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Informal model of the cooperation between the r&d institutions and it companies
PublicationThe purpose of this work is presentation of an informal cooperation model for innovation-oriented environment of R&D institutions and software development companies.
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Hip endhoprothesis development using rapid prototyping methods
PublicationIntegrated product development based on Rapid Prototyping methods, connected with computer aided 3D design and computer aided engineering enables fast and full new product verification and validation. A case study derived from clinical and technological practice using hip implant construction is also included.
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THE PROBLEM OF THE CALCULATION OF THE FREQUENCY OF DIAGNOSTIC EXAMINATIONS BASED ON DEVICE’S PROPER OPERATION TIME
PublicationThe paper presents the proposal to apply the normal distribution to solve the problem of the frequency of diagnostic tests. Particular emphasis is placed on simplicity of the method. This method may be useful for the average user technical system. The method reduces the number of assumptions to a minimum. The results do not raise of serious doubts but they require verification of course.
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Intelligent PI controller and its application to dissolved oxygen tracking problem
PublicationThe paper addresses design, calibration, implementation and simulation of the intelligent PI controller used for dissolved oxygen (DO) tracking in wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). The calibration process presented in this paper utilizes both engineering and scientific methods. Verification of the control system design method was obtained via simulation experiments.
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Innowacje jako wyzwanie dla działań marketingowych banków komercyjnych
PublicationW referacie przedstawiona została istota innowacji w funkcjonowaniu banków komercyjnych na rynku polskim. Na podstawie danych statystycznych przeprowadzona została analiza poziomu innowacyjności banków i innych instytucji finansowych z uwzględnieniem zróżnicowania podmiotowego oraz ze względu na rodzaje innowacji. W pracy zidentyfikowane zostały również podstawowe grupy czynników wpływających na innowacje i związane z nimi działania...
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Improving the accuracy of subgridding scheme in finite differences method based on Legendre polynomials expansion
PublicationIn this article the Legendre polynomials have been used to interpolate the field at the boundary of the meshes of different densities. The numerical verification of the proposed technique has been carried out in frequency domain. It has been shown that the accuracy of the presented method is very high and stable - the error monotonically decreases as a function of the refinement factor.
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A novel calibration method for RSS-based DoA estimation using ESPAR antennas
PublicationIn this paper, we introduce a new calibration method that can successfully be used in direction of arrival (DoA) estimation using electronically steerable parasitic array radiator (ESPAR) antennas and employing power-pattern cross-correlation (PPCC) algorithm, which relies on received signal strength (RSS) values recorded at the antenna output port. Instead of the commonly used two-step approach, during which ESPAR antenna calibration...
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Mitigating Time-Constrained Stolen-Credentials Content Poisoning in an NDN Setting
PublicationNDN is a content-centric networking architecture using globally addressable information objects, created by publishers and cached by network nodes to be later accessed by subscribers. Content poisoning attacks consist in the substi-tution by an intruder publisher of bogus objects for genuine ones created by an honest publisher. With valid credentials stolen from an honest publisher, such attacks seem unstoppa-ble unless object...
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Lean management in higher education institutions
PublicationThe 22nd QMOD-ICQSS Conference 2019 Krakow, Poland, 13-15 October 2019 Leadership and Strategies for Quality, Sustainability and Innovation in the 4th Industrial Revolution
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Piezoelectric Transducer for Mechanical Assessment of Soft Tissues. Concept, Implementation and Analysis
PublicationThe main goal of this work was following: preparation of a new concept, implementation and analysis of the piezoelectric resonant sensor/actuator for measuring the aging process of human skin. The research work has been carried out in the framework of cooperation between the INP-ENSEEIHT-LAPLACE, Toulouse, France, and at the Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical and Control Engineering, Research Group of...
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A new method of fault loop resistance measurement in low voltage systems with residual current devices
PublicationThis paper presents a new method of fault loop resistance measurement in low voltage systems with residual current devices. The method enables measuring fault loop resistance without nuisance tripping of residual current devices, by application an unconventional waveform of measurement current. It is important for proper verification of the effectiveness of protection against electric shock.
