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A method of detecting a crack occurrence position comprising: stacking a surface layer formed of a composite material on a surface of a core layer formed of a foam synthetic resin material; providing an arrester portion in an interface region between the surface layer and the core layer to arrest progression of delamination between the surface layer and the core layer; embedding a first optical fiber having a first grating portion inside the arrester and along the surface layer such that the first optical fiber constitutes a fiber Bragg grating sensor, the first optical fiber being provided at one end portion of the arrester; embedding a second optical fiber having a second grating portion inside the arrester and along the surface layer such that the second optical fiber constitutes a fiber Bragg grating sensor, the second optical fiber being provided at the other end portion of the arrester; and comparing spectra (A, B) of reflected light from the optical fibers to detect an occurrence position of a crack between the surface layer and the core layer. stacking a surface layer formed of a composite material on a surface of a core layer formed of a foam synthetic resin material; providing an arrester portion in an interface region between the surface layer and the core layer to arrest progression of delamination between the surface layer and the core layer; embedding a first optical fiber having a first grating portion inside the arrester and along the surface layer such that the first optical fiber constitutes a fiber Bragg grating sensor, the first optical fiber being provided at one end portion of the arrester; embedding a second optical fiber having a second grating portion inside the arrester and along the surface layer such that the second optical fiber constitutes a fiber Bragg grating sensor, the second optical fiber being provided at the other end portion of the arrester; and comparing spectra (A, B) of reflected light from the optical fibers to detect an occurrence position of a crack between the surface layer and the core layer.
An alloy powder formed of a corrosion resistant, thermal neutron absorbing austenitic alloy comprising in weight percent: Carbon 0.08 max. Manganese up to 3 Silicon up to 2 Chromium 17-27 Nickel 11-20 Mo+(W/1.92) up to 5.2 B Eq 0.78-13.0 Nitrogen up to 0.2 Oxygen 0.01-0.1 wherein B Eq = %boron + (4.35×%gadolinium), the alloy powder contains at least 0.25% boron and at least 0.05% gadolinium, and the balance is iron and usual impurities, wherein the impurities include 0.05% max. phosphorus, 0.03% max. sulfur, less than 0.005% yttrium, and less than 0.01% aluminum.
A deformable tire, comprising: a plurality of spokes, wherein a first end of each of the spokes is connected to a core structure, and a second end of each of the spokes is connected to a tire body, wherein a first length is provided between each of the tire bodies and the core structure connected by each of the spokes; wherein the tire bodies are fixed on the core structure via the spokes so that the tire bodies are movable in the direction towards the center of the core structure, and the tire bodies are arranged in two lines and are parallel to each other in an axial direction, and staggered in a circumferential direction; and wherein each of the tire bodies in the two lines of the tire bodies are not in connection with each other, and the two lines of the tire bodies are arranged so the tire bodies are not overlapped with each other in a circumferential direction, characterised in that: the first end of each of the spokes is immovable relative to the core structure, in that the spokes are made of an elastic material whereby the spokes have an elastic structure, and in that each of the first lengths between the first end of a spoke and the second end of a spoke is dynamically adjustable by way only of the elasticity of the spoke material. a plurality of spokes, wherein a first end of each of the spokes is connected to a core structure, and a second end of each of the spokes is connected to a tire body, wherein a first length is provided between each of the tire bodies and the core structure connected by each of the spokes; wherein the tire bodies are fixed on the core structure via the spokes so that the tire bodies are movable in the direction towards the center of the core structure, and the tire bodies are arranged in two lines and are parallel to each other in an axial direction, and staggered in a circumferential direction; and wherein each of the tire bodies in the two lines of the tire bodies are not in connection with each other, and the two lines of the tire bodies are arranged so the tire bodies are not overlapped with each other in a circumferential direction, characterised in that: the first end of each of the spokes is immovable relative to the core structure, in that the spokes are made of an elastic material whereby the spokes have an elastic structure, and in that each of the first lengths between the first end of a spoke and the second end of a spoke is dynamically adjustable by way only of the elasticity of the spoke material. the first end of each of the spokes is immovable relative to the core structure, in that the spokes are made of an elastic material whereby the spokes have an elastic structure, and in that each of the first lengths between the first end of a spoke and the second end of a spoke is dynamically adjustable by way only of the elasticity of the spoke material.
Wheel sensor having at least one alternating current-fed sensor coil arranged below a housing surface of the wheel sensor and sensitive to an inductive interaction with wheels of rail vehicles rolling past, characterised in that a capacitative shielding is provided between the sensor coil and the housing surface.
