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  • Control of induction machine supplied by a current source inverter using the multi-scalar transformation and backstepping approach

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    The paper describes the voltage control technique of squire-cage induction machines supplied by a current source inverter. The control system is based on new transformation of the electric drive system (machine and inverter) state variables to the multi-scalar variables form. The backstepping approach is used to obtain the feedback control law. The control system contains the structure of the observer...

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  • RANS-based design optimization of dual-rotor wind turbines

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    - ENGINEERING COMPUTATIONS - Year 2018

    Purpose An improvement in the energy efficiency of wind turbines can be achieved using dual rotors. Because of complex flow physics, the design of dual-rotor wind turbines (DRWTs) requires repetitive evaluations of computationally expensive partial differential equation (PDE) simulation models. Approaches for solving design optimization of DRWTs constrained by PDE simulations are investigated. The purpose of this study is to determine...

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  • Repeated Projectile Impact Tests on Multi-Layered FibrousCementitious Composites

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    - International Journal of Civil Engineering - Year 2021

    This research aims to experimentally evaluate the behaviour of multi-layered fibrous cementitious composites withintermediate Glass Fibre Meshes (GFM) under repeated projectile load. The impact load was subjected through a convexedge projectile needle at a low velocity on cylindrical specimens of three-layered fibrous cementitious composites, whichhave two different steel fibre distributions. In series A mixtures, a constant steel...

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  • Design and testing of a radial-axial microturbine for domestic applications

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    - Year 2013

    In the paper presented is a new design of the radial-axial microturbine of 3-4kW capacity for operation with ethanol as working fluid

  • Techno‐economic evaluation of a natural deep eutectic solvent‐based biorefinery: Exploring different design scenarios

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    • A. K. Kumar
    • S. Sharma
    • G. Dixit
    • E. Shah
    • A. Patel
    • G. Boczkaj

    - Biofuels Bioproducts & Biorefining-Biofpr - Year 2020

    This paper presents a comprehensive techno‐economic evaluation of an integrated natural deep eutectic solvent (NADES)‐based biorefinery – a 1 ton day−1 capacity design plant. The key parameters include payback period, net present value (NPV), and internal rate of return (IRR). These were compared with the parameters of conventional biorefineries. The ‘n th plant’ results clearly revealed that the single product‐based biorefinery...

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  • Validation Process for Computational Model of Full-Scale Segment for Design of Composite Footbridge

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    Experimental tests and numerical simulations of a full-scale segment of a foot and cycle bridge made of polymer composites are presented in the paper. The analysed structure is made of sandwich panels, which consist of glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) multi-layered laminate faces and a PET foam (obtained from recycling) core. The dimensions of the segment cross-section are the same as for the target footbridge; however, span...

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  • Mechatronics design, modelling and controlling of the Stewart-Gough platform

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    This paper presents a mechatronics design of a low cost Stewart-Gough platform (SGP) with rotary actuators. The designed SGP is supposed to be applied in a ball & plate control system. The synthesis of the ball & plate control system is also within the subject of the paper. A mechatronics design process of the SGP was conducted with computer-aided design (CAD) software. Unique analytical solutions of an inverse kinematics problem...

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  • On the low-cost design of abbreviated multisection planar matching transformer

    A numerically demanding wideband matching transformer composed of three nonuniform transmission lines (NUTLs) has been designed and optimized at a low computational cost. The computational feasibility of the design has been acquired through the exploitation of low-fidelity NUTL models in most steps of the design procedure and an implicit space mapping optimization engine, providing high accuracy results with only a handful of EM...

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  • Design-Oriented Constrained Modeling of Antenna Structures

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    - Year 2018

    Fast surrogate models are crucially important to reduce the cost of design process of antenna structures. Due to curse of dimensionality, standard (data-driven) modeling methods exhibit serious limitations concerning the number of independent geometry parameters that can be handled but also (and even more importantly) their parameter ranges. In this work, a design-oriented modeling framework is proposed in which the surrogate is...

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  • Design of Resilient Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Systems

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    - Year 2020

    Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) have recently gained noticeable attention due to advantages in improving road traffic safety, shaping the road traffic and providing infotainment opportunities to travellers. However, transmission characteristics following from the IEEE 802.11p standard and the high mobility of VANET nodes remarkably reduce the lifetime, reach and capacity of wireless links, and often lead to simultaneous disruptions...

