178 results about "Impact system" patented technology

Systems, methods, and program product to perform a cyber security risk assessment on a plurality of process control networks and systems comprising a plurality of primary network assets at an industrial process facility, are provided. An example of a system and program product can include an industrial and process control systems scanning module configured to identify networks and systems topology and to execute system and network security, vulnerability, virus, link congestion, node congestion analysis to thereby detect susceptibility to know threats to define potential vulnerabilities; a threats to vulnerabilities likelihood and consequences data repository module configured to determine a likelihood of each of a plurality of known threats exploiting identified vulnerabilities and to identify consequences of the exploitation to individual impacted systems and to overall plant operation; and a risk level evaluator module configured to determine a risk level rating for any identified vulnerabilities and provide recommended corrective actions.

Systems, methods, and program product to perform a cyber security risk assessment on a plurality of process control networks and systems comprising a plurality of primary network assets at an industrial process facility, are provided. An example of a system and program product can include an industrial and process control systems scanning module configured to identify networks and systems topology and to execute system and network security, vulnerability, virus, link congestion, node congestion analysis to thereby detect susceptibility to know threats to define potential vulnerabilities; a threats to vulnerabilities likelihood and consequences data repository module configured to determine a likelihood of each of a plurality of known threats exploiting identified vulnerabilities and to identify consequences of the exploitation to individual impacted systems and to overall plant operation; and a risk level evaluator module configured to determine a risk level rating for any identified vulnerabilities and provide recommended corrective actions.

Systems and methods for assessing and optimizing energy use and environmental impact can be designed to receive energy consumption and emission data from one or more energy consumption sources of a facility over a network. The data can be transformed into a database format that can be processed and analyzed. The data can be validated according to predefined validation rules. The data can be aggregated according to predefined time intervals and stored in memory. The data can be used to generate a report to a user, for example, via a user interface.

Systems and methods for assessing and optimizing energy use and environmental impact can be designed to receive energy consumption and emission data from one or more energy consumption sources of a facility over a network. The data can be transformed into a database format that can be processed and analyzed. The data can be validated according to predefined validation rules. The data can be aggregated according to predefined time intervals and stored in memory. The data can be used to generate a report to a user, for example, via a user interface.

A high-speed memory system is disclosed for use in supporting a directory-based cache coherency protocol. The memory system includes at least one data system for storing data, and a corresponding directory system for storing the corresponding cache coherency information. Each data storage operation involves a block transfer operation performed to multiple sequential addresses within the data system. Each data storage operation occurs in conjunction with an associated read-modify-write operation performed on cache coherency information stored within the corresponding directory system. Multiple ones of the data storage operations may be occurring within one or more of the data systems in parallel. Likewise, multiple ones of the read-modify-write operations may be performed to one or more of the directory systems in parallel. The transfer of address, control, and data signals for these concurrently performed operations occurs in an interleaved manner. The use of block transfer operations in combination with the interleaved transfer of signals to memory systems prevents the overhead associated with the read-modify-write operations from substantially impacting system performance. This is true even when data and directory systems are implemented using the same memory technology.

A self-managing workload repository (AWR) infrastructure useful for a database server to collect and manage selected sets of important system performance statistics. Based on a schedule, the AWR runs automatically to collect data about the operation of the database system, and stores the data that it captures into the database. The AWR is advantageously designed to be lightweight and to self manage its use of storage space so as to avoid ending up with a repository of performance data that is larger than the database that it is capturing data about. The AWR is configured to automatically capture snapshots of statistics data on a periodic basis as well as purge stale data on a periodic basis. Both the frequency of the statistics data capture and length of time for which data is kept is adjustable. Manual snapshots and purging may also be performed. The AWR captured data allows for both system level and user level analysis to be automatically performed without unduly impacting system performance, e.g., by eliminating or reducing the requirement to repeat the workload in order to diagnose problems.

Synchronization software in a computer operating system evaluates with respect to an exposure goal the ages of byte stream files queued for synchronization, and dynamically adjusts synchronization ("sync") capacity in response to the evaluation. The synchronization of byte stream files occurs at rates responsive to the sync capacity. Several parameters are used to adjust sync capacity: a lead time, the number of active sync tasks, and the priority of the sync tasks. These parameters are adjusted in a manner to impact system performance to the least extent possible.

