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The Snow Team Problem
PublicationWe study several problems of clearing subgraphs by mobile agents in digraphs. The agents can move only along directed walks of a digraph and, depending on the variant, their initial positions may be pre-specified. In general, for a given subset~$\cS$ of vertices of a digraph $D$ and a positive integer $k$, the objective is to determine whether there is a subgraph $H=(\cV_H,\cA_H)$ of $D$ such that (a) $\cS \subseteq \cV_H$, (b)...
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Topology recognition and leader election in colored networks
PublicationTopology recognition and leader election are fundamental tasks in distributed computing in networks. The first of them requires each node to find a labeled isomorphic copy of the network, while the result of the second one consists in a single node adopting the label 1 (leader), with all other nodes adopting the label 0 and learning a path to the leader. We consider both these problems in networks whose nodes are equipped with...
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Proposal of a Mobile Medical Waste Incinerator with Application of Automatic Waste Feeder and Heat Recovery System as a Novelty in Poland
PublicationThe paper presents and discusses the issues of medical waste (including hazardous ones) and the problems regarding their proper management in Poland. Inappropriate handling of infectious medical waste directly endangers human health and the environment. Infectious waste must be properly disposed of—in practice, the only method of their disposal available in Poland is a thermal treatment in the incinerators tailored for this purpose....
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Colorings of the Strong Product of Circulant Graphs
PublicationGraph coloring is one of the famous problems in graph theory and it has many applications to information theory. In the paper we present colorings of the strong product of several circulant graphs.
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Virtual designs and reconstructions of amber works: Amber craftsman simulator
PublicationThis paper presents the concept of visualization of amber works in a virtual reality cave. It describes problems encountered during the acquisition, modeling and rendering of geometrical objects distinguished by heterogeneous transparency.
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The consequences of applying a new Polish Water Law Act for protection against urban flooding
PublicationPrevious legal regulations did not create conditions for a comprehensive solution to the problems of the urban melioration complex. For over 20 years, urban flooding caused by atmospheric precipitation has been systematically recurring in Poland. The article was elaborated on the experience resulting from the 2001 and 2016 floods in Gdansk (Poland). The newly adopted Water Law Act creates a foundation for a systemic solution...
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TIRE/ROAD NOISE AND TIRE ROLLING RESISTANCE ON PROTOTYPE PERS SURFACE
PublicationPoroelastic road surfaces are characterized by low noise of tires running on them.Road pavements of this type are promising solution to problems related to traffic noise in cities and on rural roads. Some technical problems still have to be solved, in particular regarding durability and skid resistance on wet surface. Ongoing and planned works are to contribute to create a quiet, durable and safe road surface, which will become...
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„Space, architecture and infrastructure “in-between cities”.
PublicationThe article presents contemporary city problems, like division of the city, infrastructural barriers, empty spaces, chaotic development, cuting-off areas, threatening the city image and functioning. These problems can be best observed in the areas in-between cities. One of the main questions for urban planners and architects seems thus to be: how to connect the city spaces instead of creating the barriers, how to create the areas...
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''Povery islands'' - a study on poverty concentration across nations
PublicationPoverty problems, its definition and measurement aspects, constitute a broadly identified discussion. However, there are some widely recognized poverty definitions and statistics, but the detailed overview still remains not clearly visible. There are many economies where the poverty problems lie in the very centre of policy makers` strategies. Also there exist many international statistic databases where some poverty data are reviled....
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The Hybrid Fuzzy - SOEKS Approach to the Polish Internet Mortgage Market
PublicationThe paper presents the hybrid fuzzy- SOEKS approach to the Polish Internet mortgage market, which is treated as an example of a fast changing market. Firstly, the market and market problems are described. Then, the first approach to the market problems is presented: the complete fuzzy model which was built basing on the rules. The fuzzy model is presented on one real data case. Next, the new approach, called Set of Experience Knowledge...
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Rapeseed oil methyl ester production in an individual household
PublicationFatty acid methyl esters, commonly known as biodiesel, are a cheap and environmental-friendly fuel substitute for diesel engines. Aside from industrial production, individual biodiesel manufacturing is also and important method of fulfilling the requirements of EU Parliament directive no. 2003/30/WE about supporting the use of renewable fuels in transport. Individual FAME production guarantees easy access to the main raw material...
