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Textile traction and/or suspension means for use in rope drives, wherein the textile traction and/or suspension means comprises a braided fibre rope as a primary load-bearing component, a sheath layer on the braided fibre rope and a means on and/or in the sheath layer as a secondary load-bearing component, wherein the means is formed of a connection of synthetic fibres and/or mineral fibres and/or fibre strands consisting of synthetic fibres and/or mineral fibres, wherein the respective fibres and/or the respective fibre strands are interconnected by means of laying, twisting, braiding, circular weaving or meshing, and wherein the means is the load-bearing component of the textile traction and/or suspension means when and/or after the primary load-bearing component fails, and wherein the breaking strength of the means is at least 12.5% of the breaking strength of the braided fibre rope and wherein the proportion by mass of the means is less than 30% of the proportion by mass of the braided fibre rope , wherein the residual breaking strength of the means when and/or after the braided fibre rope fails is greater than the maximum permissible strand load of the textile traction and/or suspension means, and wherein at least one sensor element for detecting a break of the braided fibre rope is located in the braided fibre rope and/or in the sheath layer and/or in the means .
Method of determining an open circuit voltage (OCV) parameter of an electrochemical battery of a battery system , the method being performed by a controller of the system during a relaxation phase of the battery and comprising the following steps - the continuous measurement of a voltage signal, Uacc(t), at the terminals of the battery in relaxation as a function of the time elapsed from a first instant (t0) of the start of the relaxation phase, - the estimation (207a; 207b) of the open circuit voltage (OCV) parameter depending on said measured voltage signal, said method being characterized in that it further comprises: - the calculation continuously during the relaxation of the battery of a logarithmic signal (SF) of the voltage depending on said voltage signal Uacc(t) as a function of the value in logarithmic form of the time elapsed from of the first moment (t0), - the verification whether the logarithmic signal (SF) comprises a point of inflection (PFL), - and, in the event of detection of at least one point of inflection (PFL) at a second instant (t1), the estimation (207a; 207b) consists in calculating the open circuit voltage parameter (OCV) symmetrically by relative to the point of inflection (PFL) as a function at least of the value (U2) of the logarithmic signal (SF) at the second instant (t1). - the continuous measurement of a voltage signal, Uacc(t), at the terminals of the battery in relaxation as a function of the time elapsed from a first instant (t0) of the start of the relaxation phase, - the estimation (207a; 207b) of the open circuit voltage (OCV) parameter depending on said measured voltage signal, said method being characterized in that it further comprises: - the calculation continuously during the relaxation of the battery of a logarithmic signal (SF) of the voltage depending on said voltage signal Uacc(t) as a function of the value in logarithmic form of the time elapsed from of the first moment (t0), - the verification whether the logarithmic signal (SF) comprises a point of inflection (PFL), - and, in the event of detection of at least one point of inflection (PFL) at a second instant (t1), the estimation (207a; 207b) consists in calculating the open circuit voltage parameter (OCV) symmetrically by relative to the point of inflection (PFL) as a function at least of the value (U2) of the logarithmic signal (SF) at the second instant (t1). - the calculation continuously during the relaxation of the battery of a logarithmic signal (SF) of the voltage depending on said voltage signal Uacc(t) as a function of the value in logarithmic form of the time elapsed from of the first moment (t0), - the verification whether the logarithmic signal (SF) comprises a point of inflection (PFL), - and, in the event of detection of at least one point of inflection (PFL) at a second instant (t1), the estimation (207a; 207b) consists in calculating the open circuit voltage parameter (OCV) symmetrically by relative to the point of inflection (PFL) as a function at least of the value (U2) of the logarithmic signal (SF) at the second instant (t1).
