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THE TAPS TANKERS HAE DEMONSTRATED THAT FATIGUE FRACTURE OF TANKER STRUCTURE IS A MAJOR FACTOR CONCERNING BOTH POLLUTION HAZARDS AND MAINTENANCE COSTS. SUCH COSTS AND RISKS ARE NOT ABATED BY THE DOUBLE HULL REGULATION OF OPA90. FATIGUE DAMAGE IN WELDED CONNECTIONS IS PROPORTIONAL TO CYCLIC STRESS, WHICH IN TURN IS THE PRODUCT OF THE STRESS CONCENTRATION FACTOR (SCF) AND THE GENERAL STRESS FIELD IN ...

A NEW PROCESS IS PROPOSED FOR THE APPLICATION OF POLYMERIC MATERIALS FOR AUTOMOTIVE WINDOWS. SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLYMERIC MATERIALS CAN BE RENDERED CLEAR THROUGH 3-D ORIENTATION VIA SOLID STATE PROCESSING. APPLYING THIS TECHNOLOGY TO A HYBRID POLYMER STRUCTURE CAN RESULT IN CHEMICALLY RESISTANT, MECHANICALLY STRONG, OPTICALLY CLEAR AND ECONOMICALLY VIABLE PLASTIC WINDOWS FOR GROUND TRANSPORTATION.

THE PROJECT WILL SEEK A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE FUNDAMENTAL NATURE OF SEDIMENT TRANSPORT PROBLEMS AFFECTING BRIDGE PIERS AND EMBANKEMENTS. NOVEL MEANS OF MITIGATING SCOUR RELATED PROBLEMS WILL BE DEVELOPED.

TWO YEARS AGO IT WAS EXPERIMENTALLY SHOWN THAT CHARGED WATERDROPLETS COULD KNOCK-DOWN SMOKE RAPIDLY. WE NOW PROPOSE TO TO DEVELOP A DEVICE WHICH USES A CHRGED FINELY POWERED SOLIDAEROSOL TO KNOCK-DOWN SMOKE. USING A SOLID INSTEAD OF A LIQUID AEROSOL HAS SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGES. THE SOLID PART ICLES CAN BE PRE-FORMED IN A READY-TO-USE STATE. PARTICLE SIZE CAN BE RIGOROUSLY CONTROLLED AND HAVE OPTIMU ...

A SIX MONTH PROGRAM TO DEVELOP A RUGGED NEW DEVICE FOR MONITORING THE ONSET OF ICE FORMATION ON SURFACES OF TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES, ROADS, BRIDGES AND AIRCRAFTS, WILL BE DEVELOPED AND A PROTOTYPE WILL BE LABORATORY TESTED. THE NOVEL GAGE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM IS PARTLY BASED ON THE TECHNOLOGY APPLIED TO MEASURE CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLUTIONS. BASED ON EXISTING TECHNOLOGY, AND ALREADY TESTED UNDER HIGH ...

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