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Fundamentals of Communication Networks Resilience to Disasters and Massive Disruptions
PublicationCommunication networks are exposed to a variety of massive failure events following from activities of nature, weather-induced disruptions, technology-implied problems, and malicious human activities. In this chapter, we first highlight the characteristics of these scenarios and discuss example failure events reported during the last three decades. Next, we explain the concept of network resilience and present an overview of major...
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Quasi-solutions for generalized second order differential equations with deviating arguments
PublicationThis paper deal with boundary value problems for generalized second order differential equations with deviating arguments. Existence of quasi-solutions and solutions are proved by monotone iterative method. Examples with numerical results are added.
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Detection of ferromagnetic objects in local magnetic anomaly of the Baltic Sea
PublicationIn geological researches several kinds of methods are applied to discovering the natural resources. Planes, helicopters and UAVs (UnmAnned Vehicle) are used in researches in large areas. The gravity, electromagnetic and magnetic methods, which are used in geological researches, are presented in this paper. The special attention was paid to magnetic systems installed on mobile platforms. The magnetic field of the Earth obtained...
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THE POTENTIAL OF DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF WHITE CABBAGE IN PHYTOREMEDIATION OF ZN AND CD
PublicationThe species belong to the botanical family Brassi- caceae are considered to be useful for phytoremediation of soil contaminated with heavy metals. Problems with use the plants recognized as hyperacumulators is that, the plants need to be harvested shortly after the plants become mature, which causes problems of disposal of obtained biomass. When these plants are dried, they easily crumble and flake off, greatly reducing the yield obtained,...
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Fast implementation of FDTD-compatible green's function on multicore processor
PublicationIn this letter, numerically efficient implementation of the finite-difference time domain (FDTD)-compatible Green's function on a multicore processor is presented. Recently, closed-form expression of this discrete Green's function (DGF) was derived, which simplifies its application in the FDTD simulations of radiation and scattering problems. Unfortunately, the new DGF expression involves binomial coefficients, whose computations...
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Harmonic Vibrations of Nanosized Magnetoelectric Bodies with Coupled Surface and Interphase Effects: Mathematical Models and Finite Element Approaches
PublicationThe harmonic problems for piezomagnetoelectric nanosized bodies with taking into account the coupled damping and surface effects are considered on the base of the generalized Gurtin-Murdoch model. In the development of previous investigations, the coupled mechanical, electric and magnetic surface effects with surface inertial terms are introduced into the model. For a homogeneous model, the composite material is considered as homogeneous...
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Low noise poroelastic road pavements based on modified asphalt binder
PublicationTire/road noise is one of the most important environmental problems related to road traffic. As the most effective way to fight noise is reduction of sound emission from the source, a lot of work is being done to improve tire and road surfaces construction. This paper describes the first “road” results obtained within the SEPOR project, which is focused on developing a low noise poroelastic road surface based on bituminous binder....
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Expedited Simulation-Driven Multi-Objective Design Optimization of Quasi-Isotropic Dielectric Resonator Antenna
PublicationMajority of practical engineering design problems require simultaneous handling of several criteria. Although many of design tasks can be turned into single-objective problems using sufficient formulations, in some situations, acquiring comprehensive knowledge about possible trade-offs between conflicting objectives may be necessary. This calls for multi-objective optimization that aims at identifying a set of alternative, Pareto-optimal...
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Application of the numerical-analytic method for systems of differential equations with parameter
PublicationThe numerical-analytic method is applied to systems of differential equations with parameter under the assumption that the corresponding functions satisfy the Lipschitz conditions in matrix notation. We also obtain several existence results for problems with deviations of an argument
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Specificity of automatic control of micro-turbines (steam or gas -driven and expanders) in dispersed generation system of heat and electric power
PublicationThis paper presents specific problems of automatic control of steam micro-turbines and expanders intended for the dispersed, combined generating of heat and electric power. The investigations concern ensurance of certainty of energy supply and its required quality.
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Support for argument structures review and assessment
PublicationArgument structures are commonly used to develop and present cases for safety, security and for other properties of systems. Such structures tend to grow excessively, which causes problems with their review and assessment. Two issues are of particular interest: (1) systematic and explicit assessment of the compelling power of an argument, and (2) communication of the result of such an assessment to relevant recipients. The paper...
