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Publication number | US5009842 A |
Publication type | Grant |
Application number | US 07/535,379 |
Publication date | Apr 23, 1991 |
Filing date | Jun 8, 1990 |
Priority date | Jun 8, 1990 |
Fee status | Paid |
Publication number | 07535379, 535379, US 5009842 A, US 5009842A, US-A-5009842, US5009842 A, US5009842A |
Inventors | Alfred A. Hendrickson, Darrell W. Smith |
Original Assignee | Board Of Control Of Michigan Technological University |
Export Citation | BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan |
Patent Citations (8), Referenced by (31), Classifications (16), Legal Events (4) | |
External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet | |
This invention relates to powder metallurgy and, more particularly, to methods for forging articles from powder steel alloys.
Powder forging is a process in which a porous preform produced by cold compaction and sintering is hot forged to reduce the pore content and increase strength. While over three decades old, powder forging still is an emerging technology. The growth of powder forging has been impeded by a number of factors including questions concerning the economic viability of the process, technical problems and process limitations. Pease, "An Assessment of Powder Metallurgy Today and Its Future Potentional", SAE Publication 831042 (1984). Despite these difficulties, powder forging has important advantages such as demonstrated capabilities in producing near-net or net shapes, excellent material and energy utilization and adaptability to automated production. Prior methods employing press forging are exemplified in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,693,864 (Lloyd), 4,165,243 (Sarnes et al.), 4,002,471 (Sarnes et al.), 3,992,763 (Haynie et al.) and 3,837,068 (Dunn).
Currently, powder forging is carried out on forging presses, mainly mechanical and hydraulic presses. Use of impact forging, commonly applied to the conventional impression die forging of wrought steels, has a number of potentially important technical and economic advantages. One example is the ability of impact forging machines to achieve large forging forces at lost cost. This capability enables the use of large peak average forging pressures which favor the development of high densities and strengths in the forged part. Hendrickson et al., "Effect of Pressing Variables on the Mechanical Properties of P/M Forged and Heat Treated 4650-60 Steels", Horizons of Powder Met., Part 1 Proc. P/M, pp. 453-56 (1986). Despite these important advantages, impact forging has not been used for commercial powder forging.
An object of the invention is to provide an economical method for producing articles from forged powder steel alloys with impact forging.
Another object of the invention is to provide such a method which is capable of producing high strength steel articles having high tensile ductility and toughness and improved fatigue life.
A further object of the invention is to provide a method which is capable of producing steel articles having such properties while utilizing true forging strains as low as 0.1.
Other objects, aspects and advantages of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon reviewing the following detailed description and the appended claims.
The invention provides a method for producing high strength articles from forged powder steel alloys including the steps of compacting the powder into a coherent preform, heating the preform in a sintering furnace or the like in a substantially dry, highly-reducing atmosphere and at a temperature of at least 1150Ḟ C. preferably about 1250Ḟ to about 1400 Ḟ C., to sinter the preform, allowing the sintered preform to cool, preheating the sintered preform in a preheating furnace or the like in the presence of substantially dry, highly-reducing atmosphere, such as an inert gas-based atmosphere containing hydrogen or pure hydrogen, to a temperature of at least about 1000Ḟ C., preferably about 1100Ḟ to about 1200Ḟ C., and transferring the preheated, sintered preform from the preheating furnace to an impact forging device and impacting the preform therein at a peak average forging power of a least about 1000 MPa, preferably 1000 to about 2000 MPa, to obtain a forged article. The time period between removing the preheated, sintered preform from the preheating furnace and the first forging impact is no more than about 8 seconds.
In an alternate embodiment, the sintering and preheating steps are combined and the sintered preform is allowed to cool in the sintering furnace to the preheating temperature and then transferred directly from the the preheating furnace to the compact forging device.
Various conventional steel powder composition alloys can be used. The particular formulation of the powder depends primarily on the characteristics desired in the final article. Suitable powders include AISI No. 4600 series which typically contain from 0 up to about 0.5% manganese, about 0.25 to about 2.25% nickel, about 0.25 to 0.70 % molybdenum and, up to about 1.25% carbon with the balance being iron along with conventional impurities, except that the maximum sulfur content preferably is about 0.0075 weight %. While the powder can be a mixture of alloying constituents for producing the desired alloying chemistry, it preferably is a prealloyed powder produced by first alloying the iron and other metals in a conventional manner and then atomizing the alloy.
The alloy powder is mixed with a suitable lubricant, such as a conventional waxy or fatty material, which burns off during the sintering step. A suitable binder and/or a sufficient amount of graphite to adjust the carbon content to within a predetermined range can be admixed with the powder.
The alloy powder is then compacted into a coherent green briquette or preform by compressing in a die. The preform is formed into a size and configuration suitable for forging into a finished part of the desired configuration. The compacting operation typically is controlled to produce a preform having a density up to about 90% of the theoretical density. The compaction can be either uniaxial or isostatic. As discussed in more detail below, the configuration and dimensions of the preforms can be quite close to that desired for the final part or article.
