Nondestructive and destructive examination

The objective of this task is to expose various structural ceramics to conditions found in smail diesei engines, Commercially available ceramics, as well as new candidate monolithic and whisker-toughened ceramics, will be fabricated Into small MOR bars, nondestructively examined, and exposed to a variety of operating conditions within small diesel engines. Subsequent to exposure, the bars will be nondestructively and destructively examined and the results compared to an unexposed data base. 

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