omniomni/omni-engineering huggingface dataset:
Soviet destroyer Strogy (1967). Strogy was a  of the Soviet Navy.

Development and design 

Late 1950s and 1960s was an era of great changes in the history of the navy, new opportunities and new weapons. This was primarily due to the emergence of sea-based nuclear missiles, which turned submarines into strategic weapons. The appearance of nuclear power plants on submarines had greatly increased their autonomy, cruising range, underwater speed and, as a consequence, the severity of the threat they created.

From the very beginning, two options for the main power plant were considered - a traditional steam turbine (STU) or a gas turbine (GTU). The latter, due to its lightness and compactness (specific gravity 5.2 kg / l. From. Versus 9 kg / l. From.), Reduced the ship's displacement from 3600 to 3200 tons and increased its efficiency. In addition, starting from a cold state took 5–10 minutes for the GTU compared to the several hours required for the STU. For these reasons, the option with gas turbine engines was adopted.

The armament of the new ship was innovative. For the first time in Soviet shipbuilding, it was equipped with two anti-aircraft missile systems (M-1 "Volna"). Each complex consisted of a two-boom launcher ZIF-101, a Yatagan control system and a magazine with two rotating drums for 8 V-600 missiles each.

Construction and career 
Strogy was laid down on 22 February 1966, and launched on 29 April 1967 by 61 Communards Shipyard in Nikolayev. She was commissioned on 24 December 1968.

On 15 July 1986, she collided with Kara-class cruiser Nikolayev.

On 30 June 1993, she was decommissioned and was sold to India for scrap, but on the way the ship sank near Singapore in 1995.

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1967 ships
Ships built at Shipyard named after 61 Communards
Cold War destroyers of the Soviet Union
Kashin-class destroyers
Soviet destroyer Ognevoy (1963). Ognevoy was a  of the Soviet Navy.

Development and design 

Late 1950s and 1960s was an era of considerable advancement for the navy, primarily due to the emergence of sea-based nuclear missiles, which turned submarines into strategic weapons. The introduction of nuclear power plants on submarines greatly increased their autonomy, cruising range, underwater speed, and thus the severity of the threat they posed.

From the very beginning, two options for the main power plant were considered - a traditional steam turbine (STU) and a gas turbine (GTU). The latter, due to its lightness and compactness (specific gravity 5.2 kg / l. From. Versus 9 kg / l. From.), Reduced the ship's displacement from 3600 to 3200 tons and increased efficiency. In addition, starting from a cold state took 5–10 minutes for the GTU compared to the several hours required for the STU. For these reasons, the option with gas turbine engines was adopted.

The armament of the new ship was innovative. For the first time in Soviet shipbuilding, it was equipped with two anti-aircraft missile systems (M-1 "Volna"). Each complex consisted of a two-boom launcher ZIF-101, a Yatagan control system and a magazine with two rotating drums for 8 V-600 missiles each.

Construction and career 
Ognevoy was laid down on 9 May 1962, and launched on 31 May 1963 by Zhdanov Shipyard in Leningrad. She was commissioned on 31 December 1964.

On 25 April 1989, she was decommissioned and scrapped in 1990.

References 

1963 ships
Ships built at Severnaya Verf
Cold War destroyers of the Soviet Union
Kashin-class destroyers
PolyU Faculty of Construction and Environment. The PolyU Faculty of Construction and Environment is one of the faculty at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The faculty consists of the Department of Building and Real Estate, Department of Building Services Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics. In 2021, the faculty has around 115 full-time academic staff.

Overview 
The history of the Faculty can be date back to 1937. Today's Department of Building and Real Estate within the Faculty is established in 1937 as the Building Department of Government Trade School, Hong Kong. The Faculty has a long history of offering undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the fields of building engineering, civil engineering, fire engineering, occupational safety and health, structural engineering and surveying.

The Faculty also offers professional training on Surveying and Geo-Information Technology to different government agencies, including Macau Cartography and Cadastre Bureau.

Research 
The Faculty involves in research of combining smart city technology to optimise trip planning. Moreover, the Faculty's Ng Wing Hong Laboratory for Sustainable City contributes in research of high-level information technology infrastructure for examining the sustainable development of Hong Kong at the building and city level.

References

External links

Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Fabrizio Curcio. Fabrizio Curcio (born in 1966) is an Italian government official, who served as Head of the Civil Protection from 3 April 2015 to 8 August 2017 and again since 26 February 2021.

