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Quasi-resonant dc-link inverter with a reduced number of active elements
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono nową topologię równoległego quasi-rezonansowego obwodu pośredniczącego falownika napięcia. Opisano sekwencje miękkiej komutacji falownika w dwukierunkowym trybie pracy falowniczej i prostowniczej. Analiza układu została zweryfikowana badaniami symulacyjnymi i eksperymentalnymi. Przedstawiona topologia odznacza się prostą strukturą oraz małą ilością elementów aktywnych. Dzięki zastosowaniu krzepkiej strategii...
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Reduced diameter distribution of single-wall carbon nanotubes by selective oxidation
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Reduced colonic microbial diversity is associated with colitis in NHE3-deficient mice
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EXAFS analysis of bismuth atom neighbourhood in reduced bismuth silicate glass
PublicationPraca zawiera wyniki strukturalnej analizy EXAFS niemodyfikowanego szkła bizmutowo-krzemianowego o składzie 0.4Bi2O3 0.6SiO2 oraz jego modyfikowanych w atmosferze gorącego wodoru form. Przedstawiono wpływ czasu redukcji na strukturę rozważanego szkła. Wyniki wskazują na silną tendencję do aglomeracji neutralnych atomów bizmutu w metaliczne nanostruktury.
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Modal control at energy performance index in reduced non-conservative system
PublicationW pracy rozważa się drgania niestacjonarnych układów mechanicznych modelowa-nych dyskretnie. Jednym ze sposobow nadzorowania tych drgań jest sterowanie optymalne przy energetycznym wskażniku jakości. Tymczasowe założenie o stac-jonarności układu daje możliwość wyznaczenia w trybie on-line optymalnego sygnału sterującego poszczególnymi postaciami drgań swobodnych układu a nas-tepnie - sterowanie układu niestacjonarnego wyznaczonym...
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On Reduced-Cost Design-Oriented Constrained Surrogate Modeling of Antenna Structures
PublicationDesign of contemporary antenna structures heavily relies on full-wave electromagnetic (EM) simulation models. Such models are essential to ensure reliability of evaluating antenna characteristics, yet, they are computationally expensive and therefore unsuitable for handling tasks that require multiple analyses, e.g., parametric optimization. The cost issue can be alleviated by using fast surrogate models. Conventional data-driven...
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The structure and melting of lead nanocrystalline layer in reduced lead-germanate glass
PublicationNanokrystaliczna warstwa granul Pb na powierzchni szkieł ołowiowo-germanianowych została wytworzona poprzez wygrzewanie w wysokich temperaturach, w atmosferze wodoru. Właściwości tej warstwy silnie zależą od temperatury i czasu redukcji. Artykuł prezentuje rentgenowskie i mikroskopowe badania struktury warstwy oraz wpływ topnienia i krzepnięcia granul Pb na jej przewodnictwo.
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Reduced-Cost Constrained Modeling of Microwave and Antenna Components: Recent Advances
PublicationElectromagnetic (EM) simulation models are ubiquitous in the design of microwave and antenna components. EM analysis is reliable but CPU intensive. In particular, multiple simulations entailed by parametric optimization or uncertainty quantification may considerably slow down the design processes. In order to address this problem, it is possible to employ fast metamodels. Here, the popular solution approaches are approximation...
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Prioritising national healthcare service issues from free text feedback – A computational text analysis & predictive modelling approach
PublicationPatient experience surveys have become a key source of evidence for supporting decision-making and continuous quality improvement within healthcare services. To harness free-text feedback collected as part of these surveys for additional insights, text analytics methods are increasingly employed when the data collected is not amenable to traditional qualitative analysis due to volume. However, while text analytics techniques offer...
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Generating actionable evidence from free-text feedback to improve maternity and acute hospital experiences: A computational text analytics & predictive modelling approach
PublicationBackground Patient experience surveys are a key source of evidence for supporting decision-making and quality improvement in healthcare services. These surveys contain two main types of questions: closed and open-ended, asking about patients’ care experiences. Apart from the knowledge obtained from analysing closed-ended questions, invaluable insights can be gleaned from free-text data. Advanced analytics techniques are increasingly...
