Exhausting work

Article Abstract:

Millbrook is the world's first automotive test laboratory to obtain test equipment for analyzing vehicle exhausts. The Electrical Low Pressure Impactor (ELPI) can be used to conduct real-time analysis of the mass and size distribution of vehicle exhaust particulates in one test. The ELPI will be employed in conjunction with Millbrook's Variable Temperature Emissions Chamber to test the possibility of environment-friendly fuels and exhaust treatment technologies for London Transport Buses.

Testing, Air pollution, Automotive exhaust systems

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On the safe side

Article Abstract:

Automobile manufacturers are designing cars which also protect occupants from side impact crashes. Side impact protection is more difficult to achieve because the doors are only six in. thick compared to several feet of structure for the front and rear. Morton International in cooperation with Ford Motor Co. has developed an exclusive bag-in-a-bag technology which offers protection for both head and torso employing a single, fluid-powered inflator source.

Safety and security measures, Air bag restraint systems, Airbag restraint systems

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Making it tough

Article Abstract:

Advanced Ceramics Research (ACR) in Tucson, AZ, claims to have developed ceramic fiber-reinforced ceramic matrix composites which are structurally strong and which can be manufactured using existing processing equipment. These ceramic materials have high strength, toughness and non-brittle characteristics. In early 1996, ACR was given a US government contract that would greatly improve the company's technical capability to commercialize its products.

Fiber reinforced composites, Fiber-reinforced ceramics, Ceramic composites, Advanced Ceramics Corp.

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