Biography
Born in 1966, he graduated in engineering from the Sapienza University of Rome and subsequently obtained two masters on European Civil Protection and on Security and Protection.

Curcio dealt with first emergencies as an officer of the Vigili del Fuoco, the Italian national corps of firefighters. During this period, he was part of the mobile column that dealt with the emergency caused by the earthquake in Umbria and Marche in 1997. He then coordinated the firefighters involved in the 2000 Jubilee and in the 2002 Russia–NATO summit in Pratica di Mare.

Curcio joined the Civil Protection in 2007, selected by Guido Bertolaso to direct the secretariat. In the following year he headed the "Emergency Management Section", including the 2009 Messina floods and mudslides and those in Liguria and Tuscany, the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake and the 2012 Emilia earthquakes as well as the removal of the Costa Concordia, after its shipwreck near Isola del Giglio.

On 3 April 2015, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi appointed him Head of the Civil Protection, replacing Franco Gabrielli, who became prefect of Rome. On 8 August 2017, Curcio resigned due personal reasons, and was succeeded by Angelo Borrelli.

On 26 February 2021, upon the expiry of the mandate of Angelo Borrelli, Prime Minister Mario Draghi re-appointed Curcio Head of the Civil Protection.

References

1966 births
Living people
Italian civil servants
List of aircraft of Denmark in World War II. This is a list of Danish aircraft of World War II. Nazi Germany banned Denmark from having aircraft when they occupied the country, so you will not find any aircraft after 1940.

Fighters 
 Bristol Bulldog
 Gloster Gauntlet
 Fokker D.XXI

Naval fighters 
 Hawker Nimrod/Nimrodderne

Bombers 
 Fokker C.V
 Hawker Dantorp

Reconnaissance 
 Heinkel HE 8

Trainers 
 Avro Tutor
 de Havilland Tiger Moth

Other 
 Cierva C.30

References

World War II military equipment of Denmark
Vladimir Chikolev. Vladimir Nikolaevich Chikolev (23 July 23 [4 August], 1845, Peski - 22 February [6 March], 1898, St Petersburg) was a Russian scientist who specialised in electrical engineering. He founded the company Elektrotekhnik.

He attended the Moscow Alexander Orphan Military School, before becoming a volunteer at the Imperial Moscow University where he attracted the attention of Professor Jakov Tsvetkov of the Petrovsk Agricultural Academy who appointed him as an assistant.

References

1845 births
1898 deaths
Engineers from the Russian Empire
Big lift. Big lift or variation, may refer to:

 The Big Lift, a 1950 black-and-white film
 2015 "Big Lift" project, a project to renovate the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge
 1963 Operation "Big Lift", a U.S. Armed Forces deployment operation to practise war deployment
 , a Dutch shipping company, operator of heavy-lift ships

See also

 Bell Model 214B Big Lifter helicopter
 
 
 
 Lift (disambiguation)
 Big (disambiguation)
TAI T629. The TAI T629 is a medium-weight attack helicopter currently being developed by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI).

The T629 has more carrying capacity and extra one tonne of compared to the T129 ATAK, but less than the heavier T929 ATAK 2 that is also being developed. Unlike the Italian and Turkish partnership with the T129, the T629 is being developed by Turkey only.

Development
The T629 project started on August 14, 2017. TAI began assembling the first flight model of the helicopter in 2019. No technical details of the helicopter have been revealed so far, except the MTOW (max take-off weight); which is 6 tonnes. It is expected that the helicopter will carry launchers of 70 mm unguided missiles and L-UMTAS anti-tank missiles. The first variant (manned) was revealed in June 2020. The second variant (unmanned) was revealed on February 25, 2021. The T629 shares common systems with TAI T625 Gökbey multi-utility helicopter.

Variants

There are two variants of the T-629. One unmanned and electric variant, and one classic-style manned variant. It is expected for the unmanned and electrical variant to be used in critical missions since it will be quieter.

Future operators

 Turkish Land Forces
 Turkish Naval Forces

See also
 TAI/AgustaWestland T129 ATAK
 TAI T625 Gökbey
 TAI T929 ATAK 2

References

Turkish Aerospace Industries aircraft
Attack helicopters
Proposed aircraft of Turkey
George W. Stevens. George W. Stevens (October 1, 1834 – September 30, 1897) was an American civil engineer and architect practicing in Manchester, New Hampshire, during the nineteenth century.

