Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to systems and methods for generation of a physical and logical design of a software defined network (SDN). In one embodiment, a system may receive a plurality of user-provided parameters associated with a plurality of performance requirements of the SDN. A library may include performance metrics of a plurality of devices comprised in the SDN. An SDN design subsystem may generate the physical and logical design of the SDN based on the user-provided parameters and the performance metrics of the devices in the library. A traffic routing subsystem may generate a plurality of communication flows based on the logical design of the physical and logical design and to be implemented by the SDN. An SDN simulation subsystem may generate an assessment of the physical and logical design of the SDN and the plurality of communication flows in comparison to the user-provided parameters.

Abstract: An input device, in particular joystick, with an operating device and a magnetorheological brake device and a controller for activating the brake device. The operating device includes a supporting structure and an operating lever, which is accommodated on the supporting structure for pivoting around at least one pivot axis. The brake device is coupled with the pivot axis for controlled damping of a pivoting motion of the operating lever by way of the controller.

Abstract: An electrochemical gas sensor has a planar ceramic housing having a recess, a MEA, first and second electrically conductive gas diffusion membranes, and a metal lid fixed on the housing so as to cover the recess. The MEA is provided with an ionic conductive membrane, a first electrode on a surface of the membrane, and a second electrode on the opposite surface of the membrane. The first electrically conductive gas diffusion membrane is electrically connected to the first electrical connection. The second electrically conductive gas diffusion membrane is electrically connected to the second electrical connection. The lid presses the second electrically conductive gas diffusion membrane toward the MEA, and in the lid or in the bottom of the housing, a gas inlet is provided. The electrochemical gas sensor is easily made compact, small in the variations in the performances, and easily installed on a print circuit board.

Abstract: A system and method for consolidating used nuclear fuel rods using tools operably suspendable in a recess containing the used nuclear fuel rods. The systems and methods safely consolidate the used nuclear fuel rods in containers.

Abstract: Electronic devices, such as consumer electronics devices and control systems in vehicles are controlled by way of a haptic operating device with a rotating unit. Selectable menu items are displayed on a display unit, and a menu item is selected by rotating the rotating unit. The rotating unit latches at a number of haptically perceptible latching points during rotation. The number and rotational position of the haptically perceptible latching points is dynamically changed in accordance with a specific menu item selected by the user.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a heat transfer device includes manipulating the microstructure of a metal alloy to thereby remove one or more chemical components of the alloy to form resultant heat pipe structure having an envelope composed of the precursor metal alloy and a porous wick structure composed of the dealloyed metal. Manipulation of the microstructure may be conducted by selective etching of a substrate composed of a metal or metal alloy using a dealloying process.

Abstract: A well cementation working solution prepared from red mud, slag and waste drilling fluids. The working solution is prepared from the following components in parts by weight: 100 parts of waste drilling fluids, 50-100 parts of slag, 5-50 parts of red mud, 4-7 parts of a suspension stabilizer, 1-7 parts of an activating aid, 0.5-5 parts of an anti-pollution agent and 0.4-3.5 parts of a diluent. The waste drilling fluids are waste waterborne drilling fluids. The slag is blast furnace slag or vanadium-titanium slag. The suspension stabilizer is sodium bentonite, carboxymethyl cellulose or a mixture of sodium bentonite and carboxymethyl cellulose. The activating aid is sodium metasilicate nonahydrate, sodium carbonate or a mixture of sodium metasilicate nonahydrate and sodium carbonate. The anti-pollution agent is sodium salicylate, potassium citrate or a mixture of sodium salicylate and potassium citrate. The diluent is sodium lignin sulfonate.

Abstract: A release device for a jarring tool includes a collet positioned between the mandrel of the jarring tool and a trigger sleeve. At least one end of the collet is in contact with a precompressed spring via a bushing. In order for the jarring tool to operate, a force greater than the precompressed force of the spring must be applied to the mandrel so that the collet can move in axial direction against the spring thereby releasing the mandrel.

Abstract: A hard coating film of a coated cutting tool contains Al within a range of 70 at % to 80 at % and Ti within a range of 20 at % to 30 at % with respect to a total amount of metallic (including metalloid) elements, and contains Ar of 0.50 at % or less with respect to a total amount of the metallic elements (including metalloid) and nonmetallic elements. The film has a diffraction peak due to each of a TiN (111) plane, a TiN (200) plane, and a TiN (220) plane of an fcc structure and an AlN (100) plane and an AlN (002) plane of a hcp structure, in which the diffraction peak of the TiN (200) plane indicates a maximum intensity and an intensity of the diffraction peak due to the TiN (111) plane is next thereafter. The average crystal grain size is within a range of 5 nm to 50 nm.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a fluid seal to prevent fluid and lubricant loss during automotive transmission testing. The fluid seal may be disposed on a surface of an axle shaft such that a variety of transmissions may be evaluated without replacement of the axle shaft, a laborious and ergonomically stressful task. Moreover, the fluid seal may be disposed on a standard collar of the axle shaft for interaction with an internal surface of a transmission coupler.

