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Appendix D: Funding for Materials Research and Development Projects
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... Description Laboratory/Institution FY00 Funding Propulsion system materials Program taxes 524 Thick thermal-barrier coatings Caterpillar 200 Insulated cylinder head Caterpillar 200 Exhaust after-treatment Caterpillar 0 Lightweight valve train materials Caterpillar 0 Materials for low-emissions high-efficiency engine Cummins 233 Fuel-injector materials Cummins 400 Smart materials for fuel-injector actuators Detroit Diesel 300 Management/standards development ORNL 765 Continuous sintering of diesel engine components SIUC 150 Mechanical characterization NC A&T 272 Nondestructive evaluation of diesel components ANL 210 IEA - standard reference powders NIST 200 Testing standards NIST 105 NOX sensor (CRADA) Ford/ORNL 100 Smart materials ORNL 400 Intermetallic cermets ORNL 100 High-toughness materials ORNL 350 Particulate traps ORNL 100 Durable diesel-engine materials ORNL 200 Diesel exhaust-catalyst characterization ORNL 200 Life prediction ORNL 200 IEA annex on international standards ORNL 200 Machining CRADAs Cummins/Caterpillar 225 Advanced machining concepts NC State 75 Development of low-cost cast engine materials ORNL/Cat 75 TED 95 Total (propulsion systems materials)
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... APPENDIX D TABLE D-2 Funding for Projects on High-Strength, Weight-Reduction Materials (thousands of dollars) 45 Description Laboratory/Institution FY00 Funding Program taxes 415 Technical program management ORNL 180 Ultralarge caster Alcoa 1,300 Lightweight diesel Cummins 100 Laser-hardening of rails ANL 100 Toxic air contaminants support Thompson 155 Lightweight materials for gaseous storage ORNL 200 Bus frame - autokinetics AutoKin 187 Heater/cooler ORNL 58 Lightweight frame design PNNL 800 Freightliner/ megalarge caster PNNL 350 PACCAR/thin-wall steel castings PNNL 325 Equal-channel angular extrusion LANL 125 Equal-channel angular extrusion INEEL 250 Equal-channel angular extrusion PNNL 150 Carbon-foam materials ORNL 75 Brake materials ORNL 200 Joining ANL 75 Friction and wear ORNL 100 Outreach ANL 100 Equal channel angular extrusion - Mg alloys ORNL 70 TED 467 Total 5,782 Note: The budget represented in this table constitutes one budget line in the OHVT program budget (see Table 1-5)
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