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DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF HISTORIC RAILWAY BRIDGES IN POLAND IN THE CONTEXT OF ADJUSTING THEM TO PENDOLINO TRAINS
PublicationThe article presents the dynamic analysis of the historic railway bridge in Tczew as an example of the usefulness of such type of bridge for high-speed trains. The model of the bridge and the simulation of rolling stock passage was performed in SOFISTIK program. The scope of work includes experimental studies, the solution of the problem concerning the correct solution features dynamic model takes into account the dependencies...
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Impact of trajectory simplification methods on modeling carbon dioxide emissions from ships
PublicationModels of ship fuel consumption and emissions play an essential role in estimating global shipping’s greenhouse gas emissions. They are also widely used for verification of reported CO2 emissions for systems like EU MRV (Monitoring, Reporting and Verification) or IMO DCS (Data Collection System). Such models achieve high accuracy using historical spatiotemporal information about each ship from AIS data. However, this approach requires substantial...
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Auditory Display Applied to Research in Music and Acoustics . Obrazowanie dźwiękowe w muzyce i akustyce.
PublicationThis paper presents a relationship between Auditory Display (AD) and the domains of music and acoustics. First, some basic notions of the Auditory Display area are shortly outlined. Then, the research trends and system solutions within the fields of music technology, music information retrieval and music recommendation and acoustics that are within the scope of AD are discussed. Finally, an example of AD solution based on gaze...
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Innowacje jako przedmiot obrotu rynkowego
PublicationW artykule podjęto problem cech innowacji jako produktów, które na świecie, coraz częściej również w Polsce, stają się przedmiotem obrotu rynkowego. Różnią się zdecydowanie od produktów, oferowanych przez przedsiębiorstwa produkcyjno-usługowe na rynkach dóbr konsumpcyjnych, także gotowych dóbr przemysłowych. Kluczowe różnice wynikają z tego, że innowacja może być produktem - przedmiotem obrotu rynkowego już jako idea i koncepcja,...
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A state of the art review on the use of fungi in biofiltration to remove volatile hydrophobic pollutants
PublicationThe physical/chemical abatement of gas pollutants creates many technical problems, is costly and entails significant environmental impacts. Biological purification of off-gases is a cheap and ecologically safe way of neutralization of gas pollutants. Despite the recent advances, the main technological challenge nowadays is the purification of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) of hydrophobic character due to their low solubility...
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CONDITIONS OF THE GREEN TRANSFORMATION. THE CASE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
PublicationThe main purpose of the paper is to identify the factors that determine the course of green transformation and to assess the current stage and possible directions of change in subsequent years in EU countries. The literature lacks comprehensive studies that show the impact of diverse types of factors on the course of green transformation. For this purpose, two perspectives of the research – economic and environmental – are usually...
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Prediction of Processor Utilization for Real-Time Multimedia Stream Processing Tasks
PublicationUtilization of MPUs in a computing cluster node for multimedia stream processing is considered. Non-linear increase of processor utilization is described and a related class of algorithms for multimedia real-time processing tasks is defined. For such conditions, experiments measuring the processor utilization and output data loss were proposed and their results presented. A new formula for prediction of utilization was proposed...
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A multi‐industry and cross‐country comparison of technology contribution to formal and informal knowledge sharing processes for innovativeness
PublicationThe study explores the impact of organizational information technology (IT) competency on knowledge sharing, both explicit and tacit, in the context of innovativeness of products and processes. Knowledge sharing is then assessed in terms of tacit-to-explicit conversion and the impact of both types of knowledge on organizational innovation. Both process (internal) and product/service (external) innovation are included. As an extension,...
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Technological Capability and Absorptive Capacity Dynamics through Cluster Organizations, In: Sekliuckienė J., Susnienė R. (Eds). AIB-CEE 2019. Book of abstracts (pp. 127), 6th Academy of International Business Central Eastern European (AIB-CEE) chapter annual conference: „International business in the dynamic environment: changes in digitalization, innovation and entrepreneurship”, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania, September 25-27 (eISBN 9786090216378)
PublicationThe purpose of the paper is to portrait how members of cluster organizations (COs) perceive the role of clusters in enabling them accumulation of technological capability significant for their innovation. The authors report the findings from the qualitative study based on analysis of four COs from the metal and the highly internationalized ICT industry that concerns the role of knowledge and other cluster benefits in technological...