A method comprising: receiving, at a controller, health monitoring metrics from a plurality of load balancer leaf switches in a network fabric, wherein the health monitoring metrics from each leaf switch in the plurality of load balancer leaf switches are associated with local servers managed by the leaf switch, wherein a particular load balancer leaf switch probes only one or more local servers that the particular load balancer leaf switch is connected to; determining, based on the health monitoring metrics, that a server in the network fabric has failed; and in response to the determining: modifying a load balancing configuration for the network fabric, transmitting the load balancing configuration to each load balancer leaf switch in the plurality of load balancer leaf switches in the network fabric. wherein transmitting the load balancing configuration to each load balancer leaf switch in the plurality of leaf switches in the network fabric causes each load balancer leaf switch to update an entry in a Static Random Access Memory, SRAM, table corresponding to a Ternary Content Addressable Memory, TCAM, table of the server in the network fabric that has failed. receiving, at a controller, health monitoring metrics from a plurality of load balancer leaf switches in a network fabric, wherein the health monitoring metrics from each leaf switch in the plurality of load balancer leaf switches are associated with local servers managed by the leaf switch, wherein a particular load balancer leaf switch probes only one or more local servers that the particular load balancer leaf switch is connected to; determining, based on the health monitoring metrics, that a server in the network fabric has failed; and in response to the determining: modifying a load balancing configuration for the network fabric, transmitting the load balancing configuration to each load balancer leaf switch in the plurality of load balancer leaf switches in the network fabric. wherein transmitting the load balancing configuration to each load balancer leaf switch in the plurality of leaf switches in the network fabric causes each load balancer leaf switch to update an entry in a Static Random Access Memory, SRAM, table corresponding to a Ternary Content Addressable Memory, TCAM, table of the server in the network fabric that has failed. modifying a load balancing configuration for the network fabric, transmitting the load balancing configuration to each load balancer leaf switch in the plurality of load balancer leaf switches in the network fabric. wherein transmitting the load balancing configuration to each load balancer leaf switch in the plurality of leaf switches in the network fabric causes each load balancer leaf switch to update an entry in a Static Random Access Memory, SRAM, table corresponding to a Ternary Content Addressable Memory, TCAM, table of the server in the network fabric that has failed.
A method for calibrating an output of a torsional vibration transducer , comprising: providing a torsional vibration transducer proximate to a body of a shaft ; actuating the shaft to cause rotation of the shaft about an axis of rotation when stress on the shaft is approximately zero; as the shaft rotates, acquiring , using the torsional vibration transducer , a plurality of zero-stress measurements of the shaft while the stress on the shaft is approximately zero, across a plurality of gaps between the torsional vibration transducer and the shaft , the plurality of zero-stress measurements including at least a first zero-stress measurement at a near gap between the torsional vibration transducer and the shaft and a second zero-stress measurement at a far gap between the torsional vibration transducer and the shaft , wherein, when the stress on the shaft is approximately zero during rotation of the shaft , the plurality of zero-stress measurements correspond to electrical runout signals, respectively; calculating at least one calibration coefficient using the plurality of zero-stress measurements; and calibrating the output of the torsional vibration transducer according to the at least one calibration coefficient to reduce a sensitivity of the torsional vibration transducer to changes in gap between the torsional vibration transducer and the shaft when a torsional vibration of the shaft is measured. providing a torsional vibration transducer proximate to a body of a shaft ; actuating the shaft to cause rotation of the shaft about an axis of rotation when stress on the shaft is approximately zero; as the shaft rotates, acquiring , using the torsional vibration transducer , a plurality of zero-stress measurements of the shaft while the stress on the shaft is approximately zero, across a plurality of gaps between the torsional vibration transducer and the shaft , the plurality of zero-stress measurements including at least a first zero-stress measurement at a near gap between the torsional vibration transducer and the shaft and a second zero-stress measurement at a far gap between the torsional vibration transducer and the shaft , wherein, when the stress on the shaft is approximately zero during rotation of the shaft , the plurality of zero-stress measurements correspond to electrical runout signals, respectively; calculating at least one calibration coefficient using the plurality of zero-stress measurements; and calibrating the output of the torsional vibration transducer according to the at least one calibration coefficient to reduce a sensitivity of the torsional vibration transducer to changes in gap between the torsional vibration transducer and the shaft when a torsional vibration of the shaft is measured.
A composite wear part comprising a ferrous alloy matrix and at least one ceramic reinforcement in the form of an insert with an openwork structure, the openwork structure comprising blind holes , the blind side of the holes being positioned on the most stressed side of said wear part.
