Abstract: An airfoil for a gas turbine having an outer shell with an inner volume and an inner shell arranged within the inner volume of the outer shell, wherein the inner shell has an aerodynamic profile having an inner nose section and an inner tail section. A first cooling channel and a second cooling channel merge into a common cooling channel at an inner tail section. A first tail fin is arranged between the first cooling channel and the common cooling channel such that a first mass flow rate of the cooling fluid flowing through the first cooling channel is controllable. A second tail fin is arranged between the second cooling channel and the common cooling channel such that a second mass flow rate of the cooling fluid flowing through the second cooling channel is controllable.

Abstract: A connector for a component fitting assembly of an air conditioning system includes a substantially planar plate having a recessed portion and a slot portion. The recessed portion and the slot portion are formed in the plate to define an opening for receiving a conduit therein. A method for coupling the conduit to the connector includes the step of urging at least the portion of the conduit through the slot portion and into the recessed portion of the plate, whereby the at least the portion of the conduit is deformed to correspond with a configuration of the opening to militate against disengagement between the plate and the at least the portion of the conduit disposed in the opening of the plate.

Abstract: First and second spatial frame regions are identified in a sequence of motion picture image frames captured at a high frame rate. Different motion blur parameters are determined for each of the first and second spatial frame regions. First and second intermediate frame sequences having frame rates less than the capture frame rate are generated from the original frame sequence. The first motion blur parameter is applied to the first intermediate frame sequence and the second motion blur parameter is applied to the second intermediate frame sequence. The first and second spatial frame regions in the corresponding first and second intermediate frame sequences are composited to produce an output frame sequence having different motion blur in different regions of the scene.

Abstract: A soft underfoot conditions response system for use with a vehicle includes a plurality of sensors configured to transmit signals indicative of live data representing at least one of real time vehicle speed, vehicle acceleration, vehicle pose, vehicle payload, engine torque, engine power output, and engine RPM, and a controller communicatively coupled with the sensors. The controller is programmed to receive the live data, receive reference data representative of soft underfoot conditions from a database, and analyze the live data and the reference data.

Abstract: A system for performing distributed measurements of in-situ stress includes an expandable element with at least one fiber optic sensor. The expandable element can be positioned at various depths in a hole in a substrate. A pressurizing device expands (and contracts) the expandable element when the expandable element is inserted in the hole in the substrate to exert pressure on the hole wall. A pressure sensor provides a sensor output indicative of a pressure applied to the hole wall by the expandable element. The fiber optic sensor and an optical interrogator measure strain along a length of the sensor in a continuous, high spatial resolution manner Based on the measured strain and pressure sensor output, the system determines various properties of the substrate such as, minimum principal stress, maximum principal stress, and/or principal stress direction associated with one or more fractures in the substrate, as well as substrate modulus.

Abstract: A soft underfoot conditions response system for use with a vehicle includes a plurality of sensors configured to transmit signals indicative of live data representing at least one of real time vehicle speed, vehicle acceleration, vehicle pose, vehicle payload, engine torque, engine power output, and engine RPM, and a controller communicatively coupled with the sensors. The controller is programmed to receive the live data, receive reference data representative of soft underfoot conditions from a database, and analyze the live data and the reference data.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting a condition or authenticity of one or more electronic devices includes an enclosure having an antenna integrated therewithin, a fixture mounted within a hollow interior of the enclosure, the fixture being configured to receive the one or more electronic devices and connect one or more signals to each of the one or more electronic devices and a sensor and controller assembly connected to the antenna and configured to process a signature of an emission of a radiofrequency (RF) energy from of one or more electronic devices having the one or more signals connected thereto.

Abstract: The present invention is a method of processing a sequence of frames from digital motion picture cameras to allow remapping of the time-base of the input frames to a new and possibly variable time-base in the output frame sequence. This invention provides a method that makes small adjustments to the user's specified positions to achieve optimal integer mapping from input frames to output frames in the integrated function.

Abstract: First and second spatial frame regions are identified in a sequence of motion picture image frames captured at a high frame rate. Different motion blur parameters are determined for each of the first and second spatial frame regions. First and second intermediate frame sequences having frame rates less than the capture frame rate are generated from the original frame sequence. The first motion blur parameter is applied to the first intermediate frame sequence and the second motion blur parameter is applied to the second intermediate frame sequence. The first and second spatial frame regions in the corresponding first and second intermediate frame sequences are composited to produce an output frame sequence having different motion blur in different regions of the scene.