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The Metal-Free Regioselective Deuteration of 2-Methylquinolin-8-ol and 2,5-Dimethylquinolin-8-ol, Spectroscopic and Computational Studies
PublicationAbstract: Aim and Background: Introducing deuterium to a molecule is of interest to a wide variety of research, including investigation of reaction mechanisms or kinetics, analysis of drug metabolism, structural elucidation of molecules, and syntheses of isotopically labeled materials used for NMR spectroscopy and medicinal research. Objective: The transition-metal-free regioselective deuteration of 2-methylquinolin-8-ol...
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Towards sustainable catalyst-free biomass-based polyurethane-wood composites (PU-WC): From valorization and liquefaction to future generation of biocomposites
PublicationA substantial aspect of materials engineering lies in the responsible process of designing polymer-based materials. Due to environmental pollution, excessive consumption of natural resources, and increasing environmental awareness of society, there is a massive need for polyurethane (PU) materials with reduced environmental impact. To date, research on catalyst-free polyurethane-wood composites (PU-WC) has demonstrated a huge potential...
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Flexible dye-sensitized solar cells based on Ti/TiO2 nanotubes photoanode and Pt-free and TCO-free counter electrode system
PublicationFlexible dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are getting more attention compared to standard glass covered DSSCs due to their unique commercial applications (e.g. tents or sail surfaces) and the possibility of rolling up into a small, portable device. In this work, titania nanotubes (TiO2 NT) modified with titania nanoparticles (TiO2 NP) were photoelectrochemically characterized as an anode for flexible dye-sensitized solar cells....
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A general isogeometric finite element formulation for rotation‐free shells with in‐plane bending of embedded fibers
PublicationThis article presents a general, nonlinear isogeometric finite element formulation for rotation-free shells with embedded fibers that captures anisotropy in stretching, shearing, twisting, and bending - both in-plane and out-of-plane. These capabilities allow for the simulation of large sheets of heterogeneous and fibrous materials either with or without matrix, such as textiles, composites, and pantographic structures. The work...
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A hierarchical porous composite magnetic sorbent of reduced graphene oxide embedded in polyvinyl alcohol cryogel for solvent‐assisted‐solid phase extraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
PublicationA hierarchical porouscomposite magnetic sorbent was fabricated and applied tothe dispersive solvent-assisted solid-phase extraction of five polycyclic aromatichydrocarbons. A sorbent was first prepared by incorporating graphene oxide,calcium carbonate, and magnetite nanoparticles into a polyvinyl alcohol cryo-gel. The graphene oxide was converted to reduced graphene oxide using ascorbicacid and a hierarchical porous structure was...
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Free silanols and ionic liquids as their suppressors in liquid chromatography
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A Study of the Roll Motion by Means of a Free Decay Test
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Free Vibrations of Sustainable Laminated Veneer Lumber Slabs
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The laws of thermodynamics: entropy, free energy, information and complexity
PublicationW rozdziale przedstawiono podstawowe Zasady Termodynamiki. Omówiono zagadnienia związane z pojęciem entropii, energii Gibbsa, egzergii oraz systemami złożonymi.
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Anonymous agreed order multicast: performance and free riding
PublicationPrzedstawiono protokół rozgłaszania wiadomości dla sieci lokalnych z usługą 1C, zapewniający całkowite uporządkowanie wiadomości przy zachowaniu anonimowości stacji. Wykorzystywane są raporty zawierające grafy częściowego uporządkowania wiadomości, otrzymywane na podstawie kolejności odbioru i wnioskowania o bezpośrednim następstwie par wiadomości. Wskazano, że kolektywna odpowiedzialność za utrzymanie stałego rytmu raportów sprzyja...
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Free-surface elevation in open vortex flow controls
PublicationRotational form of fluid motion is complex, but very important in science and technology. The paper is devoted to the hydraulic mechanism of flow in open vortex flow controls, or regulators. The velocity field was described by the kinematic model, and intensity of rotation - by means of the energy balance between the input and dissipation. In consequence some algebraic expresions were obtained, which can be useful in approximated...
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Subcritical bifurcation of free elastic shell of biological cluster
PublicationIn this paper we will investigate symmetry-breaking bifurcation of equilibrium forms of biological cluster. A biological cluster is a two-dimensional analogue of a gas balloon. The cluster boundary is connected with its kernel by elastic links. The inside part is filled with compressed gas or fluid. Equilibrium forms of biological cluster can be found as solutions of a certain second order ordinary functional-differential equation...