A heating element controller for a liquid heating system, wherein the heating element controller is arranged to: a) determine the duty cycle of a heating element from monitoring the electrical current waveform to the heating element; and b) modulate the timepoint of heating initiation by the heating element in dependence upon an expected duration of completing the heating process and upon a required time at which the heating process is to be completed; wherein said expected duration is determined in dependence on said duty cycle. a) determine the duty cycle of a heating element from monitoring the electrical current waveform to the heating element; and b) modulate the timepoint of heating initiation by the heating element in dependence upon an expected duration of completing the heating process and upon a required time at which the heating process is to be completed;
A method for providing a data link between one or more high frequency transmission points, TPs, and a user equipment, UE, in a wireless network, the method comprising: receiving, by the UE, an assignment from a macro cell manager in the wireless network, wherein the assignment includes a UE specific reference signal set that maps to one or more high frequency TP downlink beams, wherein each UE specific reference signal uniquely identifies an individual high frequency TP downlink beam and the UE; identifying, by the UE, each of the one or more TP downlink beams by detecting the UE specific reference signals sent in each of the one or more TP downlink beams; measuring, by the UE, a quality of each of the one or more TP downlink beams; selecting a selected beam from the one or more TP downlink beams based on the quality; and establishing, by the UE, the data link to the high frequency TP that transmitted the selected beam using the selected beam. receiving, by the UE, an assignment from a macro cell manager in the wireless network, wherein the assignment includes a UE specific reference signal set that maps to one or more high frequency TP downlink beams, wherein each UE specific reference signal uniquely identifies an individual high frequency TP downlink beam and the UE; identifying, by the UE, each of the one or more TP downlink beams by detecting the UE specific reference signals sent in each of the one or more TP downlink beams; measuring, by the UE, a quality of each of the one or more TP downlink beams; selecting a selected beam from the one or more TP downlink beams based on the quality; and establishing, by the UE, the data link to the high frequency TP that transmitted the selected beam using the selected beam.
A method of additively-manufacturing a structure having a reinforced access opening, the method comprising: printing, via an additive printing device having at least one printer head, a portion of the structure adjacent to a support surface of a cementitious material, the printed portion of the structure defining an access opening; providing a void of the cementitious material at a top boundary of the access opening; placing one or more reinforcement members in the void such that the one or more reinforcement members extend across the void; continue printing the printed portion of the structure around the void to build up the structure; and backfilling the void with a backfill material to incorporate the one or more reinforcement members within the void into the printed portion of the structure. printing, via an additive printing device having at least one printer head, a portion of the structure adjacent to a support surface of a cementitious material, the printed portion of the structure defining an access opening; providing a void of the cementitious material at a top boundary of the access opening; placing one or more reinforcement members in the void such that the one or more reinforcement members extend across the void; continue printing the printed portion of the structure around the void to build up the structure; and backfilling the void with a backfill material to incorporate the one or more reinforcement members within the void into the printed portion of the structure.
A washing machine comprising: a main body provided with an inlet at a front portion of the main body; a door provided to open and close the inlet; a tub having an opening corresponding to the inlet and provided inside the main body; a drum, rotatably provided inside the tub, in which laundry received through the inlet is accomodatable; a door cleaning nozzle provided to spray washing water toward the door; a pump chamber provided at a lower portion of the tub to store washing water discharged from the tub; a drain pump provided to pump washing water stored in the pump chamber to thereby be discharged to outside the washing machine; a detergent supply device; and a controller provided to perform control to: rotate the drum to tumble laundry accommodated in the drum, while the drum is rotating, or after the rotation of the drum is completed, spray washing water by the door cleaning nozzle toward the door, wherein the sprayed washing water is discharged from the tub to the pump chamber to thereby be stored in the pump chamber, operate the drain pump to discharge the washing water stored in the pump chamber, and after operating the drain pump to discharge the washing water, supply additional washing water that passes through the detergent supply device, to the tub. a main body provided with an inlet at a front portion of the main body; a door provided to open and close the inlet; a tub having an opening corresponding to the inlet and provided inside the main body; a drum, rotatably provided inside the tub, in which laundry received through the inlet is accomodatable; a door cleaning nozzle provided to spray washing water toward the door; a pump chamber provided at a lower portion of the tub to store washing water discharged from the tub; a drain pump provided to pump washing water stored in the pump chamber to thereby be discharged to outside the washing machine; a detergent supply device; and a controller provided to perform control to: rotate the drum to tumble laundry accommodated in the drum, while the drum is rotating, or after the rotation of the drum is completed, spray washing water by the door cleaning nozzle toward the door, wherein the sprayed washing water is discharged from the tub to the pump chamber to thereby be stored in the pump chamber, operate the drain pump to discharge the washing water stored in the pump chamber, and after operating the drain pump to discharge the washing water, supply additional washing water that passes through the detergent supply device, to the tub. rotate the drum to tumble laundry accommodated in the drum, while the drum is rotating, or after the rotation of the drum is completed, spray washing water by the door cleaning nozzle toward the door, wherein the sprayed washing water is discharged from the tub to the pump chamber to thereby be stored in the pump chamber, operate the drain pump to discharge the washing water stored in the pump chamber, and after operating the drain pump to discharge the washing water, supply additional washing water that passes through the detergent supply device, to the tub.