Abstract: Provided is an oil, gas and/or petrochemical ferrous or non-ferrous material component including two or more segments of ferrous or non-ferrous components for joining, wherein the two or more segments are of the same or different materials, and laser metal deposition weldments bonding adjacent segments of said components together. Also provided are methods of making laser metal deposition weldments and their uses in the oil, gas and petrochemical industry.

Abstract: A magnetic core of superparamagnetic core shell nanoparticles having a particle size of less than 200 nm; wherein the core is an iron cobalt ternary alloy and the shell is a silicon oxide is provided. The magnetic core is a monolithic structure of superparamagnetic core grains of an iron cobalt ternary alloy directly bonded by the silicon dioxide shells. A method to prepare the magnetic core which allows maintenance of the superparamagnetic state of the nanoparticles is also provided. The magnetic core has little core loss due to hysteresis or eddy current flow.

Abstract: An integrated power control assembly mounted on an axial end of a three-phase motor includes a substrate, two input busbars each of positive and negative polarities alternatively spaced apart on the substrate, a plurality of sets of paired devices, and three output busbars corresponding to the three phases of the motor, wherein a set of paired devices includes a switching semiconductor and a diode. An inner input busbar has edges adjacent to an inner input busbar of opposite polarity and an outer input busbar of opposite polarity and configured to have at least twice as many devices as the outer input busbars. One or more sets of paired devices are disposed axially on outer input busbars and on inner input busbars along the edges. An individual output busbar is disposed over and electrically coupled to one or more sets of paired devices disposed on adjacent input busbars of opposite polarity.

Abstract: A semiconductor assembly includes a first wiring structure, a first semiconductor die and a first electronic element. The first wiring structure has a first surface. The first semiconductor die is disposed on the first surface of the first wiring structure. The first electronic element is electrically connected to the first wiring structure. The first electronic element includes a first metal layer, a second metal layer and a dielectric material interposed between the first metal layer and the second metal layer. The first metal layer and the second metal layer are substantially perpendicular to the first surface of the first wiring structure.

Abstract: Embodiments herein are directed to a wheelchair system that includes a wheelchair. The wheelchair includes a coupling mechanism, a processing device, and a non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium in communication with the processing device. The non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium includes one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to determine the location of an accessory, position the wheelchair with respect to the accessory, and couple the wheelchair to the accessory via the coupling mechanism. The positioning of the wheelchair is independent from a user physically controlling the positioning of the wheelchair with respect to the accessory.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wireless neutral current sensor (WNCS) for monitoring a neutral cable of a capacitor bank. The WNCS may include a power storage device that provides power to allow the WNCS to send a test signal to a capacitor bank controller (CBC) of the capacitor bank to confirm operation of the WNCS during commissioning. The WNCS may include processing and communication circuitry that, during operation, detects an electrical characteristic on the neutral cable. The processing and communication circuitry may provide a message indicating the electrical characteristic to the CBC.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to spectral analysis in wireless current sensors. For example, a wireless current sensor (WCS) includes current transformer windings that harvest electrical energy from a power line and allow the WCS to obtain current measurements of the power line. The WCS includes a processor that obtains the current measurements of the power line via the current transformer windings. The processor generates a frequency domain representation of the current on the power line using the current measurements. The processor sends a wireless signal indicating results from the frequency domain representation to an intelligent electronic device (IED) that monitors the power line to allow the TED to analyze the results for anomalies.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a dielectric layer, a first conductive layer penetrating the dielectric layer, and a grounding structure disposed within the dielectric layer and adjacent to the first conductive layer. The dielectric layer has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The first conductive layer has a first portion and a second portion connected to the first portion. The first portion has a width greater than that of the second portion.

Abstract: A vertical capacitor structure includes a substrate, at least a pillar, a first conductive layer, a first dielectric layer and a second conductive layer. The substrate defines a cavity. The pillar is disposed in the cavity. The first conductive layer covers and is conformal to the cavity of the substrate and the pillar, and is insulated from the substrate. The first dielectric layer covers and is conformal to the first conductive layer. The second conductive layer covers and is conformal to the first dielectric layer. The first conductive layer, the first dielectric layer and the second conductive layer jointly form a capacitor component.

Abstract: A method for tracking a non-connected vehicle is provided. The method includes obtaining one or more features of the non-connected vehicle, assigning an ID to the non-connected vehicle, the ID including information about the one or more features of the non-connected vehicle, predicting one or more locations of the non-connected vehicle in response to the non-connected vehicle being out of a field of view of a connected vehicle at a first location, identifying a vehicle at a second location, the second location corresponding to one of the predicted one or more locations, and determining whether the identified vehicle at the second location corresponds to the non-connected vehicle based on a comparison of one or more features of the identified vehicle and the ID.