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Free randomness amplification using bipartite chain correlations
PublicationA direct analysis of the task of randomness amplification from Santha-Vazirani sources using the violation of the chained Bell inequality is performed in terms of the convex combination of no-signaling boxes required to simulate quantum violation of the inequality. This analysis is used to find the exact threshold value of the initial randomness parameter from which perfect randomness can be extracted in the asymptotic limit of...
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Non-intrusive infrared-free eye tracking method
PublicationIn the paper a technique of eye tracking based on visible light is presented. The approach described does not require an additional hardware equipment used in the infrared eye tracking system. First, examples of existing eye tracking techniques were presented. Then, the proposed algorithm of image processing and the process of determining the eye position are described. The engineered eye tracking application was tested and the...
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Label‐free optical detection of cyclosporine in biological fluids
PublicationIn this paper, a spectroscopic method for determination of cyclosporine concentrations in biological fluids is presented. Blood plasma and hemoglobin solutions are chosen for the experiment. For various cyclosporine concentrations in blood plasma and hemoglobin, absorbance measurements in spectra range from 600 to 1100 nm are performed. The measurement results are analyzed by the use of a dedicated algorithm. The obtained data...
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A Loophole of All ‘Loophole-Free’ Bell-Type Theorems
PublicationBell’s theorem cannot be proved if complementary measurements have to be represented by random variables which cannot be added or multiplied. One such case occurs if their domains are not identical. The case more directly related to the Einstein–Rosen–Podolsky argument occurs if there exists an ‘element of reality’ but nevertheless addition of complementary results is impossible because they are represented by elements from different...
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Density functional theory calculations on entire proteins for free energies of binding: Application to a model polar binding site
PublicationIn drug optimization calculations, the molecular mechanics Poisson-Boltzmann surface area (MM-PBSA) method can be used to compute free energies of binding of ligands to proteins. The method involves the evaluation of the energy of configurations in an implicit solvent model. One source of errors is the force field used, which can potentially lead to large errors due to the restrictions in accuracy imposed by its empirical nature....
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Functional fluorine-doped tin oxide coating for opto-electrochemical label-free biosensors
PublicationSensors operating in multiple domains, such as optical and electrochemical, offer properties making biosensing more effective than those working in a single domain. To combine such domains in one sensing device, materials offering a certain set of properties are required. Fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) thin film is discussed in this work as functional optically for guiding lossy modes and simultaneously electrochemically, i.e....
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Sensitivity analysis of free torsional vibration frequencies of thin-walled laminated beams under axial load
PublicationThe paper addresses sensitivity analysis of free torsional vibration frequencies of thin-walled beams of bisymmetric open cross-section made of unidirectional fibre-reinforced laminate. The warping effect and the axial end load are taken into account. The consideration is based upon the classical theory of thin-walled beams of non-deformable cross-section. The first-order sensitivity variation of the frequencies is derived with...
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Fast Calibration-Free Single-Anchor Indoor Localization Based on Limited Number of ESPAR Antenna Radiation Patterns
Publication— In this article, we investigate how the calibrationfree single-anchor indoor localization algorithm developed for base stations equipped with electronically steerable parasitic array radiator (ESPAR) antennas can further be improved. By reducing the total number of ESPAR antenna radiation patterns used in localization process, one can significantly reduce the time needed for an object localization. Performed localization measurements...
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Stromal expression of ALDH1 in human breast carcinomas indicates reduced tumor progression
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Selenium Supplementation Reduced Oxidative DNA Damage in Adnexectomized BRCA1 Mutations Carriers
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Gold-modified paper as microfluidic substrates with reduced biofouling in potentiometric ion sensing
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Structural studies and melting of bismuth nanocrystals in reduced bismuthgermanate and bismuth silicate glasses.
