Abstract: A strain based dynamic technique, for rendering special effects, includes simulation as a function of a Green-St. Venant strain tensor constraint. The behavior of a soft body may be controlled independent of a mesh structure by assigning different stiffness values to each constraint of the Green-St. Venant strain tensor.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a position-based dynamics approach for simulating objects using a set of points and constraints, applied as equations that restrict the relative motion of bodies. Forces are applied to the points to move them, and the constraints ensure that the points will not move in a way that is inconsistent with rules of the simulation. The present invention improves upon existing PBD approaches by using regularized constraints that directly correspond to well-defined energy potentials, and which can advantageously be solved independent of time step and iteration count.

Abstract: A glass composition, a device and a method for producing the device are disclosed. In an embodiment, the glass composition includes a tellurium oxide in a proportion of at least 65 mol. % and at most 90 mol. %, R1O in a proportion between 0 mol. % and 20 mol. %, wherein R1 is selected from Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Zn, Mn and combinations thereof and at least one M12O in a proportion between 5 mol. % and 25 mol. %, wherein M1 is selected from Li, Na, K and combinations thereof. The glass component further includes at least one R22O3 in a proportion between 1 mol. % and 3 mol. %, wherein R2 is selected from Al, Ga, In, Bi, Sc, Y, La, rare earths and combinations thereof, and M2O2 in a proportion between 0 mol. % and 2 mol. %, wherein M2 is selected from Ti, Zr, Hf and combinations thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a switch cabinet light for illuminating the interior of a switch cabinet, comprising a light-emitting circuit board that has at least a first and a second orientation relative to a translucent light cover of the switch cabinet light in order to vary the beam direction of the switch cabinet light, wherein a light-emitting side of the light-emitting circuit board faces toward a first wall section of the translucent light cover in a first orientation of the light-emitting circuit board and toward a second wall section of the translucent light cover in a second orientation of the light-emitting circuit board.

Abstract: A storage device for an extractable hose arranged in an installation space. The storage device comprises a first housing member defining a first storage compartment. The first storage compartment is configured to house at least a portion of the hose which is extractable from the first storage compartment via a hose port arranged at the first housing member. The first housing member has at least one spatial curved wall section eluding the contour of at least one module extending into the installation space.

Abstract: A cabinet system including a cabinet housing and at least one component for interior fittings, which has a mounting section with a first end and a second end spaced apart from the first end. The component is installed and held on the cabinet housing with a form-fitting connection and under mechanical tension by a supporting section at the first end and a tensioning section at the second end. Mounts are on an interior of at least one of walls, a floor, and a ceiling of the cabinet housing. The mounts are in engagement with structures that are at least partially complementary and located on at least one of the first end and the second end of the component. The at least partially complementary structures are on the supporting section and on the tensioning section. The tensioning section includes a toggle lever having an attachment side and a tensioning side.

Abstract: A hydraulic machine, in particular for a transmission arrangement, has an adjustable displacement volume and an adjusting device configured to adjust the displacement volume. The adjusting device is connected to a control unit so that the adjusting device is configured to be actuated in accordance with a setpoint value of the displacement volume. A transmission arrangement includes the hydraulic machine. A method for controlling the transmission arrangement is disclosed.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for simulating deformable solids undergoing large plastic deformation and topological changes using shape matching. Positional information for particles and orientation information from clusters is used to simulate deformable solids represented by particles. Each visual vertex stores references to particles that influence the vertex, and stores the local position of the particles. A two-step method interpolates orientation from clusters to particles, and uses the orientation and position of particles to skin the visual mesh vertices. This results in a fast method that can reproduce rotation and does not require the visual mesh vertex to be located within a convex hull of particles.

Abstract: A dishwasher system which comprises a washing unit. The washing unit comprises an outer housing and an inner housing enclosing a washing chamber and a door for closing a front opening of the washing chamber. The washing system also comprises a control unit for controlling the dishwashing operation.

Abstract: An electromechanical function unit is for a battery operated, handheld work apparatus that has an operating switch for putting the work apparatus into operation. The operating switch is to be actuated by an actuating element of the work apparatus. The operating switch is connected to a control unit for operating the work apparatus. The control unit includes a circuit board having electronic components, and has a first circuit board side, and a second circuit board side that faces away from the first circuit board side. In order to avoid wiring and to reduce the tolerance chain, provision is made to dispose the operating switch on the second circuit board side. The operating switch is supported statically via a support arrangement, independently of the circuit board. The support arrangement has no mechanical connection to the circuit board, and leads from the second circuit board side to the first circuit board side.