Test rig for a back-to-back test of a turbine, comprising a generator and a drive motor driving the generator, a shaft coupled to the drive motor and to a surrounding construction for taking a reaction torque created by the driven generator and received by the shaft, and a load cylinder arrangement coupled to the shaft, characterized in that the surrounding construction comprises two hydraulic cylinders (8a, 8b) each being coupled to a radial torque arm (7a, 7b) projecting oppositely to different sides from the shaft, each cylinder (8a, 8b) comprising a first and a second fluid chamber (15a, 16a, 15b, 16b) divided from each other by a piston (19a, 19b) and changing their volume when the shaft is loaded due to receiving a reaction torque, with the first chamber of the first cylinder being coupled to the second chamber of the second cylinder by means of a fluid hose and with the second chamber of the first cylinder being coupled to the first chamber of the second cylinder by means of another fluid hose.
A compound of formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein: R 1 and R 2 are both methyl; L is methylene; R 3 and R 4 are each independently chain (b): (b) -Z 1 -R b -Z 2 -R a,_wherein Z 1 and Z 2, attached in either direction, are each independently -O-, -C O-, -OC O-, or -CONH-; R a is C 2-22 alkyl, C 2-22 alkenyl, or C 2-22 alkynyl; each R b is independently C 1-20 alkylene, C 2-20 alkenylene, or C 2-20 alkynylene; provided that chain (b) has 12-30 carbon atoms; X is CR 6 or N; and R 6 is H, halo, C 1-6 alkyl, or R 4. R 1 and R 2 are both methyl; L is methylene; R 3 and R 4 are each independently chain (b): (b) -Z 1 -R b -Z 2 -R a,_wherein Z 1 and Z 2, attached in either direction, are each independently -O-, -C O-, -OC O-, or -CONH-; R a is C 2-22 alkyl, C 2-22 alkenyl, or C 2-22 alkynyl; each R b is independently C 1-20 alkylene, C 2-20 alkenylene, or C 2-20 alkynylene; provided that chain (b) has 12-30 carbon atoms; X is CR 6 or N; and R 6 is H, halo, C 1-6 alkyl, or R 4.
A distributed adaptive and predictive heating control system comprising one or more thermostats, a central computing entity and optional one or more sensors, said one or more thermostats further being arranged to control the local temperature of an associated enclosure according a first set of parameters and operational settings, and to transmit measured temperature data periodically or continuously to the central computing entity, and said central computing entity having a user interface, further being arranged to receive and collect data from one or more thermostats and optional one or more sensors, and to receive and collect operational settings through said user interface, said optional one or more sensors further being arranged to transmit measured data periodically or continuously to the central computing entity, at least one of said thermostats is arranged to receive a second set of control parameters from the central computing entity replacing the first set of parameters, and said central computing entity is arranged to - periodically or continuously calculate a control response of at least one of said thermostats associated enclosure based on said received and collected data, and further arranged to calculate a second set of parameters based on said control response and transmit said second set of parameters to a thermostat, - calculate a time domain performance of a thermostat associated enclosure based on said received and collected data or one or more said control responses of a thermostat associated enclosure and associated measured outside temperatures, - calculate a heat control timing for an enclosure based on said time domain performance and one or more predicted temperatures outside the enclosure, the system being, characterized in that said predicted temperature outside the enclosure is a temperature prediction of an enclosure based on the heat response of that enclosure or a temperature prediction outside a building based on a local weather forecast data received via a weather forecast interface in the system. - periodically or continuously calculate a control response of at least one of said thermostats associated enclosure based on said received and collected data, and further arranged to calculate a second set of parameters based on said control response and transmit said second set of parameters to a thermostat, - calculate a time domain performance of a thermostat associated enclosure based on said received and collected data or one or more said control responses of a thermostat associated enclosure and associated measured outside temperatures, - calculate a heat control timing for an enclosure based on said time domain performance and one or more predicted temperatures outside the enclosure,
A chirped pulse amplifier for a fiber optic system, the amplifier comprising: a mode-locked laser; a polarization-maintaining device coupled to an output of the mode-locked laser; a pulse stretcher and an amplifier fiber coupled to a first output of the polarization-maintaining device; a first pulse selector coupled to a second output of the polarization-maintaining device; an amplifier coupled to the first pulse selector; and a compressor coupled to an output of the amplifier. a mode-locked laser; a polarization-maintaining device coupled to an output of the mode-locked laser; a pulse stretcher and an amplifier fiber coupled to a first output of the polarization-maintaining device; a first pulse selector coupled to a second output of the polarization-maintaining device; an amplifier coupled to the first pulse selector; and a compressor coupled to an output of the amplifier.
