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Reliability-Based Stability Analysis of a Baltic Cliff by the Combined Response Surface Method
PublicationA simple, straightforward computational procedure was proposed, incorporating the Response Surface Method (RSM) linked with the standard Monte Carlo (MC) simulation method and the Point Estimate Method (PEM). PEM samples make it possible to analyse the sensitivity of the cliff’s stability to variation in subsoil parameters and to reduce the number of random variables of the problem. The proposed methods were tested in two cases:...
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Weldability of high strength steel in underwater environment
PublicationThe article describes the problems with weldability of high-strength steels in the aquatic environment. The tendency of steel S355J2G3 and S500M to form cold cracks when welded in wet welding conditions has been experimentally evaluated. It was found that the tested steels have a high propensity to cracking. An experiment has been proposed and tested to evaluate the usefulness of the tempering bead technique as a method of improving...
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Reliability Testing of Wind Farm Devices Based on the Mean Time between Failures (MTBF)
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Analysis of Reliability Structures for Fire Signaling Systems in the Field of Fire Safety and Hardware Requirements
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Reliability and operating properties of the electronic safety system used for unintended electromagnetic radiation sources
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A general concept of design procedure for floating docks regarding their reliability, safety and ecological aspects
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono koncepcję i wynikające z niej problemy projektowania doków pływających w aspekcie niezawodności i bezpieczeństwa ich funkcjonowania. Zwrócono uwagę, że projektowanie takie jest niezbędne do uzyskania przez tego rodzaju doki odpowiednich własności proekologicznych. Wykazano konieczność stosowania projektowania wieloetapowego. Zaproponowano uwzględnienie w projektowaniu takich etapów jak: akwizycyjnego, kontraktowego,...
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Low frequency noise and reliability properties of 0.12um CMOS devices with Ta2O5 as gate dielectrics
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono wyniki badań jakości tranzystorów CMOS 0.12um z Ta2O5 użytym jako dielektryk bramki. Przedstawione są charakterystyki statyczne elementów oraz wyniki pomiarów szumów prowadzonych w celu określenia jakości warstwy dielektrycznej Ta2O5, a także wyniki badań przeciążeniowych elementów.
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Reliability of flue gas desulphurisation installations - the essential condition of efficient air pollution control
PublicationW celu minimalizacji niekorzystnego wpływu SO2 i SO3 na środowisko naturalne w wielu instalacjach skrubery odsiarczające gaz spalinowy (FGD) stosowane są do usuwania tlenków siarki z gazów wylotowych. Ostre warunki pracy skruberów i dodatkowego osprzętu powodują problemy korozyjne w powszechnie stosowanych materiałach konstrukcyjnych a awarie wywierają długookresowy wpływ na środowisko. Opisano najnowsze doświadczenia związane...
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Drawing conclusions about reliability of power systems from small number of statistical data
PublicationW artykule podjęto próbę udzielenia odpowiedzi na pytanie, czy możliwe jest wyciągnięcie przydatnych w praktyce wniosków o niezawodności elementów technicznych, wchodzących w skład systemów energetycznych, mając do dyspozycji nieliczne dane statystyczne. W opinii autora jest to możliwe. Wskazano dwie drogi postępowania. Pierwsza opiera się na wykorzystaniu metod statystycznych. Druga wykorzystuje elementy teorii zbiorów rozmytych.
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Issue of quality and reliability of spatial records information in the context of data concerning boundary points
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The use of Response Surface Methodology for reliability estimation of aluminum silo subjected to wind load
PublicationAn axisymmetric aluminum silo model with a single, standardized geometric imperfection of its lateral surface is considered. The silo is wind – loaded only. The paper is focused on the critical, or limit value of wind pressure, both producing a loss of stability of the silo. This value is affected by vertical coordinate (position) of the imperfection and the angular relation between the imperfection and the wind direction. Reliability...
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Application of FMEA analysis for assessing reliability and risk in biogas-fueled engines operation process
PublicationW pracy zamieszczono propozycję wykorzystania analizy FMEA (ang. Failure mode and effects analysis) - analizy rodzajów i skutków możliwych błędów występujących w instalacjach przemysłowych z silnikami spalinowymi. Obserwowany w ostatnich latach rozwój energetyki rozproszonej, opartej na tłokowych silnikach spalinowych jest wynikiem m.in. prowadzonej polityki rozwoju wykorzystania odnawialnych źródeł energii (OŹE) związanej z zagospodarowaniem...
