Summaries of FY 1990 engineering research
The BES Engineering Research Program is one of the component research programs which collectively constitute the DOE Basic Energy Sciences program. The DOE Basic Energy Sciences program supports energy related research in the physical and biological sciences, and in engineering. The chief purpose of the DOE Basic Energy Sciences program is to provide the fundamental scientific base on which identification and development of future, national energy options will depend. The major product of the program becomes part of the body of data and knowledge upon which the applied energy technologies are founded; the product is knowledge relevant to energy exploration, production, conversion and use. The BES Engineering Research Program address the following topics identified as essential to the progress of many energy technologies: Advanced Industrial Technology: improvement of energy conversion and utilization, opening new technological possibilities, and improvement of energy systems. Fluid Dynamics and Thermal Processes: broadening of understanding of heat transfer in nonsteady flows, methodology for reducing vibrations and noise in heat exchangers, and engineering aspects of combustion. Solid Mechanics: continuum mechanics, fracture mechanics, thermomechanical behavior in severe environments, aging lifetime reliability of structures. Dynamics and Control of Processes and Systems: development and use of information describing system behavior, performance criteria, and theories of control optimization to achieve the best possible system performance subject to known constraints. Mechanical Sciences including Fluid Mechanics heat transfer, and solid mechanics. System Sciences including process control and instrumentation; and Engineering Analysis including nonlinear dynamics, data bases for thermophysical properties of fluids, and modeling of combustion processes for engineering application.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (USA). Engineering and Geosciences Div.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/ER
- OSTI ID:
- 5993684
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ER-0485P; ON: DE91008229
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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