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Testing method for determining the distribution of a physical property along a wind turbine blade, being a dynamic test that comprises the use of an equipment for measuring the strain at multiple locations in mono-mode optical fibres using Rayleigh scattered light, an Optical Backscattering Reflectometer interrogator, an interface device and an Acquisition System, said mono-mode optical fibres being attached to the blade subjected to said tests for obtaining high spatial resolution measurements of the blade strain during said tests, characterized in that comprises by comprising the following steps; a) installing inside the blade a first cable of a mono-mode optical fibre along the leading and trailing edges and a second and third cables (14, 15) of mono-mode optical fibre at both sides of the blade along a central longitudinal section, leaving in said cables (13, 14, 15) a free end for its connection with an external equipment; b) applying one or more loads to the blade in a test bench placed at the blade factory comprising first and second fixed supports (11, 12) and means for rotating the blade; c) obtaining the strain distribution produced by said load or loads along the blade using a suitable external equipment connected to the free end of at least one of said cables (13, 14, 15) for measuring the strain using Rayleigh scattered light; d) determining the distribution of said physical property from said strain distribution; e) comparing the distribution of said physical property with its design distribution; characterized in that said physical property is the longitudinal blade mass distribution; the blade is placed in said test bench in a flapping position subjected to its own weight and first strain measures are carried out along said second cable; the blade is turned 180° in said test bench and second strain measures are carried out along said third cable; the longitudinal blade mass distribution is determined from a previously obtained distribution of the flapping bending stiffness and from the first and second strain distributions resulting from said first and second strain measures, taking into account that, with respect to the first distribution, the second distribution is caused by twice the own weight of the blade. a) installing inside the blade a first cable of a mono-mode optical fibre along the leading and trailing edges and a second and third cables (14, 15) of mono-mode optical fibre at both sides of the blade along a central longitudinal section, leaving in said cables (13, 14, 15) a free end for its connection with an external equipment; b) applying one or more loads to the blade in a test bench placed at the blade factory comprising first and second fixed supports (11, 12) and means for rotating the blade; c) obtaining the strain distribution produced by said load or loads along the blade using a suitable external equipment connected to the free end of at least one of said cables (13, 14, 15) for measuring the strain using Rayleigh scattered light; d) determining the distribution of said physical property from said strain distribution; e) comparing the distribution of said physical property with its design distribution;
A computer-implemented method for the analysis of image data representing a three-dimensional volume (10, 20) of biological tissue, the image data comprising a first image representing the three-dimensional volume at a first point in time and a second image representing the volume at a second point in time being different from the first point in time, the method comprising the steps of: a) for each of a number of subvolumes in both images generating at least two error probability values, each of the values indicating a probability of a type of imaging error, the totality of subvolumes constituting the three-dimensional volume (10, 20); b) analyzing the image data to obtain a local measure for a probability of growth of a layer of the biological tissue represented by a first subvolume of the first image and a second subvolume of the second image, along a predefined direction, where the first subvolume and the second subvolume represent a same region of the three-dimensional volume, weighting in the analysis the image data of a given subvolume of the plurality of subvolumes according to a consolidated error probability of the subvolume; wherein at least two error probability value pairs (41.1, 41.2; 42.1, 42.2; 43.1, 43.2; 44.1, 44.2) are generated for a region of the three-dimensional volume represented by the first and second subvolume, each pair comprising an error probability value (41.1, 42.1, 43.1, 44.1) for the first subvolume and a respective error probability