After compacting, the preform is placed in a sintering means, such as a conventional sintering furnace which typically includes a preheating zone for buring off the lubricant, a hot zone for sintering and a cooling zone. Sintering is carried out in a substantially dry, highly-reducing atmosphere to prevent undesirable oxidation, at a temperature of at least 1150Ḟ C., preferably about 1250Ḟ to about 1400Ḟ C., and for a time period sufficient to effect diffusion bonding of the powder particles at their points of contact and form an integrally sintered mass. A particularly suitable atmosphere for sintering is dry associated ammonia having a dew point in the order of -40Ḟ C.
Following sintering and prior to forging, the preform is preheated in a suitable preheating device, such as an induction heating furnace. The preheating is carried out in a substantially dry, highly-reducing atmospheres and at a temperature of at least 1000Ḟ C, preferably about 1100Ḟ to about 1200Ḟ C. Various highly-reducing atmospheres can be used in the preheating step. At present, an inert gas-based atmosphere containing hydrogen and pure hydrogen are preferred.
The preheated preform is transferred from the preheating furnace to a conventional impact forging device. This transfer can be made with any suitable parts feeder, such as a pick and place robot to automate the forging process. The preform is formed into the desired shaped part or article by the impact forging device which can be one of various conventional impact forging devices, such as gravity and power anvil hammers, e.g., Die Forger manufactured by Chambersburg Engineering Company, and counter blow hammers and horizontal, counter blow forging machines, e.g., Impacter manufactured by Chambersburg Engineering Company.
The impact forging device preferably employs a closed die configuration so that net or near-net shapes can be produced. The impact forging devices should be capable of completing the densification and shaping the part or article in no more than three blows, preferably in one blow, and producing a peak average forging pressure of at least about 1000 MPa on the final blow. The short contact time between the impact forging tool and the preform minimizes or eliminates porosity near the surface at the resulting forged part or article, thereby improving near surface mechanical properties.
The die can be lubricated with a conventional lubricant, such as a graphite slurry, prior to each forging or the preform can be coated with a suitable lubricant prior to preheating for forging.
The time period between removing the preform from the preheating furnace and the first impact or blow delivered by the impact device should be no more than about 8 seconds. Longer time periods tend to cause undesirable oxidation which reduces tensile and other properties.
In an alternate embodiment, the sintering step is carried out in a substantially dry, highly-reducing atmosphere like that used in the preheating furnace, the sintered preform is allowed to cool in a cooling zone of the sintering furnace to a temperature corresponding to the preheating temperature and the cooled preform is transferred directly from the sintering furnace to the impact forging device within the time period described above.
The forged part is austenized, quenched in a conventional quenching bath and tempered to provide the desired material strength. The forged part or article has a density of at least 99.5% of the pore free or theoretical density. The mode of forging (repressing vs. upset) has no significant influence in the tensile ductility of parts or articles at high strength levels (i.e., quenched and tempered at strength levels from about 1400 to about 2000 MPa), so long as the density is at least 99.5% of the theoretical density. Finished part has density of at least about 99.5% of a pore-free density.
Tensile ductility at high strength levels can be adversely affected by sulfur contents greater than about 0.0075 weight %. When the sulfur content is less than this amount, the oxygen content is less than about 50 ppm and the forged density is at least about 7.83 g/m3, tensile ductilities at the high strength values noted above comparable to those reported for heavily wrought, low sulfur 4650 steel, Hendrickson et al., "Effects of Processing Variable on the Mechanical Properties of P/M Forged and Heat Treated 4650-60 Steels", Horizons of Powder Met., pp. 4533-56 (1986), and superior to those reported for press forged powder, Buzolits et al., "Specifications for Hot-Forged Powder-Metal Steels", Progress in Powder Met. Vol 41, pp. 589-630 (1985), can be obtained. Also, steel parts having very high levels of hardness (e.g., 50-60 HRC) and tensile strengths (e.g., 1700-1950 MPa) can be produced with true forging strains as low as 0.1. "True forging strain" (FS) is determined by the equation: FS=[ln (h0 /h)] where h0 =initial height and h=forged height. Thus, instead of the preform being significantly larger than the desired dimensions for the forged part or article, the dimensions and configuration of the preform can be quite close to those desired for the final part or article, i.e., within about 10-15%. Apparently, low oxygen content coupled with high peak average pressures contributes to the closure and bonding of pores, even at very low lateral strains.
Without further elaboration, it is believed that one skilled in the art, using the preceeding description, can utilize the present invention to its fullest extent. The following example is presented to exemplify the invention and should not be construed as a limitation thereof.
Water atomized prealloyed 4600 powders having the following compositions were used to prepare forged parts.
______________________________________ Chemical Analysis, wt %Powder C S O Mn Mo Ni______________________________________A 0.01 0.022 0.15 0.17 0.54 1.84B 0.003 0.006 0.08 0.18 0.51 1.79______________________________________
Sieve analysis showed both powders to be generally less than 100 mesh with similar particle size distribution. Approximately 0.6 weight % graphite and 0.7 weight % Acrawax (a wax-type lubricant) were admixed with the powders prior to compacting into preforms. The resulting mixture was consolidated by uniaxial compaction into preforms having a nominal density of 6.8 g/cm3.
