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Low-temperature embrittlement of Ti-6Al-4V and Inconel-718 by high pressure hydrogen
Notched specimens of titanium alloy and Inconel-718 exhibit little reduction of notch strength at certain low temperatures under 2000 lb/sq in. hydrogen, unnotched specimens are not embrittled at these temperatures. The degree of Inconel-718 embrittlement is lower than earlier observations under 1000 lb/sq in. hydrogen
Line cutter Patent
Piston in bore cutter for severing parachute control lines and sealing cable hole to prevent water leakage into loa
Improved control system power unit for large parachutes
Improved control system power unit drives the control surfaces of very large controllable parachutes. The design features subassemblies for determining control surface position and cable loading, and protection of the load sensor against the possibility of damage during manipulation
Winch having cable position and load indicators Patent
Design and characteristics of device for showing amount of cable payed out from winch and load impose
Influence of gaseous hydrogen on metals
Tensile, fracture toughness, threshold stress intensity for sustained-load crack growth, and cyclic and sustained load crack growth rate measurements were performed on a number of alloys in high-pressure hydrogen and helium environments. The results of tensile tests performed in 34.5 MN/m2 (5000 psi) hydrogen indicated that Inconel 625 was considerable embrittled at ambient temperature but was not embrittled at 144 K (-200 F). The tensile properties of AISI 321 stainless steel were slightly reduced at ambient temperature and 144 K (-200 F). The tensile properties of Ti-5Al-2.5 Sn ELI were essentially unaffected by hydrogen at 144 K (-200 F). OFHC copper was not embrittled by hydrogen at ambient temperature or at 144 K (-200 F)
Discrete local altitude sensing device Patent
Device for use in descending spacecraft as altitude sensor for actuating deceleration retrorocket
Influence of gaseous hydrogen on metals Interim report
Gaseous hydrogen embrittlement in Inconel 718, Inconel 625, AISI 321 stainless steel, Ti-5Al-25Sn ELI, and OFHC coppe
Water exchange at a hydrated platinum electrode is rare and collective
We use molecular dynamics simulations to study the exchange kinetics of water
molecules at a model metal electrode surface -- exchange between water
molecules in the bulk liquid and water molecules bound to the metal. This
process is a rare event, with a mean residence time of a bound water of about
40 ns for the model we consider. With analysis borrowed from the techniques of
rare-event sampling, we show how this exchange or desorption is controlled by
(1) reorganization of the hydrogen bond network within the adlayer of bound
water molecules, and by (2) interfacial density fluctuations of the bulk liquid
adjacent to the adlayer. We define collective coordinates that describe the
desorption mechanism. Spatial and temporal correlations associated with a
single event extend over nanometers and tens of picoseconds.Comment: 10 pages, 9 figure
Effects of high pressure hydrogen on metals
Hydrogen environment embrittlement causes failure of hydrogen storage vessels at and below design pressures of 5000 to 6000 psi. Investigation of thirty-five alloys determines their susceptibility to such embrittlement
First Results from a 1.3 cm EVLA Survey of Massive Protostellar Objects: G35.03+0.35
We have performed a 1.3 centimeter survey of 24 massive young stellar objects
(MYSOs) using the Expanded Very Large Array (EVLA). The sources in the sample
exhibit a broad range of massive star formation signposts including Infrared
Dark Clouds (IRDCs), UCHII regions, and extended 4.5 micron emission in the
form of Extended Green Objects (EGOs). In this work, we present results for
G35.03+0.35 which exhibits all of these phenomena. We simultaneously image the
1.3 cm ammonia (1,1) through (6,6) inversion lines, four methanol transitions,
two H recombination lines, plus continuum at 0.05 pc resolution. We find three
areas of thermal ammonia emission, two within the EGO (designated the NE and SW
cores) and one toward an adjacent IRDC. The NE core contains an UCHII region
(CM1) and a candidate HCHII region (CM2). A region of non-thermal, likely
masing ammonia (3,3) and (6,6) emission is coincident with an arc of 44 GHz
methanol masers. We also detect two new 25 GHz Class I methanol masers. A
complementary Submillimeter Array 1.3 mm continuum image shows that the
distribution of dust emission is similar to the lower-lying ammonia lines, all
peaking to the NW of CM2, indicating the likely presence of an additional MYSO
in this protocluster. By modeling the ammonia and 1.3 mm continuum data, we
obtain gas temperatures of 20-220 K and masses of 20-130 solar. The diversity
of continuum emission properties and gas temperatures suggest that objects in a
range of evolutionary states exist concurrently in this protocluster.Comment: To appear in Astrophysical Journal Letters Special Issue on the EVLA.
16 pages, 3 figures. Includes the complete version of Figure 3, which was
unable to fit into the journal article due to the number of panel
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