System determines impact of a helmet, comprising: accelerometer and processor, the accelerometer detecting acceleration of the helmet, the processor configured to process the signals from the accelerometer to determine impact of the helmet. System determines athletic performance, comprising: pressure sensor for sensing change in elevation; microprocessor for processing signals from the pressure sensor to determine vertical speed corresponding to the change in elevation; and display for reporting the vertical speed to a user. System assesses athletic performance, comprising: protective housing configured for attachment to a human-powered sport vehicle; GPS sensor configured with the housing for generating earth position signals; microprocessor configured with the housing for processing the signals to determine speed and distance traveled of the sport vehicle; and display configured with the housing for displaying one or both of the speed and distance traveled to a user of the human-powered sport vehicle.

A method and system for automatically updating and synchronizing contact center agent skill data maintained in a central agent skill database with a routing system based upon skill-changing events triggered in skill-impacting systems. Contact center agent skills may be maintained in a skill database for a set of agents. A skill-impacting system (such as an education system, a satisfaction system or a metrics system) may send skill / capability data for an agent. The agent's profile in the skill database may be updated based on the received skill data. Either immediately, when triggered by an event, or at a predetermined interval, a routing system's routing logic may be synchronized with the new data in the agent's profile. When the contact center receives a contact (such as a phone call, an email, a web chat, an instant message, or a fax) from a customer, processing logic in the routing system may select a best-fit agent based on availability and skill data from the agent profiles.

A process for defining and selecting integrated potential approaches (software, hardware, networking, and operations approaches) for addressing a business need. The process can include providing an identification of a business need in a concept document. A meeting that includes representatives of IT, network, and operations from each potentially impacted business domain can be held and can result in additions to the concept document identifying at least one proposed approach. An architecture blueprint can be created as a result of the meeting. Impacted systems for each proposed approach can be identified. The entire concept document and the architecture blueprint can be provided to representatives of each impacted system to determine the estimated level of effort for the development and implementation of the concept.

The invention relates to a rotary multi-contact corrosive wear testing apparatus, comprising a servo motor, a fixture, a reaction container, an electrochemical test system, a loading device and a fluid impact system. The fixture is connected with a transmission shaft of the servo motor and rotates around the axis of the transmission shaft, the fixture is fitted with a specimen, and the fixture drives the specimen to rotate while rotating; a working electrode is placed in a reaction tank and reacts with the specimen for corrosive wear reaction, and a loading system comprises a loading table, a linear bearing, a pressure sensor and a hydraulic cylinder; the fluid impact system comprises a peristaltic pump, a fluid insulation tank, an impact nozzle, a feed hopper, an adjustable discharge port and a valve. The apparatus of the invention enables rotary friction in multiple contact manners to better observe grinding marks, can simulate corrosive wear behaviors of material under fluid impact and enables the addition of solid particles in a fluid when necessary; the influence of external disturbances upon testing results can be reduced, and signal stability in electrochemical testing can be guaranteed.

A hosting partition update mechanism allows updating the I / O capability of a logically-partitioned computer system in a way that minimally affects the performance and availability of I / O in the computer system. When an update is needed, a new hosting partition is created with the desired update(s). The I / O adapters in the current hosting partition are then migrated to the new hosting partition. The migration of an I / O adapter from the current hosting partition to the new hosting partition is relatively fast, thereby minimally impacting system performance and availability of I / O. Once all of the I / O adapters have been migrated to the new hosting partition, the current hosting partition may be kept as a backup, or may be eliminated. Providing a new or backup hosting partition allows updates to be performed in the new or backup hosting partition in a non-disruptive manner while the current hosting partition continues to service I / O requests.

