Abstract: An electrochemical storage device for storing and providing electrical energy by means of its electrical capacitance comprises an electrode comprising an electrode basis, a counter electrode arranged with a distance to the electrode and comprising a counter electrode basis, and an electrolyte arranged between the electrode and the counter electrode and separating the electrode from the counter electrode. The electrode on the electrode basis and the counter electrode on the counter electrode basis each comprise a surface-enlarging structure. The electrode basis and the counter electrode basis extend in a common contact plane of the electrode and the counter electrode, where they each comprise parts of a conductive contact layer arranged on a non-conductive substrate. Furthermore, a method of manufacturing such a storage device is described.

Abstract: An aircraft includes a fuselage, a wing attached thereto, a wing tip device attached to a wing end of the wing (2), a wing-like element having a wing root, a wing leading edge and a wing trailing edge, and a torque control device having a rotatable interface means. The torque control device is adapted for rotatably supporting the wing root of the wing-like element on the interface means about a rotational axis extending from the interface means into the wing-like element and to limit the degree of rotation depending on a torque introduced into the interface means by the wing-like element. The wing-like element is adapted to induce a rotation around the rotational axis in an air flow. The wing root is coupled with the wing tip device, the wing or the fuselage through the torque control device such that the leading edge extends into an airflow surrounding the aircraft.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device (1) for determining the leading edges (S1, S2) of two overlapping image captures of a surface (OF), comprising at least one camera (2) having a matrix-type sensor (6), having n lines (7), a position and location measuring system (3), an evaluation unit (4) and a storage means (5), wherein an elevation model (H) of the surface (OF) and a projection model (P) of the camera (2) are stored in the storage means (5), which the evaluation unit (4) can access, wherein the camera position (P1, P2) in the first and second image capture is determined by means of the position and location measuring system (3), wherein a horizontal mid-point (M) between the two camera positions (P1, P2) is determined and a projection of the mid-point (M) onto the surface (OF) is carried out, wherein a back projection onto the sensor (6) is carried out in the first and second camera position (P1, P2) by means of the projection model (P) for the point (MO) determined in the above-mentioned mann

Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for reducing gust loads acting on an aircraft. The aircraft has at least one aerodynamic control surface which can be moved by at least one actuator, and a flight control system provides reference variables Xsoll and/or {dot over (X)}soll to actuate the actuator. Xsoll indicates a target position or a target force or a target moment and {dot over (X)}soll indicates a change over time of Xsoll. The device includes: a sensor system, which determines forces Fext,Boe acting from outside on the control surface and produced by gusts; and a regulator for regulating the actuator on the basis of: Fext,Boe, the reference variables Xsoll and/or {dot over (X)}soll and control variables X and/or {dot over (X)} generated by the actuator and detected by a sensor system, wherein the regulator has a regulation behavior with which the forces Fext,Boe produced by gusts are compensated.

Abstract: The prism, which is used particularly for optical data communication by means of a modulated light beam, is furnished with a transmissive prism body (60) which has two triangular first side faces (69) on its outer side and a base surface (77) therebetween, and two second side faces rising up from the base surface and inclined toward one another as light incidence and light exit faces (74, 76). The two second side faces (74, 76) are inclined oppositely, relative to an axis (79) running parallel to the base surface (77) and penetrating the planes in which the first side faces (69) lie, and each run at an acute angle (78, 80) to the axis (79) such that reflection radiation is reflected to the side.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to a device for detecting a degradation of flight performance of an aircraft that is in flight, wherein current flight status data of the aircraft that is in flight are first determined. A flight performance index is then calculated on the basis thereof. Furthermore, on the basis thereof, a nominal flight performance reference index is determined by means of a flight performance model, wherein a degradation of flight performance can be inferred by comparing the two indices.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for producing a curved preform (9) from flat semi-finished fiber material (8), comprising a shearing unit (2), which has at least two rotating rolling elements (3a, 4a), arranged spaced apart in a conveying direction (11), and a control unit (6) connected to the rolling elements, wherein at least one of the rolling elements is formed in a pivotal or tilting manner and a semi-finished fiber material sensing device (7) is provided, which is formed for sensing position information of the semi-finished fiber material conveyed through the shearing unit, wherein the control unit is further arranged for pivoting or tilting the at least one rolling element during the conveyance of the semi-finished fiber material, depending on the sensed position information from the semi-finished fiber material sensing device.

Abstract: A device includes a first means for determining a first position of a vehicle, a second means for determining a movement direction of the vehicle, a third means for providing a number of fixed point data that specify, at least for significant radar objects on a planet surface, radar signature thereof and position thereof, a radar system for scanning a current surrounding area of the vehicle and detecting radar data, wherein, for a number of radar objects present in the surrounding area, radar signatures thereof and relative positions thereof in relation to the vehicle are determinable from the radar data, and wherein the radar system is configured to determine a second position, and the first means is configured such that the first position is correctable based on the second position and/or a warning is issuable if the first position and the second position differ by more than a predefined value.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for calibrating an active sensor system which comprises at least one active sensor A and one active sensor B. The term “active” indicates that the sensors A and B actively emit signals. The sensor A has a transmitter TXA for emitting a signal STXA and a receiver RXA for receiving a signal S RXA, wherein the receiver RX A and the transmitter TXA operate independently of one another to the greatest possible extent in a radar mode of the sensor A. The sensor B has a transmitter TXB, a receiver RXB, and a unit D, which is used to connect the transmitter TXB to the receiver RXB in a transponder mode of the sensor B, with the result that a signal SRXB received by the receiver RXB is emitted again by the transmitter TXB as a signal STXB. A gain Gcon,B between the received signal SRXB and the signal STXB which is emitted again is predefined in this case.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to a mobile receiver for determining a position of a mobile receiver RX, which moves in an unknown but at least quasi-stationary environment, on the basis of signals s(kT) which are emitted by a transmitter TX positioned at an unknown position and immobile in the environment, wherein the receiver RX receives as reception signal q ? ( k , ? ) = ? i = 0 N ? ( k ) - 1 ? S i ? ( ? ) a signal s(kT) which is emitted by the transmitter TX and which is transmitted via N(k) transmission paths as signal components si(?), where k:=time step, ?:=time delay, and i=0, . . .

