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  years to come. However, before this seamless integration can be realized in wireless and mobile environments, there are still many challenges to be resolved. The new Leitch-UW lab will address these challenges through research in areas such as advanced data compression techniques. "We are very...
• Giant fans of wind energy
  Energy (Cener) is currently building an innovative test center dedicated to developing wind energy. The publicly funded facility will have testing laboratories and an experimental wind farm. A blade-testing facility will house two rigs to conduct extreme and fatigue-load tests as well...
• The Effect of Surface Enhancement on the Corrosion Properties, Fatigue Strength, and Degradation of Aircraft Aluminum (.pdf)
  in preventing failure from corrosion pits. If the overall depth of. compression exceeds the depth of pitting, then fatigue failure from pitting can be. mitigated19. An overview of test results from studies on aluminum alloy AA7475-. T7351 are presented. The effects of SP and LPB on active corrosion...
• Rethinking engines
  oxygen-rich stem that powers the oxygen turbopump. About 8,000 gpm of liquid oxygen will flow through it on its way to the main combustion chamber. Nighttime was the right time to test-fire the IPD at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Miss. Hurricane Katrina damaged the facility, which set back...
• Air-Coupled Acoustics: Sound PAT for Tablet Characterization
  ). Fell, J.T., Newton, J.M. Determination of Tablet Strength by Diametral-Compression Test. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 59: 688-691 (1970). Indiran, P.S., Russell, I., Syce, J.A., Neau S., et al., Sustained Release Theophylline Tablets by Direct Compression Part 1: Formulation and In Vitro...
• Introduction to Ultrasonic Cleaning
  Ultrasonic energy exists in a liquid as alternate rarefac­tions and compressions of the liquid. During rarefaction, small vacuum cavities are formed which collapse, or implode, during compression. This continuing rapid process, called cavitation, is responsible for the scrubbing effect which...
• Selecting Antenna/Power Amplifier Combinations for the Coming New RF Immunity Standards
  of the RF signal. The test signal is amplitude modulated at 1 kHz to a depth of 80%. This modulation results in signal peaks that require 3.3 times more power than the un-modulated signal. Also, waveform integrity must be maintained as flattened. waveform peaks caused by amplifier compression could cast...
• MICRO: Products
  and calibration adaptor, the Model 48 ensures high repeatability when used in a test frame. The load cell is calibrated and traceable to NIST, making it suitable for most high-accuracy applications, including in metrology processes and as a reference standard for calibrating other load cells...
• Seven major concerns related to successful ultrasonic cleaning
  into a cleaning liquid by means of a series of transducers mounted onto the cleaning tank. The sound travels throughout the ultrasonic cleaner s tank creating waves of compression and expansion in the liquid. In the compression wave, the molecules of the cleaning liquid are compressed together tightly. Conversely...
• Explanation of Ultrasonics
  A high tech ultrasonic cleaner works as a result of sound waves being introduced into a cleaning liquid by means of a series of transducers mounted onto the cleaning tank. The sound travels throughout the ultrasonic cleaner's tank creating waves of compression and expansion in the liquid...

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