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Platforma edX - nowe podejście do kursów online
PublicationWspółczesne metody nauczania na odległość zmieniają się dynamicznie. Powstają światowe konsorcja podejmujące starania zapewnienia dostępu do edukacji na najwyższym poziomie z wykorzystaniem Internetu. Jedną z takich prób jest platforma edX. Jej rozwój zapoczątkowały niemal 2 lata temu MIT i Harvard. Obecnie zespół liczy już 30 uczelni z całego świata. Renoma ośrodków naukowych biorących udział w projekcie przyciągnęła już ponad...
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The Impact of EU Funds on the Development of Business Environment Institutions – Research Results in Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland
PublicationThe paper presents the main findings of the research conducted to assess the impact of EU funds on development of business environment infrastructure in Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland, and – indirectly – on the growth of the innovation capacity of Pomeranian entrepreneurs. The research shows that support of ROP PV 2007-2013 contributed to the creation of multifunctional business infrastructure throughout the Pomorskie Voivodship,...
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A Set of Low-power Microcontroller-based Modules Used for Testing of Small Energy Measurement Methods
PublicationEstimation of energy consumption of low-power devices is not widely discussed in the scientific literature, but this topic is getting more and more popular. Evaluation process of newly developed methods and instrumentation requires carefull treatment. In order to fulfill this niche, the set of micro-power microcontroller based devices was proposed. The devices represent typical energy consuption profiles and allow experimental verification...
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Novel Family of Single-Phase Modified Impedance-Source Buck-Boost Multilevel Inverters With Reduced Switch Count
Publicationhis paper describes novel single-phase solutions with increased inverter voltage levels derived by means of a nonstandard inverter configuration and impedance source networks. Operation principles based on special modulation techniques are presented. Detailed component design guidelines along with simulation and experimental verification are also provided. Possible application fields are discussed, as well as advantages and disadvantages....
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Determining and verifying the safety integrity level of the safety instrumented systems with the uncertainty and security aspects
PublicationSafety and security aspects consist of two different group of functional requirements for the control and protection systems. In the paper it is proposed that the security analysis results can be used as a factor increasing or decreasing the risk level. It concerns a process of determining required safety integrity level of given safety functions. The authors propose a new approach for functional safety risk analysis. In this case...
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Rola innowacji otwartych w klastrach
PublicationInnowacje otwarte to podejście, w którym korzysta się z partnerstwa i łączenia zasobów wewnętrznych i zewnętrznych wobec firmy w celu kreowania nowych pomysłów i technologii. Klastry natomiast są uznawane za przestrzeń sprzyjającą międzyorganizacyjnej współpracy innowacyjnej. Głównym celem podejmowanym w rozprawie było zbadanie roli innowacji otwartych w klastrach poprzez dokonanie diagnozy stanu i sposobu ich podejmowania oraz...
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Current methods and technologies for degradation of atrazine in contaminated soil and water: A review
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Recent advances on the removal of phosphorus in aquatic plant-based systems
PublicationPhosphorus (P) is a vital nutrient for the ecosystems and its excess in wastewater streams leads to some environmental issues such as extensive algae growth (eutrophication). Phytoremediation is a green technology that is based on the combined actions of plants and their associated microbial groups to remove and transfer the toxic compounds in surface water, groundwater and soil. Aquatic plants are widely used for the remediation...
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Sustainable recovery of plant essential Nitrogen and Phosphorus from human urine using industrial coal fly ash
PublicationCoal-based thermal power plants play a pivotal role in meeting global energy demand. The amount of fly ash generated from these plants increases every year, and its successful use has posed a significant environmental risk in the last decade. In this study, coal fly ash was packed in a fixed-bed adsorption column to remove Urea–N from synthetic human urine. To assess the efficacy of fly ash in the removal of Nitrogen, various process...
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Sulfate reducing ammonium oxidation (SULFAMMOX) process under anaerobic conditions
PublicationSulfate (SO42-) can be an electron acceptor for ammonium nitrogen (NH4+) oxidation under anaerobic conditions. The process is known as sulfammox and can be a viable alternative to conventional, nitrite (NO2-) dependent, anammox. Two bacterial species, including Bacillus Benzoevorans and Brocadia Anammoxoglobus Sulfate, can perform that process. With sulfammox, an economically inefficient pre-nitration step (due to aeration) is...
