Abstract:
The invention relates to a sound absorption device which comprises a multilayer structure (10) crossed by a plurality of channels (1) forming a porous network and making the device pervious through the body thereof (e). Said channels (1) have changing sections and are the result of stacking conduits (2) formed in the respective layers. The multilayer structure includes at least two stacked layers having a similar thickness, the thicknesses of the two layers being defined by the distance measured between two successive discontinuities (3) of said porous network. The section shifts or transitions in the stack of elementary layers (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19) offer channel geometry having improved sound absorption compared with a homogenous stack (in-phase stack) of elementary layers. Said arrangement enables better scattering of obliquely incident sound fields.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method of brazing a Ti-Al alloy. According to the invention, a layer of nickel (2) is disposed between a part (1) which is made from titanium aluminide and a brazing sheet (3), such as to enable: the aforementioned part (1) to be brazed to another metallic material (4) without the aluminium diffusing from one to the other; and a stable link with good mechanical strength to be produced. The invention can be used for the assembly of aircraft engine parts which are made from titanium aluminide and nickel-based superalloy.
Abstract:
The invention discloses an optical system comprising an optical instrument (11, 11', 21, 31) having an optical axis Z-Z and an exit pupil (26A, 40) centred on this optical axis, an image rotating optical device (16, 16', 26, 36) arranged on this optical axis, a focal plane (13, 23, 33B), an image detecting element (27, 37) located in this focal plane. The invention is characterised in that the optical instrument has an observation direction with a non- zero inclination relative to the optical axis, this detecting element (17, 27, 37) is offset with respect to the optical axis along an offsetting direction and the image rotating device is a roof-shaped reflector (16, 16',26, 36) made up of two reflecting plane surfaces (16A, 16B, 16A', 16B') converging in a roof edge intersecting at right angle with the optical axis and having a controllable displacement rotating about this optical axis, so as to intercept a useful incident beam with a non-zero inclination relative to the optical axis and send it towards the offset detecting element.
Abstract:
A contactless position sensor including a Hall-effect cell (10) and a magnetic circuit consisting of a permanent magnet (18) and two pole pieces (20, 22). The magnet (18) and the cell (10) are arranged side by side between the pole pieces (20, 22), and said pole pieces comprise active surfaces (32, 34) at the opposite end from the cell relative to the magnet. This arrangement directly produces an output signal (Va-Vb) proportional to the distance (e) between the active surfaces (32, 34) and the target (38).
Abstract:
A spectro-imager or spectrophotometer type optoelectronic camera comprising an optical system, a set of light-sensitive CCD elements (3) at the focus of said optical system, a clear protective window made, for example, of glass and placed in front of the sensitive side (4) of said set of light-sensitive elements (3), and a spectral scatterer for spectrally analysing the scene before said camera. Said sensitive side (4) of the set of light-sensitive elements (3), facing said protective window, is provided with a single- or multi-layer anti-reflective coating (9) with a thickness (e) that is continuously variable depending on the wavelength of the light picked up by said sensitive side in a direction parallel to the scattering axis of said scatterer (A).
Abstract:
A structural thermal insulator prepared from a suspension of discrete carbon fibres in a viscoplastic liquid such as a polyglycol, glycerine and petroleum oils, by filament orientation moulding a preform then curing the preform and depositing pyrolytic carbon in the porous structure. The insulator includes a coke matrix, discrete carbon fibres, said coke matrix being a porous structure having an apparent coke residue film on the filaments, and pyrolytic carbon.
Abstract:
A torque motor (8) comprises an armature (30) placed radially between a central bar (31) and an external ferromagnetic tubular portion (32). The central bar (31) comprises two portions of the same cylinder (33A, 33B) diametrically opposite each other and having substantially equal angular amplitudes below 180°, and separated by generally parallel longitudinal flats (34A, 34B). A radial permanent bar magnet (35) is incorporated in the central bar (31) between the cylinder portions (33A, 33B). The armature (30) has a winding (36) formed from longitudinal strands (36A) connected by transverse strands (36B) and arranged into bundles (F1, F2) within which all currents flow in the same direction at all times.
Abstract:
A torque motor (8) comprises an armature (30) placed radially between a central bar (31) and an external ferromagnetic tubular portion (32). The central bar (31) comprises two portions of the same cylinder (33A, 33B) diametrically opposite each other and having substantially equal angular amplitudes below 180 , and separated by generally parallel longitudinal flats (34A, 34B). A radial permanent bar magnet (35) is incorporated in the central bar (31) between the cylinder portions (33A, 33B). The armature (30) has a winding (36) formed from longitudinal strands (36A) connected by transverse strands (36B) and arranged into bundles (F1, F2) within which all currents flow in the same direction at all times.
Abstract:
Device for positioning a rotating body (4) movable about an axis (X-X) in relation to a stator body including a magnetic bearing (7) and a locking/releasing device (10). The device is characterized in that the locking/releasing device (10) comprises a plurality of clamps (60) with pads (61) adapted to radially grip a shaft of the rotating body. Said clamps are articulated on the stator body about axial pins (63) spaced from the rotational axis and evenly distributed in an angular manner about said rotational axis, and can be pivotally moved about said axial, by a moving control part (65) between a released configuration in which the gripping pads are at a maximum distance from the axis and a locked configuration in which the pads are at a minimum distance from the axis suitable for inducing radial clamping of the shaft.
Abstract:
Process and machine for marking an electric cable comprising a conducting core, an insulating layer and a varnish coating having an inner and outer layer of contrasting colours, by removing with a laser the outer varnish layer having a polytetrafluoroethylene base and a thickness of between 10 and 20 micrometers. According to the invention, the machine comprises: a pulsed CO2 laser (2), its power being adjusted to produce, in the region of the outer varnish layer, an energy density of between 8 and 15 J/cm2, means (9) for drawing the cable (4) so as to lead it opposite the laser beam (5), means (13, 14, 15) for guiding the cable (4) in the vicinity of the beam's (5) point of impact on said cable and computer control means (6).