All the preforms were sintered in dry disassociated ammonia (dew point=-40Ḟ C.) for 20 minutes. One group of each powder was sintered at 1150Ḟ C. and another group was sintered at 1260Ḟ C. The sintered carbon level of all the sintered preforms was about 0.5 weight % and the sintered densities were nominally 6.8 g/cm3. The overall dimensions of the sintered preforms were 1.9 cmṪ3.6 cmṪ12.4 cm and all weighed approximately 590 g.
The sintered preforms were forged in a hammer type impact forging device employing closed die tooling and gravity anvil hammer with a 6000 ft-lb energy rating. An accelerometer mounted on the hammer ram was used to monitor peak forging pressures. The preforms were forged in either a repressing or upsetting mode, resulting in forging strains of 0.15 and 0.8, respectively. The upset forging required 3 blows to obtain an adequate die fill, while the repressed forging required only a single blow. Peak average forging pressures (final blow) varied from specimen to specimen, but typically was within the range of 1400 MPa to 2100 MPa. The die was lubricated with a conventional graphite slurry prior to each forging. All preforms were heated in an induction furnace to a temperature of 1150Ḟ C. and in a dry hydrogen atmosphere before forging.
Tensile bars were machined from each forging. The bars were austenitized at 843Ḟ C. for 1 hour, quenched in agitated oil and then tempered for 2 hours at a temperature from 232Ḟ to 427Ḟ C. After tempering, gauge sections were reground sufficiently to remove scale and any decarburized layer.
Tensile tests were performed on the tensile bars with a screw driven testing machine at a strain rate of 3.3Ṫ10-4 sec-1. Densities of the bars were measured with a Micromeritics 1320 Autopyconmeter. Carbon, oxygen and sulfur contents of the bars were determined with LECO apparatus.
The tensile ductility for specimens sintered at 1260Ḟ C. containing low oxygen levels (29-83 ppm), made from a powder alloy containing no more than about 0.0075 weight % sulfur and having a forging density of at least 7.83 g/cm3 (99.5% of theoretical density) were comparable to that reported for heavy wrought, low sulfur 4650 steel and greater than that reported for press forged 4640 powder. It was found that, in order to obtain such low oxygen contents, the time period between removing the preform from the preheating furnace and the first forging impact or blow must be 8 seconds or less combined with sintering at a temperature of at least about 1250Ḟ C.
The process of the invention can be automated and it is anticipated that a single impact forging machine can produce from 20 to 60 parts per minute and even higher, thereby making the process quite economic. Also, impact forging equipment generally is less expensive than press forging equipment, so the initial investment for the equipment used to practice the invention should be less than that for press forging. The process is particularly adaptable in the manufacture of small to small-medium (e.g., 1/4 to 5 lb.) steel components, such as hand tools, which require high ductility at very high strength levels.
From the forgoing description, one skilled in the art can easily ascertain the essential characteristics of the invention and, without departing from the spirit and scope thereof, make various changes and modifications to adapt it to its various usages.
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I have configured 3 servers as follows:
Server 1 = WebCache only server (Windows 2003)
Server 2 = 10g Forms and Reports server (Solaris)
Server 3 = 10g Forms and Reports server (Solaris)
Servers 2 and 3 work perfectly using the direct addresses on the following ports
I have added the Origin servers, the site definitions, and the one site-to-server mapping which is as follows:
--> server2.domain.com:7778/formsurl?config=WEBTEST
--> server3.domain.com:7777/formsurl?config=WEBTEST
When connecting using the WebCache server's URL I get a FRM-92101 error, cannot communicate... I am using the URL below to connect:
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It is only when enabling both servers that it fails?!?!
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3 day trip through Mekong
3 day trip through Mekong
I am looking for suggestions on itineraries for a brief 3 day trip originating in Ho Chi Minh and optimally ending in/near Rach Gia as we intend to continue on to Phu Quoc.
Are there any suggestions on doing a self tour through the Mekong? Is it relatively easy to find transportation and such? Any insight would be so appreciated!
Thanks a bunch!
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This story covers some of the easily visited spots in the Mekong Delta.
With three days, I'd suggest overnighting in probably Can Tho and Vinh Long -- try for a homestay at the latter.
Local transportation is straightforward, inexpensive and a tad uncomfortable!
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Well, the quickest way it to fly from Phu Quoc Island to Saigon and then fly to Siem Reap.
If you're going overland, the quickest route is to go from Rach Gia to ha Tien and then cross the border over into Kep in Cambodia. From there, travel north to Phnom Penh and then onto Siem Reap. You'll need to overnight in Phnom Penh .
If you go via Saigon, you'll need to overnight in Saigon and again in Phnom Penh .
For info on PQ to Kep , see the last part of this story and repeat the steps backwards.
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About the Ocean Institute Founded in 1977 as the Orange County Marine Institute Current campus was built in 2001 Educates over 100,000 students annually through 61 award-winning, immersion style programs Nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization
Ocean Institute Mission: To inspire all generations through education to become responsible stewards of our oceans.
