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Structure of sol-gel derived Nb2O5 films for active coating devices
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono wyniki badań struktury cienkich warstw nb2o5 otrzymywanych metodą zol-żel. wytworzone warstwy charakteryzowano pod kątem zastosowania jako materiałów na aktywne pokrycia fotoniczne.
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Effect of electrode waterproof coating on quality of underwater wet welded joints
PublicationIn this paper, the effects of different hydrophobic coatings on the surface of covered electrodes on the quality of wet welded carbon steel joints were discussed. Commonly available hydrophobic substances used in industrial applications were selected for the research. The aim of using waterproof coatings was to check the possibility to decreasing the susceptibility of highstrength low-alloy S460N steel to cold cracking. During...
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New methodology for calculating cost-efficiency of different ways of voting: is internet voting cheaper?
PublicationNew ways of voting in elections are being sought by electoral administrations worldwide who want to reverse declining voter turnouts without increasing electoral budgets. This paper presents a novel approach to cost accounting for multi-channel elections based on local elections in Estonia. By doing so, it addresses an important gap in the academic literature in this field. The authors confirm that internet voting was most cost-efficient...
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Selected Features of Dynamic Voting
PublicationIn multi-agent systems composed of autonomous agents with local knowledge, it is often desirable to aggregate their knowledge in order to make an educated decision. One of the methods of agreeing to a common decision is voting. A new history-based dynamic weight protocol allows for identification of the agents which contribute to the correct system decision. The main advantage of this approach, compared to static weighted system...
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Influence of porous coating on heat transfer during R22 and R134a flow boiling.
PublicationPrzedstawiono wpływ powłoki porowatej na przenoszenie ciepła i spadku ciśnienia podczas wrzenia w przepływie czynników chłodniczych, R22 i R134a.
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Interlayer defect evolution in an organic coating system on steel under hydromechanical loading
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Advanced coating of interior of tanks for rising environmental safety - novel applications of polyurethanes
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Effect of UV radiation and chitosan coating on the adsorption-photocatalytic activity of TiO2 particles
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Mitigating Stripping in Asphalt Mixtures: Pretreatment of Aggregate by Thermoplastic Polyethylene Powder Coating
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The Biocompatibility and Self-Healing Effect of a Biopolymer’s Coating on Zn Alloy for Biomedical Applications
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Sliding Wear Performance of AlCrN Coating on TiB2/Ti Composites at High Temperatures
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The Effect of WC/C Coating on the Wear of Bevel Gears Used in Coal Mines
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DETERMINATION OF SP3 FRACTION IN ta-C COATING USING XPS AND RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY
PublicationThe paper presents results of studies on the structure of tetrahedral amorphous carbon films (ta-C) with a thickness in the range from 20 to 280 nm, deposited using pulsed vacuum arc technique with an electromagnetic Venetian blind plasma filter. The results of the phase structure analysis, obtained using visible Raman spectroscopy and UV Raman spectroscopy methods, showed a strong dependence of the results on the presence, on...
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Study of the electrochemical stability of polypyrrole coating on iron in sodium salicylate aqueous solution
PublicationIn this work electrochemical stability of optimized PPy film on iron in aqueous solution of sodium salicylate is studied. The main drawback of conducting polymers is their possibility to undergo an irreversible degradation (overoxidation). The overoxidized polymers lose their properties, for example, conductivity and redox activity, what excludes them from some practical applications. This study demonstrates that lowering the concentration...
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The determinants of morphology and properties of the nanohydroxyapatite coating deposited on the Ti13Zr13Nb alloy by electrophoretic techniqe
PublicationThe titanium and its alloys belong at present to the most preferred and commonly applied biomaterials for load- bearing implants. The surfaces of biomaterials are subjected to modification, including the hydroxyapatite coatings deposited in order to ensure corrosion resistance and better joining between an implant and a bone through the possibility of ingrowth bone into the coating. In this paper, the morphology and properties...
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Linear and branched polyester resins based on dimethyl-2,5-furandicarboxylate for coating applications
PublicationIn this study, novel bio-based hydroxyl-functional (co)polyesters from dimethyl-2, 5-furandicarboxylate (DMF), 2,3-butanediol, and a variety of comonomers viz. glycerol, pentaerythritol or trimethylolpropane are prepared using a solvent-free, bulk polycondensation technique. Extensive molecular and thermal characterization was performed to elucidate the properties of these materials. The materials showed suitable properties for solvent-borne...