A self-managing workload repository infrastructure (or “AWR” for Automatic workload repository) which is useful for a database server to collect and manage useful system performance statistics. The AWR runs automatically to collect performance data about the operation of the database system, and stores the data that it captures into the database. The collection process is done inside the database, and the collection process is highly efficient as data is retrieved directly from the shared memory of the database kernel. The data captured allows both system level and user level analysis to be performed without unduly impacting system performance, e.g., by eliminating or reducing the requirement to repeat the workload in order to diagnose problems. The AWR is configured to automatically capture snapshots of statistics data on a periodic basis as well as purge stale data on a periodic basis. The captured performance data includes one or more of the top N (e.g., 20 or 30) statistics for activities involving a large set of objects, time-based statistics, cumulative statistics, sampled data and metrics and other data types.

Improved component placement inspection and verification is performed by a pick and place machine. Improvements include stereovision imaging of the intended placement location; enhanced illumination to facilitate the provision of relatively high-power illumination in the restricted space near the placement nozzle(s); optics to allow image acquisition device to view the placement location from an angle relative to a plane of the placement location, thereby reducing the possibility of such images being obstructed by the component; techniques for rapidly acquiring images with commercially available CCD arrays such that acquisition of before and after images does not substantially impact system throughput; and image processing techniques to provide component inspection and verification information.

A method and a device of laser impact and thermal spraying composite coating preparation relates to the nontraditional machining field. At first, the invention uses a thermal spraying device to spay powder onto the surface of a metal substrate in order to form a coating. The invention is characterized in that laser is used to impact the metal substrate surface coated with the coating and the coating which has low porosity, high bonding strength and compression stress is formed. The device implementing the method comprises a computer control device, a thermal spraying system I, a laser impact system II, a sealed treatment room, a clamping device, a five-axis workbench and a vacuum pump, which are connected in turn. The thermal spraying system I comprises the thermal spraying device and sprayed powder. The laser impact system II comprises a nanosecond laser generator, laser beam, a light pipe, a 45 degrees totally reflective mirror, a facula adjusting device, a K9 glass window and an automatic spraying system. The invention can form the coating on the surface of the metal, increase the porosity of the coating, improve the bonding strength of the coating and the substrate and change the state of residual stress.

A storm panel of high strength fabric is constructed, reinforced, and installed in such a way as to comply with the building codes as a large missile impact system. The panel includes a zippered opening for access through the panel when in use. When not in use, the fabric can be rolled and stored and placed in an attractive cover without disassembly.

An energy absorption impact system for vehicle bumpers and the like includes a mounting plate with a central opening therethrough, and a generally box-shaped sheet metal crush member. The crush member has a top wall, a bottom wall and opposite sidewalls arranged in a generally frustro-pyramidal shape, defining a large end connected with a vehicle bumper, and a small end connected with the mounting plate about the central opening. Impact on the vehicle bumper inelastically deforms the walls of the crush member toward the central opening in the mounting plate to absorb energy associated with the impact.

A system for absorbing and distributing front impact forces in a vehicle is provided, the system including a primary impact system and a secondary impact system, each of which includes a bumper and a structure for transferring impact loads. The primary impact system includes a primary bumper and a pair of front rails spaced apart in a widthwise direction with each rail extending lengthwise, where one end portion of each rail is mechanically coupled to the vehicle's bumper and the other end portion of each rail is mechanically coupled to a torque box. The secondary impact system includes a secondary bumper and an assembly of sub-frame components separate from the front rails that allow impact loads to be transferred in parallel through the front rails and the sub-frame.

Errors occurring in computing clusters and other computing systems can impact system performance. Each error has an error type and each error type has a base cost estimating importance of correcting the error. Each error type also has a confidence indicating the level of agreement between those who fix the errors and those who assigned the base cost. An error type's actual cost is produced using the base cost and confidence. An error cascade map contains estimates that one error will cause another. An error type that causes other error types has a cascade cost. Upon detecting an error type, a repair order can be generated, depending on the cost involved. Repairs are then performed. Feedback mechanisms and correlations can be used to update the confidences and the error cascade map.

A storm panel of high strength fabric is constructed, reinforced, and installed in such a way as to comply with the building codes as a large missile impact system. When not in use, the fabric can be rolled and stored and placed in an attractive cover without disassembly.