Life and career
George W. Stevens was born October 1, 1834, in Andover, Massachusetts, to Phinehas Stevens (1800-1864). Phinehas Stevens was a millwright and built the New Mills of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company in 1841, among other mills in New England.

Stevens is first listed in the Manchester directories in 1866, as a civil engineer. By 1879 he was also noted in the directories as an architect, though he was employed as an architect as early as the late 1860s. He lived in Manchester for about forty years, for eighteen of which he was employed as chief civil engineer for the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company. In 1892 Stevens left Manchester to join Lockwood, Greene & Company as superintendent of construction for their southern mills. He remained in this position for five years, living in the South. Stevens died in Cordova, Alabama, on September 30, 1897.

Personal life
Stevens was married in 1864 to Anna Maria Annan (1837-1927) of Manchester.

Augustus G. Stevens (1829-1901), elder brother of George W., was also an architect and engineer in Manchester, and designed the Hoyt Shoe Factory in 1892.

Legacy
At least three buildings attributed to Stevens have been listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places, and another contributes to a listed historic district.

Works
 Manchester City Library (former), Manchester, New Hampshire (1869–71, demolished)
 Lincoln Street School, Manchester, New Hampshire (1871, demolished)
 Ash Street School, Manchester, New Hampshire (1872–74, NRHP-listed 1975)
 Old Post Office Block, Manchester, New Hampshire (1876, NRHP-listed 1986)
 Central Fire Station, Manchester, New Hampshire (1877, demolished 1971)
 Dunlap Building, Manchester, New Hampshire (1879, NRHP-listed 2004)
 House for George W. Stevens, Manchester, New Hampshire (1879)
 Amory Mill, Amoskeag Millyard, Manchester, New Hampshire (1880)
 Housing for the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, Manchester, New Hampshire (1881, partially extant)
 Bakersville School, Manchester, New Hampshire (1883, demolished)
 Chimney, Amoskeag Millyard, Manchester, New Hampshire (1883, demolished 1955)
 Peoples' Baptist Church, Manchester, New Hampshire (1888, demolished)

Gallery of works

Notes

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1834 births
1897 deaths
Architects from New Hampshire
Engineers from New Hampshire
People from Manchester, New Hampshire
People from Andover, Massachusetts
TigerGraph. TigerGraph is a private company headquartered in Redwood City, California. It provides graph database and graph analytics software.

History

TigerGraph was founded in 2012 by programmer Dr. Yu Xu under the name GraphSQL.

In September 2017, the company came out of stealth mode under the name TigerGraph with $33 million in funding. It raised an additional $32 million in funding in September 2019 and another $105 million in a series C round in February 2021. Cumulative funding as of March 2021 is $170 million.

Products

TigerGraph's hybrid transactional/analytical processing database and analytics software can scale to hundreds of terabytes of data with trillions of edges, and is used for data intensive applications such as fraud detection, customer data analysis (customer 360), IoT, artificial intelligence and machine learning. It is available using the cloud computing delivery model. The analytics uses C++ based software and a parallel processing engine to process algorithms and queries. It has its own graph query language that is similar to SQL. TigerGraph also provides a software development kit for creating graphs and visual representations.

As of Nov 2023, TigerGraph version is up to version 3.9.3.

Reception
A 2018 review of TigerGraph 2.2 in Infoworld gave the product 4.5 out of 5 stars.

Query Language
GSQL is a SQL-like Turing complete query language designed by TigerGraph.

See also
 Graph Query Language

References

External links
 Official website
 TigerGraph Paper at SIGMOD Conference

Graph databases
Databases
Structured storage
Four Seasons (skyscraper). The Four Seasons () is a 35-story,  residential skyscraper completed in 2009 and located in Xitun District, Taichung, Taiwan.  As of February 2021, it is 28th tallest building in Taichung. Designed by the Taiwanese architectural firm Hsuyuan Kuo Architect & Associates, the building was constructed under strict requirements of preventing damage caused by earthquakes and typhoons common in Taiwan.

See also 
 List of tallest buildings in Taiwan
 List of tallest buildings in Taichung

References

2009 establishments in Taiwan
Residential skyscrapers in Taiwan
Skyscrapers in Taichung
Apartment buildings in Taiwan
Residential buildings completed in 2009
Taichung's 7th Redevelopment Zone
XX Programmes. The XX Programmes (also known as the FXX Programmes) is a research and development program promoted by Ferrari to test technologies deriving from competitions and new solutions developed by suppliers on hyper cars from any homologation or regulation.

