Alumina bearing in gas-lubricated gyros

Friction and wear properties of alumina bearings for use in gas-lubricated gyroscope

A Practical Guide to Municipal Budgeting in Nebraska

The meaning of budgeting is simple and complex. It is simple because budgeting involves making decisions about revenues and expenditures. It is complex because it has many meanings for various people

Budgeting for Nebraska Local Governments

Budgeting is a complex set of activities. To those unfamiliar with its details, it is a mysterious rite conducted annually, and even those familiar with the process give a multitude of definitions. The simplest definition is that budgeting involves the acquisition and allocation of resources

Materials for Biomedical Applications

This paper discusses two ceramic material systems for selective laser sintering (SLS) that are being developed for biomedical applications for use in repair of bone defects. SLS is the preferred method of fabricating ceramic implants that exhibit well defined porous microstructures. Implants fabricated in this. manner have proven effective in-vivo showing excellent biocompatibility as well as considerable osseous integration and remodeling of the imp'ant materialMechanical Engineerin

Independent Orbiter Assessment (IOA): FMEA/CIL assessment

The McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company (MDAC) was selected to perform an Independent Orbiter Assessment (IOA) of the Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Critical Items List (CIL). Direction was given by the Orbiter and GFE Projects Office to perform the hardware analysis and assessment using the instructions and ground rules defined in NSTS 22206. The IOA analysis featured a top-down approach to determine hardware failure modes, criticality, and potential critical items. To preserve independence, the analysis was accomplished without reliance upon the results contained within the NASA and Prime Contractor FMEA/CIL documentation. The assessment process compared the independently derived failure modes and criticality assignments to the proposed NASA post 51-L FMEA/CIL documentation. When possible, assessment issues were discussed and resolved with the NASA subsystem managers. Unresolved issues were elevated to the Orbiter and GFE Projects Office manager, Configuration Control Board (CCB), or Program Requirements Control Board (PRCB) for further resolution. The most important Orbiter assessment finding was the previously unknown stuck autopilot push-button criticality 1/1 failure mode. The worst case effect could cause loss of crew/vehicle when the microwave landing system is not active. It is concluded that NASA and Prime Contractor Post 51-L FMEA/CIL documentation assessed by IOA is believed to be technically accurate and complete. All CIL issues were resolved. No FMEA issues remain that have safety implications. Consideration should be given, however, to upgrading NSTS 22206 with definitive ground rules which more clearly spell out the limits of redundancy

A multiprocessor implementation of a contextual image processing algorithm

There are no author-identified significant results in this report

Plasma Physics

Contains reports on two research projects.U. S. Atomic Energy Commission (Contract AT(30-1)-1842

Letter from Charles W. Swain to James B. Finley

Rev. Swain reports that Finley\u27s letter was read aloud by Brother Brook at the recent meeting of the Germantown M.E. Trustees. The response -- Finley\u27s financial claims against the church have not been agreed to, but the Trustees have agreed to pay him the interest he paid last year to the Preachers Aid Society, and will also send a note to Conference clearing Finley of all debt liability, provided that Finley agrees to relinquish all claims against the church. A new meeting house is almost completed. Abstract Number - 334https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/finley-letters/1534/thumbnail.jp

Letter from Charles W. Swain to James B. Finley

Rev. Swain is serving the Eaton Circuit, Lebanon District, under Presiding Elder William B. Christie. He reports that he is getting along well with Christie, as well as his colleague on the Eaton Circuit. Brother Westlake is appointed to the Oxford Circuit, along with L.W. Berry and John A. Waterman (supernumerary). Westlake\u27s colleague (presumably Berry) has just gotten married. Swain\u27s response is Veto, veto, veto. Swain supposes that Westlake is being trammeled by Brother J.W. (John Waterman), recently transferred from the Pittsburgh Conference. He believes that Waterman never intends to take the field as do the other men, and fears that he will make a claim on Conference funds. It was probably a mistake to transfer him to the Ohio Conference. Things are not going as well as Swain might wish on the Eaton Circuit, even though many new people have been received into the Society. Abstract Number - 156https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/finley-letters/1154/thumbnail.jp

Implementation of ILLIAC 4 algorithms for multispectral image interpretation

Research has focused on the design and partial implementation of a comprehensive ILLIAC software system for computer-assisted interpretation of multispectral earth resources data such as that now collected by the Earth Resources Technology Satellite. Research suggests generally that the ILLIAC 4 should be as much as two orders of magnitude more cost effective than serial processing computers for digital interpretation of ERTS imagery via multivariate statistical classification techniques. The potential of the ARPA Network as a mechanism for interfacing geographically-dispersed users to an ILLIAC 4 image processing facility is discussed