PublicationOtrzymano nanostruktury krystalicznego bizmutu w matrycy XO2 (X=Si,Ge) oraz warstwę nanostruktur krystalicznego bizmutu na powierzchni redukowanych w atmosferze wodoru szkieł Bi0.33Ge0.67O1.84 i Bi0.57Si0.43O1.72. Kompozyt Bi-szkło badano metodą DSC, XRD oraz AFM. Zaobserwowano zmniejszenie temperatury topnienia nanokrystalicznego bizmutu znajdującego się w matrycy szkła z 544 K do 387 K oraz do 502 K w przypadku powierzchniowej...
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Structural and electrical transport studies of reduced in hydrogen surfaceof bismuth germanate glass
PublicationOtrzymano nanostruktury krystalicznego bizmutu w matrycy szkła germanowegooraz warstwę nanostruktur krystalicznego bizmutu na powierzchni redukowanegow atmosferze wodoru szkła Bi0.33Ge0.67O1.83. Zaproponowano prosty model bu-dowy zredukowanych szkieł bizmutowo-germanowych potwierdzony wynikami badańAFM i XRD. Zbadano wpływ czasu i temperatury redukcji oraz topnienia bizmu-tu na własności elektryczne badanych szkieł. Przeanalizowano...
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Structure and morphology of hydrogen reduced surface of bismuth germanateand bismuth silicate glasses.
PublicationOtrzymano nanostruktury krystalicznego bizmutu w matrycy XO2(X=Si,Ge) oraz warstwę nanostruktur krystalicznego bizmutu na powierzchni redukowanych w atmosferze wodoru szkieł Bi0.33Ge0.67O1. i Bi0.57Si0.43O1.72. Zaproponowano prosty model budowy zredukowanych szkieł bizmutowo-germanowych potwierdzony wynikami badań AFM i XRD. Obserwowane zmiany przewodnictwa elektrycznego redukowanych szkieł wyjaśniono na podstawie modelu.
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Behavior of microbial communities developed in the presence/reduced level of soluble microbial products.
PublicationBadano aktywność mikrobiologiczną organizmów osadu czynnego (adaptowanego i nieadaptowanego) poprzez monitorowanie zmian pH, rozpuszczonego tlenu, BZT5 oraz ChZT w ściekach syntetycznych. Obserwowano pojawianie się ubocznych produktów mikroorganizmów (Soluble Microbial Products) oraz ich wpływ na efekt oczyszczenia ścieków. Ilość obecnych ubocznych produktów mikroorganizmów w trakcie procesu zależała także od rodzaju rozkładanych...
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Analog CMOS processor for early vision processing with highly reduced power consumption
PublicationA new approach to an analog ultra-low power visionchip design is presented. The prototype chip performs low-levelconvolutional image processing algorithms in real time. Thecircuit is implemented in 0.35 μm CMOS technology, contains64 x 64 SIMD matrix with embedded analogue processors APE(Analogue Processing Element). The photo-sensitive-matrix is of2.2 μm x 2.2 μm size, giving the density of 877 processors permm2. The matrix dissipates...
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Supervised-learning-based development of multi-bit RCS-reduced coding metasurfaces
PublicationCoding metasurfaces have been introduced as efficient tools allowing meticulous control over the electromagnetic (EM) scattering. One of their relevant application areas is radar cross section (RCS) reduction, which principally relies on the diffusion of impinging EM waves. Despite its significance, careful control of the scattering properties poses a serious challenge at the level of practical realization. This article is concerned...
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Plasma free amino acid profiling as metabolomic diagnostic and prognostic biomarker in paediatric cancer patients: a follow‑up study
PublicationAmino acids (AAs) play a crucial role in cancer cell metabolism. Levels of 22 plasma AAs at the time of diagnosis and after treatment were established among 39 pediatric cancer patients and 33 healthy children. Glutamic acid levels decreased and tryptophan levels increased during treatment. Cancer patients presented significantly lower levels of glutamine and leucine post-treatment while levels of 12 other AAs were higher comparing...
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Bimetallic Bi/Cu0-catalyzed persulfate-based advanced oxidation processes towards clofibric acid degradation in wastewater
PublicationClofibric acid (CFA), an important blood-lipid regulatory drug is an emerging organic pollutant and widely reported in water resources. A novel bimetallic, bismuth/zero valent cupper (Bi/Cu0) catalyst was prepared which showed better physiological, structural, and catalytic properties than Cu0. The Bi/Cu0 effectively catalyzed persulfate (S2O82−) and caused 85% degradation of CFA. The Bi coupling improved reusability and stability...