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  • Parallelization of Selected Algorithms on Multi-core CPUs, a Cluster and in a Hybrid CPU+Xeon Phi Environment

    In the paper we present parallel implementations as well as execution times and speed-ups of three different algorithms run in various environments such as on a workstation with multi-core CPUs and a cluster. The parallel codes, implementing the master-slave model in C+MPI, differ in computation to communication ratios. The considered problems include: a genetic algorithm with various ratios of master processing time to communication...

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  • Computationally Efficient Design Optimization of Compact Microwave and Antenna Structures

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    - Year 2016

    Miniaturization is one of the important concerns of contemporary wireless communication systems, especially regarding their passive microwave components, such as filters, couplers, power dividers, etc., as well as antennas. It is also very challenging, because adequate performance evaluation of such components requires full-wave electromagnetic (EM) simulation, which is computationally expensive. Although high-fidelity EM analysis...

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  • Electromagnetic Simulation with 3D FEM for Design Automation in 5G Era

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    Electromagnetic simulation and electronic design automation (EDA) play an important role in the design of 5G antennas and radio chips. The simulation challenges include electromagnetic effects and long simulation time and this paper focuses on simulation software based on finite-element method (FEM). The state-of-the-art EDA software using novel computational techniques based on FEM can not only accelerate numerical analysis, but...

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  • Computer-Aided Automated Greenery Design—Towards a Green BIM

    Contemporary climate challenges are changing the architect’s awareness, which results in a broader spectrum of interest. The available software enables the design of vegetation, but it is often very limited and requires specialist knowledge. The available software allows the creation of individual solutions based on visual algorithms or writing scripts; however, they are still not common methods used in architecture and urban planning....

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  • Micromouse robot - technical design and construction

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    - Year 2012

    W ostatnich latach obserwuje się intensywny rozwój robotyki. Roboty znajdują zastosowanie w różnych gałęziach przemysłu i życiu codziennym. Ich projektowanie wymaga interdyscyplinarnej wiedzy obejmującej obszary mechaniki, elektroniki, metrologii, automatyki i informatyki. W artykule przedstawiono poszczególne etapy wykonania robota typu Micromouse. Jest to specyficzne urządzenie, którego zadaniem jest zbadanie labiryntu, dotarcie...

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  • Methodology for hospital design in architectural education

    The architecture of a hospital should be a response to strong user requirements. Recommendations on how to shape the environment of such facilities are highly complex, integrating guidelines from many fields of science. If contradictions between them exist, the designer is required to set priorities for spatial activities. This issue is particularly important during architectural education. The learning process should include projects...

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  • Dataset Characteristics and Their Impact on Offline Policy Learning of Contextual Multi-Armed Bandits

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    The Contextual Multi-Armed Bandits (CMAB) framework is pivotal for learning to make decisions. However, due to challenges in deploying online algorithms, there is a shift towards offline policy learning, which relies on pre-existing datasets. This study examines the relationship between the quality of these datasets and the performance of offline policy learning algorithms, specifically, Neural Greedy and NeuraLCB. Our results...

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  • A conceptual design and numerical analysis of the mixerless urea-SCR system

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    - Combustion Engines - Year 2021

    In the present study, an innovative design of the urea-selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system without conventional mixing elements was developed. The aim was to obtain a high degree of urea decomposition, and uniform ammonia distribution at the inlet to the catalyst, while minimising the liquid film deposition and keeping the compact design. The concept of the design was based on creating high turbulences and elongating...

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  • Structural design and sensitivity analysis of semi-rigid pavement of a motorway

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    - Year 2011

    This paper presents application of mechanistic-empirical methods in design of semi-rigid pavement for a section of a motorway in Poland. The stage construction was assumed. Three fatigue criteria were applied in the design. For asphalt fatigue cracking and subgrade soil the criteria from the Asphalt Institute (USA) were applied. For fatigue cracking of cement stabilized bases the Dempsey (USA) and De Beer (South Africa) criteria...

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  • Experience based decisional DNA to support smart product design

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    - JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT & FUZZY SYSTEMS - Year 2019

    This paper presents the idea of Smart Virtual Product Development (SVPD) system to support product design. The foundations of the system are based upon smart knowledge management techniques called Set of Experience Knowledge Structure (SOEKS) and Decisional DNA (DDNA). It enhances the industrial product development process by using the previous experiential knowledge gathered from the formal decisional activities. This experiential...