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A New Approach to Stability Evaluation of Digital Filters
PublicationIn this paper, a new numerical method of evaluating digital filter stability is presented. This approach is based on novel root-finding algorithms at the complex plane using the Delaunay triangulation and Cauchy's Argument Principle. The presented algorithm locates unstable zeros of the characteristic equation with their multiplicities. The proposed method is generic and can be applied to a vast range of systems. Verification of...
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Smart Cities Concept: Smart Mobility Indicator
PublicationThis work attempts to analyze problems resulting from the lack of possibility to assess the effectiveness of the implementation of “Smart Mobility” solutions, which represent one of the cornerstones of Smart Cities, from the point of view of city hall offices. The work presents existing Smart Mobility evaluation solutions, discusses their drawbacks, and then proposes a new indicator. The final part of the work presents assumptions...
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Road noise mapping in the city area: measurements compared to model-based estimations
PublicationThe paper presents an approach to the verification of noise prediction models in selected localization in the city of Gdansk. The experiments described include a comparison between environmentalmeasurement results performed in the terrain and the noise level prediction results. The NMPB-96 (Nouvelle Méthode de Prévision du Bruit) and Harmonoise models outcomes provide the subject ofthe analysis. The proposed solution of continuous...
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ASSESSMENT OF ENGINE OPERATION WITH THE USE OF AN OPERATION INDICATOR BASED ON TEST BENCH RESULTS OF A ROBINSUBARU EX17 ENGINE
PublicationPaper presents results of an experimental verification of the method of quantitative evaluation of engine operation, presented in the literature, exemplified by a low-power internal combustion piston engine. In accordance with such interpretation, engine operation may be presented as a physical quantity defined as operation indicator. The paper presents results of preliminary tests, processed in that aspect, carried out on an engine...
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Zarządzanie procesem innowacyjnym w polskich małych i średnich przedsiębiorstwach
PublicationZarządzanie procesem innowacyjnym stanowi wyzwanie dla menedżerów, nie tylko dużych przedsiębiorstw. Przedsiębiorcy stają przed problemem czy i jakie działania przed-sięwziąć, aby efektywnie konkurować na rynku. Poziom innowacyjności polskich małych i średnich przedsiębiorstw nie świadczy dobrze o sposobie zarządzania procesem innowacyjnym. Jednak w nowym okresie programowania pojawią się środki przeznaczone na wdrożenia w firmach....
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Tacit Knowledge Sharing and Value Creation in the Network Economy: Socially Driven Evolution of Business
PublicationKey factors which affect competitive advantage in the network economy are innovation, relationships, cooperation, and knowledge. Sharing knowledge is not easy. Companies find it problematic. Presented studies show that the essence of the value creation today is not in sharing explicit but rather tacit knowledge, which is a source of creativity and innovation. Delivering value through knowledge does not only require efficient Transactive...
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Lessons learned from developing an Industry 4.0 mobile process management system supported by Artificial Intelligence
PublicationResearch, development and innovation (RDI) projects are undertaken in order to improve existing, or develop new, more efficient products and services. Moreover, the goal of innovation is to produce new knowledge through research, and disseminating it through education and training. In this line of thinking, this paper reports and discusses the lessons learned from the undertaken project, regarding three areas: machine learning...
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Public Perception of Digital Contact Tracing App and Implications for Technology Acceptance and Use Models
PublicationGovernments are increasingly adopting digital contact tracing applications (DCT) as a key component of their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, governments are struggling to achieve widespread adoption of DCT necessary for obtaining the expected individual and public benefits associated with its use. Consequently, studies on DCT have focused on the barriers to DCT adoption in different contexts and possible ways of overcoming...
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Artificial intelligence and productivity: global evidence from AI patent and bibliometric data
PublicationIn this paper we analyse the relationship between technological innovation in the artificial intelligence (AI) domain and macroeconomic productivity. We embed recently released data on patents and publications related to AI in an augmented model of productivity growth, which we estimate for the OECD countries and compare to an extended sample including non-OECD countries. Our estimates provide evidence in favour of the modern productivity...
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Problems of Determination of Welding Angular Distortions of T-fillet Joints in Ship Hull Structures
PublicationShip hull structure elements are in majority joined by welding. Welding distortions can cause a lot of problems during the manufacturing process. In the literature it is proposed wide spectrum of suggestions for a correct estimation of welding deformation in particular angular deformation in the fillet welded T joint. In the work verification of selected methods is proposed basing upon of the results of the laboratory measurements....