The invention discloses a bearing impact friction-wear testing machine. The bearing impact friction-wear testing machine comprises a test stand, a main drive system, a friction pair system, a radial impact system, a hydraulic loading system, a temperature and humidity control system, a signal acquisition and detection system and a computer. The working condition in the friction pair system duringa bearing friction-wear test is changed through the main drive system, the hydraulic loading system and the temperature and humidity control system, and the vibration condition in the vibration bearing operation is simulated by the radial impact system; and the bearing friction-wear output parameters in the friction pair system are collected and monitored in real time by the signal acquisition anddetection system, and are transmitted to the computer through a data acquisition card for data processing and analysis so as to carry out a friction-wear test of a bearing under the coupling effect of impact and friction. The bearing impact friction-wear testing machine provides an effective testing platform for studying the wear behavior of the bearing under the coupling effect of the impact andfriction, and the collected test parameters can be used as judging criterions for bearing wear state identification.

A machine for producing a body with desired shape of a workable material through dynamic forging under impact and finally with energy retention while the shock wave fades out. The machine includes a machine stand, a dynamic outer impact system having an upper unit, and a lower impact unit, which includes a counter-impact device, and possibly one or more dynamic side impact units, and a static inner press system having an upper unit and a lower unit, possibly with additional one or more static side compacting units, with a central unit in between. The lower units of the outer and inner systems can be exchanged with a common stationary anvil for a single direction machine instead of a counter-acting machine.

The invention provides a drop test table, and belongs to the technical field of shock test equipment. The drop test table is composed of a supporting system, a lifting drop system and a secondary-shock-preventing drop system. The supporting system comprises guide rails (1) and a shock pad (2). The four guide rails (1), an upper drop table surface (21) and a lower drop table surface (22) form a cube to support the whole test table and guarantee the stability and guidance performance. The shock pad (2) is arranged on the bottom of the test table. The lifting drop system comprises a rigid base (3) and a collision plane (4). The top end of the rigid base (3) is of a half-round shape. The collision plane (4) is fixed below a drop table surface (18). The drop test table is good in stability and repeatability. Different shock accelerated speeds can be obtained by adjusting the elevation height of the drop table surface, the test requirements under different conditions can be met, secondary shock is avoided, operation is simple, and a man-made influence factor is small.

A storm panel of high strength fabric is constructed, reinforced, and installed in such a way as to comply with the building codes as a large missile impact system. The panel includes a zippered opening for access through the panel when in use. When not in use, the fabric can be rolled and stored and placed in an attractive cover without disassembly.

A control system is provided for a modulated heating system including at least one modulating water heater and a controller. A deadband control scheme provides for reduced cycling of the modulating heater when total system heat demand falls between the maximum output of one heater and the sum of the maximum output of that one point and the minimum firing point of the next subsequent heater. Condensation of flue gas products is prevented by monitoring flue exhaust temperature for each heater and controlling the modulation of each heater to maintain a minimum heater output sufficiently high to prevent condensation of flue gas products from that heater. Rapid reaction to changes in system heat demand is provided by sensing changes in flow rate in a primary loop of the system and anticipating resulting changes in temperature thus allowing for change in heater output prior to the time the change in flow rate has fully impacted system temperature.

The invention discloses a combined energy dissipation shed frame structure for preventing rock rolling-down hazards of a high and steep slope in highway construction, and belongs to the field of highway disaster prevention and control and post-disaster reconstruction engineering in an earthquake region. The combined energy dissipation shed frame structure is composed of a top surface anti-impact system tightly connected with an existing slope, a top surface supporting system composed of a three-dimensional steel frame system, a shed frame main structure composed of a cross beam and supporting steel tube stand columns on the two sides, a close-to-mountain side anchoring system for anchoring the top surface anti-impact system and the shed frame main structure, and a cast-in-place concrete bed formed by welding fixing pedestals to the bottoms of the steel tube stand columns and driving the fixing pedestals into a foundation through anchor rods. According to the combined energy dissipation shed frame structure, potential safety hazards caused by crag rockfall of a high and steep slope in an earthquake region to highway construction and vehicle driving are prevented, and the stability and seismic capacity of the shed frame structure are effectively improved. Compared with a traditional shed tunnel structure, the combined energy dissipation shed frame structure greatly shortens construction time and is beneficial to rapid traffic keeping and anti-disaster capacity improving.