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Advanced coating of interior of tanks for rising environmental safety - numerical simulation of grounding
PublicationZwiększanie bezpieczeństwa środowiska naturalnego podczas transportu materiałów ropopochodnych stale stanowi ważny i aktualny problem badawczy. W pracy prezentowane są wyniki badań innowacyjnych powłok ochronnych zmniejszających ryzyko rozlewu olejowego podczas kolizji środków transportu - w szczególności statków. Prace badawcze prowadzone były w ramach programu Eureka E!3614 CORET.
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Residents' Perception of Intangible Benefits and Costs Associated with Hosting Major Sporting Events
PublicationThe main purpose of this paper is to estimate on the basis of inhabitants’ perception the overall composite and aggregated scores of two major sporting events held in Ergo Arena hall, on the border of Gdańsk and Sopot, in northern Poland. The indirect aim is to identify the determinants affecting the monetary offers of the locals of the two cities. The research results unveil that major sporting events may determine the appearance...
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Residents’ Perception of Intangible Benefits and Costs Associated with Hosting Major Sporting Events
PublicationThe main purpose of this paper is to estimate on the basis of inhabitants’ perception the overall composite and aggregated scores of two major sporting events held in Ergo Arena hall, on the border of Gdańsk and Sopot, in northern Poland. The indirect aim is to identify the determinants affecting the monetary offers of the locals of the two cities. The research results unveil that major sporting events may determine the appearance...
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Assesment of (Mn,Co)3O4powders for possible coating material for SOFC/SOEC interconnects
PublicationIn this work (Mn,Co)3O4 spinel powders with different Mn:Co ratio (1:1 and 1:2) and from different commercial suppliers are evaluated for possible powder for production of interconnect coatings. Sinterability of the powders is evaluated on pressed pellets sintered in oxidizing and in reducing/oxidizing atmospheres. For selected powder, coatings are then prepared by the electrophoretic deposition method on Crofer 22 APU stainless...
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Protective properties of Al2O3 + TiO2 coating produced by the electrostatic spray deposition method
PublicationMechanical resistance of Al2O3 + TiO2 nanocomposite ceramic coating deposited by electrostatic spray deposition method onto X10CrAlSi18 steel to thermal and slurry tests was investigated. The coating was produced from colloidal suspension of TiO2 nanoparticles dispersed in 3 wt% solution of Al2(NO3)3, as Al2O3 precursor, in ethanol. TiO2 nanoparticles of two sizes, 15 nm and 32 nm, were used in the experiments. After deposition,...
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FLUID BED COATING OF MINITABLETS AND PELLETS WITH OPTIMIZATION OF THE PROCESS BASED ON TAGUCHI METHOD
PublicationSmall particles like pellets are coated in fluid bed systems. This method can be also feasible for minitablets but the selection of optimal process parameters is complicated. The aim of the research was to optimize the coating process for minitablets and to compare the conditions required for pellets. Minimum fluidization velocities (umf) for 2.0 and 2.5 mm minitablets and 0.7-0.8 mm or 1.0-1.25 mm pellets were determined experimentally....
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An Experimental Facility for Rapid Testing of SCR Systems
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Performance of a hybrid microjet – microchannel cooling module
PublicationThe paper presents the experimental investigation of a microjet- microchannel cooling module. In which microjets of water are impinging into the microchannels and forming a liquid film on the impingement surface. Applied technology takes benefits from two very attractive heat removal techniques. When lminar jets are impinging on the surface have a very high kinetic energy at the stagnation point, also in microchannels boundary...
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Nucleate pool boiling on porous metallic coatings
PublicationPrzedstawiono wyniki systematycznych badań eksperymentalnych przejmowania ciepła podczas wrzenia pęcherzykowego wody destylowanej w stanie nasycenia od płaskich i cylindrycznych powierzchni o specjalnie przygotowanej powierzchni: gładkiej, chropowatej oraz pokrytej warstwą porowatą.
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Testing for conformance of parallel programming pattern languages
PublicationThis paper reports on the project being run by TUG and IMAG, aimed at reducing the volume of tests required to exercise parallel programming language compilers and libraries. The idea is to use the ISO STEP standard scheme for conformance testing of software products. A detailed example illustrating the ongoing work is presented.
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Bearing testing machine with rotating load vector.