A rail traffic path comprising a rail for rail traffic; a substructure statically supporting the rail ; a counterweight, the counterweight being mechanically connected to the substructure and/or fixed in position by the inertia of the counterweight; and a system for actively attenuating acoustic vibrations of the rail , the system comprising a) at least one sensor configured at least for detecting a vertical acoustic vibration of the rail , b) at least one actuator configured at least for exciting a vertical counter-vibration of the rail , and c) at least one control unit communicatively connected to the at least one sensor and the at least one actuator for controlling the at least one actuator depending on the vertical vibration detected by the sensor , d) wherein the counter-vibration is adapted to destructively interfere with the detected vertical vibration, and e) wherein the at least one actuator is mechanically coupled to the rail and to the counterweight, f) wherein the counterweight comprises a carrier element carrying the rail , and g) wherein the at least one actuator of the system is at least partly integrated in the carrier element carrying the rail characterised in that the at least one actuator is arranged under the rail in a recess of the carrier element . a) at least one sensor configured at least for detecting a vertical acoustic vibration of the rail , b) at least one actuator configured at least for exciting a vertical counter-vibration of the rail , and c) at least one control unit communicatively connected to the at least one sensor and the at least one actuator for controlling the at least one actuator depending on the vertical vibration detected by the sensor , d) wherein the counter-vibration is adapted to destructively interfere with the detected vertical vibration, and e) wherein the at least one actuator is mechanically coupled to the rail and to the counterweight, f) wherein the counterweight comprises a carrier element carrying the rail , and g) wherein the at least one actuator of the system is at least partly integrated in the carrier element carrying the rail
Method for the manufacture of a heterojunction electronic component provided with an embedded barrier layer , comprising the stages of: - deposition by epitaxy, on a substrate positioned in a vapour phase epitaxial growth chamber, with an atmosphere in the chamber exhibiting a first nonzero ammonia concentration, of a GaN precursor layer of the embedded barrier layer, this precursor layer comprising a first layer doped with a dopant which is Mg or Fe, the deposition by epitaxy of the GaN precursor layer comprising a deposition by epitaxy, on the first layer doped with the said dopant, of a GaN second layer in an atmosphere in the chamber not fed with the said dopant; - while maintaining the substrate in the epitaxial growth chamber, placing the atmosphere inside the chamber with a second ammonia concentration at most equal to a third of the first concentration, so as to remove an upper part of the precursor layer , the removal of the upper part of the precursor layer comprising the complete removal of the GaN second layer ; then - after the removal of the said upper part of the precursor layer, while maintaining the substrate in the epitaxial growth chamber, deposition by epitaxy, on the said precursor layer, of a layer of semiconductor material of the heterojunction electronic component to be manufactured, the said precursor layer then forming the embedded barrier layer under the said layer of semiconductor material . - deposition by epitaxy, on a substrate positioned in a vapour phase epitaxial growth chamber, with an atmosphere in the chamber exhibiting a first nonzero ammonia concentration, of a GaN precursor layer of the embedded barrier layer, this precursor layer comprising a first layer doped with a dopant which is Mg or Fe, the deposition by epitaxy of the GaN precursor layer comprising a deposition by epitaxy, on the first layer doped with the said dopant, of a GaN second layer in an atmosphere in the chamber not fed with the said dopant; - while maintaining the substrate in the epitaxial growth chamber, placing the atmosphere inside the chamber with a second ammonia concentration at most equal to a third of the first concentration, so as to remove an upper part of the precursor layer , the removal of the upper part of the precursor layer comprising the complete removal of the GaN second layer ; then - after the removal of the said upper part of the precursor layer, while maintaining the substrate in the epitaxial growth chamber, deposition by epitaxy, on the said precursor layer, of a layer of semiconductor material of the heterojunction electronic component to be manufactured, the said precursor layer then forming the embedded barrier layer under the said layer of semiconductor material .
Railway control system with a control restriction for transmitting commands from the railway control system to a signal box for a railway installation , the signal box having an associated warning system that controls a warning device located on the railway installation , characterized in that before transmitting a command to the signal box the railway control system sends a control permission request to the warning system , and lifts the control restriction and transmits the command to the signal box only after a positive control permission response has been received from the warning system .
A compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein W represents C(O) or S(O) 2 ; Z represents aryl or heteroaryl, either of which groups may be optionally substituted by one or more substituents; R 1 represents C 2-6 alkyl, optionally substituted by hydroxy; or R 1 represents C 3-7 cycloalkyl (including benzo-fused analogues thereof), C 3-7 cycloalkyl(C 1-6 )alkyl (in which the cycloalkyl moiety may include benzo-fused analogues thereof), aryl(C 1-6 )alkyl, C 3-7 heterocycloalkyl (including benzo-fused analogues thereof), C 3-7 heterocycloalkyl(C 1-6 )-alkyl (in which the heterocycloalkyl moiety may include benzo-fused analogues thereof), C 4-9 heterobicycloalkyl, C 4-9 spiroheterocycloalkyl or heteroaryl(C 1-6 )alkyl, any of which groups may be optionally substituted by one or more substituents; and R 2 , R 3 and R 4 independently represent hydrogen, halogen or trifluoromethyl. W represents C(O) or S(O) 2 ; Z represents aryl or heteroaryl, either of which groups may be optionally substituted by one or more substituents; R 1 represents C 2-6 alkyl, optionally substituted by hydroxy; or R 1 represents C 3-7 cycloalkyl (including benzo-fused analogues thereof), C 3-7 cycloalkyl(C 1-6 )alkyl (in which the cycloalkyl moiety may include benzo-fused analogues thereof), aryl(C 1-6 )alkyl, C 3-7 heterocycloalkyl (including benzo-fused analogues thereof), C 3-7 heterocycloalkyl(C 1-6 )-alkyl (in which the heterocycloalkyl moiety may include benzo-fused analogues thereof), C 4-9 heterobicycloalkyl, C 4-9 spiroheterocycloalkyl or heteroaryl(C 1-6 )alkyl, any of which groups may be optionally substituted by one or more substituents; and R 2 , R 3 and R 4 independently represent hydrogen, halogen or trifluoromethyl.