The Ocean Institute's popular jazz fundraising weekend combines renowned jazz artists with an elegant evening of epicurean dining, cocktails, and live and silent auctions. All proceeds benefit the Ocean Institute.
Past artists have included: 2003 – Peter White 2004 – David Benoit 2005 – Eric Marienthal 2006 – Rick Braun 2007 – Rick Braun and Richard Elliot 2008 – Rick Braun and Gerald Albright 2009 – Rick Braun, Jeff Golub, and Jeff Lorber 2010 – Jonathan Butler 2011 – Rick Braun, Euge Groove, Philippe Saisse and surprise guest Dave Koz 2012 – Rick Braun, Mindi Abair and David Benoit
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A cursory glance at the items available at Pandora, a specialist second- hand designer shop just a whisker away from Harrods (where else?) is certainly an experience to savour.. Nestling between rows of fur coats and a suede waistcoat that is definitely this season's fashion faux pas lurk more black dresses than at a funeral party. But it's quality not quantity that will get a clued-up designer junkie to part with their money. A Bruce Oldfield cowl-neck dress in cashmere, pounds 800 in 1996, is now in the bargain- basement range. It's soft to touch, if a little baggy-looking, but what do you expect for pounds 117? A sequinned Thomasz Starzewski strappy dress (one lady owner, never worn, barely twelve months on the clock) cost a whopping pounds 1,600 last season but Pandora are practically giving it away at pounds 352.
You might be amazed by the difference in prices between new and barely worn but don't ignore the small print. Some second-hand clothes acquire flaws en route, like tiny catches and frays or spots below the knee (exactly what those spots are is anybody's guess). To be fair, they are pointed out to the customers but what is the point of buying a second-hand dress that looks like a hand-me-down, even if the tailoring is out of this world? Let's face it, if you are a believer in the innate superiority of anything with a flashy label you won't admit to buying it on the cheap, let alone second hand.
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The Rice Bulldogs softball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference game against Valley Mills by a score of 15-9.
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Well, we all knew that colleges (except BJU) are filled with hatemongering communist professors…
At the University of North Carolina, three incoming freshmen sue over a reading assignment they say offends their Christian beliefs.
Kris Wampler was one of three students who sued the University of North Carolina over a requirement that incoming students read the Quran before coming to campus.
Oh boo hoo. Since when has reading something you don't like or agree with been a terrible thing? While I admit that there are probably some overtly liberal professors, I'd also suggest that overall, these whining kids need to shut the hell up. If you don't like or agree with the piece, then rip it to shreds in your classroom discussion or papers like I do. Don't throw a tantrum because it's not in line with your well-defined table of values.
Of course universities tend to be liberal. That tends to be a side effect of academia. Not to cast aspersions on the intelligence of conservatives in general, but perhaps the very nature of being well-read and diverse lends itself to social liberalism.


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Learn about the story of Sequoyah, a Cherokee man who developed an alphabet for the Cherokee language in 1821, in this video segment adapted from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: "We Shall Remain." Like most Native American groups at the time, the Cherokees did not have a written language. Sequoyah's alphabet helped preserve the Cherokee language and Cherokee culture, especially after the Cherokees were forced to leave their native land by the 1830 Indian Removal Act.
This media asset was adapted from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: "We Shall Remain: Trail of Tears".
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Two Green Flashes?!?
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I also had a terrifying Chilean bug incident in the shower today. Not only was there a bug in the shower, IT COULD FLY. Definitely on the list of things I can't handle. There was a lot of flailing and yelling, my neighbors probably thought I was dying, which I pretty much was..haha. I don't think I've ever gotten out of a shower quicker before in my life!
Bugs aside, today was a pretty good day. More clear skys! And another green flash! It was so awesome that we could see it two days in a row, when most people don't see it at all on their observing trips. I used a pair of binoculars this time, and you could really see it with those (not looking directly at the sun, of course!) We'll meet the rest of the astronomers on the side of the mountain tomorrow night to see if we can go for 3 nights of green flashes!
We also figured out what the telescopes covered by tents were being used for. They people doing the dark energy camera project are using these small telescopes to test the water vapor in the air. The astronomer has been here for 10 days, and one night her tents blew down in 40 mph winds! They have four Celestron 8 inch telescopes monitoring the same bright star through different filters.
The actual observing for the night went very smoothly. We are starting to get the hang of this! Hernan even said I was a good student, so great success. We looked at asteroids 32615 and 1870 tonight, trying to fill our lightcurves in more.
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Never Underestimate The Human Ability To Ignore Data
by Gord Hotchkiss on Jan 30, 11:32 AM
It's one thing to have data. It's another to pay attention to it. We marketers are stumbling over ourselves to move to data-driven marketing. No one would say that's a bad thing. But here's the catch: Data-driven marketing is all well and good when it's a small-stakes game: optimizing spend, targeting, conversion rates, etc. But what if the data is telling us something we don't want to know?
