Abstract: A method of circuit conception of a computational memory circuit including a memory having memory cells, the method including: receiving an indication of the memory storage size and an indication of an instruction frequency of the instructions to be executed by the computational memory circuit; evaluating for a plurality of candidate types of memory cells, a number representing an average number of cycles of the memory of the computational memory circuit per instruction to be executed; determining, for each of the plurality of candidate types of memory cells, a minimum operating frequency of the computational memory circuit based on the number N and on the memory storage size; selecting one of the plurality of candidate types of memory cells based on the determined minimum operating frequency; and performing the circuit conception based on the selected type of candidate memory cell.

Abstract: A propulsion assembly including a propulsion system, electric motors and a transmission system that is configured to couple the electric motors to the propulsion system, at least one of the electric motors including an output shaft located at a face facing away from the transmission system. Additionally, the propulsion assembly includes at least one coupling shaft connecting the output shaft of the electric motor to the transmission system, a first coupling system, which is able to switch over to the uncoupled state in the event of an incident at the electric motor and is configured to rotationally couple the first end of the coupling shaft to the output shaft of the electric motor, and a second coupling system, which is configured to rotationally couple the second end of the coupling shaft to the transmission system.

Abstract: A sealed and thermally insulating tank for storing fluid has a wall including a supporting structure, a primary thermal insulation barrier and a primary sealing membrane lying against the primary thermal insulation barrier, contacting the stored fluid. The primary thermal insulation barrier includes a primary insulating panel which includes a bearing zone collaborating with an anchoring device bearing against the bearing zone of the external rigid plate holding it toward the supporting structure. The primary thermal insulation barrier includes a reinforcing insulating plug extending, in the thickness direction, from the bearing zone of the external rigid plate to a specific zone of the primary sealing membrane to take up the compressive forces on the specific zone of the primary sealing membrane. The reinforcing insulating plug includes a polymer foam layer having a compressive yield strength greater than that of the polymer foam layer of the primary insulating panel.

Abstract: A propulsion assembly including a propulsion system, electric motors and a transmission system that is configured to couple the electric motors to the propulsion system, at least one of the electric motors including an output shaft located at a face facing away from the transmission system. Additionally, the propulsion assembly includes at least one coupling shaft connecting the output shaft of the electric motor to the transmission system, a first coupling system, which is able to switch over to the uncoupled state in the event of an incident at the electric motor and is configured to rotationally couple the first end of the coupling shaft to the output shaft of the electric motor, and a second coupling system, which is configured to rotationally couple the second end of the coupling shaft to the transmission system.

Abstract: Corrugated fluid-tight membrane fluid-tight wall (1) including two series of parallel corrugations forming a plurality of nodes (5) at the crossings of said series of corrugations, wave reinforcements (11) being arranged under the corrugations (3) of the first series of corrugations (3), two successive wave reinforcements (11) in a corrugation (3) each including a hollow sole (15) and a reinforcement portion (16) disposed above the sole (15), the two wave reinforcements (11) being developed in the corrugation (3) on either side of a node (5), a connecting member (13) at the level of the node (5) being nested in the soles (15) of said two wave reinforcements (11) in such a manner as to assemble the two wave reinforcements (11) in an aligned position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tank wall (1) fixed onto a supporting wall (3) wherein the secondary insulating barrier comprises a plurality of secondary rows (A, B, C) parallel to a first direction and juxtaposed in a second direction at right angles to the first direction according to a repeated pattern. The secondary sealed membrane comprises a plurality of strakes (21) parallel to the first direction, the size of the repeated pattern of the secondary rows (A, B, C) being an integer multiple of the size of a strake (21) in the second direction. The primary insulating barrier (5) comprises a plurality of primary rows parallel to the first direction, and the primary sealed membrane has first corrugations (56) parallel to the first direction and spaced apart by a first regular spacing (58), wherein the size of the repeated pattern of the primary rows is an integer multiple of said first regular spacing (58).