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Numerical model of human head phantom to ensure dosimetry of dose components for boron neutron capture therapy
PublicationExtremely important aspects of the boron neutron capture therapy are, first of all, administering to the patient a boron compound that selectively reaches the neoplastic cells, and in the second step, the verification of the irradiation process. This paper focuses on the latter aspect, which is the detailed dosimetry of the processes occurring after the reaction of thermal neutrons with the boron-10 isotope. The results of computer...
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Tacit knowledge acquisition & sharing, and its influence on innovations: A Polish/US cross-country study
PublicationThis study measures the relationship between tacit knowledge sharing and innovation in the Polish (n=350) and US (n=379) IT industries. Conceptually, the study identifies the potential sources of tacit knowledge development by individuals. That is, the study examines how “learning by doing” and “learning by interaction” lead to a willingness to share knowledge and, as a consequence, to support process and product/service innovation....
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Hierarchical 2-step neural-based LEGO bricks detection and labeling
PublicationLEGO bricks are extremely popular and allow the creation of almost any type of construction due to multiple shapes available. LEGO building requires however proper brick arrangement, usually done by shape. With over 3700 different LEGO parts this can be troublesome. In this paper, we propose a solution for object detection and annotation on images. The solution is designed as a part of an automated LEGO bricks arrangement. The...
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Review on Wikification methods
PublicationThe paper reviews methods on automatic annotation of texts with Wikipedia entries. The process, called Wikification aims at building references between concepts identified in the text and Wikipedia articles. Wikification finds many applications, especially in text representation, where it enables one to capture the semantic similarity of the documents. Also, it can be considered as automatic tagging of the text. We describe typical...
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Time domain model of the resonance-based electromagnetic pulses emission system
PublicationIn the literature, the emission properties of the electromagnetic field pulse systems based on high voltage antennas (HVR) have been widely described. In order to increase the emission efficiency by extending duration and increasing amplitude of the impulse it is possible to use a resonance system tuned to the parameters of the signal shaped in the pulse forming circuit. The synthesis of a time-domain simulation model of a complex...
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Properties and interpretation of Instantaneous Complex Frequency
PublicationThe concept of Instantaneous Complex Frequency (ICF) was first defined by Lindon and developed mainly in works of two authors S. Hahn and M. Rojewski. Although it is not widely used in signal analysis, ICF was already used as a complex signal representation in the verification of handwritten signatures, pitch estimation, symbol timing recovery in PSK receiver and in detection of anomalies in data transmission. It should be noted,...
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Photogrammetric and computerized report on site model in feasibility study of navigability channel on vistula spit
PublicationIn the report the authors present a course of geodesic and geo-computerized works upon realization of feasibility study of navigability channel on Vistula Spit. A procedure of acquiring verification and modeling of data for requirements of a numeric model of a bottom and site has been presented with construction of original software for 3D visualization of the Vistula Spit area. The activities described in the report can be...
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Analysis of muscles behaviour. Part II. The computational model of muscles group acting on the elbow joint
PublicationThe purpose of this paper is to present the computational model of muscles' group describing the movements of flexion/extension at the elbow joint in the sagittal plane of the body when the forearm is being kept in the fixed state of supination/pronation. The method ofevaluating the muscle forces is discussed in detail. This method is the basis for the quantitative and qualitative verification of the proposed computational model...
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High Speed Milling vibration surveillance with optimal spindle speed based on optimal speeds map
PublicationThe paper presents the method of the surveillance of the self-excited chatter vibration. At first, the workpiece modal parameters are estimated based on experimental data which leads to verification of computational model. Then, for selected surface points optimal spindle speeds are calculated. By considering sufficient amount of points it is possible to build a map of optimal spindle speeds. Experimental results show that this...
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Numerical and experimental propeller noise investigations
PublicationThe standard propeller has been investigated in model scale, using medium size cavitation tunnel. The hydroacoustic characteristics of propellers under different loading conditions have been investigated. Additionally the presented experimental results have been used for the verification of applied numerical approach. During both numerical and experimental analyses non-uniform inflow propeller’s conditions have been adapted. Good...