value (41.2, 42.2, 43.2, 44.2) of the same type for the second subvolume; wherein a single local error probability value (41, 42, 43, 44) is obtained from each of the at least two error probability value pairs of the same type (41.1, 41.2; 42.1, 42.2; 43.1, 43.2; 44.1, 44.2); and wherein the consolidated error probability of the subvolume is obtained from the at least two single local error probability values (41, 42, 43, 44). a) for each of a number of subvolumes in both images generating at least two error probability values, each of the values indicating a probability of a type of imaging error, the totality of subvolumes constituting the three-dimensional volume (10, 20); b) analyzing the image data to obtain a local measure for a probability of growth of a layer of the biological tissue represented by a first subvolume of the first image and a second subvolume of the second image, along a predefined direction, where the first subvolume and the second subvolume represent a same region of the three-dimensional volume, weighting in the analysis the image data of a given subvolume of the plurality of subvolumes according to a consolidated error probability of the subvolume;
Apparatus to control or regulate the flow rate and/or flow direction of fluids, comprising: - a housing with at least two inlets and/or outlets (4a, 4b, 4a', 4b', 4c), - at least one arm (8, 8', 8"), which is arranged inside the housing so as to be movable, - at least one closure element (10a, 10b, 10a', 10b', 10c) which is arranged inside the housing and is movably connected to the arm (8, 8', 8"), and - a pre-tensioned spring element (11a, 11b) which is arranged between the arm (8, 8', 8") and the closure element (10a, 10b, 10a', 10b', 10c), - wherein the arm (8, 8', 8") and the closure element (10a, 10b, 10a', 10b', 10c) connected thereto are arranged and connected to one another such that at least one inlet and/or outlet (4a, 4b, 4a', 4b', 4c) can be shut off by the closure element (10a, 10b, 10a', 10b', 10c), and - wherein the closure element (10a, 10b, 10a', 10b', 10c) and/or at least one inlet and/or outlet (4a, 4b, 4a', 4b', 4c) has a curved sealing surface (12a, 12b) to seal the inlets and/or outlets (4a, 4b, 4a', 4b', 4c), characterised in that - the closure element (10a, 10b, 10a', 10b', 10c) has a spherical sealing surface (12, 12b) and in that at least one inlet and/or outlet (4a, 4b, 4a', 4b', 4c) has a circumferential edge as the sealing edge, or in that - the closure element (10a, 10b, 10a', 10b', 10c) has a circumferential edge as the sealing edge and in that at least one inlet and/or outlet (4a, 4b, 4a', 4b', 4c) has a spherical sealing surface. - a housing with at least two inlets and/or outlets (4a, 4b, 4a', 4b', 4c), - at least one arm (8, 8', 8"), which is arranged inside the housing so as to be movable, - at least one closure element (10a, 10b, 10a', 10b', 10c) which is arranged inside the housing and is movably connected to the arm (8, 8', 8"), and - a pre-tensioned spring element (11a, 11b) which is arranged between the arm (8, 8', 8") and the closure element (10a, 10b, 10a', 10b', 10c), - wherein the arm (8, 8', 8") and the closure element (10a, 10b, 10a', 10b', 10c) connected thereto are arranged and connected to one another such that at least one inlet and/or outlet (4a, 4b, 4a', 4b', 4c) can be shut off by the closure element (10a, 10b, 10a', 10b', 10c), and - wherein the closure element (10a, 10b, 10a', 10b', 10c) and/or at least one inlet and/or outlet (4a, 4b, 4a', 4b', 4c) has a curved sealing surface (12a, 12b) to seal the inlets and/or outlets (4a, 4b, 4a', 4b', 4c), characterised in that - the closure element (10a, 10b, 10a', 10b', 10c) has a spherical sealing surface (12, 12b) and in that at least one inlet and/or outlet (4a, 4b, 4a', 4b', 4c) has a circumferential edge as the sealing edge, or in that - the closure element (10a, 10b, 10a', 10b', 10c) has a circumferential edge as the sealing edge and in that at least one inlet and/or outlet (4a, 4b, 4a', 4b', 4c) has a spherical sealing surface.
A test bench for testing a drive train of a wind energy installation, comprising a drive device for introducing a test power into the drive train, which drive device can be releasably connected to a drive train to be tested, wherein, in order to test a drive train, the drive device is releasably mounted on or to, or attached on or to and supported by, the drive train, characterised in that, when the drive device is in the mounted or attached condition, a predominant part of the weight force of the drive device bears on the drive train and the drive device comprises one or more drive motors, in particular one or more hydraulic or electric drive motors.