Abstract: The invention relates to a tank wall (1) fixed onto a supporting wall (3) wherein the secondary insulating barrier comprises a plurality of secondary rows (A, B, C) parallel to a first direction and juxtaposed in a second direction at right angles to the first direction according to a repeated pattern. The secondary sealed membrane comprises a plurality of strakes (21) parallel to the first direction, the size of the repeated pattern of the secondary rows (A, B, C) being an integer multiple of the size of a strake (21) in the second direction. The primary insulating barrier (5) comprises a plurality of primary rows parallel to the first direction, and the primary sealed membrane has first corrugations (56) parallel to the first direction and spaced apart by a first regular spacing (58), wherein the size of the repeated pattern of the primary rows is an integer multiple of said first regular spacing (58).

Abstract: A method of circuit conception of a computational memory circuit including a memory having memory cells, the method including: receiving an indication of the memory storage size and an indication of an instruction frequency of the instructions to be executed by the computational memory circuit; evaluating for a plurality of candidate types of memory cells, a number representing an average number of cycles of the memory of the computational memory circuit per instruction to be executed; determining, for each of the plurality of candidate types of memory cells, a minimum operating frequency of the computational memory circuit based on the number N and on the memory storage size; selecting one of the plurality of candidate types of memory cells based on the determined minimum operating frequency; and performing the circuit conception based on the selected type of candidate memory cell.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tank wall (1) fixed onto a supporting wall (3) wherein the secondary insulating barrier comprises a plurality of secondary rows (A, B, C) parallel to a first direction and juxtaposed in a second direction at right angles to the first direction according to a repeated pattern. The secondary sealed membrane comprises a plurality of strakes (21) parallel to the first direction, the size of the repeated pattern of the secondary rows (A, B, C) being an integer multiple of the size of a strake (21) in the second direction. The primary insulating barrier (5) comprises a plurality of primary rows parallel to the first direction, and the primary sealed membrane has first corrugations (56) parallel to the first direction and spaced apart by a first regular spacing (58), wherein the size of the repeated pattern of the primary rows is an integer multiple of said first regular spacing (58).

Abstract: The invention relates to a tank wall (1) fixed onto a supporting wall (3) wherein the secondary insulating barrier comprises a plurality of secondary rows (A, B, C) parallel to a first direction and juxtaposed in a second direction at right angles to the first direction according to a repeated pattern. The secondary sealed membrane comprises a plurality of strakes (21) parallel to the first direction, the size of the repeated pattern of the secondary rows (A, B, C) being an integer multiple of the size of a strake (21) in the second direction. The primary insulating barrier (5) comprises a plurality of primary rows parallel to the first direction, and the primary sealed membrane has first corrugations (56) parallel to the first direction and spaced apart by a first regular spacing (58), wherein the size of the repeated pattern of the primary rows is an integer multiple of said first regular spacing (58).

Abstract: A Sealed and thermally insulated tank has a tank wall on a carrier structure. The tank wall has an insulating barrier, sealed barrier and an anchoring member. The sealed barrier has a first undulating metal membrane and a second undulating metal membrane which are located at one side and the other of the anchoring member, along an assembly edge which is oriented parallel with a longitudinal direction of the anchoring member. The first and the second membrane undulate with a first series of undulations which intersect with the assembly edge Terminal undulation portions which are associated with the first series of undulations of the first membrane extend in a direction transverse to the assembly edge in the direction of the second membrane, beyond the terminal undulation portions which are associated with the first series of undulations of the second membrane.

Abstract: Corrugated fluid-tight membrane fluid-tight wall (1) including two series of parallel corrugations forming a plurality of nodes (5) at the crossings of said series of corrugations, wave reinforcements (11) being arranged under the corrugations (3) of the first series of corrugations (3), two successive wave reinforcements (11) in a corrugation (3) each including a hollow sole (15) and a reinforcement portion (16) disposed above the sole (15), the two wave reinforcements (11) being developed in the corrugation (3) on either side of a node (5), a connecting member (13) at the level of the node (5) being nested in the soles (15) of said two wave reinforcements (11) in such a manner as to assemble the two wave reinforcements (11) in an aligned position.

Abstract: A sealed and thermally insulating wall for a tank for storing fluid includes a heat-insulating panel and a sealing plate. The inner face of the heat-insulating panel has a stress-relieving slot.