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Search Remarketing: What You Need To Know
by Jeremy Walker on Jan 28, 10:28 AM
Search retargeting uses display advertising to target users that have performed specific searches. For example, once a user performs a search within a publisher network (e.g., mortgage), the user is then tracked as having performed mortgage searches. From there, advertisers that have purchased "mortgage searchers" from the publisher can show their ads to this user across the publisher network.
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Who Owns Your Data -- And Who Should?
by Gord Hotchkiss on Jan 23, 1:59 PM
Last week, I talked about a backlash to wearable technology. In his comment, Simon Jones pointed to a recent post where he raised this very pertinent point: your personal data has value. Today, I'd like to explore this issue further.
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How Many Keywords Are Enough?
by David Rodnitzky on Jan 21, 12:09 PM
Bob Dylan was once asked in the 1960s "How many protest singers are there today?" -- to which he answered, "about 136." A question that cannot be answered deserves a ridiculous answer. And so it goes with the question "How many keywords should you have in your SEM account?" The answer, in short, is that there is no one answer. Perhaps, however, unlike a protest singer census, we can at least create a reasonable way to infer whether an account is keyword-light or keyword-heavy.
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The Inevitable Wearable Technology Backlash
by Gord Hotchkiss on Jan 16, 11:23 AM
Wearable technology, together with the "web of everything," will eventually change our lives, but most of us won't be going willingly. We're going to have to get through the "bubble of silliness" first. Some of this stuff will make sense and elicit a well-earned "cool" (or "dope" or "sick" or what ever generational thumbs-up is appropriate). Other things will garner an equally well-earned WTF? And some will be imminently sensible but will still end up being tossed out with the bathwater anyway.
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Arrow Up: Q4 Search Advertising Trends
by Aaron Goldman on Jan 15, 12:48 PM
While parts of the U.S. are thawing out from the polar vortex, the paid search industry has been doing what it can to keep things feeling hot hot hot! After analyzing quarterly trends across the $5 billion in annualized global ad spend on our platform, it's clear SEM is hotter than ever. Here are five key stats for Q4, 2013 across global search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing, Baidu, Yahoo Japan and AOL:
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Google Holds Right Cards For 'Horizontal' Market
by Gord Hotchkiss on Jan 9, 11:32 AM
Functionality builds up, then across. That was the principle of emerging markets that I talked about in last week's column. I've also talked about how Google + might be defining a new way of thinking about social networking, one free of dependence on destinations. It could create a social lens through which all our online activity passes through, adding functionality and enriching information. Finally, this week, I read that Google is pushing hard to extend Android as the default operating system in the Open Automotive Alliance, turning cars into really big mobile devices. This builds on Android's dominance in the ...
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Follow The Google: Should Your Media Mix Reflect Google's Priorities?
by David Rodnitzky on Jan 6, 10:29 AM
Google isn't right all the time and it certainly has had its share of failures, but generally speaking, when Google decides to enter a category, the company does it well. Of course, whenever Google enters a new advertising market, it comes up with tons of collateral and sales initiatives to convince its millions of advertisers to start buying on these new channels. The question for advertisers is this: Should you follow Google's lead and diversify your budgets based on its recommendations, or should you chart your own path, regardless of whatever moat Google is currently building?
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What's Apple's Plan For 2014?
by Gord Hotchkiss on Jan 2, 2:21 PM
When new markets open, value chains first build up, then across. Someone first creates a vertically integrated experience, and then the market opens up as free competition drives efficiency. This is the challenge that currently lies ahead of Apple.
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The Yosemite valley waterfalls don't all always have water all year. Some dry up completely. Their flow depends on the amount of snow, how fast it melts, the drainage of each fall and on occasional rain storms.
Below is a NPS photo of Yosemite Falls during peak flow on May 23, 2003. Notice how high the river water level is and how much more flow than in the photos at the top of this page from April, February, and later summer with more normal flows.
John Muir described the spring and fall seasons in Our National Parks, Chapter VIII, The Fountains and Streams of the Yosemite National Park:
"In the spring, after all the avalanches are down and the snow is melting fast, it is glorious to hear the streams sing out on the mountains. Every fountain swelling, countless rills hurry together to the rivers at the call of the sun,– beginning to run and sing soon after sunrise, increasing until toward sundown, then gradually failing through the cold frosty hours of the night. Thus the volume of the upper rivers, even in flood time, is nearly doubled during the day, rising and falling as regularly as the tides of the sea. At the height of flood, in the warmest June weather, they seem fairly to shout for joy, and clash their upleaping waters together like clapping of hands; racing down the cañons with white manes flying in glorious exuberance of strength, compelling huge sleeping boulders to wake up and join in the dance and song to swell their chorus…
In tranquil, mellow autumn , when the year's work is about done, when the fruits are ripe, birds and seeds out of their nests, and all the landscape is glowing like a benevolent countenance at rest, then the streams are at their lowest ebb,–their wild rejoicing soothed to thoughtful calm. All the smaller tributaries whose branches do not reach back to the perennial fountains of the Summit peaks shrink to whispering, tinkling currents. The snow of their basins gone, they are now fed only by small moraine springs, whose waters are mostly evaporated in passing over warm pavements, and in feeling their way from pool to pool through the midst of boulders and sand. Even the main streams are so low they may be easily forded, and their grand falls and cascades, now gentle and approachable, have waned to sheets and webs of embroidery, falling fold over fold in new and ever changing beauty."