A method of operating video display units VDUs, of a reactor control interface in a nuclear power plant wherein the VDUs include a group of safety VDUs and an additional VDU that is not a safety VDU, the method comprising: detecting a malfunctioning safety VDU, the remaining safety VDUs being functioning safety VDUs; shifting the displays of the functioning safety VDUs to free up one of the functioning safety VDUs wherein the shifting transfers the display of one of the functioning safety VDUs to the additional VDU that is not a safety VDU; and transferring the display of the malfunctioning safety VDU to the functioning safety VDU freed up by the shifting. detecting a malfunctioning safety VDU, the remaining safety VDUs being functioning safety VDUs; shifting the displays of the functioning safety VDUs to free up one of the functioning safety VDUs wherein the shifting transfers the display of one of the functioning safety VDUs to the additional VDU that is not a safety VDU; and transferring the display of the malfunctioning safety VDU to the functioning safety VDU freed up by the shifting.
A pharmaceutical solid dispersion comprising amorphous tolvaptan or salts thereof as active ingredient and cross-linked polyvinylpyrrolidone, wherein the ratio of the active ingredient tolvaptan and the cross-linked polyvinylpyrrolidone by weight is 1:0.1-10.
A microscope comprising: an objective lens (1; 11); an imaging lens (2; 12) projecting light passing through the objective lens (1; 11) to form an image of a specimen (7; 17); an image sensor (3; 13) located at an imaging position where the image of the specimen is formed by the imaging lens (2; 12); an illumination light source (4; 14); and an illumination optical system (6; 16) for introducing light from the illumination light source (4; 14) into an optical path on an objective lens side, illuminating the specimen (7; 17) with the light, wherein the microscope further comprises a relay optical system (10; 20) in which an intermediate image of the specimen (7; 17) is formed between the objective lens (1; 11) and the imaging lens (2; 12) and is relayed to the imaging lens (2; 12), characterized in that the illumination optical system (6;16) is a reflecting fluorescence illumination optical system (6;16) including a dichroic mirror (5; 15) located between the relay optical system (10;20) and a pupil position (P2; P12) conjugate with a pupil position (P1; P11) of the objective lens (1; 11) and formed between the relay optical system (10; 20) and the imaging lens (2; 12), wherein the dichroic mirror (5; 15) is located in the proximity of the pupil position conjugate with the pupil position (P1; P11) of the objective lens (1; 11). an objective lens (1; 11); an imaging lens (2; 12) projecting light passing through the objective lens (1; 11) to form an image of a specimen (7; 17); an image sensor (3; 13) located at an imaging position where the image of the specimen is formed by the imaging lens (2; 12); an illumination light source (4; 14); and an illumination optical system (6; 16) for introducing light from the illumination light source (4; 14) into an optical path on an objective lens side, illuminating the specimen (7; 17) with the light, wherein the microscope further comprises a relay optical system (10; 20) in which an intermediate image of the specimen (7; 17) is formed between the objective lens (1; 11) and the imaging lens (2; 12) and is relayed to the imaging lens (2; 12), characterized in that the illumination optical system (6;16) is a reflecting fluorescence illumination optical system (6;16) including a dichroic mirror (5; 15) located between the relay optical system (10;20) and a pupil position (P2; P12) conjugate with a pupil position (P1; P11) of the objective lens (1; 11) and formed between the relay optical system (10; 20) and the imaging lens (2; 12), wherein the dichroic mirror (5; 15) is located in the proximity of the pupil position conjugate with the pupil position (P1; P11) of the objective lens (1; 11).
A method for the preparation of a unidirectional monolayer consisting essentially of ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene essentially devoid of bonding matrices, comprising: (a) providing a plurality of unidirectional ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene strips; aligning the plurality of unidirectional ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene strips in the same direction, wherein adjacent strips partially overlap; and (b) compressing said plurality of unidirectional ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene strips, at a temperature below the melting point of the ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene, thereby obtaining a unidirectional ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene monolayer essentially devoid of bonding matrices. (a) providing a plurality of unidirectional ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene strips; aligning the plurality of unidirectional ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene strips in the same direction, wherein adjacent strips partially overlap; and (b) compressing said plurality of unidirectional ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene strips, at a temperature below the melting point of the ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene, thereby obtaining a unidirectional ultrahigh-molecular-weight polyethylene monolayer essentially devoid of bonding matrices.