omniomni/omni-engineering huggingface dataset:
Caproni Ca.314. The Caproni Ca.314 was an Italian twin-engine attack/torpedo bomber aircraft, used in World War II.

Derived from the similar Ca.310, the Ca.314 was used mainly for ground attack and torpedo bomber missions. It was the most extensively-built Ca.310 derivative, and included variants dedicated to light bomber, convoy escort/maritime patrol, torpedo bomber, and ground-attack.

Design and development

Caproni Ca.314 was developed in parallel with the Ghibli, the Ca.310 Libeccio. It was structurally similar to the earlier machine powered by two 350kW Piaggio P.VII C.35 radial engines. The prototype of Ca.310bis served as the development aircraft for Ca.311. It was similar to Ca.310bis, but most were later modified by the introduction of windshields, then redesigned Ca.311Mis.

Operational history

Variants

Ca 314A 
Light bomber.
Ca 314-SC (Scorta) 
The Ca.314Sc ("Scorta" - escort) was a machine for convoy escort and maritime patrol duties. This version was made in 1942, due to the factory's difficulties, deliveries were sparse and irregular.
Ca 314B 
Ca.314B or Ca.314-RA - was a torpedo bomber carrying one torpedo weighing up to 900 kg, a 500 kg bomb or two 250 kg bombs.80 built.
Ca 314C
It provided close support to ground forces, for this purpose it was equipped with two 12.7 mm machine guns mounted under the wings. At the expense of fuel supplies, the bomb load capacity was also increased. Most machines of this version had Delta RC.35I-DS engines. series III with a power of 780 Horse power.254 built. 
Ca.314G

It was the most heavily armed, but excessive weight reduced its performance.

Operators
  
 Regia Aeronautica

Italian Air Force
 
 Hungarian Air Force

Specifications (Ca.314A)

See also

References

Ca.314
1940s Italian bomber aircraft
Low-wing aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1940
Twin piston-engined tractor aircraft
Aircraft with retractable conventional landing gear
Capers Jones. 

Capers Jones is an American specialist in software engineering methodologies and measurement. He is often associated with the function point model of cost estimation. He is the author of thirteen books.

He was born in St Petersburg, Florida, United States and graduated from the University of Florida, having majored in English. He later became the President and CEO of Capers Jones & Associates and latterly Chief Scientist Emeritus of Software Productivity Research (SPR).

In 2011, he co-founded Namcook Analytics LLC, where he is Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

He formed his own business in 1984, Software Productivity Research, after holding positions at IBM and ITT. After retiring from Software Productivity Research in 2000, he remains active as an independent management consultant.

He is a Distinguished Advisor to the Consortium for IT Software Quality (CISQ).

Published Works
 Software Development Patterns and Antipatterns, Capers Jones, Routledge, 2021. .

 A Guide to Selecting Software Measures and Metrics, Capers Jones, Auerbach Publications, 2017. .

 Quantifying Software: Global and Industry Perspectives, Capers Jones, Auerbach Publications, 2017. 

 Software Methodologies: A Quantitative Guide, Capers Jones, Auerbach Publications, 2017. 

 The Technical and Social History of Software Engineering, Capers Jones, Addison-Wesley, 2013. .

 The Economics of Software Quality, Capers Jones, Olivier Bonsignour and Jitendra Subramanyam, Addison-Wesley Longman, 2011. .

 Software Assessments, Benchmarks, and Best Practices, Capers Jones, Addison-Wesley, 2010. .

 Software Engineering Best Practices : lessons from successful projects in the top companies, Capers Jones, Universal Publishers, 2009. .

Applied Software Measurement: Global Analysis of Productivity and Quality, Capers Jones, McGraw-Hill, 2008.

The History and Future of Narragansett Bay, Capers Jones, McGraw-Hill, 2008. .

 Estimating Software Costs 2nd Edition, Capers Jones, McGraw-Hill, 2007. .

 Software Assessments, Benchmarks and Best Practices, Capers Jones, Addison-Wesley Professional, 2000. .

 Assessment and Control of Software Risks, Capers Jones, Pearson, 1993. .

 Programming Productivity, Capers Jones, Mcgraw-Hill, 1986. .

References

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
People from St. Petersburg, Florida
University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences alumni
American computer specialists
American technology chief executives
Software engineering researchers
Computer science writers
IBM employees
Electronic Document System. The Electronic Document System (EDS)  was an early hypertext system – also known as the Interactive Graphical Documents (IGD) hypermedia system – focused on creation of interactive documents such as equipment repair manuals or computer-aided instruction texts with embedded links and graphics. EDS was a 1978–1981 research project at Brown University by Steven Feiner, Sandor Nagy and Andries van Dam.

