Abstract: The invention relates to a measuring device (10) for measuring physical characteristics of cells. The device (10) comprises: a microfluidic chip (20) provided with a flow channel (22) for allowing cells to flow through; a manipulator (24) configured to apply deformation force to a cell in a continuous flow; and a sensor (26) configured to sense a physical characteristic of the cell. The manipulator (24) and the sensor (26) are configured to define a width (W2) of the flow channel (22) as a gap formed between them. The manipulator (24) is configured to apply the deformation force to the cell by compressing the cell against the sensor (26).

Abstract: Provided is a monitoring device and a monitoring method that can capture the condition of a coolant in detail. A monitoring device according to one embodiment includes: a first detection unit that detects a first physical quantity; a second detection unit that detects a second physical quantity; a ratio calculation unit that calculates the ratio between a first value obtained when the first physical quantity is expressed using a specified unit, and a second value obtained when the second physical quantity is expressed using a specified unit; and an inferring unit that, if the calculated ratio is above an upper limit value of a management range or below a lower limit value of the management range, infers that one among an oil and an electrolyte contained in the coolant is abnormal.

Abstract: A pulley serving as a rotary body and a scale configured to rotate integrally with the pulley are attached to an end portion of the pulley serving as the rotary body in a thrust direction, a detection unit is configured to detect rotation of the pulley serving as the rotary body by reading a reading region of the scale. An absorber capable of absorbing liquid is attached to a surface of the scale on which a reading region is present, and when liquid adheres to the scale, the absorber absorbs the liquid.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a water sampler comprising: a container which is open at the top thereof; a first stopper which comprises a first upper plate and a first wall and has a drain outlet; a second stopper which comprises a second upper plate and a second wall; an elastic member which is disposed between the first upper plate and the second upper plate; a weight which is disposed at the bottom of the container; and a fixing member to which a second rope is connected, whereby water sampling and temperature measurement can be easily and accurately performed at a desired water depth without limitations on measurement items.

Abstract: A liquid chromatographic system includes a first cleaning pump that supplies a cleaning solution to a first valve, a selector valve connected to a first column and a second column, the selector valve switching an object to be connected to a detector that analyzes a separated sample between the first column and the second column, and a controller. The controller can have the first cleaning pump driven to clean the selector valve with the cleaning solution that flows through a first analysis flow path.

Abstract: An improved method for embedding one or more sensors in SiC is provided. The method includes depositing a binder onto successive layers of a SiC powder feedstock to produce a dimensionally stable green body have a true-sized cavity. A sensor component is then press-fit into the true-sized cavity. Alternatively, the green body is printed around the sensor component. The assembly (the green body and the sensor component) is heated within a chemical vapor infiltration (CVI) chamber for debinding, and a precursor gas is introduced for densifying the SiC matrix material. During infiltration, the sensor component becomes bonded to the densified SiC matrix, the sensor component being selected to be thermodynamically compatible with CVI byproducts at elevated temperatures, including temperatures in excess of 1000° C.

Abstract: An HVAC flow measurement system (1) comprises an ultrasonic flowmeter (10) for measuring a flow of gas through a channel (2). The ultrasonic flowmeter (10) comprises ultrasonic transducers (11, 12) arranged at a distance from each other in flow direction (f). The ultrasonic transducers (11, 12) are configured to emit an ultrasonic pulse into the channel (2) and to receive an ultrasonic pulse in the channel (2). The flow measurement system (1) further comprises a processor (100) connected to the two ultrasonic transducers (11, 11a, 11b, 12, 12a, 12b) and configured to determine and store transit times of ultrasonic pulses propagating in and against flow direction (f) along more than one path (R1, R2) in the channel (2), and to determine the flow of gas using the transit times.

Abstract: [PROBLEM] To provide an evaluation method and evaluation device with which the practical performance of a forward osmosis membrane can more accurately be measured. [SOLVING MEANS] Provided is a method for evaluating a forward osmosis membrane module. The method includes the steps of, in a forward osmosis membrane module having spaces which are partitioned by a forward osmosis membrane including a porous support body and a separation function layer stacked thereon, connecting a feed solution line to a space on the separation function layer side, and connecting a draw solution line to a space on the porous support body side, and moving a solvent in the feed solution into the draw solution via the forward osmosis membrane while adjusting a physical pressure differential across the forward osmosis membrane to a constant value within the range of more than 0 kPa to 200 kPa.

Abstract: A vehicle management system includes: a map calculation unit that calculates a slip map in which a traveling position of an autonomous vehicle and a statistical value of slip index values on the traveling position are associated; and a vehicle extraction unit that extracts, as a target vehicle, the autonomous vehicle that has measured an outlier of the slip index value on a traveling route compared to the slip map.

Abstract: A system and method for monitoring and predicting wear of a cutting tool used for machining a workpiece is disclosed. The system includes a cutting tool having a shank and a cutting head. The system also includes a split, modular and wireless wear detection system including one or more sensors mounted to the cutting tool for providing a data signal representative of a physical condition of the system, and a data recording and data transmitting device for recording the data signal from the one or more sensors and for generating and transmitting a data signal to a processor. The processor applies a machine learning data processing technique in real time to monitor and/or predict a condition of various components and/or parameters of the system during a metal cutting operation.

Abstract: A method of vaporising liquefied natural gas (LNG) for measurement of its constituent components may include receiving LNG from a main pipeline into a pressurising device. The method may also include via the pressurising device, pressurising a the LNG beyond a critical pressure thereof. The method may further include directing a first portion of the pressurised LNG to a heater. The method may still further include via the heater, heating the first portion of pressurised LNG beyond a critical temperature thereof, and directing the pressurised and heated LNG to a vaporising device. The method may also include via the vaporising device, depressurising the heated LNG to a pressure below the critical pressure so as to vaporise the LNG.

