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 | Researchers working at the US Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have used the world's most powerful X-ray laser to create and probe a 2-million-degree piece of matter in a controlled way for the first time. This feat takes scientists a significant step forward in understanding the most extreme matter found in the hearts of stars and giant planets, and could help experiments aimed at recreating the nuclear fusion process that powers the sun. ...> Full Article |
Regression models presented in the American Society of Civil Engineers' Journal of Infrastructure Systems by researchers at Syracuse University are expected to help utility companies predict the service life of wastewater pipeline infrastructure and take a proactive approach to pipeline replacements and maintenance.
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No less than one-third of a car's fuel consumption is spent in overcoming friction, and this friction loss has a direct impact on both fuel consumption and emissions. However, new technology can reduce friction by anything from 10 to 80 percent in various components of a car, according to a joint study by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Argonne National Laboratory in the US.
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Christopher Eamon, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, recently received a three-year, $250,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop an accurate and efficient method for calculating failure probability for computationally and probabilistically complex structural engineering problems, with the goal of achieving greater levels of consistency within a structure.
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With a random-looking spatter of paint specks, a pair of cameras, and a whole lot of computer processing, NIST engineer Mark Iadicola has been helping assure the safety of hundreds of truss bridges across the United States. Iadicola has been testing the use of a thoroughly modern version of an old technique, "photogrammetry," to watch the failure of a key bridge component in exquisite detail.
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 | Convenience foods are growing in popularity, and the food they contain is usually protected by films based on petrochemicals. Now researchers have not only developed a biomaterial from whey protein, they have also come up with a commercially viable method of producing multifunctional films on an industrial scale. ...> Full Article |
Systems used to detect aircraft and ships could soon be fitted in train stations to quickly identify objects ? or even people ? that have fallen on the tracks, preventing serious accidents and reducing delays that are frequently caused by these mishaps.
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 | Optimized operations are essential to globally competitive companies. Until now, inspectors have timed procedures, usually manually, in order to organize manual assembly operations efficiently - a method prone to error. A new system records times automatically and cuts costs for companies. ...> Full Article |
Murphy's Law is a useful scapegoat for human error: "If something can go wrong, it will." But, a new study by researchers in Canada hopes to put paid to this unscientific excuse for errors by showing that the introduction of verification and checking procedures can improve structural safety and performance and so prevent the application of the "law".
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 | Jen-Ping Chen, Ph.D., associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the Ohio State University, is leveraging powerful Ohio Supercomputer Center systems to improve the computational fluid dynamics software that engineers use to simulate and evaluate the operation of turbomachinery -- pumps, fans, compressors, turbines and other machines that transfer energy between a rotor and a fluid. Chen was the original chief architect of that computer code, appropriately named TURBO, which he developed earlier for NASA. ...> Full Article |
Engineers have discovered details about the behavior of ultrafast laser pulses that may lead to new applications in manufacturing, diagnostics and other research.
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 | Researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid are developing an infrared measuring method to analyze the thermal properties and resistance to fire of composite materials. This advance would have applications in aerospace engineering and other areas where fire safety requires that the "composite" materials withstand high temperatures. ...> Full Article |
 | Virginia Tech and Purdue researchers want to develop an all-inclusive systems method that would reliably predict the fatigue and fracture limit states of steel, the ultimate strength of the connections in the structure, the stability of the system, the overall condition, and the value of having an in-service inspection. ...> Full Article |
 | A heat engine measuring only a few micrometers works as well as its larger counterpart, although it splutters. ...> Full Article |
The University of Southampton's Optoelectronics Research Center is developing lasers, which will allow for a better understanding of the combustion process in jet engines and reduce emissions.
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