Method for welding stainless steel parts (1, 2) so as to produce by melting a filler metal at the junction of said parts (1, 2) a weld seam satisfying at least one target dimensional criterion, characterised in that it comprises the following steps: (a) Determining by data processing means a plurality of potentially acceptable values of vectors of at least one welding operating parameter according to the physicochemical characteristics of the parts (1, 2) and/or of filler metal; (b) For each one of said vectors, calculating by the data processing means an associated vector of theoretical values of at least one dimensional parameter of the weld seam at the junction of said parts (1, 2) according to a molten pool model; (c) Estimating by the data processing means by kriging a function allowing to express the dimensional parameter or parameters of the weld seam as a function of the welding operating parameter or parameters; (d) Determining by the data processing means optimum values of the welding operating parameter or parameters for which the values estimated thanks to said function of the dimensional parameter or parameters of the weld seam satisfy the target dimensional criterion or criteria; (e) welding of said parts (1, 2) by a welding device configured to apply said optimum values of the determined welding operating parameter or parameters. (a) Determining by data processing means a plurality of potentially acceptable values of vectors of at least one welding operating parameter according to the physicochemical characteristics of the parts (1, 2) and/or of filler metal; (b) For each one of said vectors, calculating by the data processing means an associated vector of theoretical values of at least one dimensional parameter of the weld seam at the junction of said parts (1, 2) according to a molten pool model; (c) Estimating by the data processing means by kriging a function allowing to express the dimensional parameter or parameters of the weld seam as a function of the welding operating parameter or parameters; (d) Determining by the data processing means optimum values of the welding operating parameter or parameters for which the values estimated thanks to said function of the dimensional parameter or parameters of the weld seam satisfy the target dimensional criterion or criteria; (e) welding of said parts (1, 2) by a welding device configured to apply said optimum values of the determined welding operating parameter or parameters.
A phase detection method comprising: - determining (S101, S102) based on input signal amplitude values of a plurality of phases one of a plurality of continuous sections having different magnitude correlations between signal amplitudes of the phases, the plurality of phases being three phases; - obtaining a normalized amplitude value in each section by using a result of predetermined subtraction performed between the signal amplitudes of the phases in each section determined at the determining; and - outputting a vector phase, characterized in that - at the normalizing (S101, S102), a value obtained by dividing a value as a result of a second subtraction, at which the subtraction result between signal amplitudes of respective phases in the section has a linear characteristic, by a value as a first subtraction result, at which the subtraction result between signal amplitudes of respective phases in the section has approximately a flat characteristic, is output as a normalized amplitude value; and - the outputting includes converting the normalized amplitude value obtained at the obtaining to a vector phase for one cycle based on a predetermined phase, the output vector phase corresponding to the section determined at the determining. - determining (S101, S102) based on input signal amplitude values of a plurality of phases one of a plurality of continuous sections having different magnitude correlations between signal amplitudes of the phases, the plurality of phases being three phases; - obtaining a normalized amplitude value in each section by using a result of predetermined subtraction performed between the signal amplitudes of the phases in each section determined at the determining; and - outputting a vector phase, characterized in that - at the normalizing (S101, S102), a value obtained by dividing a value as a result of a second subtraction, at which the subtraction result between signal amplitudes of respective phases in the section has a linear characteristic, by a value as a first subtraction result, at which the subtraction result between signal amplitudes of respective phases in the section has approximately a flat characteristic, is output as a normalized amplitude value; and - the outputting includes converting the normalized amplitude value obtained at the obtaining to a vector phase for one cycle based on a predetermined phase, the output vector phase corresponding to the section determined at the determining.
