5
estimated that this level of financial resource will be required to solve these high-priority, high-
payoff problems.
payoff problems.
The recommended funding schedule for the highest-priority research areas is summarized in
Table 2.
Table 2.
Table 2. Resource Requirements (in millions of dollars) for Top-Priority Projects on
Reducing Friction and Wear
R&D Area
FY 01
FY 02
FY 03
FY 04
FY 05
Total
Surface-Modification Technologies
0.7
1.1
1.6
1.6
1.0
6.0
Chemistry of Lubes & Additives
0.7
1.1
1.6
1.6
1.0
6.0
Failure Mechanisms
0.5
0.7
1.0
0.8
0.2
3.2
Advanced Computer Codes
-
0.9
1.6
1.6
1.0
5.1
Predictive Bench-Top Tests
-
0.5
1.0
1.0
0.3
2.8
Other
0.1
0.1
0.5
0.7
0.5
1.9
TOTAL
2.0
4.4
7.3
7.3
4.0
25.0