History

2005: FXX
The program was started in 2005 with the Ferrari FXX. The car was conceived to provide maximum driving experiences to the most exclusive customers of the Italian car manufacturer, as well as to test all the solutions that Ferrari would apply in future years to its series models. Other than that, the FXX also served as a laboratory to perfect the knowledge gained in competitions and to deepen the technologies without the constraints of the regulations of the same or those of the various homologations, both sports and road.

2008: FXX Evoluzione
The program evolved with new updates. Engine, gearbox, mechanics and components by suppliers were modified. The evolution was intended to test the new technologies developed by the car manufacturer during its activity in Formula One.

2010: 599XX and 599XX Evo
The program continued with a new prototype developed on the Ferrari 599 sports car. The Ferrari 599XX is however a prototype that has little in common with the production model from which it derives and adopts new solutions almost exclusively all derived from Formula One. In general, the car was used to develop active aerodynamic solutions in the rear and air flow management systems in order to increase dynamic capabilities on the track.

2014: FXX-K
In 2014, the FXX program reached a new important evolutionary step with the release of the Ferrari FXX-K based on the LaFerrari. The prototype is the first Ferrari car model that adopts a hybrid-type propulsion system using HY-KERS technology. The FXX-K therefore contains all the Ferrari solutions developed in its experiences in the GT series, Endurance racing and Formula One competitions.

2023: SF90 XX Stradale
In 2023, the first road legal XX car was introduced with the release of the Ferrari SF90 XX Stradale, based on the Ferrari SF90 Stradale.

References

Ferrari
HTV-X1. HTV-X1 is the first flight and the technical demonstration mission of HTV-X, an uncrewed expendable cargo spacecraft. , it is intended to be launched in 2025 to resupply the International Space Station (ISS).

Cargo 

In addition to the primary mission of carrying the resupply cargo to the ISS, HTV-X1 will carry the following payloads:
 i-SEEP, an exposed experiment platform
 DELIGHT, a technology demonstration of lightweight expandable flat antenna
 Mt.FUJI, a technology demonstration for satellite laser ranging
 Microsatellites to be deployed from HTV-X1 after departure from ISS

References

External links 

H-II Transfer Vehicles
Supply vehicles for the International Space Station
2025 in spaceflight
Russian corvette Gromkiy. Gromkiy is a  of the Russian Navy.

Development and design 

The Steregushchiy-class corvettes have a steel hull and composite material superstructure, with a bulbous bow and nine watertight subdivisions. They have a combined bridge and command centre, and space and weight provision for eight SS-N-25 missiles. Stealth technology was widely used during construction of the ships, as well as 21 patents and 14 new computer programs. Newest physical field reduction solutions were applied too. As a result, designers considerably reduced the ship's radar signature thanks to hull architecture and fire-resistant radar-absorbent fiberglass applied in tophamper's design.

The Kashtan CIWS on the first ship was replaced in subsequent vessels by 12 Redut VLS cells containing 9M96E medium-range SAMs of the S-400 system. SS-N-27 (Kalibr type missiles) will be fitted to a larger domestic version, Project 20385.

The export version known as Project 20382 Tigr carries either eight supersonic SS-N-26 (P-800 Oniks) anti-ship missiles or sixteen subsonic SS-N-25 'Switchblade' (Kh-35E Uran). It also carries two twin-tube launchers for 533mm heavy torpedoes. The A-190E 100mm gun first used in the s is controlled by a 5P-10E system that can track four targets simultaneously. Protection from air attacks is provided by the Kashtan CIWS and eight mounts for the SA-N-10 'Grouse' (9K38 Igla) SAM.

Construction and career 
Gromkiy was laid down on 17 February 2012, and launched on 28 July 2017 by Amur Shipyard in Komsomolsk. On February 7, 2018, the ship's readiness was 84%. At the end of May, the crew arrived at the Amur shipyard. In June, the occupation of the ship was started to ensure its sea trials and acceptance of the ship from the shipbuilder. In August, he was transferred to Vladivostok for testing. She was commissioned on 25 December 2018.

On 15 November 2019, Gromkiy conducted a live fire test in the Sea of Japan.

