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Radial furnace shows promise for growing straight boron carbide whiskers
Radial furnace, with a long graphite vaporization tube, maintains a uniform thermal gradient, favoring the growth of straight boron carbide whiskers. This concept seems to offer potential for both the quality and yield of whiskers
Deformations and dilations of chaotic billiards, dissipation rate, and quasi-orthogonality of the boundary wavefunctions
We consider chaotic billiards in d dimensions, and study the matrix elements
M_{nm} corresponding to general deformations of the boundary. We analyze the
dependence of |M_{nm}|^2 on \omega = (E_n-E_m)/\hbar using semiclassical
considerations. This relates to an estimate of the energy dissipation rate when
the deformation is periodic at frequency \omega. We show that for dilations and
translations of the boundary, |M_{nm}|^2 vanishes like \omega^4 as \omega -> 0,
for rotations like \omega^2, whereas for generic deformations it goes to a
constant. Such special cases lead to quasi-orthogonality of the eigenstates on
the boundary.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
The synthesis of boron carbide filaments final report
Synthesis, strength, crystal structure, and composite material formation of boron carbide whisker
Transformation toughened ceramics for the heavy duty diesel engine technology program
The objective of this program is to develop an advanced high temperature oxide structural ceramic for application to the heavy duty diesel engine. The approach is to employ transformation toughening by additions of ZrO.5HfO.5O2 solid solution to the oxide ceramics, mullite (2Al2O3S2SiO2) and alumina (Al2O3). The study is planned for three phases, each 12 months in duration. This report covers Phase 1. During this period, processing techniques were developed to incorporate the ZrO.5HfO.5O2 solid solution in the matrices while retaining the necessary metastable tetragonal phase. Modulus of rupture and of elasticity, coefficient of thermal expansion, fracture toughness by indent technique and thermal diffusivity of representative specimens were measured. In Phase 2, the process will be improved to provide higher mechanical strength and to define the techniques for scale up to component size. In Phase 3, full scale component prototypes will be fabri-]cated
Investigation of the reinforcement of ductile metals with strong, high modulus discontinuous brittle fibers Quarterly report
Factors affecting reinforcement of aluminum with boron carbide whisker
Study of the growth parameters involved in synthesizing boron carbide filaments Second quarterly report
Growth parameters in synthesis of boron carbide whisker
Parametric Evolution for a Deformed Cavity
We consider a classically chaotic system that is described by a Hamiltonian
H(Q,P;x), where (Q,P) describes a particle moving inside a cavity, and x
controls a deformation of the boundary. The quantum-eigenstates of the system
are |n(x)>. We describe how the parametric kernel P(n|m) = , also
known as the local density of states, evolves as a function of x-x0. We
illuminate the non-unitary nature of this parametric evolution, the emergence
of non-perturbative features, the final non-universal saturation, and the
limitations of random-wave considerations. The parametric evolution is
demonstrated numerically for two distinct representative deformation processes.Comment: 13 pages, 8 figures, improved introduction, to be published in Phys.
Rev.
Statistical Properties of Random Banded Matrices with Strongly Fluctuating Diagonal Elements
The random banded matrices (RBM) whose diagonal elements fluctuate much
stronger than the off-diagonal ones were introduced recently by Shepelyansky as
a convenient model for coherent propagation of two interacting particles in a
random potential. We treat the problem analytically by using the mapping onto
the same supersymmetric nonlinear model that appeared earlier in
consideration of the standard RBM ensemble, but with renormalized parameters. A
Lorentzian form of the local density of states and a two-scale spatial
structure of the eigenfunctions revealed recently by Jacquod and Shepelyansky
are confirmed by direct calculation of the distribution of eigenfunction
components.Comment: 7 pages,RevTex, no figures Submitted to Phys.Rev.
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