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THE POSSIBILITIES OF ESTIMATING THE RELIABILITY OF SHIP PIPELINES’ ELEMENTS INCLUDING DESTRUCTIVE PHENOMENA ACTING ON THEM
PublicationIn the article an approach to the problem of estimating reliability data based on physical models is proposed. The possibility of reliability assessment for selected elements of ship pipelines, based on the recognition of the destructive physical phenomena taking place in them, is discussed. To do this, an overview of these phenomena has been made. In addition, a preliminary review of existing measures of destruction of materials...
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Methodological issues of functional safety and reliability assessment of critical systems in industrial hazardous plants
PublicationThe aim of this article is to identify and discuss some methodological issues that are of interest among functional safety specialists and experts after publication of the second edition of international standards IEC 61508 and IEC 61511, including the design and implementing the safety-related functions of higher safety integrity levels and protection layers. The basic role of safety-related systems is to reduce effectively and...
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Necessity for and possibility of application of the theory of semi-markov processes to determine reliability of diagnising systems
PublicationW opracowaniu uzasadniono konieczność określenia niezawodności systemów diagnozujących (SDG) do sformułowania diagnozy o stanie dowolnego urządzenia technicznego jako systemu diagnozowanego (SDN). Wykazano, że znajomość niezawodności SDG umożliwia określenie wiarygodności diagnozy. Przyjęto, że wiarygodność diagnozy może być określona jako właściwość diagnozy określająca stopień rozpoznania przez system diagnozujący (SDG) rzeczywistego...
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Reliability of nitrogen removal processes in multistage treatment wetlands receiving high-strength wastewater
Publicationreatment wetlands have been proved to be more effective than conventional treatment processes in case of high-strength wastewater containing high concentrations of ammonium nitrogen and recalcitrant organic matter. In this study nitrogen removal processes and reliability of nitrogen removal at two identical pilot-scale multistage treatment wetlands (MTWs) receiving real, non-synthetic wastewater were discussed. The wastewater discharged...
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Structural Reliability Assessment Of Corroded Tanker Ship Based On Experimentally Estimated Ultimate Strength
PublicationThis work deals with the reliability assessment of a tanker ship hull structure subjected to a vertical bending moment and corrosion degradation. The progressive collapse and ultimate load carrying capacity are estimated based on experimentally tested scaled box-shaped-specimens. The translation of the strength estimate of the scaled specimen to the real tanker ship hull structure is performed based on the dimensional theory developing...
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Brief Literature Review and Classification System of Reliability Methods for Evaluating the Stability of Earth Slopes
PublicationThe issue of slope stability is one of the most important and yet most difficult geotechnical problems. Assessing slope stability is particularly difficult because of the many uncertainties involved in the process. To take these uncertainties into account, probabilistic methods are used, and the reliability approach is adopted. There are many methods for reliability assessment of earth slope stability. However, there is no system...
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DETERMINATION OF THE AERODYNAMIC DRAG OF PNEUMATIC LIFE RAFTS AS A FACTOR FOR INCREASING THE RELIABILITY OF RESCUE OPERATIONS
PublicationEnsuring the safety of ship crews at sea is of the utmost importance. Life rafts are one of the basic components of any seagoing vessel and ensuring their stability is an important component of maritime research. This study concerns the determination of the aerodynamic drag coefficients of pneumatic life rafts in a full range of wind speed and directions. The drag coefficients are based on full-scale experimental studies and numerical...
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On reliability assessment of ship machinery system in different autonomy degree; A Bayesian-based approach
PublicationAnalyzing the reliability of autonomous ships has recently attracted attention mainly due to epistemic uncertainty (lack of knowledge) integrated with automatic operations in the maritime sector. The advent of new random failures with unrecognized failure patterns in autonomous ship operations requires a comprehensive reliability assessment specifically aiming at estimating the time in which the ship can be trusted to be left unattended....
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On Improved-Reliability Design Optimization of High-Frequency Structures Using Local Search Algorithms
PublicationThe role of numerical optimization has been continuously growing in the design of high-frequency structures, including microwave and antenna components. At the same time, accurate evaluation of electrical characteristics necessitates full-wave electromagnetic (EM) analysis, which is CPU intensive, especially for complex systems. As rigorous optimization routines involve repetitive EM simulations, the associated cost may be significant....
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Analysis of economical lighting of highways in the environment of SMOL language
PublicationThe paper puts forward and implements a method of designing and creating a modelling simulation environment for eztensive and complete analysis of economical lighting on highways. From a general design viewpoint, the proposed solution explores the concept of a network description language (SMOL), which has been designed to describe the necessary network functions, mechanisms, and devices; for the purpose of their computer simulation...