Abstract: The invention provides an aerogel-concrete mixture, a high-performance aerogel concrete obtained therefrom, and a method for production thereof. The problem addressed by the present application is that of providing pressure-resistant but not very thermally conductive concretes, precast concrete components, screeds, screeds for precast components, (glassfibre-) reinforced concrete, fire protection panels, construction elements for thermal partition and blocks. The aerogel-concrete mixture contains: 10% to 85% by volume/m3 of aerogel pellets having a grain size in the range from 0.01 to 4 mm, 100 to 900 kg/m3 of inorganic hydraulic binder, 10% to 40% by weight based on the binder content of at least one silica gel suspension, 1% to 5% by weight based on the binder content of at least one plasticizer, 0.2% to 1% by weight based on the binder content of at least one stabilizer and 0% to 60% by volume/m3 of at least one lightweight aggregate.

Abstract: In a movement system, the movement limit is determined by having a degree of freedom of the movement system defined and the respective current movement system state being available. Subsequently, an articulation trajectory is determined for each upper articulation point of the movement system, on which articulation trajectory the articulation point can move along the degree of freedom. The movement limit is then derived by calculating the point of intersection of the actuator movement in an extreme deflection with its respective articulation trajectory.

Abstract: Minimally invasive instrument for robotic surgery including a functional element, a force, torque and/or pressure transmission device for transmitting force, torque and/or pressure from a drive to the functional element, a coupling device for coupling the instrument to a medical robot such that the functional element can be actuated by the drive, wherein an operating element for manually operating the functional element in a state in which the instrument is uncoupled from the medical robot.

Abstract: Burners having a fuel plenum in a base are disclosed. One disclosed example apparatus includes a base of a burner, the base comprising a fuel plenum and coupled to fuel nozzles, where at least one of the fuel nozzles is in fluid communication with the fuel plenum. The disclosed example apparatus also includes a burner head of the burner comprising nozzle passages in fluid communication with an airflow path, where the burner head defines a pilot combustion space that opens towards a flame tube of the burner, and is in fluid communication with the airflow path, and where each nozzle passage is to receive a fuel nozzle to provide fuel to entrain with air from the airflow path.

Abstract: A method for transmitting a binary data signal to or from a satellite via an optical feeder link, wherein an optical transmitting interface carries out the following steps multiplexing binary physical layer frames which are associated with a plurality of carriers or a plurality of beams in a satellite communication system into a single bit stream, inserting a binary physical layer frame identification sequence upstream of each physical layer frame, wherein the physical layer frame identification sequence comprises: a unique binary synchronization sequence, a binary beam index sequence, a binary carrier frequency index sequence, a binary baud rate index sequence, a binary roll-off factor index sequence, a binary modulation index sequence.

Abstract: A parabolic trough collector module comprising an absorber tube, a parabolic reflector focusing the solar radiation to the absorber tube and with a reflector surface, and at least one support de-vice on which the parabolic reflector is mounted so that it can pivot. The support device includes a support head projecting over the reflector surface in the vertical direction, on which the absorber tube is mounted by a linear bearing structure forming a linear guide.

Abstract: A fin stabilizer for stabilizing a watercraft against rolling movements includes a main fin configured to be pivoted by a watercraft-side fin drive, a tail fin, and an elastically deformable connection between the main fin and the tail fin, the elastically deformable connection being configured to flex whenever a water force acting on the tail fin is greater than a predetermined amount.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for mounting an object to a structure. The apparatus includes an elastic arrangement including at least two elastic partial arrangements. The two elastic partial arrangements are arranged at a distance in the direction of a main axis, and the two elastic partial arrangements are soft in the direction of the main axis and stiff in all directions orthogonal to the main axis. Each of the two elastic partial arrangements comprises an inner connection area close to the main axis and an outer connection area farther away from the main axis, and each of the two elastic partial arrangements comprises at least two leaf springs which extend between the inner connection area and the outer connection area and which are spirally wound into each other within a common leaf plane.

Abstract: The method for providing a warning of radiation-dose-relevant space-weather events at cruising altitudes comprises the steps of detecting radiation data of the atmospheric radiation, particularly ionizing radiation in the atmosphere, and providing a radiation model for 3D-spatially resolved estimation of a radiation field at cruising altitudes of the earth's atmosphere by use of a radiation dose rate scale based on a continuous range of values. Moreover, the 3D-spatially resolved rates of the effective radiation dose on the basis of the detected radiation data and the radiation model will be estimated. The radiation dose rate scale is divided, based on a continuous range of values, into a discrete, i.e.