EDS used a dedicated Ramtech raster display and VAX-11/780 computer to create and navigate a network of graphic pages containing interactive graphic buttons. Graphic buttons had programmed behaviors such as invoking an animation, linking to another page, or exposing an additional level of detail.

The system had three automatically created navigation aids:
 a timeline showing thumbnail images of pages traversed;
 a 'neighbors' display showing thumbnails of all pages linking to the current page on the left, and all pages reachable from the current page on the right;
 a visual display of thumbnail page images arranged by page keyword, color coded by chapter.

Unlike most hypertext systems, EDS incorporated state variables associated with each page. For example, clicking a button indicating a particular hardware fault might set a state variable that would expose a new set of buttons with links to a relevant choice of diagnostic pages. The EDS model prefigured graphic hypertext systems such as Apple's HyperCard.

References 

van Dam, Andries. (1988, July). Hypertext '87 keynote address. Communications of the ACM, 31, 887–895.
Feiner, Steven; Nagy, Sandor; van Dam, Andries. (1981). An integrated system for creating and presenting complex computer-based documents. SIGGRAPH Proceedings of the 8th annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques, Dallas Texas.
 
Brown University Department of Computer Science. (2019, 23 May). A Half-Century of Hypertext at Brown: A Symposium.

Hypertext
Brown University
History of human–computer interaction
ENGIN-X. ENGIN-X is the dedicated materials engineering beamline at the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source in the UK.

The beamline uses neutron diffraction to determine the spacing between layers of atoms in order to measure elastic strain, and thus residual stress deep within crystalline materials. In other words, it uses the atomic lattice planes as an 'atomic strain gauge'. Internal and residual stress in materials have a considerable effect on material properties, including fatigue resistance, fracture toughness and strength.

Applications
 measurement of residual stress in engineering components
 in situ studies of thermomechanical processing of engineering relevant materials
 studies of displacive phase transformations under stress, temperature and electric field
 rock deformation studies
 non-destructive examination of manufacture processes in historical and archaeological artefacts

External links
 ISIS Neutron Source
 ENGIN-X homepage
 

Particle accelerators
Research institutes in Oxfordshire
Science and Technology Facilities Council
NS Class 1000. The Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) Class 1000 was a set of ten electric locomotives (numbered 1001-1010) used in the Netherlands during the latter half of the 20th century.  The electrical systems and three completed units were ordered from the Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works in 1942, but the war blocked delivery until 1948.  Despite high failure rates the locomotives remained in service until 1982, and locomotive 1010—built by Werkspoor—is now preserved in the Dutch National Railway Museum.

Background 

In 1908 the first electric train in the Netherlands ran from Rotterdam to The Hague (Den Haag) and Scheveningen. It was electrified with a 10,000 volt 25 Hz AC power supply.

After World War I the Dutch government decided to install a committee to investigate electrification of the Dutch State Railways, Nederlandse Spoorwegen, formed in 1917 but officially only established in 1937. For that, the committee members traveled the world to visit existing electrified railways. In the early 1920s they came to the conclusion that a 1500 volt DC system would be the best choice.

Most Dutch electrified rolling stock were EMU's. During World War II, the German occupiers used these EMU sets to haul heavy freight trains for their war effort.

History 

NS management already had contact with the Swiss company Oerlikon about ordering a series of electric locos before the war. They were to be based on the Swiss Ae 4/6 type. In 1942 the series was ordered, but the war prevented delivery until 1948. The order was subsequently changed to suit Dutch needs.

The "Schweizerische Lokomotivenfabrik Winterthur" (SLM) would build 3 complete locos and deliver the electrical equipment for the remaining 7. These 7 would be built in the Netherlands, by Werkspoor. 

The series would be numbered 1001-1010 and had 6 axles in a 2-2+2+2+2-2 or (1A)Bo(A1) configuration. The arrangement was similar to the widely used 1′Do1′ arrangement of this period, but with the outer driven axles articulated as a bogie with the unpowered carrying axles, rather than the carrying axles being articulated as single axle pony or Bissel trucks. This configuration was already used successfully on the electrified railway network on Java, then a Dutch colony, but in the Netherlands it was a failure due to its complicated technology and high maintenance.

References

Footnotes

Bibliography 
 
 
 

1500
(1A)Bo(A1) locomotives
1500 V DC locomotives
Electric locomotives of the Netherlands
Standard gauge locomotives of the Netherlands
Railway locomotives introduced in 1948
SLM locomotives
List of Triangle chapters. Triangle is an engineering fraternity that was established at the University of Illinois in 1907.

Chapters
In the following list, active chapters are indicated in bold and inactive chapters are indicated in italics.