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono koncepcję konstrukcyjną i prototyp stanowiska badawczego z wirująca reakcją łożyskową przeznaczonego do testowania wytrzymałości zmęczeniowej warstw ślizgowych w łożyskach poprzecznych. Konstrukcja i przeznaczenie maszyny zbudowanej w laboratorium tribologicznym Politechniki Gdańskiej jest zgodna z zaleceniami normy ISO 7905. Przeanalizowano zalety i wady maszyny badawczej o takim wzorcu obciążenia testującego.
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Limit Analysis of a Strip Footing on Stochastic Subsoil.
PublicationW pracy analizowana jest ława fundamentowa posadowiona na losowym podłożu.Poszukiwane są oszacowania nośności podłoża na podstawie twierdzeń o dolnej i górnej ocenie obciążenia granicznego. Dla różnych statycznie dopuszczalnych pól naprężenia i kinematycznie dopuszczalnych pól prędkości, wyznaczono wartości oczekiwane i wariancje obciążenia granicznego. Pozwoliło to na określenie odpowiednich dystrybuant, rozumianych...
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Effect of SiC on the corrosion behaviour of chromium coatings
PublicationWarstwy kompozytowe Cr-SiC osadzono z kąpieli zawierającej Cr(VI) oraz zielony proszek SiC. Zawartość SiC w warstwie chromowej wynosiła od 0,1-0,9% wag. Badania XPS wykazały iż SiC pokrywała warstwa SiO2, która powstała w wyniku utleniania SiC za pomocą Cr(VI). Przeprowadzono badania potencjodynamiczne i badania za pomocą spektroskopii impedancyjnej w celu określenia właściwości korozyjnych warstw Cr-SiC w środowisku kwaśnym....
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Multicriteria Evolutionary Weather Routing Algorithm in Practice
PublicationThe Multicriteria Evolutionary Weather Routing Algorithm (MEWRA) has already been introduced by the author on earlier TransNav 2009 and 2011 conferences with a focus on theoretical application to a hybrid-propulsion or motor-driven ship. This paper addresses the topic of possible practical weather routing applications of MEWRA. In the paper some practical advantages of utilizing Pareto front as a result of multicriteria optimization...
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Usability Testing of Mobile Applications: A Methodological Framework
PublicationLess than five percent of all mobile applications have become successful throughout 2023. The success of a new mobile application depends on a variety of factors ranging from business understanding, customer value, and perceived quality of use. In this sense, the topic of usability testing of mobile applications is relevant from the point of view of user satisfaction and acceptance. However, the current knowledge seems to be fragmented,...
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Counting Lattice Paths With Four Types of Steps
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A distributed scheme for inter-domain routing optimization
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Disaster-Resilient Routing Schemes for Regional Failures
PublicationLarge-scale natural disasters can have a profound effect on the telecommunication services in the affected geographical area. Hence, it is important to develop routing approaches that may help in circumventing damaged regional areas of a network. This prompted the development of geographically diverse routing schemes and also of disaster-risk aware routing schemes. A minimum-cost geodiverse routing, where a minimum geographical...
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Special Issue: “Non-Destructive Testing of Structures”
PublicationThe Special Issue “Non-Destructive Testing of Structures” has been proposed to present recent developments in the field of diagnostics of structural materials and components in civil and mechanical engineering. The papers highlighted in this editorial concern various aspects of non-invasive diagnostics, including such topics as condition assessments of civil and mechanical structures and connections of structural elements, the...
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EVOLUTIONARY MULTI–OBJECTIVE WEATHER ROUTING OF SAILBOATS
PublicationThe paper presents a multi-objective method, which optimises the route of a sailboat. The presented method makes use of an evolutionary multi-objective (EMO) algorithm, which performs the optimisation according to three objective functions: total passage time, a sum of all course alterations made during the voyage and the average angle of heel. The last two of the objective functions reflect the navigator’s and passenger’s comfort,...
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Recent breakthroughs in the stability testing of pharmaceutical compounds
PublicationPharmaceutical development is mostly focused on the research leading to approval of a new and viable active substance. However, there is a number of old generation compounds that are still being used in contemporary medicinal practice. So that new analytical developments should cover not only the safety of newly developed drug substances, which is obvious, but should also be directed into the search of individual stability issues...
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Electrical properties of polymer coatings modified with nanoadditives
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono właściwości elektryczne (antystatyczne, rezystancję powierzchniową) polimerowych powłok. Pokazano wpływ różnych domieszek na czasy rozładowania się warstwy oraz na jej rezystancję powierzchniową.
