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Two major objectives of the U.S. Army is to increase power density and reduce heat rejection. Reducing airflow requirements of the deisel engine will contribute toward both of these objectives. Reducing air-fuel ratio requirements is one of the major cost effective approaches available for significantly increasing power output and reducing heat rejection in today's power output diesel engine. Po ...

The primary roadblock to the success of the high output Low Heat Rejection (LHR) diesel engine requiring little or no water cooling is the lack of effective liquid lubrication where target top ring reversal (TRR) temperatures between the cylinder liner and piston ring approach 1000 degrees F. Adiabatics, Inc. has developed a Thermo-sealed plasma sprayed Fe2O3 tribological coating which provides e ...

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52 A Simple Process to Manufacture Grain Aligned Permanent Magnets--Advanced Materials Corporation, 700 Technology Drive, P.O. Box 2950, Pittsburgh, PA 15230-2950; (412) 268-5649 Mr. Vijay K. Chandhok, Principal Investigator Dr. S.G. Sankar, Business Official DOE Grant No. DE-FG02-97ER82313 Amount: $74,840 Electromechanical devices that incorporate permanent magnets are inherently superior i ...

51 A Novel Technique for the Enhancement of Coercivity in High Energy Permanent Magnets--Advanced Materials Corporation, 700 Technology Drive, P.O. Box 2950, Pittsburgh, PA 15219-3124; (412) 268-5649 Dr. S.G. Sankar, Principal Investigator Dr. S.G. Sankar, Business Official DOE Grant No. DE-FG02-97ER82314 Amount: $73,130 Improvements in the properties of permanent magnets are important to ena ...

Bacterial plant diseases of economically important crops are difficult to control. Chemicals used to treat bacterial plant diseases cannot only alter soil flora and auna, but ar unreliable for preventive control when environmental conditions favor growth of plant pathogenic bacteria. This research is directed toward development of an effective control for bacterial plant diseases using phages wh ...

The successful development of an acoustic mouthpiece based audio in formation system for rebreathing apparatus will revolutionize military, professional, and recreational diving. The system proposed provides the diver with voice and tonal audio imformation regarding depth, bottom time, tank pressure, gas mixture data, time, temperature, and any other critical information which is available from ...

Measuring the inherent optical properties of the ocean has historically been a very difficult problem. The most widely used in-situ sensor has been the transmissometer, which measures the transmission of a light beam over a short pathlength in the water. More recently, sensors have become available that measure light absorption and optical backscattering. Absorption and beam attenuation are non ...

While circuit simulation tools have revolutionized the art of RF and microwave design, these tools are only as good as the component values they employ. The increased demand for reduced design cycles and easier to manufacture systems has generated the need for accurate and reliable tools. Current circuit simulation tools use component models that do not always account for parasitic coupling, non ...

The process of electro-explosion of metal wires, first practiced by Faraday was first developed by G. Ivanov of Russia in 1975 for the production of nanometer metal powder. Extensive R, D and E plus production was done on aluminum(Alex) and copper. Kg. quantities have been made of Sn, Zn, Fe, Ni, Ta, Mo, W, Ti, Zr, and Fe. The process can use any metal so long as it is available in wire of ...