You can read the entire book at:
Some falls have a bigger drainage feeding them than others or have soil that holds more water longer. For example, Vernal Fall (height 317 feet) and Nevada Fall (height 594 feet) have more acreage of land with snowmelt to feed them than Yosemite Falls (upper fall 1430 feet, middle cascade 675 feet, lower 320 feet) does. According to the park: "The watershed at the source of the Merced River contains 118 square miles. Beginning along the eastern ridges of the Clark range, which often retains snow year-round, the Merced River flows through a large, glacially scoured basin. The watershed is drained by a seemingly infinite number of waterways, and Vernal Fall and Nevada Fall seldom if ever run dry."
So in August or September Yosemite Falls may be dried up or just a trickle, but Vernal and Nevada will still be falling.
The Bridalveil Fall (height 620 feet) drainage was never scoured by glaciers. We learn in The Waterfalls of Yosemite, by Michael Osborne, that "the watershed of Bridalveil Creek is about 25 square miles in area and largely forested. Because its moderately large watershed has especially deep soils, Bridalveil is Yosemite's only tributary waterfall that does not become dry. The others usually go dry in the Autumn, but are revived by November rains."
Bridalveil fall in September, with just a wisp of water:
and in February 2017, with full flow:
How much water has been flowing the last few days?
To see the water flow at Happy Isles where the section of the Merced River that fills Vernal and Nevada falls enters the valley, click on this webcam link:
You can also find a Weekly Video & Image Archive.
The U.S. Geological Survey maintains stream gages along the Merced River in two locations in Yosemite Valley. The info, with the median daily streamflow based on over 80 years of record (the little triangles you will see on the chart) is at:
USGS Yosemite Valley stream gages
Yosemite Valley spring runoff and flooding / Yosemite snow pack has statistics and links,
March 1, 2017 snow surveys. The water content of the snowpack in the Tuolumne drainage is 208% of average; in the Merced drainage it is 177% of average. Several courses established new records for both depth and water content. The snowiest course in the park is Grace Meadow, with 16 1/2 feet of snow and over 7 feet of water content.
May 1, 2016 The water content of the snowpack in the Tuolumne drainage is 57% of average; in the Merced drainage it is 63% of average.
April 1, 2016 snow surveys showed water content of the snowpack in the Tuolumne drainage at 89% of average; in the Merced drainage at 91% of average. According to the park "The April 1 survey is considered the benchmark for the year; the water content of the snowpack typically peaks near this date."
March 1, 2016 snow surveys showed water content of the snowpack in the Tuolumne drainage at 101% of average; in the Merced drainage at 89% of average.
Feb. 1, 2016 snow surveys showed water content for the Merced river drainage at 105% of average and the Tuolumne drainage at 132% of average.
May 1, 2015 snow surveys showed water content for the Merced river drainage at 0% of average and the Tuolumne drainage at 3% of average.
April 1, 2015 snow surveys showed water content for the Merced river drainage at 2% of average and the Tuolumne drainage at 7% of average.
March 1, 2015 snow surveys showed water content for the Merced river drainage at 12% of average and the Tuolumne drainage at 16% of average.
Feb. 1, 2015 snow surveys showed water content for the Merced river drainage at 21% of average and the Tuolumne drainage at 22% of average.
June 7, 2010 the Merced River had it's highest recorded flow on that date from 93 years of records.
2005 was the 7th wettest season on
record for the park (for 4/1). The top six years: 1983, 1969, 1952, 1995,
1978, and 1993.
Warm spring weather and rain caused some of the huge 2005 snowpack to flood Yosemite valley on May 16, 2005 and close all roads into and out of the valley for a short time. On May 17, high water levels peaked at about 11 feet, 6 inches in Yosemite Valley at about 5:00 PM.
In the NPS photo of flooded Sentinel Meadow taken May 16, you can just make out the sunken edge of the boardwalk across the meadow between the two posts on the fence and can just see Yosemite Falls thru the low clouds in the background.
Next to it is the same place in June, 2005, and on the right, Feb. 4, 2008.
Since the most flow is usually in the spring, this means that during full moons in April and May (if the night sky is clear) you can often see a "moonbow" at the base of Lower Yosemite Fall. It's like the rainbow you see sometimes in the spray of a waterfall during the day, but more silvery with no strong primary colors. You can see it from fairly up close (turn off those flashlights so you don't wreck your night vision) and sometimes from far away, like up at Glacier Point.
Below: when we hike the Mist trail (one of the routes between Vernal and Nevada) in its mistiest months we like to either wear better rain gear than this, or wear a minimum amount of clothes and plan to get soaked. (But we always bring warm things to put on after.)
Vernal Fall Mist Trail has pictures of Vernal Fall from the trail, from Glacier Point, Washburn point and from near Clark Point.