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  • Availability of UAV Fleet Evaluation Based on Multi-State System

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    • E. Zaitseva
    • V. Levashenko
    • V. Mysko
    • S. Czapp
    • D. Zhaxybayev

    - IEEE Access - Year 2024

    Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) applications are extended extremely. Some applications need to use several UAVs for a general mission which can be considered a UAV fleet. One of the important characteristics for the evaluation of a UAV or UAV fleet is reliability. There are studies in which methods for analysis of their reliability are considered. Reliability analysis of UAV fleets is less frequently studied, although a single UAV...

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  • Experience Based Decisional DNA (DDNA) to Support Sustainable Product Design

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    - Year 2018

    This paper presents the idea of providing engineering design knowledge to designers working on sustainable product design and development process. The new product development process often requires significant amount of design knowledge which can be saved and recalled by designers during the design process. This knowledge is very important for successful sustainable product development as it can include material selection, product...

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  • Lighting design for urban revitalization. The case of Poland

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    This paper reflects on the basic research done in the area of public lighting in regard to revitalization processes. The general purpose of this scientific paper is to research a role of an implementation of public lighting design within revitalization frameworks. Referring to a wide spectrum of academic publications, the paper provides an overview of revitalization and public lighting objectives. The emphasize is put on a need...

  • Importance of model tests in design and operation of watercraft for example CTO

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    Ship Hydromechanics Division is a specialized research and development department of Ship Design and Research Centre conducting tests and research in the field of hydromechanics, connected with design and operation of ships and other floating structures, in scope of: predictions, numerical analyses, designs of - hull shape optimized with respect to the ship’s functions with the application of modern design tools, screw propellers...

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  • Benchmarking Deep Neural Network Training Using Multi- and Many-Core Processors

    In the paper we provide thorough benchmarking of deep neural network (DNN) training on modern multi- and many-core Intel processors in order to assess performance differences for various deep learning as well as parallel computing parameters. We present performance of DNN training for Alexnet, Googlenet, Googlenet_v2 as well as Resnet_50 for various engines used by the deep learning framework, for various batch sizes. Furthermore,...

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  • Structural Design and Sensitivity Analysis of Semi-Rigid Pavement of a Motorway

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    - Year 2012

    This paper presents application of mechanistic-empirical methods in design of semi-rigid pavement for a section of a motorway in Poland. The stage construction was assumed. Three fatigue criteria were applied in the design. For asphalt fatigue cracking and subgrade soil the criteria from the Asphalt Institute (1981) were applied. For fatigue cracking of cement stabilized bases the Dempsey (1984) and De Beer (1992) criteria were...

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  • Design of reverse curves adapted to the satellite measurements

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    The paper presents a new method for designing railway route in the direction change area adapted to the Mobile Satellite Measurements technique. The method may be particularly useful in the situations when both tangents cannot be connected in an elementary way using a circular arc with transition curves. Thus, the only solution would be the application of two circular arcs of opposite curvature signs, that is, the use of an inverse...

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  • Decision support system for design of long distance heat transportation system

    District Heating (DH) systems are commonly supplied using local heat sources. Nowadays, modern insulation materials allow for effective and economically viable heat transportation over long distances (over 20 km). The paper proposes a Decision Support System (DSS) for optimized selection of design and operating parameters of a long distance Heat Transportation System (HTS). The method allows for evaluation of feasibility and effectiveness...

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  • Planning optimised multi-tasking operations under the capability for parallel machining

    The advent of advanced multi-tasking machines (MTMs) in the metalworking industry has provided the opportunity for more efficient parallel machining as compared to traditional sequential processing. It entailed the need for developing appropriate reasoning schemes for efficient process planning to take advantage of machining capabilities inherent in these machines. This paper addresses an adequate methodical approach for a non-linear...

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  • Modernization of tram lines with the use of railway design standards

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    The article presents the main differences between the process of upgrading railway and tram routes. Geometrical layout designing is an issue of the interest. Railway designing rules that may be helpful in the design of the modernization are specified.

  • Fuzzy Multi-Regional Fractional PID controller for Pressurized Water nuclear Reactor

    The paper presents the methodology for the synthesis of a Fuzzy Multi-Regional Fractional Order PID controller (FMR-FOPID) used to control the average thermal power of a PWR nuclear reactor in the load following mode. The controller utilizes a set of FOPID controllers and the fuzzy logic Takagi-Sugeno reasoning system. The proposed methodology is based on two optimization parts. The first part is devoted to finding the optimal...

