Abstract: A method for manufacturing a composite assembly of an empennage and rear-fuselage having a continuous skin solution. The method obtains parts of the sub-structure. For each part, it is obtained a plurality of stringers performs and frames preforms by composite tooling. The frames are transferred to curing frames molds and a sub-structure skin is obtained. Furthermore, the method includes integrating the parts over an integration tool having cavities for locating the curing frames molds and the stringer performs. Furthermore, the method includes co-curing the integration tool in one shot on an autoclave, demolding the sub-structure skin sections and disassembling the curing frame molds to obtain the composite assembly of the rear section.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an aeronautical sandwich panel with a honeycomb core and results in a core sealed to prevent infused resin from entering into the honeycomb core open cells while improving its mechanical properties, especially for curved or highly curved panels. In further embodiments, the invention proposes the automation of this process.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing, layer-upon-layer, an integral composite aeronautical structure, wherein the method comprises: (a) providing an additive manufacturing tool comprising a depositing mold shaping an aerodynamic surface and at least one head configured to be moved over the depositing mold and to deposit fibrous material reinforcement and/or meltable material; (b) depositing fibrous material reinforcement embedded within meltable material onto the depositing mold, at least one layer of a lower aerodynamic face-sheet being built thereby; (c) depositing meltable material onto at least a portion of the outer layer of the lower aerodynamic face-sheet, at least one layer of core structure being built thereby; and (d) depositing fibrous material reinforcement embedded within meltable material onto at least the outer layer of the core structure, at least one layer of an upper aerodynamic face-sheet being built thereby; wherein steps (b), (c) and (d) are performed using Additive Manufacturing technology.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a composite rear section assembly having a continuous skin solution including obtaining a vertical tail plane tooling that has intermediate tooling for tooling intermediate preforms of a vertical tail plane (800), obtaining a fuselage barrel tooling (420a), (420b), (420c) and (420d) the fuselage barrel tooling having a cut-out (503a), (503b), (503c) and longitudinal cavities (501a), (501b), (501c) and (501d), attaching the vertical tail plane tooling to the fuselage barrel tooling by the cut-out of the fuselage barrel tooling, performing a composite skin lay-up (801) over the fuselage barrel tooling and the vertical tail plane tooling to obtain a continuous skin, curing the composite skin lay-up, the vertical tail plane tooling and the fuselage barrel tooling and demolding the tools to obtain the composite assembly with a continuous skin (1300), (1600).

Abstract: An advanced regulatory controller for a converter of a catalytic olefins unit is disclosed. A Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) type converter (i.e., reactor-regenerator) is combined with an ethylene style cold-end for product recovery. The regulatory controller operates using an Advanced Regulatory Control (ARC) application using variables, such as a controlled variable, four disturbance variables, associated variable, and a manipulated variable. The ARC application manipulates fuel oil or tail gas flow to a regenerator in response to an expected future steady state value of a regenerator bed temperature resulting from changes in the values of a selected set of the variables.

Abstract: An advanced regulatory controller for a converter of a catalytic olefins unit is disclosed. A Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) type converter (i.e., reactor-regenerator) is combined with an ethylene style cold-end for product recovery. The regulatory controller operates using an Advanced Regulatory Control (ARC) application using variables, such as a controlled variable, four disturbance variables, associated variable, and a manipulated variable. The ARC application manipulates fuel oil or tail gas flow to a regenerator in response to an expected future steady state value of a regenerator bed temperature resulting from changes in the values of a selected set of the variables.

Abstract: A lifting device including: a movable discontinuity (1) located in a surface of the lifting device, the movable discontinuity (1) being movable between: an active position in which the movable discontinuity (1) acts as vortex generator, and a passive position in which the movable discontinuity (1) is integrated into the surface of the lifting surface, a conduit (2) located in the spanwise direction of the lifting surface and in communication with the movable discontinuity (1), the lifting surface including openings (3) in its surface spanwise distant from each other in communication with the conduit (2), the movable discontinuity (1) and the conduit (2) being configured such that when an airflow goes through the conduit (2), this airflow activates the movable discontinuity (1) to act as a vortex generator of the lifting surface.

Abstract: The present development details a method and apparatus for performing channel emulation of doubly selective scenarios, where the simulation and emulation duration is arbitrarily long for a stationary or non-stationary channel, with non-separable dispersion which is achieved by combining the techniques of channel orthogonalization, decomposition of the correlation tensor in the Doppler domain into frequency-dependent correlation matrices, followed by a matrix factorization of each of the mentioned matrices and, finally, the use of the windowing method to generate arbitrarily long achievements which thereby allows the concatenation of channel realizations coming from the same or different NSSF, thus achieving reproduction of stationary or non-stationary channels, respectively.

Abstract: A fireproof and thermal insulator product (1) including an Alkaline Earth Silicate (AES) material (2), and at least one of the following: a liquid barrier film (5), an FRP (Fiber Reinforcement Plastic) layer (4), cork (3), wherein the liquid barrier film (5) and the FRP layer (4) are staked onto the AES material (2), and wherein the cork (3) material is also staked onto the AES material (2) or embedded into said AES material (2) in where said cork (3) is configured as a plurality of strips performing a grid structure infilled with the AES material (2).