Statistics

New chapters by decade

Chapters by region

References

External links
 Triangle Fraternity — The Fraternity of Engineers, Architects, and Scientists

Lists of chapters of North American Interfraternity Conference members by society
chapters
Floorpan. The floorpan is a large sheet metal stamping that often incorporates several smaller welded stampings to form the floor of a large vehicle and the position of its external and structural panels. In the case of monocoque designs, the floorpan is the most important metal part establishing the chassis, body, and thus the car's size. It serves as the foundation of most of the structural and mechanical components of an unibody automobile to which the powertrain, suspension system, and other parts are attached.

The term is also applied to the smaller stamped panels that form the floors inside a vehicle, as well as the bottom of the trunk.

References

See also
 Automobile platform

Automotive body parts
Anderson Kingfisher. 

The Anderson EA-1 Kingfisher is a US two-seat amphibious aircraft designed and marketed for homebuilding. It was the work of Earl William Anderson, a Pan Am airline captain, who flew the prototype on 24 April 1969. By 1978, 200 sets of kits for the plane had been sold, and 100 Kingfishers were reported to be under construction. The aircraft is a shoulder-wing monoplane with a flying boat hull and outrigger pontoons. On land, it uses retractable tailwheel undercarriage.  The single engine with a tractor propeller is mounted in a nacelle above the wing.  Some builders utilize the wings from a Piper Cub rather than making their own.

The planes were later marketed by Richard Warner Aviation before becoming the Wings Unlimited Kingfisher in the late 1990s. A variant with improved performance is known as the 'Super Kingfisher'.

Specifications (original configuration)

See also

References

Further reading
 
 anderson-kingfisher.com

1960s United States civil utility aircraft
Amphibious aircraft
Homebuilt aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Kingfisher
High-wing aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1969
Flying boats
ArcEditor. ArcEditor is the midlevel software suite designed for advanced editing of spatial data published in the proprietary Esri format.  It is part of the ArcGIS product.  It provides tools for the creation of map and spatial data used in Geospatial Information Systems.  ArcEditor is not intended for advanced spatial analysis, which can be performed using the highest level of ArcGIS, ArcInfo.

External links
 ESRI's ArcEditor website 
 ST-Links PgMap

Esri software
Soviet locomotive class IS. The Soviet locomotive class IS (; ) was a Soviet passenger steam locomotive type named after Joseph Stalin (; ). The contract design was prepared in 1929 at V.V. Kuybyshev Locomotive Factory in Kolomna, Russian SFSR. The IS series locomotives were manufactured between 1932 and 1942. The last one was built in 1942 during the Great Patriotic War against Nazi Germany.

Overview
The locomotive used the same cylinders and boilers as the FD series locomotives. However the IS steam locomotive had a 2-8-4 wheel arrangement.

Construction
The first steam locomotive was released from the Kolomna factory on October 4, 1932. In April–December a steam locomotive was tested on the October, Southern, and Ekaterinenskaya railways.

In 1936, production began at October Revolution Locomotive Factory in Voroshilovgrad, Ukrainian SSR (Luhansk, Ukraine). In total, 649 IS steam locomotives were constructed. Later the series was renamed FDP (steam locomotive FD, passenger modification).

Use
These locomotives were used until 1972.

Gallery

See also
 The Museum of the Moscow Railway, at Paveletsky Rail Terminal, Moscow
 Rizhsky Rail Terminal, Home of the Moscow Railway Museum
 Russian Railway Museum, St.Petersburg
 Finland Station, St.Petersburg
 History of rail transport in Russia

Books

References

External links

The Moscow Railway Museum at Rizhsky Rail Terminal

Railway locomotives introduced in 1932
2-8-4 locomotives
IS
5 ft gauge locomotives
1′D2′ h2 locomotives
List of airliners by maximum takeoff weight. This is a list of aircraft sorted by maximum takeoff weight.

Airplanes
MTOW = Maximum take-off weight, MLW = Maximum landing weight, TOR = Take-off run (SL, ISA+15°, MTOW), LR = Landing run (SL, ISA+15°, MLW)

Helicopters
MTOW = Maximum take-off weight

Convertiplanes
MTOW = Maximum take-off weight

See also
Wide-body aircraft

References

Maximum Takeoff Weight
WinBUGS. WinBUGS is statistical software for Bayesian analysis using Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods.

It is based on the BUGS (Bayesian inference Using Gibbs Sampling) project started in 1989. It runs under Microsoft Windows, though it can also be run on Linux or Mac using Wine.

It was developed by the BUGS Project, a team of British researchers at the MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge, and Imperial College School of Medicine, London. Originally intended to solve problems encountered in medical statistics, it soon became widely used in other disciplines, such as ecology, sociology, and geology.

The last version of WinBUGS was version 1.4.3, released in August 2007. Development is now focused on OpenBUGS, an open-source version of the package. WinBUGS 1.4.3 remains available as a stable version for routine use, but is no longer being developed.

