The notion of connector can be found in many of the contemporary component-based systems. A connector is an architectural element, which embodies communication among components in a system. In this paper we propose a flexible connector model that is easy to use in practice and expressive enough to capture the semantics of component interconnections. Our model follows the top-down approach to so...

Page Correction 36 Figure 2-7 → Figure 2-8 39 expoxy → epoxy 51 db → dB 59 “phono” → phone 60 The term BNC is an acronym meaning “bayonet Neill Concelman”. This connector is named after its designers, Paul Neill of Bell Labs and Carl Concelman of Amphenol. The “B” originally stood for “baby” but was changed to “bayonette” after the TNC connector was introduced to distinguish the bayonet fasteni...

Typical insulated precast concrete sandwich panel (PCSP) systems are composed of two wythes separated by a layer insulation. The structural behavior PCSP heavily depends on elements between known as connectors, which ensure they work whole. Double shear tests were carried out 58 specimens reinforced with basalt fiber-reinforced polymer (BFRP) connectors; failure modes, load displacement curves ...

2.1 Fiber Endface Conditions Required for PC Connection Figure 1 shows the structure of an 8-fiber MPO connector. To decrease reflection, fiber endfaces in this kind of connector are polished at a gradient of 8° to the fiber cross section. The connector endfaces are held together by the engagement of the guide pins in guide-pin holes. To achieve PC connection in such a connector, it is necessar...

Low-power vacuum pumps are commonly used for Southern and Northern transfer from agarose gels and for slot and dot blotting. Unfortunately, commercially available vacuum pumps are expensive and susceptible to contamination with transfer reagents. The following describes the use and construction of a very simple and cheap apparatus, which generates and measures a partial vacuum as effectively as...

objective: in all ceramic fixed partial dentures the connector area is a common fracture location. the survival time of three-unit fixed partial dentures may be improved by altering the connector design in regions of maximum tension. the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of buccolingual increase of the connector width on the stress distribution in posterior fixed partial denture...

Assembly planning attempts to arrange product assembly sequences on the basis of the input of product description, similar assembly plans and assembly constraints. Assembly planning is frequently viewed as a creative thinking process, which requires extensive assembly planning experience. Assembly product modeling with mechanical connection functions has increasingly focused on assembly sequenc...

Most diagram editors and graph construction tools provide some form of automatic connector routing, typically providing orthogonal or poly-line connectors. Usually the editor provides an initial automatic route when the connector is created and then modifies this when the connector end-points are moved. None that we know of ensure that the route is of minimal length while avoiding other objects...

An optical package for mounting VCSEL and PIN diodes for transmitting and receiving optical signals has been developed. The diodes couple to the fibers in a commercial MT connector. The package is quite compact with its physical size significantly smaller than that of the MT connector. This design simplifies the testing and assembly of the optical components because the MT connector with the lo...