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High temperature self-lubricating coatings for air lubricated foil bearings for the automotive gas turbine engine

coating combinations were developed for compliant surface bearings and journals to be used in an automotive gas turbine engine. The coatings were able to withstand the sliding start/stops during rotor liftoff and touchdown and occasional short time, high speed rubs under representative loading of the engine. Some dozen coating variations of CdO-graphite, Cr2O3 (by sputtering) and CaF2 (plasma sprayed) were identified. The coatings were optimized and they were examined for stoichiometry, metallurgical condition, and adhesion. Sputtered Cr2O3 was most adherent when optimum parameters were used and it was applied on an annealed (soft) substrate. Metallic binders and interlayers were used to improve the ductility and the adherence.

Bhushan, B.↗

Control-System Design Program

Control-theory design package, Optimal Regulator Algorithms for Control of Linear Systems (ORACLS), developed to aid in design of controllers and optimal filters for systems modeled by linear, time-invariant differential and difference equations. Optimal linear quadratic regulator theory, Linear-Quadratic-Gaussian (LQG) problem, most widely accepted method of determining optimal control policy. Provides for solution to time-in-variant continuous or discrete LQG problems. Attractive to control-system designer providing rigorous tool for dealing with multi-input and multi-output dynamic systems in continuous and discrete form. CDO version written in FORTRAN IV. VAX version written in FORTRAN 77.

Frisch, Harold P.↗

Hurricane Erin September 10, 2001: Comparison of TRMM, AMSU-A and QUIKSCAT Data with an Extensive Aircraft Data Set, and Some Preliminary Results

A main purpose of this study is to compare satellite products from TRMM, AMSU-A and QuikSCAT with a unique, extensive aircraft data set in Category 3 Hurricane Erin on September 10,2001, and to draw some preliminary conclusions from the data. For the first time, dropwinsondes were obtained by the NASA ER-2 aircraft. There were 8 soundings in the eye, core and surroundings radially out to the edge of the Central Dense Overcast (CDO). Additionally, 11 dropwinsondes from the DC-8 aircraft at about 12 km documented the storm outskirts and environment. TRMM made a direct overpass of the eye as did both NOAA-15 and NOM-16 with AMSU on board. Among the most interesting results: Contours of the tropopause height (a first). As expected from earlier fragmentary results, the tropopause was approximately 1 km higher in the core than in the environment. The highest tropopause was about 2 km above the tallest towers in the eyewall, south-southeast of the eye center, suggesting that earlier convective towers had been higher than those measured by EDOP and TRMM during the flights. Surprisingly, the heaviest precipitation was on the opposite side of the eyewall from the tallest convective towers. The warm core was elongated in the vertical, and poorly retrieved from the AMSU-A data by the NESDIS profile retrieval algorithm. The eye of Erin was "dirty". A CCN/CN counter flown on the NOAA P3 at 14.3 km showed a concentration of 1500 aerosol particles per cubic centimeter. This is an order of magnitude higher than a sample in the hurricane environment. TRMM data are used to hypothesize an explanation.

Simpson, J.↗

Carbon Dioxide Gas Sensors and Method of Manufacturing and Using Same

A gas sensor comprises a substrate layer; a pair of interdigitated metal electrodes, said electrodes include upper surfaces, the electrodes selected from the group consisting of Pt, Pd, Au, Ir, Ag, Ru, Rh, In, Os, and their alloys. A first layer of solid electrolyte staying in between electrode fingers and partially on said upper surfaces of said electrodes, said first layer selected from NASICON, LISICON, KSICON and.beta.''-Alumina. A second layer of metal carbonate(s) as an auxiliary electrolyte engaging said upper surfaces of the electrodes and the first solid electrolyte. The metal carbonates selected from the group consisting of the following ions Na.sup.+, K.sup.+, Li.sup.+, Ag.sup.+, H.sup.+, Pb.sup.2+, Sr.sup.2+, Ba.sup.2+, and any combination thereof. An extra layer of metal oxide selected from the group consisting of SnO.sub.2, In.sub.2O.sub.3, TiO.sub.2, WO.sub.3, ZnO, Fe.sub.2O.sub.3, ITO, CdO, U.sub.3O.sub.8, Ta.sub.2O.sub.5, BaO, MoO.sub.2, MoO.sub.3, V.sub.2O.sub.5, Nb.sub.2O.sub.5, CuO, Cr.sub.2O.sub.3, La.sub.2O.sub.3, RuO.sub.3, RuO.sub.2, ReO.sub.2, ReO.sub.3, Ag.sub.2O, CoO, Cu.sub.2O, SnO, NiO, Pr.sub.2O.sub.3, BaO, PdO.sub.2, HfO.sub.3, HfO.sub.3 or other metal oxide and their mixtures residing above and in engagement with the second electrolyte to improve sensor performance and/or to reduce sensor heating power consumption.

Hunter, Gary W.↗