An assembly formed by a tray, a screen support and a screen, wherein the tray is intended to be embedded in a table and comprises a housing for the support, comprising a mechanism for moving the support between a position in which said screen is fitted in the housing and a position in which said screen is upright, and wherein the mechanism comprises: - a toothed wheel sector; - a pinion which engages with the toothed wheel sector and which has a shaft attached to the tray; and - a motor driving the pinion; characterized in that: the support is hinged to the tray around a hinge of the support to rotate about a rotational axis defined by the hinge; and in that said toothed wheel sector is a piece attached to the support at the rear bottom thereof and has an axis coincident with said rotational axis. - a toothed wheel sector; - a pinion which engages with the toothed wheel sector and which has a shaft attached to the tray; and - a motor driving the pinion; the support is hinged to the tray around a hinge of the support to rotate about a rotational axis defined by the hinge; and in that said toothed wheel sector is a piece attached to the support at the rear bottom thereof and has an axis coincident with said rotational axis.
A laminated rotor core for a rotor of an electric machine, which is constructed from a plurality of stacked lamination rings, wherein a plurality of receiving openings for permanent magnets are formed in pairs, distributed in a V-shape relative to one another in the circumferential direction and symmetrically to an axis of symmetry in each of the lamination rings; wherein a plurality of structural elements are formed homogeneously and at the same distance from one another in the circumferential direction in each of the lamination rings rotated by an angle with respect to the axis of symmetry, so that the arrangement of the structural elements is not symmetrical to the axis of symmetry of the lamination ring, characterized in that the laminated rotor core comprises a lamination ring or a group of lamination rings rotated by 180° about the axis of symmetry and a non-rotated lamination ring or a non-rotated group of lamination rings, wherein the rotated lamination ring or group of lamination rings sits on the non-rotated lamination ring or non-rotated group of lamination rings.
A rotorcraft comprising: An array of lift devices supported at a frame structure such that they form a matrix; A first group of the lift devices configured to generate thrust in a first common direction; A second group of the lift devices being tilted or tiltable relative to the first group of devices so as to generate thrust in at least a second common direction; and A flight control system; and An electrical power source comprising a fuel tank and further comprising a generator device coupled to the frame structure and the generator produces an exhaust which is configured to generate thrust at a substantial inclination to the first common direction; wherein the frame structure comprises: A main portion for housing the first group of lift devices; A tiltable portion for housing the second group of lift devices; An actuator for effecting or varying the tilt of the tiltable portion, characterised in that the main portion and the tillable portion are pivotally coupled by a hinge that runs across a lower side of the frame structure from a port side to a starboard side. An array of lift devices supported at a frame structure such that they form a matrix; A first group of the lift devices configured to generate thrust in a first common direction; A second group of the lift devices being tilted or tiltable relative to the first group of devices so as to generate thrust in at least a second common direction; and A flight control system; and An electrical power source comprising a fuel tank and further comprising a generator device coupled to the frame structure and the generator produces an exhaust which is configured to generate thrust at a substantial inclination to the first common direction; wherein the frame structure comprises: A main portion for housing the first group of lift devices; A tiltable portion for housing the second group of lift devices; An actuator for effecting or varying the tilt of the tiltable portion, characterised in that the main portion and the tillable portion are pivotally coupled by a hinge that runs across a lower side of the frame structure from a port side to a starboard side. A main portion for housing the first group of lift devices; A tiltable portion for housing the second group of lift devices; An actuator for effecting or varying the tilt of the tiltable portion, characterised in that the main portion and the tillable portion are pivotally coupled by a hinge that runs across a lower side of the frame structure from a port side to a starboard side.
A green phosphor comprising: an inorganic phosphor particle; and neodymium-containing particles attached on a surface of the inorganic phosphor particle, wherein the green phosphor has a light-emission local maximum wavelength in a range of from 500 nm to 570 nm. an inorganic phosphor particle; and neodymium-containing particles attached on a surface of the inorganic phosphor particle, wherein the green phosphor has a light-emission local maximum wavelength in a range of from 500 nm to 570 nm.