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  • Future research directions in design of reliable communication systems

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    • J. Rak
    • M. Pickavet
    • K. S. Trivedi
    • J. A. Lopez
    • A. M. C. A. Koster
    • J. P. Sterbenz
    • E. Çetinkaya
    • T. Gomes
    • M. Gunkel
    • K. Walkowiak
    • D. Staessens

    - TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Year 2015

    In this position paper on reliable networks, we discuss new trends in the design of reliable communication systems. We focus on a wide range of research directions including protection against software failures as well as failures of communication systems equipment. In particular, we outline future research trends in software failure mitigation, reliability of wireless communications, robust optimization and network design, multilevel...

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  • Podejście środowiskowe w dydaktyce projektowania Sustainable approach in teaching of design

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    - Year 2018

    The aim of the paper is to assess the inclusion of academic teaching design to the process of sustainable development and proposals for an integrated approach in training architects. The article presents an original interpretation of environmental design in the field of architecture and urban planning. The significance of the environmental perspective is presented in the context of growing spatial and social fragmentation. The...

  • Design of novel microstrip directional coupler for differential signal decoupling

    This study describes a concept of a novel microstrip directional coupler for differential signal decoupling, which can be used to digital signal overhearing on printed-circuit-boards. The complete design method is proposed with rules given analytically. Considered methodology is suitable for synthesis of couplers with low coupling factors, which have negligible influence on the transmission in main line. Theoretical considerations...

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  • Cost‐efficient performance‐driven modelling of multi‐band antennas by variable‐fidelity electromagnetic simulations and customized space mapping

    Electromagnetic (EM) simulations have become an indispensable tool in the design of contemporary antennas. EM‐driven tasks, for example, parametric optimization, entail considerable computational efforts, which may be reduced by employing surrogate models. Yet, data‐driven modelling of antenna characteristics is largely hindered by the curse of dimensionality. This may be addressed using the recently reported domain‐confinement...

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  • Hybrid Expert System for Computer-Aided Design of Ship Thruster Subsystems

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    - IEEE Access - Year 2020

    The article presents an expert system supporting the design of ship's power subsystems, in particular the thruster subsystem. The proposed hybrid expert system uses the results of simulation tests as the additional source of knowledge. The results of system operation are collated in a report which can be used as part of ship design description. The work oriented on developing the expert system is the continuation of the research...

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  • COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN OF ORGANOPHOSPHORUS INHIBITORS OF UREASE

    Based on the structure of the most potential inhibitor diamidophosphate, various novel groups of inhibitors were developed by knowledge-based design approach with covalent carbon-phosphorus or carbon-phosphorus-carbon bond to improve hydrolytic stability to inhibit the microbial ureases. Designed compounds were evaluated with 10 (LigScore1, LigScore2, PLP1, PLP2, JAIN, PMF, PMF04, LUDI_1, LUDI_2 and LUDI_3) different scoring functions...

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  • Design of M2M Communications Interfaces in Transport Systems

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    - Year 2016

    In the paper the principle of M2M communications in transport systems is presented. The concept of M2M system architecture is considered. Characteristics of M2M communications for example data transmission, monitoring and other services for transport applications are presented. The problem of communications interfaces design for M2M applications is analysed. Next, the proposal of M2M communication interface for transport applications...

  • SiC-based T-type modules for multi-pulse inverter with coupled inductors

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    - Year 2017

    The paper presents SiC-based three-level T-type modules designed for a high-performance 30kVA DC/AC inverter operating at high frequency 85 kHz with low THD of the output voltage. This inverter system consists of two integrated parts. The first part is active and contains three parallelconnected three-phase T-type modules built with fast-switching SiC power transistors. The second, passive part of the system is a set of inductors...

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  • Multi-Camera Vehicle Tracking Using Local Image Features and Neural Networks

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    - Year 2012

    A method for tracking moving objects crossing fields of view of multiple cameras is presented. The algorithm utilizes Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs). Each ANN is trained to recognize images of one moving object acquired by a single camera. Local image features calculated in the vicinity of automatically detected interest points are used as object image parameters. Next, ANNs are employed to identify the same objects captured...