Abstract: A sealed and thermally insulating tank whose wall is fixed to a carrier wall. The tank wall includes a secondary thermal insulation barrier which is retained on the carrier wall and a secondary sealing barrier which is supported by the thermal insulation barrier. There is also a primary insulation barrier which is fixed to the secondary element of the tank by a fastener which is connected to the secondary insulation barrier.

Abstract: A sealed and thermally insulating tank for storing fluid has a wall including a supporting structure, a primary thermal insulation barrier and a primary sealing membrane lying against the primary thermal insulation barrier, contacting the stored fluid. The primary thermal insulation barrier includes a primary insulating panel which includes a bearing zone collaborating with an anchoring device bearing against the bearing zone of the external rigid plate holding it toward the supporting structure. The primary thermal insulation barrier includes a reinforcing insulating plug extending, in the thickness direction, from the bearing zone of the external rigid plate to a specific zone of the primary sealing membrane to take up the compressive forces on the specific zone of the primary sealing membrane. The reinforcing insulating plug includes a polymer foam layer having a compressive yield strength greater than that of the polymer foam layer of the primary insulating panel.

Abstract: A Sealed and thermally insulated tank has a tank wall on a carrier structure. The tank wall has an insulating barrier, sealed barrier and an anchoring member. The sealed barrier has a first undulating metal membrane and a second undulating metal membrane which are located at one side and the other of the anchoring member, along an assembly edge which is oriented parallel with a longitudinal direction of the anchoring member. The first and the second membrane undulate with a first series of undulations which intersect with the assembly edge Terminal undulation portions which are associated with the first series of undulations of the first membrane extend in a direction transverse to the assembly edge in the direction of the second membrane, beyond the terminal undulation portions which are associated with the first series of undulations of the second membrane.

Abstract: A sealed and thermally insulated tank for storage of a fluid, having a plurality of multilayer walls. A first of the walls has a secondary thermally insulating barrier including a first insulating panel along the intersection between the load-bearing structure of first wall and the load-bearing structure of an adjacent second wall. A second insulating panel is juxtaposed with the first insulating panel along one edge of the first panel opposing the second wall. The first wall has a secondary sealing membrane including a first corrugated metal sheet welded to a small metal plate of the first insulating panel; and a second corrugated metal sheet welded to the small metal plate of the second insulating panel. The first metal sheet and the second metal sheet are welded together via a joggled edge permitting the first and the second metal sheets to be lap welded to one another.

Abstract: A Sealed and thermally insulated tank has a tank wall on a carrier structure. The tank wall has an insulating barrier, sealed barrier and an anchoring member. The sealed barrier has a first undulating metal membrane and a second undulating metal membrane which are located at one side and the other of the anchoring member, along an assembly edge which is oriented parallel with a longitudinal direction of the anchoring member. The first and the second membrane undulate with a first series of undulations which intersect with the assembly edge. Terminal undulation portions which are associated with the first series of undulations of the first membrane extend in a direction transverse to the assembly edge in the direction of the second membrane, beyond the terminal undulation portions which are associated with the first series of undulations of the second membrane.

Abstract: A sealed and thermally insulating tank wherein the distance between two adjacent corrugations of the corrugated metal sheets of the sealing membrane is equal to a predetermined corrugation interval io, the sealing membrane comprising, around a through-element: two notched rectangular metal plates 3io wide in the first direction and 7io long in the second direction, which are symmetrical to one another, each notched rectangular metal plate having three outer edges disposed in line with a plurality of anchor plates and welded onto the first plurality of anchor plates and an inner edge having a notch formed to avoid cutting a square window through which the through-element passes, and two metal retrofit plates disposed between the non-notched portions of the inner edges of the two notched rectangular metal plates.

Abstract: A sealed and thermally insulating tank having a sealing membrane, a thermal insulation barrier, and a reinforcing piece for reinforcing the sealing membrane against the pressure of the fluid contained in the tank. The thermal insulation barrier has a groove parallel to the longitudinal direction of the corrugation, and the reinforcing piece has a retaining rib engaged in the groove, the retaining rib forming a lug extending in the groove beyond a longitudinal end of the main body in the longitudinal direction of the corrugation. A stop element attached to the thermal insulation barrier stops the reinforcing piece in the longitudinal direction of the corrugation in a first direction and cooperates with the lug to stop the reinforcing piece in a direction moving away from the support surface.