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Foil capacitors relability prediction based on fluctuation and non-linear phenomena
PublicationPrzeanalizowano właściwości nieliniowe i zjawiska fluktuacyjne kondensatorów w celu wytypowania kryterium selekcji kondensatorów przeciwzakłóceniowych na grupy o różnej trwałości i niezwodności. Może to poprawić proces oceny jakości kondensatorów o podwyższonej niezawodności. Przedstawiono wybrane wyniki eksperymentalne pomiaru kondensatorów wytwarzanych przez ZR MIFLEX w Kutnie. Opisano rozwiązanie implementacji technik pomiaru...
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The Role and Importance of a Footbridge Suspended over a Highway in the Opinion of Its Users—Trabzon (Turkey)
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Effects of Deck-Abutment Pounding on the Seismic Fragility Curves of Box-Girder Highway Bridges
PublicationEarthquake-induced pounding in bridges is a complex contact phenomenon in which the dynamic responses of structures, including collisions between deck and abutments, are strongly related to structural properties and earthquake excitation. The goal of this study is to develop and compare the seismic fragility curves of overall system and individual components of regular and irregular box-girder highway bridges in two cases: with...
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Strategic risk modelling in highway engineering = Modelowanie ryzyka strategicznego w inżynierii drogowej
PublicationRyzyko strategiczne w inżynierii drogowej wybranego kraju związane jest realizacją celów strategicznych funkcjonowania kraju, jakimi są: ochrona życia i zdrowia uczestników ruchu drogowego, ochrona krytycznej infrastruktury i wzmocnienie systemu ratownictwa. Przedstawiono przegląd koncepcji modelowania ryzyka w ruchu drogowym, wykorzystywanych do budowy narzędzi do podejmowania decyzji strategicznych dla potrzeb bezpieczeństwa...
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Strategic risk modelling in highway engineering/Modelowanie ryzyka strategicznego w inżynierii drogowej
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The Application of Cluster Analysis in the Assessment of the Weldability of Unalloyed Steels
PublicationNon-alloy steels constitute a large group of steels characterised by diversified chemical composition, structural morphology and a wide range of mechanical properties (determining weldability). The paper presents results of multidimensional analyses (based on cluster analysis) of 110 selected unalloyed steel grades. Properties adopted as diagnostic features included the chemical composition, mechanical properties (yield point)...
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Weldability of high strength steels in wet welding conditions
PublicationIn this paper are characterized problems of high strength steel weldability in underwater wet welding conditions. Water as a welding environment intensifies action of unfavourable factors which influence susceptibility to cold cracking of welded steel joints. The susceptibility to cold cracking of S355J2G3 steel and S500M steel in wet conditions was experimentally estimated (by using Tekken test). It was concluded that the steels...
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Selected issues regarding the reliability-operational assessment of electronic transport systems with regard to electromagnetic interference
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Reliability-operational analysis of fixed gas fire extinguishing equipment integrated with fire signalling systems
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The conception of uncertainty analysis of reliability assessment of the MC type diesel engine lubricating oil system
PublicationOmówiono elementy składające się na niepewność oszacowania niezawodności instalacji oleju smarowego dla silników typu MC. Przedstawiono, posługując się przykładem obliczeniowym, koncepcję analizy niepewności oceny rozpatrywanej instalacji. Ponadto zaproponowano sposób interpretacji otrzymanego wyniku, obarczonego dużą niepewnością, przy użyciu liczb rozmytych.
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Assessment of operation of energy system of serial reliability structure on the example of ship main propulsion system
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono rozwinięcie znanej metody oceny działania systemu energetycznego, zastosowanej w odniesieniu do głównego układu napędowego statku. Według tej interpretacji działanie może być przedstawiane jako wielkość fizyczna. W tym aspekcie, na podstawie wybranego podsystemów funkcjonalnego statku, oceniono jej przydatność do opisu własności niezawodnościowych tego systemu. W analizie zastosowano teorię procesów Poissona,...
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Conception of selecting reliability models for taking operating decisionsrelated to sea-going ship´s systems
PublicationPrzedstawiono możliwości podejmowania decyzji dotyczących sytuacji, gdy decydent dysponuje informacją aprioryczną o stanie technicznym urządzeń, na przykład uzyskaną z badań niezawodności urządzeń niezbędnych do wykonania zadania, wyrażoną w formie prawdopodobieństwa. Do opracowania modelu umożliwiającego podejmowanie takich decyzji eksploatacyjnych wykorzystano elementy bayesowskiej statystycznej teorii decyzji.
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Polish version of the White Bear Suppression Inventory (WBSI) by Wegner and Zanakos: factor analysis and reliability
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Multiobjective Water Distribution Systems Control of Pumping Cost, Water Quality, and Storage-Reliability Constraints
PublicationThis work describes a multiobjective model for trading-off pumping cost and water quality for water distribution systems operation. Constraints are imposed on flows and pressures, on periodical tanks operation, and on tanks storage. The methodology links the multiobjective SPEA2 algorithm with EPANET, and is applied on two example applications of increasing complexity, under extended period simulation conditions and variable energy...