Abstract: A method and arrangement for ascertaining an amount of substance emitted as a result of the operation of a functional unit of a vehicle includes transmitting signals from a signal source, which are generated independently of the amount of substance to be ascertained, as input data, to a data processing apparatus. The data processing apparatus contains at least one neural network as a trained model for processing the input data. The method includes generating output data representing the emitted amount of substance in the data processing apparatus using the at least one neural network.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an ultrasonic transceiver capable of stably measuring a fluid of high temperature and high humidity for a long period, and provides an ultrasonic flowmeter, an ultrasonic flow velocimeter, and an ultrasonic densitometer each including the ultrasonic transceiver. An ultrasonic transceiver (1) comprises a piezoelectric body (3) and an acoustic matching body (2) disposed in one face of the piezoelectric body (3), wherein the acoustic matching body (2) includes: a top plate, a bottom plate, and a side wall that define a closed space; and a perpendicular partition wall formed substantially perpendicular to the bottom plate and adhering to the top plate and the bottom plate, thereby dividing a closed space.

Abstract: To obtain a measuring device (1) with ingress protection classes that can be manufactured simply and inexpensively, a measuring device (1) for measuring a physical value in a unit containing a medium is provided comprising a housing (2) that has a wall (2a) for housing electronic measurement equipment and a connection section (2b) for connecting the measuring device (1) to the unit; a membrane (4) that is provided at the wall (2a) to cover a first opening in the wall (2a); and a plug connection (5) that is provided adjacent to the membrane (4) at the wall (2a) and that is configured to provide an electrical connection between the electronic measurement equipment and electrical plug contacts for a plug connectable to the measuring device (1); a second opening (3b) into which the plug connection (5) is pluggable, wherein the plug connection (5) is formed with a fastening section (6) for fastening the plug connection (5) to the wall (2a) of the housing (2) and the fastening section (6) has a flange element (6a),

Abstract: An easy-to-assemble mounting rack for a deformation detection device for a steel structure and an assembling method thereof are provided. The easy-to-assemble mounting rack includes mounting parts including a back mounting plate, an operating rod, an adjusting seat, a ball-shaped block and an upright rod. The upright rod is vertically fixed at the bottom end face of the adjusting seat. A ball-shaped hole is formed in the adjusting seat. The ball-shaped block is rotatably embedded in the ball-shaped hole. A plug-in hole is formed in a radial direction of the ball-shaped block. One end of the operating rod slidably penetrates through the plug-in hole and is detachably connected with the back mounting plate. Screw holes directly opposite to the mounting holes of the deformation detection device are formed on the back mounting plate. The other end of the operating rod is fixedly sleeved with a counterweight plate.

Abstract: Many construction materials are chemically active materials whose structural properties parameters, physical-mechanical properties, etc. need to be determined. By exploiting embedded wireless sensors within these materials from initial wet manufactured state to final solid capillary-porous material assessment of initial and subsequent properties can be established allowing determination of current and future performance of the construction material. Embedded sensors can also monitor lifetime properties to identify performance degradations in the construction material as well as other construction elements embedded within or around the construction material. Further, the data accumulated from initial manufacturing to extended lifetime allows for additional assessments and improvements with respect to selection of construction material mix for a particular project at a particular location and time, improving the assessment of proactive repair and/or remedial work, quality control monitoring, cost reduction etc.

Abstract: The present technology relates to an adhesion strength measurement system for a wet electrode specimen that can evaluate the adhesion strength of an electrode specimen impregnated with an electrolyte solution, and an adhesion strength measurement method for a wet electrode specimen using the same. The adhesion strength measurement system includes: a test substrate; an electrode specimen attached to the test substrate; a fixing jig configured to fix the test substrate so that the electrode specimen attached to the test substrate is immersed in an electrolyte solution; and an adhesion strength measurement unit configured to measure a force at which a mixture layer of the electrode specimen is peeled off by applying a tensile force to the gripped electrode specimen, the adhesion strength measurement unit including a grip part configured to grip one region of the electrode specimen.

Abstract: A sensor for measuring a concentration of an analysis fluid based on a thermal conductivity principle. The sensor includes at least one analysis heating element, situated on a measuring diaphragm, for heating the analysis fluid, and a reference heating element, situated on a reference diaphragm, for heating at least one reference gas. The measuring diaphragm and the reference diaphragm are adjacently situated between a sensor substrate and a cap substrate. The measuring diaphragm is situated in a measuring volume and the reference diaphragm is situated in a reference volume. The measuring diaphragm and the reference diaphragm each include at least one coating. The measuring diaphragm is opened by at least one clearance. A method for manufacturing a sensor is also described.

Abstract: An apparatus, method and system are set forth for detection of fluids using Bragg grating sensors, wherein the Bragg grating sensing element comprises an optical fiber having a Bragg grating inscribed therein characterized by optical properties that are dependent upon the periodicity and effective refractive index of the grating, and a package for subjecting the Bragg grating to a change in strain when contacted by a fluid such that periodicity and effective refractive index of the grating changes, whereby when interrogated with laser light any such change in periodicity and effective refractive index may be detected.

Abstract: A rain-resistant, drainless, heated air data probe assembly may comprise a probe having a central channel, one or more peripheral channels, and a heating element. In addition, inner surfaces of the channels may include hydrophilic surfaces, and the outer surface of the probe may include hydrophobic surfaces. The hydrophobic outer surface may reduce water ingress into the channels of the probe, and the hydrophilic inner surfaces may cause dispersion of water that has entered the channels. The heating element may further cause evaporation or running off of water on the outer surface, and may cause evaporation of dispersed water within the channels, which may further eliminate the need for a drain at a terminal end of the probe assembly.