A permittivity sensor, for determining an image of a distribution of permittivity of a material of an object in a scene, comprising an input interface, a hardware processor, and an output interface is provided. The input interface is configured to accept phaseless measurements of propagation of a known incident field through the scene and scattered by the material of the object in the scene. The hardware processor is configured to solve a multi-variable minimization problem over unknown phases of the phaseless measurements and unknown image of the permittivity of the material of the object by minimizing a difference of a nonlinear function of the known incident field and the unknown image with a product of known magnitudes of the phaseless measurements and the unknown phases. Further, the output interface is configured to render the permittivity of the material of the object provided by the solution of the multi-variable minimization problem.

Disclosed is an assembly having: at least one drive wheel configured to roll against a hoistway rail of an elevator system; and a drive mechanism supported by the assembly and configured to drive the at least one of drive wheel, wherein the assembly is configured to support one or more sensors.

An apparatus, and related method, relates generally to a fiber-optic sensing system. In such a system, fiber-optic sensors are in a rosette or rosette-like pattern. An optical circulator is coupled to receive a light signal from a broadband light source, to provide the light signal to the fiber-optic sensors, and to receive a returned optical signal from the fiber-optic sensors. A spectral engine is coupled to the optical circulator to receive the returned optical signal and configured to provide an output signal.

A multi-dimensional space load and fire test system for a tunnel structure, which comprises a multi-point loading self-balancing reaction force system having a rigid platform, two furnace body side-sealing apparatuses (22) and a model assembly and transport apparatus (23) for transporting and situating a tunnel model are on a track on the rigid platform (9), the two furnace body side-sealing apparatuses (22) are respectively used for sealing two end openings of the tunnel model, a tower-type combustion vehicle can be placed within an inner cavity of the tunnel model, a plurality of sets of evenly distributed self-adaptive loading apparatuses (3) used for exerting loading forces on an outer wall of the tunnel model are connected between two reaction force frames (1) of the multi-point loading self-balancing reaction force system. The present system is able to perform loading on tunnel models having different cross section shapes, can be adapted to testing requirements of tunnel structures having different cross section shapes, and with respect to tunnel structure fire testing in particular, a camera of the present system has a large imaging angle of view, the present invention has good heat resistance, possesses both terminal imaging and distance measurement, and can amply satisfy a use requirement for the high temperature environment of a tunnel fire.

The invention relates to a mechanical testing device with at least one load frame , and , which has a frame part and a clamping device held therein, in which a beam-shaped test specimen, in particular a rotor blade or rotor blade segment, can be clamped projecting through the load frame, the load frame being mounted in a first pivot bearing arrangement on a carrier frame or a support frame so as to be rotatable about a first transverse axis of the test specimen which extends perpendicularly to its longitudinal axis projecting through the clamping device, wherein the frame part has a four-fold rotational symmetry, in particular a square shape, or an annular shape. The design of the load frame(s) results in easy rotatability/adjustability of the test specimen. In a method for carrying out the test, the system natural frequencies in different loading directions can be suitably matched.

A pair of glasses includes a frame and a pair of temples. The frame can hold lenses in front of a person's eyes while the pair of temples can rest over the person's ears. A tester for endurance testing of the pair of glasses, includes: a frame holder disposed vertically on a horizontal base plate, the frame holder configured to secure the pair of glasses in a test position with the pair of temples extending from the frame holder horizontally in a space above the base plate, the pair of temples having an inter-temple separation distance; and a pair of motorized pushers configured to contact and displace each of the pair of temples simultaneously toward or away from the other temple in the pair of temples.

Robotic devices that can be utilized on pipes of any material and of a variety of pipe diameters are provided. The robotic device utilizes a ducted fan to create the normal forces needed to adhere to any part of a pipe. The chassis of the device can be segmented to allow for application on various diameter pipes.

Methods for performing maintenance operations using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The methods are enabled by equipping a UAV with a maintenance tool capable of performing a desired maintenance operation (e.g., nondestructive inspection) on a limited-access surface of a large structure or object (e.g., a wind turbine blade). The UAV uses re-orientation of lifting means (e.g., vertical rotors) to move the maintenance tool continuously or intermittently across the surface of the structure while maintaining contact with the surface of the structure undergoing maintenance.

Disclosed is a test rig and a method for mechanical load testing of a specimen extending along a longitudinal axis from a first specimen end to a second specimen end and comprising a composite material extending along the longitudinal axis from a first composite end to a second composite end and a primary elongate component extending along the longitudinal axis from a first primary component end to a second primary component end, the first primary component end being the first specimen end, and wherein the composite material encapsulates the primary elongate component along a first interface region extending along the longitudinal axis from the second primary component end to the first composite end. The method comprises applying a load to the specimen resulting in an axial load component and a bending moment being imposed to the specimen.

To provide a novel and improved information processing device that can make more efficient an inspection performed by a flying body capable of performing imaging. Provided is an information processing device including an imaging position information acquisition unit configured to acquire imaging position information at a time when a structure is imaged which is acquired by an imaging device configured to fly over a periphery of die structure to image the structure on the basis of certain flight information, and a damage data generating unit configured to use a captured image of the structure imaged by the imaging device and the imaging position information and to generate data related to damage of the structure including position information of damage of the structure included in the captured image.