Abstract: A turbine component such as a turbine blade has a cooling chamber that is tapered. The taper induces and maintains a helical swirl that improves the cooling efficiency of the cooling process and enables the turbine component to operate at higher temperatures.

Abstract: A method for automated container terminal scheduling is disclosed. The method comprises reorganizing a container terminal when resources are available and determining a container carrier plan for each container to be loaded from the container terminal. The method further comprises determining from the container carrier plan a mover schedule for a mover to move a first container to be loaded from the container terminal to a container carrier crane which loads the first container to the container carrier and determining from the mover schedule an individual stack crane schedule which loads the mover with the first container to be loaded from the container terminal.

Abstract: Cooling jets 1 are provided with a longitudinal aspect 2 greater than width 3. Thus, the coolant flow through the jet 1 is less susceptible to deflection by lateral or cross flows presented to that coolant flow such that cooling by impingement of the coolant flow upon a surface 7 to be cooled is improved. Typically, a plurality of jets 1 are provided in a housing wall 8. These jets 1 will be arranged in an appropriate pattern to achieve cooling by flow impingement upon the surface 7 to be cooled. Possibly, a plurality of jets 1 in an appropriate pattern may be arranged upstream of conventional circular coolant jets in order to provide some protection for those circular coolant jets from lateral or cross flow.