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Reliability of Multi-rotor UAV’s Flight Stabilization Algorithm in Case of Object’s Working Point Changes
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Reliability assessment of an OVH HV power line truss transmission tower subjected to seismic loading
PublicationThe study focuses on the reliability of a transmission tower OS24 ON150 + 10, an element of an OVH HV power line, under seismic loading. In order to describe the seismic force, the real-life recording of the horizontal component of the El Centro earthquake was adopted. The amplitude and the period of this excitation are assumed random, their variation is described by Weibull distribution. The possible space state of the phenomenon...
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The efficiency and reliability of pollutant removal in a hybrid constructed wetland with giant miscanthus and Jerusalem artichoke in Poland
PublicationIn this paper, we analysed the pollutant removal efficiency and reliability of a vertical and horizontal flow hybrid constructed wetland (CW) planted with giant miscanthus and Jerusalem artichoke. The wastewater treatment plant, located in south-eastern Poland, treated domestic sewage at an average flow rate of 1.2m3·d−1. The tests were carried out during. 5-years of operation of the sewage treatment plant (2011–2016). During this...
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Selected aspects of determining the reliability of the pump subsystems with redundancy, used in main engine auxiliary systems
PublicationThe rules of classification societies require the use of redundancy in the systems essential for the safety of the ship. Duplication of pumps in the main engine auxiliary systems like cooling water system, lubricating oil system, fuel oil system is a good example here. Therefore, in the author's opinion, some attention should be paid to this issue. Two important questions arise here. Does duplication of pumps in marine systems...
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A Method for The Assessing of Reliability Characteristics Relevant to an Assumed Position-Fixing Accuracy in Navigational Positioning Systems
PublicationThis paper presents a method which makes it possible to determine reliability characteristics of navigational positioning systems, relevant to an assumed value of permissible error in position fixing. The method allows to calculate: availability , reliability as well as operation continuity of position fixing system for an assumed, determined on the basis of formal requirements - both worldwide and national, position-fixing accuracy....
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A novel hybrid adaptive framework for support vector machine-based reliability analysis: A comparative study
PublicationThis study presents an innovative hybrid Adaptive Support Vector Machine - Monte Carlo Simulation (ASVM-MCS) framework for reliability analysis in complex engineering structures. These structures often involve highly nonlinear implicit functions, making traditional gradient-based first or second order reliability algorithms and Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS) time-consuming. The application of surrogate models has proven effective...
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Evaluation of pollutant loading in the runoff waters from a major urban highway (Gdansk Beltway, Poland)
PublicationW artykule opisano wyniki badań dotyczących zawartości wybranych kationów i anionów w próbkach opadu otwartego, wód spływnych z ulic, wód spływnych z koron drzew oraz wody powierzchniowej, pobranych na terenie bedącym w zasiegu oddziaływania drogi szybkiego ruchu (Obwodnicy Trójmiejskiej). Wyniki zostały poddane analizie statystycznej. Zbadano m.in. korelacje pomiedzy zawartościami wybranych analitów w badanych próbkach wód a natężeniem...
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Issues Related to Power Supply Reliability in Integrated Electronic Security Systems Operated in Buildings and Vast Areas
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The Reliability and Exploitation Analysis Method of the ICT System Power Supply with the Use of Modelling Based on Rough Sets
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Issue of reliability–exploitation evaluation of electronic transport systems used in the railway environment with consideration of electromagnetic interference
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Friction Tuned Mass Dampers in Seismic-Excited High-Rise Buildings with SSI Effects: A Reliability Assessment
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What are the true volumes of SEGA tumors? Reliability of planimetric and popular semi-automated image segmentation methods
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High level synthesis with adaptive evolutionary algorithm for solving reliability and thermal problems in reconfigurable microelectronic systems.
PublicationPraca dotyczy badań efektywności adaptacyjnego algorytmu ewolucyjnego (AEA)zastosowanego do syntezy wysokiego poziomu układów cyfrowych CMOS w celu zredukowania rozpraszanej przez nie mocy. W wyniku obniżenia poziomu mocy pobieranej przez układ mikroelektroniczny uzyskuje się zmniejszenie szczytowej i średniej temperatury układu scalonego co z kolei prowadzi do wzrostu niezawodności całego systemu. Podczas przeprowadzonych...
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PAID-PL—The Polish Version of the Problem Areas in Diabetes Scale: Perfect Reliability and a One-Factor Structure
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