References

Further reading

External links
 WinBUGS Homepage

Statistical software
Monte Carlo software
Windows-only freeware
Bayesian statistics
TSP (econometrics software). TSP is a programming language for the estimation and simulation of econometric models. TSP stands for "Time Series Processor", although it is also commonly used with cross section and panel data. The program was initially developed by Robert Hall during his graduate studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the 1960s. The company behind the program is TSP International which was founded in 1978 by Bronwyn H. Hall, Robert Hall's wife. After their divorce in April 1983, the asset of TSP was split into two versions, and subsequently the two versions have diverged in terms of interface and types of subroutines included. One version is TSP, still developed by TSP International. The other version, initially named MicroTSP, is now named EViews, developed by Quantitative Micro Software.

Supported data formats

 Microsoft Excel file format
 Stata dta files up to version 11
 Databank format (.DB)

References

Further reading

External links
 Homepage
 TSP 4.5 Reference Manual
 TSP 4.4 User's Guide

Simulation programming languages
Econometrics software
Parking guidance and information. Parking guidance and information (PGI) systems, or car park guidance systems, present drivers with dynamic information on parking within controlled areas. The systems combine traffic monitoring, communication, processing and variable message sign technologies to provide the service.

Modern parking lots utilize a variety of technologies to help motorists find unoccupied parking spaces, car location when returning to the vehicle and improve their experience.  This includes adaptive lighting sensors and parking space indicators (red for occupied, green for available and blue is reserved for the disabled; above every parking space), and indoor positioning systems (IPS).

PGI systems are a product of the worldwide initiative for the development of intelligent transportation system in urban areas. PGI systems can assist in the development of safe, efficient and environmentally friendly transportation network.

PGI systems are designed to aid in the search for vacant parking spaces by directing drivers to car parks where occupancy levels are low. The objective is to reduce search time, which in turn reduces congestion on the surrounding roads for other traffic with related benefits to air pollution with the ultimate aim of enhancement of the urban area. 

Parking guidance systems have evolved a lot in recent times. Ultrasound and laser technologies provide information on the availability of parking spaces throughout the parking facility. At the same time, new camera-based technologies now make it possible to read the license plate of the vehicle in each parking space. This is an added value since it allows the identification of a specific vehicle in a specific parking space and, in addition, sometimes records possible incidents occurring in that space. These new methods increase security and revenue for the parking owners.

Parking guidance system

Parking guidance systems (PGS) have different elements:

Ultrasound detectors
Camera-based sensors 
Individual indicators
Zone Controllers
Data / Intermediate Controllers
Central Control System
Signs or displays
Kiosks

References 

Civil engineering
Transportation engineering
Urban planning
Articles containing video clips
SimiGon. SimiGon LTD, a technology company who Merged with Power Breezer to form Maxify in April 2022, is a provider of a simulation development platform, SIMbox, used by companies to create 3D simulation training applications. The company was listed on the London Stock Exchange since December 2006 until the merger in 2022.

History
SimiGon was founded in Herzliya, Israel by former Israeli Air Force flight instructors, primarily with backgrounds in the F-16 Fighting Falcon.  Its North American headquarters is located in the Central Florida Research Park in Orlando, Florida. 

SimiGon began marketing its product, AirBook, in 1998 to air forces around the world. Once the company went public in December 2006 on the London Stock Exchange, it began to branch out, and market the software application on which the AirBook was created. This was called SIMbox. SIMbox is a software platform, and therefore, companies can use its architecture and rebrand it, as Lockheed Martin's NxTrain program has done.

SimiGon was also selected for several international training programs. On June 8, 2007 SimiGon led the slide of the Small Caps on the London Stock Exchange. On July 9, 2007, SimiGon announced that the NxLearn Learning Management System, based on SIMbox, was selected for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program.

SIMbox has also been used to create AirTrack, a commercial use of the core simulation technology. AirTrack is an in-flight entertainment system designed to allow passengers a view of the aircraft's position in the air, what other passengers can see out of other windows, etc.

In September 2011, SimiGon  won a contract to supply the US Air Force Air Education and Training Command pilot training systems

Products 
SIMbox is a distributed simulation solutions for defense and civilian applications; it is a personal computer (PC)-based platform for creating, managing, and deploying simulation-based content across multiple domains. SimiGon's client base includes training and simulation systems providers, as well as over 20 air forces, and commercial airlines worldwide.

Selected Customers 

 Lockheed Martin
 BAE Systems Australia
 Canadian Air Force 
 Australian Air Force 
 Israeli Air Force

References List

External links 
 

Companies based in Orlando, Florida
Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange
Defense companies of Israel
Software companies of Israel