Abstract: A platform for supporting a nozzle guide vane for a gas turbine is provided. The platform has a gas passage surface arranged to be in contact with a streaming operation gas, and a cooling channel for guiding a cooling fluid within the cooling channel formed in an inside of the platform. A cooling portion of an inner surface of the cooling channel is in thermal contact with the gas passage surface. The platform is an integrally formed part representing a segment in a circumferential direction of the gas turbine. The cooling channel has a first cooling channel portion and a second cooling channel portion arranged downstream of the first cooling channel portion with respect to a streaming direction of the operation gas. The first cooling channel portion and the second cooling channel portion are interconnected.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting a condition or authenticity of one or more electronic devices includes an enclosure having an antenna integrated therewithin, a fixture mounted within a hollow interior of the enclosure, the fixture being configured to receive the one or more electronic devices and connect one or more signals to each of the one or more electronic devices and a sensor and controller assembly connected to the antenna and configured to process a signature of an emission of a radiofrequency (RF) energy from of one or more electronic devices having the one or more signals connected thereto.

Abstract: A connector for a component fitting assembly of an air conditioning system includes a substantially planar plate having a recessed portion and a slot portion. The recessed portion and the slot portion are formed in the plate to define an opening for receiving a conduit therein. A method for coupling the conduit to the connector includes the step of urging at least the portion of the conduit through the slot portion and into the recessed portion of the plate, whereby the at least the portion of the conduit is deformed to correspond with a configuration of the opening to militate against disengagement between the plate and the at least the portion of the conduit disposed in the opening of the plate.

Abstract: An ostomy appliance is sufficiently small to provide the user with a desired level of discretion, and can also provide an expanded collection capacity to accommodate sudden outflows of stomal discharge.

Abstract: A connector for a component fitting assembly of an air conditioning system includes a substantially planar plate having a recessed portion and a slot portion. The recessed portion and the slot portion are formed in the plate to define an opening for receiving a conduit therein. A method for coupling the conduit to the connector includes the step of urging at least the portion of the conduit through the slot portion and into the recessed portion of the plate, whereby the at least the portion of the conduit is deformed to correspond with a configuration of the opening to militate against disengagement between the plate and the at least the portion of the conduit disposed in the opening of the plate.

Abstract: An airfoil for a gas turbine having an outer shell with an inner volume and an inner shell arranged within the inner volume of the outer shell, wherein the inner shell has an aerodynamic profile having an inner nose section and an inner tail section. A first cooling channel and a second cooling channel merge into a common cooling channel at an inner tail section. A first tail fin is arranged between the first cooling channel and the common cooling channel such that a first mass flow rate of the cooling fluid flowing through the first cooling channel is controllable. A second tail fin is arranged between the second cooling channel and the common cooling channel such that a second mass flow rate of the cooling fluid flowing through the second cooling channel is controllable.

Abstract: The present invention is a method of processing a sequence of frames from digital motion picture cameras to allow remapping of the time-base of the input frames to a new and possibly variable time-base in the output frame sequence. This invention provides a method that makes small adjustments to the user's specified positions to achieve optimal integer mapping from input frames to output frames in the integrated function.

Abstract: This invention in all its claims is easy and convenient to use for the end user and intended to be transferred via wireless networks. It is not web based and does not require any web based downloads. The general idea and purpose of invention is provide end users the ability to quickly and conveniently put their actual graphically reformatted high definition paperless version of their business card in the palm of the hands of their prospects and customers anytime, anywhere even while speaking with them during a call on their Smartphone via wireless technology. This invention is guaranteed to consistently display sharp, crisp and large on all Smartphone displays. A graphically designed high definition reformatted paperless version of a card stock printed business card in the same vivid color, imagery and detail as a card stock printed business card.

Abstract: A turbine component includes a hollow aerofoil and an impingement tube located within the hollow aerofoil. The impingement tube is formed from at least two separate sections each extending span wise through the hollow aerofoil. Adjacent sections of the impingement tube are connected together by a locking device. The locking device is insertable into the hollow aerofoil and locks the impingement tube into place in the hollow aerofoil. The locking device is a roll pin being located in an axially direction between said sections and has a main extension which extends in a radial direction of the hollow aerofoil.

Abstract: A blade for a turbomachine, for example a gas turbine, is provided. The blade is arranged on a turbine rotor of the gas turbine. The blade includes a root portion having two narrow sides and two broad sides, a cooling air supply passage in the root portion, and a cooling air bleed which is arranged in the root portion and is in fluid connection with the cooling air supply passage. The cooling air bleed includes a nozzle on one of the narrow sides of the root portion, wherein the nozzle is formed by a hole and wherein an axial direction of the hole is inclined upward between 92° and 135° with respect to a longitudinal direction of the blade.

Abstract: A policy management system, method and computer program product are provided. In use, information is received over a network relating to at least one subset of computers that are at least potentially out of compliance with a policy. Further, such information is sent to a plurality of the computers, utilizing the network. To this end, network communication involving the at least one subset of computers is capable of being controlled utilizing the information.