Abstract: A fireproof and thermal insulator product which includes a honey-comb core infilled with Alkaline Earth Silicate material. The material of the honey-comb core can be metallic or polymeric. The product may further include a FRP layer, and/or a liquid barrier film, preferably being of thermoplastic material. An adhesive layer may be further deposited between the layer of honey-comb core infilled with AES and the layer of FRP.

Abstract: A lifting surface comprising a movable discontinuity located in the surface of the lifting surface. The movable discontinuity is movable between an active position in which the movable discontinuity acts as vortex generator, and a passive position in which the movable discontinuity is integrated into the surface of the lifting surface without acting as vortex generator. The lifting surface may be in an elevator, the elevator being rotatable around a hinge line with respect to the rest of the lifting surface. A bar is rigidly joined to the elevator. The bar, the elevator and the movable discontinuity are configured such that when the elevator rotates with respect to the rest of the lifting surface, the bar moves the movable discontinuity that departs from the surface of the lifting surface, acting as a vortex generator.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for authentication of a first wireless device by a vehicle. The method may include generating a wireless message that comprises an identifier of the vehicle, wherein the wireless message is encrypted with an encryption key of the vehicle. The method may also include receiving a wireless message response that comprise the identifier of the vehicle and an identifier of the first wireless device, wherein the wireless message response from to the first wireless device is encrypted with the encryption key of the vehicle. Furthermore, the method may include decrypting the wireless message response from the first wireless device and performing an authentication process to authenticate the first wireless device to the vehicle when the identifier of the first wireless device in the wireless message response matches an identifier of a wireless device enrolled with the vehicle.

Abstract: An advanced regulatory controller for a converter of a catalytic olefins unit is disclosed. A Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) type converter (i.e., reactor-regenerator) is combined with an ethylene style cold-end for product recovery. The regulatory controller operates using an Advanced Regulatory Control (ARC) application using variables, such as a controlled variable, four disturbance variables, associated variable, and a manipulated variable. The ARC application manipulates fuel oil or tail gas flow to a regenerator in response to an expected future steady state value of a regenerator bed temperature resulting from changes in the values of a selected set of the variables.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a secure vehicle communication interface device that authorizes communication to one or more systems of a vehicle through a diagnostic, or other, communication port. A service device used to access the secure communication channel may be configured as a small apparatus that is connected to a port to authenticate communications across the port. Without the device, the port would remain locked and prevent access to any systems or subsystems of the vehicle.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for customizing a vehicle for one or more uses of the vehicle. The method may include determining a user identifier associated with a user accessing the vehicle. The method may also include querying a remote server by the vehicle for first vehicle customization settings associated with the user identifier. Furthermore, the method may include configuring one or more systems of the vehicle in response to receipt of one or more vehicle customization settings from the remote server, the one or more vehicle customization settings being associated with the user identifier.

Abstract: A frame assembly for a rear section of an aircraft, comprising at least one frame having a plane of symmetry, wherein the frame assembly also comprises at least one supporting element having two ends, wherein each one of the ends is attached to said at least one frame at different sides of the plane of symmetry. This arrangement permits a more effective transfer of loads coming from the vertical tail plane of the aircraft to the fuselage.

Abstract: A fireproof and thermal insulator product, which comprises a material combination of an Earth Silicate material, and alumina, such that the alumina is bonded onto the Earth Silicate material or is diffused inside the Earth Silicate material.

Abstract: The invention described herein presents a system and method to overcome the distortions and affectations introduced by the highly variant channels of one or several antennas both in the transmitter and in the receiver. Unlike any existing invention that operates under the same conditions, this device uses a completely new reception technique based on the concept of virtual trajectories in which iterative calculations or solution of linear systems in operating time are not required, thus saving a considerable amount of operations. The receiver of this device manages to convert the fast variations of the channel into virtual antennas, thus achieving a considerable increase in the signal to noise-interference ratio. The resulting performance in terms of noise immunity is much better than any technique found so far and also requires a much smaller amount of calculations in the receiver.

Abstract: A latch having: a fork bolt movably mounted thereto; a detent lever movably mounted thereto, wherein the detent lever prevents the fork bolt from moving from a closed position to an open position when the detent lever is in a latched position; a bell crank lever movably mounted to the latch for movement between a first position and a second position, wherein the bell crank lever moves the detent lever from the latched position to the released position as the bell crank lever moves from the first position to the second position; a release lever movably mounted to the latch for movement between a first position and a second position; and an intermittent pin operatively coupled to bell crank lever and the release lever, wherein movement of the release lever is not transferred to the bell crank lever when the intermittent pin is in the second position.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for authentication of a first wireless device by a vehicle. The method may include generating a wireless message that comprises an identifier of the vehicle, wherein the wireless message is encrypted with an encryption key of the vehicle. The method may also include receiving a wireless message response that comprise the identifier of the vehicle and an identifier of the first wireless device, wherein the wireless message response from to the first wireless device is encrypted with the encryption key of the vehicle. Furthermore, the method may include decrypting the wireless message response from the first wireless device and performing an authentication process to authenticate the first wireless device to the vehicle when the identifier of the first wireless device in the wireless message response matches an identifier of a wireless device enrolled with the vehicle.