To see a 360 degree view of Vernal Fall from near the top of the steps of the Mist Trail, go to
The tiny tan dot in the lower left of the Yosemite Falls photo below is a coyote looking for breakfast.
Yosemite nature podcasts: http://www.nps.gov/yose/photosmultimedia/ynn.htm episode #2 is Yosemite Falls
Sometimes, during rain storms at a higher elevation than normal in the winter, big spring storms that melt the snowpack faster, or during huge thunderstorms, there are more waterfalls than usual.
John Muir wrote of a Dec. 19, 1871 storm with "Yosemite rejoicing in a glorious flood." He counted six falls in the neighborhood of Glacier Point; "between the Three brothers and Yosemite Fall, nine; between Yosemite and Royal Arch Falls, ten; from Washington Column to Mount Watkins, ten; on the slopes of Half Dome and Clouds Rest, facing Mirror Lake and Tenaya canyon, eight… fifty-six falls occupying the upper end of the valley."
Read the whole text of this chapter 'Winter Storms and Spring Floods' from the book The Yosemite
A couple of these ephemeral falls have names: Horsetail Fall on the east side of El Capitan and Staircase Fall by Glacier Point.
Horsetail Fall (1,000 feet) flows from about December to April, and looks like it is on fire during some sunsets mid to late February. This Firefall comes and goes in roughly only ten minutes. For photos, viewing info and allowed parking:
Below: Upper Yosemite Fall in April, 2004, August, 2003 and National Park Service photos of Upper Yosemite Fall in early April, early and mid May, 2003, dried up in September, 2003 and with a snow cone forming Nov. 14, 2004, Dec. 12, 2004, and a snow cone Feb. 11, 2004.
Upper Yosemite Fall drops 1,430 feet, (nine Niagra Falls stacked on top of each other). In the winter the water falling down Yosemite Creek often freezes as it goes over the top, creating a snow cone or ice cone at the base of upper Yosemite Fall.
The Park website tells us: "During winter, sunny days between storms keep the falls in the valley at a trickle; they are transformed into pillars of ice by freezing night temperatures. The Yosemite Falls ice cone forms when water spray, frozen to the granite wall, loosens as it is warmed by the sun and spills to the base of the upper falls.
Water that does not freeze builds up on the cone, and as the temperature continues to rise, the water falls straight into the cone like a reverse volcano. The cone can grow to heights of 250 feet and can cover up to four acres."
Below: a NPS photo,
Webcam of Yosemite Falls http://www.yosemiteconservancy.org/webcams
John Muir wrote "In winter the thin outer folds and whirling spray of the great Yosemite Fall are frozen while passing through the air freely exposed, and are deposited around the base of the fall in the form of a hollow, truncated cone, which sometimes attains a height of 400 feet.
In the building of this cone, part of the frozen spray flows directly to its place in the form of minute particles like the dust of wind-beaten snow, but a considerable portion is frozen upon the face of the cliff along the edges of the fall and attains a thickness of a foor or more during the night. When the sun strikes this ice-coating on the cliff it is cracked off in large masses and built into the walls of the cone, while in windy, frosty weather, when the fall is swayed from side to side, the whole surface is drenched, dinding the whole mass of loose blocks and dust firmly together. While in the porcess of formation the surface is smooth, and pure white, the outlines finely drawn, the whole presenting the appearance of a beautiful crystal hill wreathed with clowds of irised spray, with the fall descending into the heart of it with a tremendous roar, as if pouring down the throat of a crater."
Ice also builds up overnight at the edges of the falling water. You will need to get up early to photograph this. NPS photo below:
The NPS photo below was taken December 23, 2003. People who have not been to Yosemite in the winter might imagine that the valley looks like all the publicity photos with snow all over in the winter, but the valley is more often without snow or with little snow. When it does snow you need to get out of bed early to get pictures. Especially for sights on the north side of Yosemite Valley, with the low angle of the winter sun, the snow on the trees and cliffs will melt shortly after the sun is well up. The south side of the valley has some cliffs in shade all winter and has more snow buildup. The Indians originally lived on the north, 'sunnyside.'
Snow chains for tires can be required over half of the year, the photo below, from the NPS, taken on April 9, 2005, shows why:
Upper Yosemite Fall Hike, has pictures, including a couple of nice rainbows.
Below: the line on the sign next to Sentinel Bridge in the upper right of this photo shows the water depth during the January 1997 Yosemite valley flood:
In the NPS photo below, taken from Taft Point on May 15, 2004, we can see lots of water flow from Yosemite Falls, but we can also see that the cliffs, hills of the Yosemite Falls drainage are practically free of snowpack.
Royal Arches Cascade in three seasons:
Below, awhile after an April sunrise, the sun just starts to touch the cliffs of Royal Arches Cascade.
and almost dried up in May 2014:
and in full flow during rain storms in February 2017:
At the start of the trail to Mirror Lake, along the cliffs, (across the parking lot from the Majestic (Ahwahnee) hotel), in some months, you can see and feel mist from the Royal Arch Cascades. In heavy rain – photos below from February 2017 – this section of trail can become an unsafe creek/river!