Between 3 and 10 June 2022, Gromkiy, along with destroyer Admiral Panteleyev, corvettes Sovershennyy, Aldar Tsydenzhapov and intelligence ship Marshal Krylov, took part in naval exercises in the Pacific Ocean. More than 40 warships and support vessels, as well as around 20 aircraft, were involved in the exercises.

In October 2024, corvettes Gromkiy, Aldar Tsydenzhapov and Rezkiy docked at Swettenham Pier in George Town, the capital city of the Malaysian state of Penang, where the crews attended a ceremony to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the Battle of Penang.

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2017 ships
Ships built by Amur Shipbuilding Plant
Naval ships of Russia
Steregushchiy-class corvettes
Russian corvette Merkury. Merkury is a  of the Russian Navy. The original name for the corvette was Retiviy prior to 2021.

Development and design 

The Steregushchiy-class corvettes have a steel hull and composite material superstructure, with a bulbous bow and nine watertight subdivisions. They have a combined bridge and command centre, and space and weight provision for eight Kh-35 missiles. Newest physical field reduction solutions were applied too. As a result, designers considerably reduced the ship's radar signature thanks to hull architecture and fire-resistant radar-absorbent fiberglass applied in tophamper's design. Stealth technology was widely used during construction of the ships, as well as 21 patents and 14 new computer programs.

The Kashtan CIWS on the first ship was replaced in subsequent vessels by 12 Redut VLS cells containing 9M96E medium-range SAMs of the S-350 system. 3M54 Kalibr missiles will be fitted to a larger domestic version, Project 20385.

The export version known as Project 20382 Tigr carries either eight supersonic P-800 Oniks anti-ship missiles or sixteen subsonic Kh-35E Uran. It also carries two twin-tube launchers for 533mm heavy torpedoes. The A-190E 100mm gun first used in the s is controlled by a 5P-10E system that can track four targets simultaneously. Protection from air attacks is provided by the Kashtan CIWS and eight mounts for the 9K38 Igla SAM.

Construction and career 
The ship was laid down on 20 February 2015 as Retiviy, and launched on 12 March 2020 by Severnaya Verf in Saint Petersburg. In April 2020, the ship's crew was formed. The crew arrived in St. Petersburg at the beginning of May 2020 for training. The ship was originally planned to go for sea trials at the end of 2020. However, mooring trials were first initiated in October 2021. While the transfer to the Black Sea Fleet was scheduled for the end of 2021, as of January 2022 the vessel remained on trials.

The name of the ship was changed to Merkury in 2021. The ship was reported to have started sea trials in May 2022 and was reported as planned for commissioning in October. In October it was reported that commissioning may have been postponed into 2023. The ship was commissioned on 13 May 2023.

In late 2024, amid hightend tensions with NATO during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Merkury was deployed as an escort for a Russian tanker on its way through the Baltic sea. The ships were shadowed by the German frigate Nordrhein-Westfalen. Near Bornholm the Germans deployed a NH 90 helicopter for closer investigation. Four flares were fired from Merkury towards the helicopter.

References 

2020 ships
Ships built at Severnaya Verf
Steregushchiy-class corvettes
Whittle Arch. The Whittle Arch is a public art installation in Coventry, England. It is dedicated to Sir Frank Whittle, the inventor of the turbojet engine, who was born in Coventry. The arch was designed as part of Coventry's Phoenix Initiative regeneration project at the start of the 21st century.

History
The Phoenix Initiative was instigated by Coventry City Council in the early 1990s, and the architectural firm MacCormac Jamieson Prichard won the contract in 1997 to masterplan the redevelopment. They designed the Whittle Arch as a transition from the "past" (St Mary's Priory and Cathedral) to the "future" (the Garden of International Friendship) on the pedestrian route through the project. It was constructed by Westbury Structures Ltd, then erected in 2003 by Butterley Construction.

In May 2020 the arch was cleaned by the council and new lights were installed to illuminate it at night. This was done as part of the council's effort to "work to make the city centre brighter and cleaner". The work was paid for with a £78,000 grant from the West Midlands Combined Authority.

Design
The arch is in fact a pair of arches leaning together for support. It is constructed from steel aerofoil section tubular lattices covered in stainless steel mesh, allowing the lights inside to illuminate the structure. It has a 60-metre span over a bus gate in Millenium Place, outside the Coventry Transport Museum.

References

Buildings and structures in Coventry