A method of improving the cognitive function of a healthy human by ingesting a composition containing bovine beta-casein or by providing to a healthy human a composition containing bovine beta-casein, wherein at least 75% by weight of the beta-casein is a beta-casein variant that does not produce BCM-7 on digestion in the gut of the human.
A soluble ActRIIB polypeptide comprising an extracellular domain of an ActRIIB polypeptide having an amino acid sequence that is at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO:2, a flexible TGGG linker, and an immunoglobulin Fc domain, wherein the immunoglobulin Fc domain is fused to the C-terminus of the extracellular domain of the ActRIIB polypeptide by the flexible linker, and wherein the extracellular domain of the ActRIIB polypeptide comprises one or more mutations at a residue selected from: E37, E39, R40, K55, R56, Y60, A64, K74, W78, L79, D80, F82, and F101, using the amino acid numbering of SEQ ID NO:4.
A pharmaceutical composition comprising a) from 10% to 40% by weight of cinacalcet HCI; b) from 45% to 85% by weight of at least one diluent selected from starch, microcrystalline cellulose, dicalcium phosphate, lactose, sorbitol, mannitol, sucrose, methyl dextrins, and mixtures of thereof; wherein the percentage by weight is relative to the total weight of the composition; and wherein the composition is in granular form and the granules have a D 50 ranging from 50μm to 150μm. a) from 10% to 40% by weight of cinacalcet HCI; b) from 45% to 85% by weight of at least one diluent selected from starch, microcrystalline cellulose, dicalcium phosphate, lactose, sorbitol, mannitol, sucrose, methyl dextrins, and mixtures of thereof;
Uncoupling pulley (100, 100', 100", 100"', 100"") having a longitudinal axis, said pulley comprising: - a rim comprising a first zone, intended to receive a belt connecting the rim to a first power transmission element, and a second zone located in the axial extension, namely according to the direction defined by the longitudinal axis of the pulley, of the first zone; - a hub (2, 2', 2") intended to be secured to a second power transmission element; one of the power transmission elements driving and the other being driven; - a ring mounted under the second zone of the rim and around the hub (2, 2', 2"), in such a way that said ring can rotate, about said longitudinal axis, with respect to the rim and/or the hub (2, 2', 2"); - an elastically deformable element (4, 4', 4") mounted between the hub (2, 2', 2") and the ring; - a one-way clutch of which one end is fixed to the ring and of which the remaining portion is mounted both under the second zone of the rim and above the ring in such a way that in coupling mode, the one-way clutch exerts a radial force against an internal bore of the rim; the pulley being characterised in that: - the first zone of the rim has an inner diameter (D 11); - the second zone of the rim has an inner diameter (D 12), the inner diameter (D 12) of the second zone being greater than the inner diameter (D 11) of the first zone. - a rim comprising a first zone, intended to receive a belt connecting the rim to a first power transmission element, and a second zone located in the axial extension, namely according to the direction defined by the longitudinal axis of the pulley, of the first zone; - a hub (2, 2', 2") intended to be secured to a second power transmission element; - a ring mounted under the second zone of the rim and around the hub (2, 2', 2"), in such a way that said ring can rotate, about said longitudinal axis, with respect to the rim and/or the hub (2, 2', 2"); - an elastically deformable element (4, 4', 4") mounted between the hub (2, 2', 2") and the ring; - a one-way clutch of which one end is fixed to the ring and of which the remaining portion is mounted both under the second zone of the rim and above the ring in such a way that in coupling mode, the one-way clutch exerts a radial force against an internal bore of the rim; - the first zone of the rim has an inner diameter (D 11); - the second zone of the rim has an inner diameter (D 12),
An endless belt comprising: a substrate layer comprising polyimide and a plurality of boron nitride nanotubes dispersed in the polyimide, the boron nitride nanotubes having a surface area of from 50 m 2 /g to 500 m 2 /g as determined by BET analysis, and being in an amount ranging from 0.01 wt% to 20 wt% based on the total weight of the substrate layer.