And with the heavy rains falling on already deep snow in early February 2017, many of the Upper Pine campground campsites flooded and most parking spaces were ponds. At one point one and a half loops of normally open campsites in Upper Pine campground were closed.
There was toooo much snow at the ski resort so it closed for awhile also.
Any fall or cascade that falls directly in contact with the cliff walls in the valley will warm up as it drops, and there can be little soaking pools in the rocks with comparatively warm water. Below, the view from one at the base of Royal Arches Cascade (known as Devil's Bathtub):
A short article, The Falls in Four Seasons,
by Karen Sorenson, is at the Yosemite National Park website at:
Yosemite Falls—A New Perspective, By N. King Huber,
Geologist Emeritus with the U. S. Geological Survey
is at the Yosemite association website at:
In the article, with great photos and maps, he notes that "Yosemite Creek is the largest stream flowing into the north side of Yosemite Valley and probably entered the pre-glacial Merced River canyon through a steep side ravine."
The heights of the major Yosemite valley waterfalls are on a chart at:
NOAA weather for SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON-TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS is at:
A more detailed weather report is at:
A National Park Service photo of Yosemite Falls on Jan. 14, 2004
The Yosemite park service trail descriptions page (with some photos) starts at:
(Backpackers should always check with the Rangers before going out to verify if streams are still flowing, or on the other hand, if trails are safe from water flow.)
Yosemite nature and photography links has the links to birding, geology, wildflowers info previously at this page as well as moonbow or lunar rainbow info.
Photos in the book Yosemite: Its Wonders and Its Beauties (1868) by John S. Hittell
To calculate sunset, sunrise, moonrise for trips go to http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/monterey/sunset.html
to see a live, or nearly live shot of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, go to
At this site you can become a member of the Yosemite Conservancy (formerly the Yosemite Association) and get 15% off on books, postcards, etc. at the Yosemite (and most other National Parks) visitor centers.
below: swimming next to a waterfall at Glen Aulin
In the book, Yosemite, The First Hundred Years, the author, Shirley Sargent, writes "A woman who visited Yosemite Valley during a dry autumn, when not so much as a drop of water slipped over Yosemite Falls, was put out. "We drove clear across the country to see this place," she complained, "and there's nothing but rocks!" "
Swimming or wading above waterfalls is dangerous. Almost every recent year someone, or even more than one person, has been swept over a Yosemite waterfall. Some people just got too close trying to get a picture. Others climbed over protective railings/fences.
Look at:
fatal, near fatal or close call incidents/accidents in camping, backpacking, climbing and mountaineering for details.
Below, a warning sign above Vernal Fall.
http://www.nps.gov/yose/photosmultimedia/ytp.htm click on Beautiful but Deadly
The Yosemite park website has safety notes about rafting and swimming at:
Horsetail Fall lights up in mid to late February "when the angle of the setting sun sets the waterfall ablaze with reds and oranges, like a fire was falling down the cliffs on the shoulder of El Capitan."
Staircase Falls comes down Glacier Point into Curry Village in the vicinity of cabins with bath 70/71.
Ribbon Falls comes down the canyon to the side of El Capitan and becomes a creek through El Capitan Meadow.
Not a waterfall, the 1872 to 1968 firefall off Glacier Point:
Imagine Tueeulala and Wapama falls in all their glory…
Heights of Yosemite waterfalls from the park webpage:
"Yosemite Falls: 2,425 feet (with its three sections, it makes up the tallest waterfall in North America)
Upper Fall: 1,430 feet
Middle Cascade: 675 feet
Lower Fall: 320 feet
Bridalveil Fall: 620 feet
Ribbon Fall: 1,612 feet
Vernal Fall: 317 feet
Nevada Fall: 594 feet
Illilouette Fall: 370 feet
Silver Strand Fall: 1,170 feet
Sentinel Fall: 2,000 feet
Horsetail Fall: 1,000 feet
Bridalveil Fall and Nevada Fall
photos by Quang-Tuan Luong/terragalleria.com, all rights reserved.


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Despite a United Nations ban on weapons testing in North Korea, the country fired two short-range missiles into the water off of its eastern coast, according to a South Korean Defense Ministry official on Sunday.
The missiles, believed to be ballistic, were reportedly fired from Wonan without instituting a no-sail zone ahead of time.
South Korea is apparently viewing the test as a provocative measure on the part of its northern neighbor.
The move comes after North Korea criticized South Korea this week for alleged artillery drills near the disputed Yellow Sea maritime boundary. The tests also took place as South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Chinese President Xi Jinping prepare to meet this week. China has historically been North Korea's main ally.
Additionally, the North Korean army claimed South Korea fired shells at North Korean waters on Thursday.
On Friday, North Korea said the country's Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un directed the test launches of precision-guided missiles. South Korean officials believe this announcement was related to three projectiles launched on Thursday.
According to the Associated Press, the announcement about the new missiles could be an exaggeration, considering North Korea's army is believed to be poorly supplied with old equipment.