FIELD. IF THE GROUND DATA FOR THE INFERENCES OF SUCH A SYSTEM CAN BE CAPTURED DIRECTLY FROM A DESIGN DRAWING THEN ANALYSIS CAN BE CONDUCTED WITH THE AID OF AN EXPERT SYSTEM AND RESULTS MADE AVAILABLE AT A CAD WORKSTATION TO PROMPT IMMEDIATE REVISION IF ...

THERE ARE NUMEROUS INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES REQUIRING THAT MATERIAL BE HEATED AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY COOLED. IF MOST OF THIS HEAT IS RECOVERED AND RECYCLED TO THE OVEN, THE NET POWER INPUT TO THE OVEN COULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED. THE KEY TO ACCOMPLISHING THIS IS AN INCREASE OF THE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT BETWEEN GAS AND MATERIAL SO THAT THE HEAT EXCHANGERS ARE RESASONABLY COMPACT. SIMPLE EXPERIMEN ...

IN ORDER TO SUCCESSFULLY ESTABLISH A REQUIREMENTS LIFE CYCLE WITH A DISTINCT SET OF ARCHITECTED PRODUCTS, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT A FOUNDATION FOR TOOLS EXIST. WE PROPOSE TO RESEARCH AND CREATE A HIGH LEVEL DESIGN FOR A COMPREHENSIVE INTEGRATION PLATFORM FOR REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTS (REES). IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE RIGHT LEVEL OF SUPPORT FOR THE MANY STAKEHOLDERS WHO SHOULD USE THIS ENVIR ...

CERAMICS ARE BEING WIDELY CONSIDERED FOR REPLACEMENT OF METALS AND POLYMERS IN MANY ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS. THEIR CORROSION RESISTANCE, SMALL COEFFICIENTS OF THERMAL EXPANSION, LIGHT WEIGHT, LOW COST, EXCELLENT MECHANICAL PROPERTIES UNDER HEAVY STRESS, OUTSTANDING ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES, AND EXCEPTIONAL RESISTANCE TO HIGH TEMPERATURE, MAKE THEM VERY ATTRACTIVE IN STRUCTURAL, MICROELEC ...

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BECAUSE OF ITS WEIGHT REDUCTION POTENTIAL, IT WOULD BE ADVANTAGES TO USE BIMETALLIC STEEL RING/TITANIUM WEB GEARS IN POWER TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLIES. ALTHOUGH SEVERAL TECHNOLOGIES EXIST FOR JOINING TITANIUM TO STEEL, FACTORS SUCH AS COST, SIZE-FLEXIBILITY, RELIABILITY, POSTFABRICATION PROCESSING, JOINT EFFICIENCY, AND EXTREME TEMPERATURE OPERATION RAPIDLY REDUCE THE NUMBER OF REALISTIC JOINING PROCE ...

AN ALL PLASTIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY SYSTEM ESPECIALLY APPROPRIATE FOR NIGHT OR LOW LIGHT LEVEL ILLUMINATION USE WILL BE DEVELOPED. A KEY ELEMENT IN THE RESEARCH WILL BE THE SUBSTITUTION OF DICHRONIC LIQUID CRYSTALS FOR THE COMMONLY USED TWISTED NEMATIC (TN) LIQUID CRYSTALS. THE USE OF A DICHROIC DISPLAY PERMITS THE ELIMINATION OF THE LINEAR POLARIZERS ON BOTH THE FRONT AND REAR SURFACES OF THE C ...

WE PROPOSE TO USE PLASMA POLYMERIZATION METHODS TO DEPOSIT HYDROPHOBIC FLUOROCARBON FILMS ON FACE SHIELDS TO PREVENT ICE AND FOG BUILD-UP. THESE WILL BE VERY LOW SURFACE ENERGY COATINGS, STRONGLY ADHERENT TO THE PLASTIC SHIELD. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL EVALUATE A NUMBER OF FLUOROCARBON FILMS IN TERMS OF ADHERENCE, TRANSPARENCY, AND SURFACE ENERGY. OVERALL, THE USE OF SUCH FILMS REPRESENT AN IDEA ...