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  • Machine-Learning-Powered EM-Based Framework for Efficient and Reliable Design of Low Scattering Metasurfaces

    Popularity of metasurfaces has been continuously growing due to their attractive properties including the ability to effectively manipulate electromagnetic (EM) waves. Metasurfaces comprise optimized geometries of unit cells arranged as a periodic lattice to obtain a desired EM response. One of their emerging application areas is the stealth technology, in particular, realization of radar cross section (RCS) reduction. Despite...

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  • Optimization issues in distributed computing systems design

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    - Year 2014

    In recent years, we observe a growing interest focused on distributed computing systems. Both industry and academia require increasing computational power to process and analyze large amount of data, including significant areas like analysis of medical data, earthquake, or weather forecast. Since distributed computing systems – similar to computer networks – are vulnerable to failures, survivability mechanisms are indispensable...

  • Magnetic Signature Description of Ellipsoid-Shape Vessel Using 3D Multi-Dipole Model Fitted on Cardinal Directions

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    - IEEE Access - Year 2022

    The article presents a continuation of the research on the 3D multi-dipole model applied to the reproduction of magnetic signatures of ferromagnetic objects. The model structure has been modified to improve its flexibility - model parameters determined by optimization can now be located in the cuboid contour representing the object's hull. To stiffen the model, the training dataset was expanded to data collected from all four cardinal...

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  • CONCRETE MIX DESIGN USING SIMPLE EQUATIONS

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    - BAU Journal - Science and Technology - Year 2020

    The behaviour of concrete, whether fresh or har dened, depends basically on the beha viour of its components and the r elationship between them, ther efore, obtaining a concr ete with cer tain pr operties depends fundamentally on the concr ete mix design. Concr ete mix design gener ally includes two main steps: 1-Selection of the main components suitable for the concr...

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  • What defines excellent lighting design for humans and animals?

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    • K. M. Zielińska

    - Year 2009

    What defines excellent lighting design for humans and animals? The answer to the above question is more than com­plex. It is not enough nowadays to design a project to make it aesthetically pleasing. Nor is it sufficient to create nicely lit environments, or simply to achieve the light levels required by the lighting norms or stan­dards. With the new scientific research of the last few de­cades that relates directly or indirectly...

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  • Report of Eurocode 7 application for pile foundation design in Poland

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    The EC7 rules of geotechnical design are in use in Poland for several years, even though there is no National annex. With regard to pile foundations, there are valid EC7 recommendations concerning design approaches, load partial coefficients, correlation coefficients and capacity partial coefficients. Polish designers can be quite flexible when it comes to choose a method for static, bearing capacity and settlement calculations....

  • Nodal cooperation equilibrium analysis in multi-hop wireless ad hoc networks with a reputation system

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    Motivated by the concerns of cooperation security, this work examines selected principles of state-of-the-art reputation systems for multi-hop ad hoc networks and their impact upon optimal strategies for rational nodes. An analytic framework is proposed and used for identification of effective cooperation-enforcement schemes. It is pointed out that optimum rather than high reputation can be expected to be sought by rational nodes.

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  • Progress in module design for membrane distillation

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    • A. Ali
    • M. M. Agha Shirazi
    • L. Nthunya
    • R. Castro Munoz
    • N. Ismail
    • N. Tavajohi
    • G. Zaragoza
    • C. A. Quist-Jensen

    - DESALINATION - Year 2024

    There have been tremendous advances in membrane distillation (MD) since the concept was introduced in 1961: new membrane designs and process configurations have emerged, and its commercial viability has been evaluated in several pilot-scale studies. However, its high energy consumption has hindered its commercialization. One of the most promising ways to overcome this obstacle is to develop more energy-efficient membrane modules....

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  • Relationship between album cover design and music genres.

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    The aim of the study is to find out whether there exists a relationship between typographic, compositional and coloristic elements of the music album cover design and music contained in the album. The research study involves basic statistical analysis of the manually extracted data coming from the worldwide album covers. The samples represent 34 different music genres, coming from nine countries from around the world. There are...

  • Design of septic tanks placed on cohesive soils

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    The paper presents a short review of literature with regard to design and erection of the reinforced concrete and concrete tanks. The authors investigated the underground septic tank with of 10 m3 capacity placed on cohesive soils. The authors compared the values of internal forces for soils in drained and undrained conditions with different geotechnical parameters: loamy sand of liquidity index IL = 0.1 and IL = 0.7 and clay with...

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