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Engendering responsibility in architecture students through real planning for a tram depot in Gdańsk
PublicationApart from technical competencies, the profession of architect requires specific social competencies: understanding the user’s needs, ability to diagnose social problems, negotiating and understanding the impact of construction investments on society and the environment. The architect plays a significant role in the collective effort to create spatial order. This is why it is important to include these social competencies in the...
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Roads unsafety - social costs
PublicationThe condition of road safety has a significant impact on the quality of citizens' life. Yearly, one in a hundred families in Poland suffers because of road accidents. It is affected by them not only in material terms but first and foremost in moral terms. Road accidents are one of the main causes of degradation in the quality of life. In Poland we hardly know anything about the fate of the road traffic victims, their life problems...
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Task Scheduling – Review of Algorithms and Analysis of Potential Use in a Biological Wastewater Treatment Plant
PublicationThe idea of task scheduling is to increase the efficiency of a system by minimising wasted time, evenly loading machines, or maximising the throughput of machines. Moreover, the use of appropriate scheduling algorithms often leads to a reduction in the energy costs of the process. Task scheduling problems are found in a variety of industrial areas, and their scale changes significantly depending on the problem. This review shows...
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Wisłoujście Fortress, site 12
PublicationThis introductory article provides a synopsis of the range of archaeological work carried out at Wisłoujście Fortress in Gdańsk in 2013 and 2014. An outline is given of the circumstances in which this work was undertaken, the fieldwork methodology used and the technical problems encountered during excavation.
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Marine and Cosmic Inspirations for AI Algorithms
PublicationArtificial Intelligence (AI) is a scientific area that currently sees an enormous growth. Various new algorithms and methods are developed and many of them meets practical, successful applications. Authors of new algorithms draw different inspirations. Probably the most common one is the nature. For example, Artificial Neural Networks were inspired by the structure of human brain and nervous system while the classic Genetic Algorithm...
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ROLE OF GREEN LOGISTICS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS
PublicationThe global supply chain has been growing strongly in recent years. This development brings many benefits to the economy, society, and human resources in each country but also causes a large number of concerns related to the environment since traditional logistics activities in the supply chain have been releasing significant amount of emissions. For that reason, many solutions have been proposed to deal with these environmental...
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Selected Technical Issues of Deep Neural Networks for Image Classification Purposes
PublicationIn recent years, deep learning and especially Deep Neural Networks (DNN) have obtained amazing performance on a variety of problems, in particular in classification or pattern recognition. Among many kinds of DNNs, the Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) are most commonly used. However, due to their complexity, there are many problems related but not limited to optimizing network parameters, avoiding overfitting and ensuring good...
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Time series - the tool for traffic safety analysis
PublicationGłównym celem artykułu jest przedstawienie sposobu modelowania i modeli stosowanych w analizach i prognozowaniu odnośnie zmian śmiertelności w wypadkach drogowych w Polsce. W tym celu zastosowano teorię modeli strukturalnych szeregów czasowych przy założeniu, że zarówno ruch drogowy, jak i bezpieczeństwo na drogach są procesami dynamicznymi, w których przeszłość ma znaczący wpływ na teraźniejszość i przyszłość systemu.
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Human hip joint lubrication for permeable cartilage
PublicationPraca przedstawia pewien model obliczeń wartości sił tarcia zapisany w ortogonalnych sferycznych i innych krzywoliniowych układach współrzędnych dla hydrodynamicznego, niesymetrycznego przepływu cieczy synowialnej o własnościach nienewtonowskich i zmiennej lepkości w szczelinie stawu biodrowego człowieka z uwzględnieniem zmian losowych. Według informacji autora tak przedstawiony model nie był do tej pory rozpatrywany w pracach...
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The theoretical description of friction force in bio-joints as function of cartilage roughness
PublicationWartości sił tarcia w naturalnych stawach człowieka a szczególnie w endoprotezach stawu biodrowego rzutują na proces zużywania się powierzchni stawowych. Dlatego problem wyznaczania sił tarcia w biołożyskach jest bardzo istotny. W trakcie chodzenia mamy co najmniej ruch sferycznej powierzchni głowy w dwóch różnych kierunkach dla naturalnych i sztucznych stawów biodrowych człowieka. Dlatego też siły tarcia występują co najmniej...