A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine equipped with a plurality of cylinders , a variable valve actuation system capable of switching the operation mode of intake and exhaust valves of each of the cylinders between an inactive mode in which the operation of opening/closing the intake and exhaust valves of the cylinder is disabled and an active mode in which the operation of opening/closing the intake and exhaust valves of the cylinder is enabled on a cylinder-by-cylinder basis, and a fuel injection valve that supplies fuel into each of the cylinders of the internal combustion engine , comprising: a controller capable of performing skip firing control, which is the control of deactivating some of the cylinders by causing said variable valve actuation system to set the operation mode of the intake and exhaust valves of the some of the cylinders to the inactive mode and causing the fuel injection valve of the some of the cylinders to suspend supply of fuel and changing the deactivated cylinders , wherein said controller performs said skip firing control when the engine speed is equal to or lower than a first engine speed and performs fixed deactivated cylinder control to control said variable valve actuation system and said fuel injection valve in such a way as to deactivate specific cylinders among the plurality of cylinders when the engine speed is higher than said first engine speed. a controller capable of performing skip firing control, which is the control of deactivating some of the cylinders by causing said variable valve actuation system to set the operation mode of the intake and exhaust valves of the some of the cylinders to the inactive mode and causing the fuel injection valve of the some of the cylinders to suspend supply of fuel and changing the deactivated cylinders , wherein said controller performs said skip firing control when the engine speed is equal to or lower than a first engine speed and performs fixed deactivated cylinder control to control said variable valve actuation system and said fuel injection valve in such a way as to deactivate specific cylinders among the plurality of cylinders when the engine speed is higher than said first engine speed.
A method for the start-up of a process for the epoxidation of ethylene comprising: initiating an epoxidation reaction by reacting a feed gas composition containing ethylene, oxygen and a chloride moderator selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 8 halohydrocarbons in the presence of a high selectivity silver-based epoxidation catalyst at a first temperature from about 180°C to about 230°C, wherein said chloride moderator is present in the feed gas composition at a concentration equal to or greater than 2 ppm, and wherein said epoxidation reaction has a selectivity of less than 86 %; increasing the first temperature to a second temperature of about 235°C to about 270°C at a ramp of 0.5°C/h to about 10°C/h in the presence of the feed gas composition used during said initiating; maintaining the second temperature over a time period of from about 10 hours to about 400 hours in the presence of the feed gas composition used during said initiating; reducing the concentration of the chloride moderator in the feed gas composition below that used during said initiating and which is from 0.5 ppm to 3 ppm; and reducing the second temperature to a third temperature of from 180°C to 245°C in the presence of said feed gas composition including said reduced concentration of chloride moderator. initiating an epoxidation reaction by reacting a feed gas composition containing ethylene, oxygen and a chloride moderator selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 8 halohydrocarbons in the presence of a high selectivity silver-based epoxidation catalyst at a first temperature from about 180°C to about 230°C, wherein said chloride moderator is present in the feed gas composition at a concentration equal to or greater than 2 ppm, and wherein said epoxidation reaction has a selectivity of less than 86 %; increasing the first temperature to a second temperature of about 235°C to about 270°C at a ramp of 0.5°C/h to about 10°C/h in the presence of the feed gas composition used during said initiating; maintaining the second temperature over a time period of from about 10 hours to about 400 hours in the presence of the feed gas composition used during said initiating; reducing the concentration of the chloride moderator in the feed gas composition below that used during said initiating and which is from 0.5 ppm to 3 ppm; and reducing the second temperature to a third temperature of from 180°C to 245°C in the presence of said feed gas composition including said reduced concentration of chloride moderator.