Three optical, noncontact, automated experimental techniques for determining the topography of object surfaces were assessed. The main objective was to test the limitations of three experimental techniques: projection moire, stereo imaging, and phase-measuring profilometry. Phase-measuring profilometry is the most promising of the three techniques for mapping rock fracture surfaces automatically, accurately, quickly, and with high resolution. The experimental set-ups used to assess these different techniques are similar, and they require essentially the same equipment. It is relatively easy and inexpensive to go from one experimental set-up to another. Also, the experience gained in implementing one experimental technique is often applicable in another, although the basic principles of each experimental technique are sometimes very dissimilar.

The overall purpose of the proposed research program is to explore the potential application of a new invention involving a multistage column equipped with vortex-inducing loop-flow contactors hereafter referred to as (bold the multistage column) for fine coal cleaning process. The research work will identify the design parameters and their effects on the performance of the separation process. The results of this study will provide an engineering basis for further development of this technology in coal cleaning and in the general areas of fluid/particle separation. In the last quarter, the (bold bubble size) measurements were carried out in the conventional column. Also, correlations were developed for results on (bold gas holdup, bubble size and specific interfacial area). In this quarter, we investigated the mixing and loop flow (circulation) behaviors around the contactor.

Monthly report providing tabular statistical information about motor vehicle accidents in rural areas of Texas during 1995, with data broken out by various criteria including number of persons, locations, types of accidents, time of day, and other factors.

Monthly report providing tabular statistical information about motor vehicle accidents in Texas during 1995, with data broken out by various criteria including number of persons, locations, types of accidents, time of day, and other factors.