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Non-Newtonian lubrication of human hip joint for unsteady impulsive motion
PublicationTematem niniejszej pracy są parametry smarowania lepkosprężystą cieczą synowialną stawu biodrowego człowieka w czasie kilku, kilkunastu a nawet kilkudziesięciu mikrosekund po doznanym urazie. W niniejszej pracy rozpatruje się urazy wywołujące zmniejszenie lub zwiększenie wysokości i zmiany kształtu szczeliny stawu, które to zmiany po pewnym określonym czasie po doznanym urazie mogą zanikać. W konsekwencji takich urazów i to w...
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About nutrient liquid flow between potential flow and cartilage surface in bioreactor
PublicationW niniejszej pracy wyznaczony został przepływ cieczy odżywczej o właściwościach nienewtonowskich w cienkiej warstwie granicznej w pobliżu powierzchni komórek chrząstki (chondrocytu) podczas hodowli w bioreaktorze. Ruch cieczy w warstwie granicznej jest wywołany wydatkiem przepływu dostarczanej cieczy do bioreaktora. Ponadto prędkość przepływu cieczy w warstwie granicznej wokół hodowanych komórek chrząstki stawowej jest uzależniona...
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Flow and friction around the growing cartilage cells
PublicationInżynieria tkankowa jest jedną z najszybciej rozwijających się dziedzin biotechnologii stosowanej. Nowe metody badawcze tej nauki mogą być rozwiązane jedynie przy wzajemnej współpracy biologów, tribologów, mechaników, ortopedów klinicystów.Schorzenia chrząstki stawowej dotyczą milionów ludzi na świecie, często nawet w młodym wieku. Od kilkunastu lat z powodzeniem prowadzone są próby rekonstrukcji chrząstki stawowej oparte na dwóch...
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Projektowanie hydrodynamicznych łożysk wzdłużnych z wykorzystaniem optymalizacji kształtu szczeliny smarowej
Publicationw pracy przedstawiono metodę projektowania hydrodynamicznych łożysk wzdłużnych z wykorzystaniem optymalizacji kształtu szczeliny smarowej. Optymalizacja kształtu szczeliny smarowej, pierwszy etap projektowania łożyska, jest przeprowadzana bez żadnych wstępnych założeń dotyczących postaci konstrukcyjnej łożyska natomiast uwzględniane są wymagania charakterystyczne dla zadanych warunków pracy łożyska. W następnym etapie poszukuje...
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Forecasting of fatigue life of laser welded joints
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono podstawowe dane na temat stalowych paneli typu sandwich. Zaprezentowano wyniki testów zmęczeniowych elementarnych połączeń teowych spawanych laserowo. Omówiono szczegółowo te cechy, które mają istotny wpływ na statyczne i zmęczeniowe własności złącza. Na podstawie przedstawionych wyników badań zmęczeniowych elementarnych połączeń spawanych laserowo uzyskano krzywą projektową S-N dla jednego z pokazanych modeli...
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Analysis of the amount of retained austenite in the structure of steel rolls for sheet rolling
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КОНЦЕПТУАЛІЗАЦІЯ ПОНЯТТЯ ІНСТИТУТ РИНКУ СТРАХОВИХ ПОСЛУГ НА ОСНОВІ НЕОКЛАСИЧНОЇ ЕКОНОМІКИ
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Planowanie obsług profilaktycznych złożonego obiektu technicznego
PublicationZdefiniowano kryterium efektywności eksploatacji złożonego obiektu technicznego, przedstawiono koncepcję prognozowania zasobów godzin pracy w zmieniających się warunkach eksploatacji oraz modele planowania obsług profilaktycznych obiektów.
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Produktywność eksploatacji maszyn i urządzeń technicznych
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono nowe podejście do analizy technicznio-ekonomicznej przedsiębiorstwa, ukierunkowane na uzupełnienie sformułowania pojęcia produktywności eksploatacji maszyn i urządzeń technicznych. Po stronie efektów wyróżniono: efekty użytkowania, bezpieczeństwo pracy, jakość produktów uzależnioną od stanu technicznego urządzeń, gotowość techniczną, nieuszkadzalność maszyn i urządzeń technicznych. Po stronie nakładów uwzględniono:...