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Natural/bio-based sorbents as greener extractive materials for endocrine disrupting compounds in samples of different matrix composition
PublicationEndocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs) are a group of chemicals that interfere with the endocrine system, leading to adverse effects on human health and the environment. Increasing concerns over the EDCs presence in various environmental compartments has driven the search for greener extraction materials. Recently, the use of polymers of natural origin (biopolymers) has been demonstrated to be an effective and promising research...
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Tailoring properties of indium tin oxide thin films for their work in both electrochemical and optical label-free sensing systems
PublicationThis work is devoted to the identification properties of indium tin oxide (ITO) thin films responsible for their possible application in combined optical and electrochemical label-free sensing systems offering enhanced functionalities. Since any post-processing would make it difficult to identify direct relation between deposition parameters and properties of the ITO films, especially when deposition on temperature-sensitive substrates...
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Reduced-cost optimization-based miniaturization of microwave passives by multi-resolution EM simulations for internet of things and space-limited applications
PublicationStringent performance specifications along with constraints imposed on physical dimensions, make the design of contemporary microwave components a truly onerous task. In recent years, the latter demand has been growing in importance, with the innovative application areas such as Internet of Things coming into play. The need to employ full-wave electromagnetic (EM) simu-lations for response evaluation, reliable yet CPU heavy, only...
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Investigation of matrix-free generation of methyl chloride as a reference material
PublicationW pracy opisano badania nad wykorzystaniem włókien szklanych do otrzymywania bezmatrycowych materiałów odniesienia zawierających chlorek metylu. Chlorek metylu jest uzyskiwany w wyniku termicznego rozkładu związku powierzchniowego. Przedstawiono wyniki badań dla trzech różnych włókien szklanych (o różnej grubości), pokrytych warstwą glinu.
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The interaction of antitumor 1-nitroacridines with DNA in cell-free systems
PublicationUzyskano nowe pochodne 1-nitro i 3-nitroakrydyny wykazujące zdolność do specyficznego cięcia DNA w miejscach bezzasadowych. Z użyciem oligonukleotydu z indukowanym miejscem bezzasadowym potwierdzono taką aktywność u obu otrzymanych pochodnych.
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Mesh-free approach to Helmholtz equation on radial basis functions
PublicationMetoda radialnych funkcji bazowych (RBF) jest coraz czesciej stosowana przy rozwiazywaniu rownan rozniczkowych czastkowych oraz zagadnien wlasnych. W szczegolnosci znalazla ona zastosowanie w problemach elektrodynamiki obliczeniowej. W publikacji zastosowano RBF do rozwiazania rownania Helmholtza. Wprowadzono nowy algorytm - adaptacyjny do wyznaczania centrow interpolacyjnych. Przedstawiona metode zastosowano do wyznaczenia rozkladow...
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Theoretical and numerical analysis of free vibration of liquid-filled tanks
PublicationW pracy rozpatrywano drgania giętne belki o stałym przekroju prostokątnym wypełnionej cieczą idealną. Częstości drgań własnych i formy drgań belki wyznacza się z nieskończonych układów równań algebraicznych (30) i (54). Rozwiązania przedstawiono na wykresach.
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Binding free energy of selected anticancer compounds to DNA - theoreticalcalculations
PublicationPraca dotyczy swobodnej energii wiązania z DNA trzech związków o działaniu przeciwnowotworowym (mitoksantronu i dwóch pochodnych pirymidoakrydyny). Obliczenia wykorzystywały metody Poissona-Boltzmanna (udział elektrostatyczny) i metody SASA (udział nieelektrostatyczny). W wyniku badań zaproponowano struktury kompleksów jakie tworzą badane ligandy z DNA.
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Study of free convective heat transfer from horizontal conic.
PublicationPrzedstawiono teoretyczne rozważania i badania eksperymentalne konwekcji swobodnej od izotermicznej powierzchni poziomego stożka w przestrzeni nieograniczonej. Rozwiązanie przeprowadzono dla wprowadzonego krzywoliniowego układu współrzędnych, opartego na krzywej linii prądu wokół powierzchni stożkowej.