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Methods of determining cutting forces during woodcutting
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono podstawowe metody określania sił przy przecinaniu drewna, które ulegały modyfikacjom wraz z postępem wynikającym z badań nad tym procesem. Przedstawione metody podzielono na dwie grupy: podejście klasyczne oraz nowatorskie podejście z zastosowaniem mechaniki pękania, które uwzględniają różne własności mające wpływ na proces przecinania. Podejście klasyczne reprezentują metody opierające się na właściwym...
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Precision of cutting system in circular sawing machine
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono analizę dokładności układu przecinania pilarki tarczowej, w której uwzglednoino dokładność struktury geometryczno- ruchowej przecinarki.
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The evaluation of the surface quality after laser cutting
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Simulation model for evaluation of QOS dynamic routing
PublicationCurrent informational networks use a large variety of technologies to support data exchange. Most of them are focused on IP protocol and include mechanisms which by definition should supply demanded QoS. One of those mechanisms is efficient path calculation - routing. Traffic offered to the network can change very rapidly in short term. Routing should support such traffic changes and all the time calculate valid paths in terms...
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Hydroxyapatite coatings on porous ti and ti alloys
PublicationDeposition of hydroxyapatite coating on porous Ti and Ti alloys with electrochemical and biomimetic deposition approach is presented. The enhancement of phosphates deposition by well oriented and uniform titanium oxide nanotube array on the surface of titanium substrate is discussed.
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Effect of ZrO2 on corrosion behaviour of chromium coatings
PublicationW celu zbadania wpływu cząstek ZrO2 na zachowania korozyjne powłok chromowych pokryto stal chromem z elektrolitów Cr(VI) z dodatkiem i bez ZrO2. Właściwości korozyjne osadzonych warstw zbadano w elektrolicie 0,01 mol L(-1) kwasu siarkowego plus 0,5 mol L(-1) siarczanu sodu za pomocą metody spektroskopii impedancyjnej i woltamperometrii cyklicznej. Zaproponowano elektryczny obwód zastępczy dla procesu korozji i wyznaczono pęd korozji....
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Cooling of electronic equipment by means of jets and microjets
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono rozwiązanie sprzężonej wymiany ciepła od uderzającej strugi cieczy oraz przewodzenia ciepła w łytce. Uzyskano proste zależności opisujące rozkład temperatur na płytce. Umożliwia to przeprowadzenie analizy wpływu różnych parametró na wymianę ciepła podczas chłodzenia urządzeń elektronicznych generujących ciepło.
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New generation cooling systems for car engines
PublicationNormy czystości spalin silników samochodowych wymusiły rozwój elektronicznego sterowania pracą silników samochodowych. Do niedawna układy chłodzenia były bardzo tradycyjnymi - niesterowanymi programowo. W artykule przedstawiono możliwości wprowadzenia zaawansowanego sterowania mikroprocesorowego do układów chłodzenia silników spalinowych. Rozważania zilustrowano badaniami z literatury i własnymi pomiarami autora.
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Protective coatings for stainless steel for SOFC applications
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono badania związane z warstwami antykorozyjnymi stali nierdzewnych stosowanych w tlenkowych ogniwach paliwowych. Warstwy przygotowana z użyciem prekursorów polimerowych na bazie Y i Co. Użyta stal to Crofer 22 APU.
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Degradation of a nano-cutting tool: an MD simulation
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono wyniki symulacji wielokrotnego oddziaływania realistycznie ukształtowanego ostrza tnącego z modelowym, nieskończenie twardym ziarnem, przy zastosowaniu metody dynamiki molekularnej. Ostrze składało się z kilkuset tysięcy atomów metalu fcc, traktowanego za pomocą potencjału Suttona-Chena, przesuwane było ze stałą prędkością 20 m/s. Obserwowane deformacje plastyczne pojawiające się na skutek kontaktu ostrza...
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AFM-assisted investigation of conformal coatings in electronics
PublicationPurpose – This paper aims to presents a new method of investigation of local properties of conformal coatings utilized in microelectronics. Design/methodology/approach – It is based on atomic force microscopy (AFM) technique supplemented with the ability of local electrical measurements, which apart from topography acquisition allows recording of local impedance spectra, impedance imaging and dc current mapping. Potentialities...