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Environmental risk measure of ships
PublicationW artykule wyszczególniono najistotniejsze zanieczyszczenia uwalniane podczas eksploatacji statków. Przedyskutowano norweską propozycję indeksacji środowiskowej statków. Zaproponowano probabilistyczny model do oceny ryzyka stwarzanego przez statki względem środowiska morskiego oraz miarę tego ryzyka. Przedstawiono także wyniki badań wpływu niezawodnośći elementów technicznych i poziomu wyszkolenia załogi na roczne ryzyko środowiskowe...
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Wodór w warstwach wierzchnich smarowanych węzłów ślizgowych
PublicationPodano wyniki badań wpływu czasu oddziaływania warstwy oleju smarowego na ilość wodoru dyfundującego do warstwy wierzchniej stalowych próbek. Zawartość wodoru rosła z czasem kontaktu. Badania w podczerwieni widm olejów po kontakcie ze stalą wykazały istotne zmiany wywołane przez dysocjacyjną chemisorpcję węglowodorów.
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Methodological aspects of functional safety assessment
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono aktualne problemy analizy ryzyka i modelowania probabilistycznego w zarządzaniu bezpieczeństwem funkcjonalnym w cyklu życia systemów związanych z bezpieczeństwem. Zostały wyróżnione dwa podstawowe etapy w cyklu życia tych systemów, a mianowicie etap projektowania i etap eksploatacji. Z powodu złożoności i niepewności może być użyteczna w analizie ryzyka i modelowaniu probabilistycznym informacja zarówno...
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Geometrical versus analytical approach in problem solving- an exploatory study
PublicationAbstract. In this study we analyse the geometrical visualization as a part of the process of solution. In total 263 students in the first year of study at three different universities in three different countries (Poland, Slovakia and Spain) were asked to solve four mathematical problems. The analysis of the results of all students showed that geometrical visualization for problems where there is a possibility to choose different ways...
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One-Dimensional Modeling of Flows in Open Channels
PublicationIn this chapter, modeling of the unsteady open channel flow using one-dimensional approach is considered. As this question belongs to the well-known and standard problems of open channel hydraulic engineering, comprehensively presented and described in many books and publications, our attention is focused on some selected aspects only. As far as the numerical solution of the governing equations is considered, one can find out that...
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Comparison of road and laboratory measurements of tyre/road noise
PublicationTyre/road noise is one of the major environmental problems related to road traffic. There are several measuring methods of tyre/road noise that may be carried out on the road (for example Coast-down and Close Proximity Method) or in the laboratory (Drum Method). Road measurements are preferred for evaluations of pavement properties while laboratory methods are mostly used to evaluate tyres. One of the biggest problems associated...
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Design thinking (DT) for the design and planning education of engineer-architects
PublicationEngineers are facing new challenges connected with globalisation, digitisation and the increased complexity of the design process. This calls for new, more interdisciplinary and user-oriented approaches to problem- solving. In this article, the authors analyse design thinking (DT) as a method to support the education of engineers specialising in architecture and urban planning. Identified in this study are the opportunities this...
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Emotion Recognition Using Physiological Signals
PublicationIn this paper the problem of emotion recognition using physiological signals is presented. Firstly the problems with acquisition of physiological signals related to specific human emotions are described. It is not a trivial problem to elicit real emotions and to choose stimuli that always, and for all people, elicit the same emotion. Also different kinds of physiological signals for emotion recognition are considered. A set of...
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Mechanism of Solute and Thermal Characteristics in a Casson Hybrid Nanofluid Based with Ethylene Glycol Influenced by Soret and Dufour Effects
PublicationThis article models a system of partial differential equations (PDEs) for the thermal and solute characteristics under gradients (concentration and temperature) in the magnetohydrodynamic flow of Casson liquid in a Darcy porous medium. The modelled problems are highly non-linear with convective boundary conditions. These problems are solved numerically with a finite element approach under a tolerance of 10−8. A numerical algorithm...