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Thermal Management of Laser Diodes
High-power laser diodes can generate a great deal of heat. Even for laser diodes operating with 70% or higher efficiency, a large amount of applied energy is converted to heat. Since the performance and...
Articles Test & Measurement
Analyzing Radar Signals with Demodulation
In the electronic warfare milieu, one of the most common RF applications is that of radar systems. Radar, which uses RF energy to determine the range, angle, and/or velocity of objects, detects...
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Combining Software and Hardware for Highly Specialized Multichannel Spectrum Monitoring
Systems specifically designed for spectrum monitoring applications typically acquire RF signals from a reference antenna or downlink, analyze the shape (or...
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Avionics Upgrades
ARC® Avionics Corporation (ARC) Kirkland, WA 425-576-5030www.arcavionics.com/ ARC® Avionics Corporation (ARC), a wholly-owned business unit of AirSpeed® Engineering (ASE) and host MRO Commercial Jet, announced completion...
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Clean Sky Open Rotor Engine Components
+44 (0)1527 517 715www.gkn.com/aerospace GKN Aerospace has delivered the two rotating frames for a major research program exploring open rotor aero-engine designs with a goal of achieving a 20% reduction...
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The Effect of Substrate Emissivity on the Spectral Emission of a Hot-Gas Overlayer
Recently, in operando optical investigations of high temperature solid oxide electrochemical cells (SOECs) have gained significant traction with several research...
Briefs Test & Measurement
Process Approach to Determining Quality Inspection Deployment
As new technologies are implemented in manufacturing areas, inspection processes will be affected. Often because product quality has increased or automated inspection equipment has...
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Experimental Setup to Assess Blast and Penetration- Induced Secondary Debris in a Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) Environment
As part of Project Agreement on Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT), the US Army Research...
Briefs Defense
Non-Contact Circuit for Real-Time Electric and Magnetic Field Measurements
An energized electric power cable generates low-frequency electric and magnetic fields that are related to the voltages and currents. Especially at wavelengths...
Articles Materials
Lightweighting: WHAT’S NEXT?
Are there any automakers who haven’t yet put at least one new model through the weight-reduction wringer? Vehicle mass efficiency has joined the vanguard of product development where every gram lost is...
Articles Power
Clearing The Air
They’re not as certain as death and taxes, but tighter emissions regulations have become a constant presence in off-highway vehicle development programs. Design teams continue to focus on meeting mandates or fine-tuning...
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Savant and EMIT Simulation Software
The latest release of ANSYS' Savant and EMIT software gives engineers the power to design and predict the performance of installed antenna and radio frequency (RF) environments quickly and more accurately...
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Vin Dc/dc Controller
Texas Instruments’ 2.2-MHz, dual-channel synchronous buck converter offers a unique set of features designed to significantly reduce electromagnetic interference and high-frequency noise in high-voltage dc/dc step-down...
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CAN-Enabled Electrohydraulic Mobile Valve
Eaton’s CMA Advanced Mobile Valve with Independent Metering offers manufacturers numerous possibilities to differentiate machine capabilities. The CAN-enabled electrohydraulic mobile valve features...
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Chipping away at Power Module Temperatures
Semiconductors are tiny compared to the off-highway vehicles that carry them, but their thermal issues aren’t small. Keeping the sub-micron elements of a chip cool is a major challenge for the...
Articles Power
Bringing the Heat on Cooling Technologies
Thermal management continues to become more complex as engineers strive to cool engines while generating enough heat to burn away unwanted emissions matter. Ever smarter electronic controls are...
Editorial RF & Microwave Electronics
Commercial Vehicles in a Digital World
“We don’t want to have a Detroit and a Las Vegas,” said Matthias Wissmann, President of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) at an international press workshop in advance of...
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Two-Stroke Future for Heavy-Duty Engine Braking
It is thankfully rare that the driver of a heavy truck or bus loses control of the vehicle because of brake failure caused by overheating the foundation brakes. This is partly because of the...
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Altair Names 2016’s Lightweight Standouts
The auto industry’s annual award program devoted exclusively to vehicle mass-reduction innovations recently named General Motors' Cadillac CT6 and ContiTech’s polyamide crossbeam as winners of...
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Higher Levels of Connectivity, Automation Drive Commercial Vehicle Sector
Increased and enhanced connectivity is a megatrend impacting all ground vehicles, from passenger cars to commercial vehicles to off-highway equipment. So it’s no...
Product Briefs Manufacturing & Prototyping
Probing Software Package
Renishaw offers an enhanced probing software package that automatically optimizes on-machine measurement cycles to minimize cycle time and maximize productivity. Inspection Plus with SupaTouch optimization uses...
Product Briefs Electronics & Computers
Kalman Filter Acceleration IP Core for ADAS
EnSilica offers the Kalman Filter acceleration IP core for use in situational awareness radar sensors for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), such as electronic stability-control systems,...
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Atmosphere Control System for Annealing
Linde LLC's Hydroflex atmosphere control system (ACS) is a solution for clean and bright oxide-free annealing of steel, stainless steel, copper, bronze or brass with high reliability and repeatability and is suitable for applications including automotive, aerospace and military components, construction and...
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Growth of FCVs and EVs Tied to Infrastructure
More hydrogen fueling stations in California and additional electric vehicle charging stations across the U.S. could reduce the range anxiety consumers have about driving these-advanced...
News Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Modeling, Simulation Expand Their Role in Powertrain Development
Modeling and simulation continue to help suppliers and OEMs provide systems and vehicles that do more work while conserving fuel, reducing emissions and keeping costs in...
Editorial Aerospace
‘Military-Grade’ Aluminum
When Teddy Roosevelt led his Rough Riders in their famous charge up San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War, he was carrying a piece of leading-edge military technology: an aluminum canteen. Since that...
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Driving the CAR Toward 54.5 Mpg
Chances are good that if you’re involved with automotive manufacturing strategy, you know Jay Baron. As President and CEO of the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) in Ann Arbor, Dr. Baron and his research...
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CAE's Next Leap Forward
The enormous complexity of today’s vehicles is well recognized. Not only are automakers turning to simulation as a cost-effective means to enhance physical test, it is becoming a fundamental tool in the design...
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Rolls-Royce Reveals a Vision of Its Future
“When it doesn’t exist, design it,” was Sir Henry Royce’s maxim aired some 100 years ago. Now it is being followed to the letter with the revealing in London of the Rolls-Royce Vision Next...
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