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NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS PROVIDE SUPERIOR MECHANICAL PROPERTIES COUPLED WITH IMPROVED WEAR AND CORROSION RESISTANCE. RESEARCHERS ARE DEMONSTRATING THE ABILITY TO DEVELOP A NUMBER OF NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS USING PULSED REACTIVE ELECTRODES (PRE-EITHERIN THE FORM OF A ROD OR WIRE OR, IN SOME CASES, BRAIDED WIRES) SUBMERGED IN A REACTIVE OR NONREACTIVE DIELECTRIC FLUID. CONTROL OVER THE PROCESSING ...

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RESEARCHERS ARE DEVELOPING AND DEMONSTRATING ADAPTABLE VIBRATION ANALYSIS SENSORS WHICH USE SPECIALIZED WEIGHTED-SENSITIVITY OPTICAL FIBER WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURES. SEVERAL METHODS TO CREATE THE NECESSARY SENSITIVITY VARIATIONS ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE WAVEGUIDE ARE SUGGESTED. EXTENSIONS OF THIS WORK TO FURTHER PERMIT THE REAL-TIME MODIFICATION OF SUCH SPATIAL FIBER SENSITIVITY PROFILES, AND HENCE THE ...

THIS PROPOSAL IS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW GENERATION OF AGC-TYPE POWER SYSTEM MODELS/SIMULATORS. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL REQUIRE RECONSIDERATION OF MODEL COMPONENTS IN THE LIGHT OF TIME-SCALE SEPARATION METHODOLOGY, DEVELOPMENT OF APPROPRIATE TRANSMISSION PLANT THERMAL MODELS AND OF BUS VOLTAGE CONTROL DEVICE MODELS, AND DEVELOPMENTS IN NETWORK PROCESSING TECHNIQUES. THE RESULT WILL BE A PC-BASED AGC ...

THE ADVANTAGES OF THERMOPLASTIC MATRIX COMPOSITES FOR MANUFACTURING LOW-COST CMPONENTS HAVE YET TO BE REALIZED. AN IMPORTANT FACTOR LIMITING THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITES IS THE LACK OF LOW-COST METHOD FOR PRODUCING HIGH-QUALITY PREPREGS AND PREFORMS. A METHOD OF PRODUCING THESE MATERIALS THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH COMMONLY USED COMPOSITE FABRICATION TECHNIQUES SUCH AS FILAMENT WINDING, PULTRUSION, AND PR ...