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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 ...

AN INTEGRATED SOFTWARE PACKAGE WILL BE DEVELOPED TO PREDICT THE ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF POLYMERS USED AS MATRIX RESINS IN AEROSPACE COMPOSITES. THE SOFTWARE IS BUILT UPON A NONLINEAR VISCOELASTIC CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION THAT ACKNOWLEDGES THE FUNDAMENTAL DEFORMATION PROCESSES. THE CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION PREDICTS THE COMPLETE STRESS-STRAIN BEHAVIOR INCLUDING YIELD FOR GLASSY POLYMERS IN ARBITRARY TIM ...

A CONSTITUTIVE MODEL FOR PREDICTING THE EFFECTS OF THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF ENGINEERING POLYMERS WILL BE DEVELOPED. THE CONSTITUTIVE MODEL, WHICH HAS NO ADJUSTABLE CONSTANTS, WILL PREDICT (1) THE NON-NEWTONIAN FLOW OF POLYMER FLUIDS; (2) THE SOLIDIFICATION PROCESS DURING COOLING FROM THE FLUID INTO THE GLASS; AND (3) THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRESS-STRAIN BEHAVIOR, IN ...

AN ADVANCED TURBINE ENGINE FAN BLADE CONTAINMENT SYSTEM USING CERAMIC TILES ON A POLYMER FIBER BACKING RING IS PRO- POSED. THE PROPOSED CERAMIC/POLYMER-FIBER SYSTEM HAS PROVEN MORE WEIGHT EFFECTIVE THAN MONOLITHIC METALLIC OR POLYMER MATERIALS FOR STOPPING PENETRATION OF BALLISTIC MUNITIONS PROJECTILES. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THIS TECHNOLOGY, ORIGINAL-LY DEVELOPED FOR AIRCRAFT ARMOR SYSTEMS, WILL DEC ...

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ADVERSE DRUG INTERACTIONS AND TOXICITIES ARE COMMON IN ELDERLY PATIENTS. SMARTCHART IS A PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS NURSES AND PHYSICIANS TO ENTER REAL-TIME CLINICAL DATA INTO PC'S FROM THE BEDSIDE. THE PAPER CHART IS GENERATED THROUGHA MICROCOMPUTER RATHER THAN BY PEN OR DICTATION. DURING PHASE I, SMARTCHART WILL BE MODIFIED SO THAT THE THERAPY ENTRIES OF ALL PATIENTS REFER TO A CENTRAL LIST THATWILL AU ...

THIS PROJECT WILL CREATE A COMPUTER-ASSISTED AID TO OPHTHALMIC DIAGNOSIS. THIS PRODUCT WILL BE AN OPTICAL STORAGE MEDIUM THAT CONTAINS BOTH AN EXPERT SYSTEM FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF FUNDUS DISEASE AND COLOR FUNDUS PHOTOGRAPHS OF EACH DISEASE ENTITY THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE OPERATOR IN CONFIRMATION OF THE DIAGNOSIS. THE AVAILABILITY OF MASS STORAGE MEDIA FOR MICROCOMPUTERS PLUS BAHILL INTELLIGENT ...

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW COST, 3-AXIS, NUMERICALLY-CONTROLLED, OPTICAL GENERATOR SUITABLE FOR USE IN GRINDING GLASS OR CERAMIC PARTS, AS WELL AS FOR MACHING METALS TO OPTICAL TOLERANCES IS DESCRIBED. THIS INNOVATIVE DESIGN USES ROTARY BEARINGS ON ALL THREE AXES BECAUSE OF THEHIGH ACCURACY AND LOW COST PROVIDED. THE NC MACHINE WILL HAVE THE CAPACITY TO GENERATE EITHER ROTATIONALLY SYMMETRIC OR ASYM ...