Abstract: A mounting frame for a switchgear cabinet or a rack includes mounting pieces which are arranged, as corner pieces, in the four corner sections of a rectangle or square that extends in an x-y plane, the mounting pieces being produced in a respective shaping process and having outer first and second mounting faces which extend in the x direction and in the y direction at a right angle thereto and which extend in a space direction z at a right angle to the x-y plane, and are provided with hollow spaces which are at least partially surrounded by wall parts and/or bores that are oriented in the z direction. The mounting frame further includes intermediate elements which extend between the mounting pieces in the x direction and in the y direction and the end sections of which are fastened to the mounting pieces. The mounting pieces have wall sections which extend in parallel to the x-y plane, thus making assembly easier.

Abstract: In order to enable a connection between measuring points of an electro-chemical device and a monitoring unit of the electro-chemical device to be easily and rapidly established, there is proposed a conduit system for connecting a plurality of voltage tapping points and/or temperature measuring points of an electro-chemical device to a monitoring unit of the electro-chemical device which comprises a plurality of voltage tapping lines and/or temperature measuring lines and a stiffening structure in which and/or on which the plurality of voltage tapping lines and/or temperature measuring lines are arranged at least in sections thereof.

Abstract: In order to enable a connection between measuring points of an electro-chemical device and a monitoring unit of the electro-chemical device to be easily and rapidly established, there is proposed a conduit system for connecting a plurality of voltage tapping points and/or temperature measuring points of an electro-chemical device to a monitoring unit of the electro-chemical device which comprises a plurality of voltage tapping lines and/or temperature measuring lines and a stiffening structure in which and/or on which the plurality of voltage tapping lines and/or temperature measuring lines are arranged at least in sections thereof.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth an Eulerian fluid simulation technique which enables real-time simulations of large scale three dimensional fluid volumes that include free surface water. A hybrid grid representation composed of regular cubic cells on top of a layer of tall cells is used to reduce computation time. Water above an arbitrary terrain can be represented without consuming an excessive amount of memory and compute power, while focusing simulation effort on the area near the surface of the water to produce accurate results. Additionally, the grid representation may be optimized for a graphics processor implementation of the fluid solver.

Abstract: A power contacting device includes a contact pin (1) and at least one contact pin receptacle (2) penetrated by the contact pin in the operating state. To provide a power contact which permanently ensures high-quality contacting, even when the contacted components move relative to one another, the contact pin receptacle (2) has a first guide arrangement (3) which is fixed to a component in the operating state and a second guide arrangement (4) which is conductively connected to the first guide arrangement, the second guide arrangement (4) being arranged displaceably on the first guide arrangement (3) and the contact pin (1) conductively contacting at least the second guide arrangement (4) in the operating state.

Abstract: A cutting unit arrangement for a harvester having a cutting unit has at least one working device relating to the processing and/or conveying of harvested crops and has a drive for the working device, wherein the drive is configured to drive the working device in accordance with harvesting operation via a rotatable drive element having a variable rotational speed. A control device of the cutting unit arrangement associated with the drive is configured to regulate the rotational speed of the drive element using a predefined desired rotational speed value.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a capacitive force sensor. The capacitive force sensor includes a planar base body, a supported membrane body, two spacers disposed spaced apart to each other, where the membrane body abuts the planar base body via the spacers, and wherein a cavity is formed between the membrane body and the planar base body to allow displacement or deflection of the membrane body under a force onto the membrane body in the area between the spacers. The membrane body forms a first electrode and, a second electrode is provided on the planar base body, wherein the first and second electrode define a first precision capacitor with changing measuring capacity depending on the force. An electrical bracket extends from each of the spacers for electrically contacting the first electrode and forms a bend between each of the associated spacer and a bottom of the base body.

Abstract: A new type of railway sleeper is composed of fiber-stabilized stoneware. By using a plurality of fiber-layered stone plates bonded to one another in such a way that prestress is generated in the stoneware, a permanently high-performance-capable sleeper is obtained, which is made of natural materials such as granite or basalt which occur almost everywhere on the earth in unlimited quantities and have a substantially longer service life and are substantially more resistant to influences of the weather and the environment than previous solutions. In addition, the sleeper or the intermediate spaces thereof are equipped with photovoltaic modules which together form a power unit when they are coupled together and connected electrically to the rails. Such sleepers can also be partially hollow as a light weight design variant. Lightweight variants with a hollow profile can be filled entirely or partially with track ballast from the side during the laying process.