Ceramic Technology Project (open access)

Ceramic Technology Project

The Ceramic Technology Project was developed by the USDOE Office of Transportation Systems (OTS) in Conservation and Renewable Energy. This project, part of the OTS's Materials Development Program, was developed to meet the ceramic technology requirements of the OTS's automotive technology programs. Significant accomplishments in fabricating ceramic components for the USDOE and NASA advanced heat engine programs have provided evidence that the operation of ceramic parts in high-temperature engine environments is feasible. These programs have also demonstrated that additional research is needed in materials and processing development, design methodology, and data base and life prediction before industry will have a sufficient technology base from which to produce reliable cost-effective ceramic engine components commercially. A five-year project plan was developed with extensive input from private industry. In July 1990 the original plan was updated through the estimated completion of development in 1993. The objective is to develop the industrial technology base required for reliable ceramics for application in advanced automotive heat engines. The project approach includes determining the mechanisms controlling reliability, improving processes for fabricating existing ceramics, developing new materials with increased reliability, and testing these materials in simulated engine environments to confirm reliability. Although this is a generic materials project, …
Date: March 1, 1992
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ceramic Technology Project. Semiannual progress report, April 1991--September 1991 (open access)

Ceramic Technology Project. Semiannual progress report, April 1991--September 1991

The Ceramic Technology Project was developed by the USDOE Office of Transportation Systems (OTS) in Conservation and Renewable Energy. This project, part of the OTS`s Materials Development Program, was developed to meet the ceramic technology requirements of the OTS`s automotive technology programs. Significant accomplishments in fabricating ceramic components for the USDOE and NASA advanced heat engine programs have provided evidence that the operation of ceramic parts in high-temperature engine environments is feasible. These programs have also demonstrated that additional research is needed in materials and processing development, design methodology, and data base and life prediction before industry will have a sufficient technology base from which to produce reliable cost-effective ceramic engine components commercially. A five-year project plan was developed with extensive input from private industry. In July 1990 the original plan was updated through the estimated completion of development in 1993. The objective is to develop the industrial technology base required for reliable ceramics for application in advanced automotive heat engines. The project approach includes determining the mechanisms controlling reliability, improving processes for fabricating existing ceramics, developing new materials with increased reliability, and testing these materials in simulated engine environments to confirm reliability. Although this is a generic materials project, …
Date: March 1, 1992
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 22, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 15, 1992 (open access)

The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 22, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 15, 1992

Semiweekly newspaper from Allen, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 15, 1992
Creator: Hutchison, Mark & Epperson, Wayne
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
FCC Record, Volume 7, No. 6, Pages 1826 to 2073, March 9 - March 20, 1992 (open access)

FCC Record, Volume 7, No. 6, Pages 1826 to 2073, March 9 - March 20, 1992

Biweekly, comprehensive compilation of decisions, reports, public notices, and other documents of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
Date: March 1992
Creator: United States. Federal Communications Commission.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library