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  • Innovative method for utilization of wastewater for security and safety in rural areas

    In the rural areas building of sewerage systems and central wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) often brings too high costs, due to high distances from one farm to another and terrain configuration. Individual treatment systems for each farm are a good solution. The teratment wetlands for nine individual farms were constructed in Kaszubian Lake District in summer and autumn 2009. Three configurations of reed beds were chosen. In...

  • "Shadow" method application within endoscopic examinations of marine engines

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    The paper deals with diagnostic issues concerning endoscopic examinations of the working spaces within marine diesel and gas turbine engines. In the beginning, the endoscopy apparatus being on the laboratory equipment of the Department of Ship Power Plants of Gdansk University of Technology in Poland has been characterized. The endoscopy considerations have been focused on theoretical bases of a digital image processing and especially...

  • "Shadow" method application within endoscopic examinations of marine engines

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    The paper deals with diagnostic issues concerning endoscopic examinations of the working spaces within marine diesel and gas turbine engines. In the beginning, the endoscopy apparatus being on the laboratory equipment of the Department of Ship Power Plants of Gdansk University of Technology in Poland has been characterized. The endoscopy considerations have been focused on theoretical bases of a digital image processing and especially...

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  • The method of location and identification of weak electric field source in seawater

    The paper presents the method and measurement system that allows to lacate the detected object and to identify parameters of its simplified model in form of a current dipole.

  • Uncertainty estimation of loop impedance measurement determined by the vector method

    This article presents a detailed analysis of uncertainty estimation of loop impedance measurement determined by the vector method. The analysis includes the following estimates: resistance variance, voltage variance and time measurement variance. This paper presents a methodology for estimating the combined standard uncertainty of loop impedance by the vector method. The vector method allows to determine loop impedance based on...

  • FIR Filter Design Using Distributed Maximal Flatness Method

    In the paper a novel method for filter design based on the distributed maximal flatness method is presented. The proposed approach is based on the method used to design the most common FIR fractional delay filter - the maximally flat filter. The MF filter demonstrates excellent performance but only in a relatively narrow frequency range around zero frequency but its magnitude response is no greater than one. This ,,passiveness”...

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  • BLOOD PRESSURE ESTIMATION BY MEANS OF A JOINT IMPEDANCE– PHOTOPLETYSMOGRAPHIC METHOD

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    The knowledge of patient’s day to day blood pressure changes is invaluable to physicians for both diagnostics and health monitoring reasons. Constant observation of the pressure throughout a day would provide even more valuable clinical information. A convenient non-invasive methods of blood pressure estimation for monitoring purposes are widely proposed. This work shows a statistical approach to...

  • Method of managing drill cuttings from shale gas formations

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    Proposed management method of drill cuttings involves recycling for the expanded clay production. A theoretical presentation of the possibility, choosing planning path based on similarity between the materials used in the manufacture of expanded clay and oily cuttings. Application for the main stages of manufacture of expanded clay production of drill cuttings from shale gas extraction. Introduced into circulation solid waste partly...

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  • Hearing aid fitting method based on fuzzy logic processing

    Ważnym etapem dopasowania współczesnych aparatów słuchowych jest wyznaczanie charakterystyki dynamiki słuchu. Charakterystyka ta wyznaczana jest na podstawie wyników testu skalowania głośności. Niestety wyniki te wyrażone są w skali kategorii głośności, natomiast aparaty słuchowe wymagają para-metrów numerycznych. Problem ten można rozwiązać za pomocą logiki rozmytej. W niniejszym referacie przedstawiono metodę przetwarzania rozmytego...

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  • Hearing aid fitting method based on fuzzy logic processing

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    Ważnym etapem dopasowania współczesnych aparatów słuchowych jest wyznaczanie charakterystyki dynamiki słuchu. Charakterystyka ta wyznaczana jest na podstawie wyników testu skalowania głośności. Niestety wyniki te wyrażone są w skali kategorii głośności, natomiast aparaty słuchowe wymagają para-metrów numerycznych. Problem ten można rozwiązać za pomocą logiki rozmytej. W niniejszym referacie przedstawiono metodę przetwarzania rozmytego...

  • Improved method of signal processing used in low-coherent systems

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    W artykule przedstawiono nowe,opracowane metody przetwarzania sygnału w układach niskokoherencyjnych. W układach niskokoherencyjnych z analizą sygnału w dziedzinie czasu zaproponowano wykorzystanie źródeł syntezowanych, natomiast w przypadku układów z przetwarzaniem sygnału w dziedzinie widma zaproponowano metodę opartą na pomiarze przesunięcia widma sygnału pomiarowego. Wyniki przeprowadzonych badań eksperymentalnych zamieszczone...

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  • Estimation of Selected Synchronous Generator Parameters Based on the Gradient Method

    The authors present a method for the estimation of synchronous generator model parameters using a gradient algorithm. The paper shows an example of model parameter estimation for a turbogenerator and hydrogenerator, based on the generator voltage time responses obtained during an active and reactive power rejection test.

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  • Monotone iterative method for first-order differential equations at resonance

    This paper concerns the application of the monotone iterative technique for first-order differential equations involving Stieltjes integrals conditions. We discuss such problems at resonance when the measure in the Stieltjes integral is positive and also when this measure changes the sign. Sufficient conditions which guarantee the existence of extremal, unique and quasi-solutions are given. Three examples illustrate the results.

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  • A Method and Device for 3D Recognition of Cutting Edge Micro Geometry

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    - Drvna Industrija - Year 2014

    A very useful method was successfully applied in the investigation of tools for machining wood and wood based composites. It allows scanning of the cutting edge micro geometry in three dimensions and reproducing it in a virtual space as a 3D surface. The application of the method opens new possibilities of studying tool wear by scanning, including the calculation of volume loss and other analysis of tool wedge geometry along and...

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  • OpenGL accelerated method of the material matrix generation for FDTD simulations

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    This paper presents the accelerated technique of the material matrix generation from CAD models utilized by the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulators. To achieve high performance of these computations, the parallel-processing power of a graphics processing unit was employed with the use of the OpenGL library. The method was integrated with the developed FDTD solver, providing approximately five-fold speedup of the material...

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  • Inconsistent i contradictory judgements in pairwise comparison method in AHP.

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    Celem artykułu jest pokazanie zależności pomiędzy niezgodnymi i sprzecznymi macierzami danych, otrzymywanymi w wyniku porównań parami niewielkiej, skończonej libzy wariantów decyzyjnych. W szczególności pokazuje się macierze, które mimo prawidłowego wyniku testu zgodności posiadają oceny sprzeczne. Przedstawia się algorytm sprawdzający zgodność ocen.

  • adaptive finite-element multigrid method in 3d magnetostatic analysis.

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    - Year 2004

    Przedstawiono procedurę analizy magnetostatycznej obwodów mikrofalowych zawierających przewodniki o dowolnym kształcie. Zakłada się pobudzenie pola magnetostatycznego zadane w postaci wartości całkowitego prądu płynącego w przewodniku sygnałowym. Warunki brzegowe w strukturze od dowolnym kształcie, bez płaszczyzn symetrii wprowadza się za pomocą powierzchni rozdzielających. Takie sformułowanie problemu prowadzi jednak do szeregu...

  • Eigenchannel method for nonrelativistic scattering from zero-range potentials.

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    Przedstawiono sformułowanie metody kanałów własnych dla rozpraszania cząstek Schrodingera na układzie potencjałów zerowego promienia. Jako przykład, rozważono rozpraszanie fali płaskiej na czterech identycznych potencjałach, tworzących strukturę o symetrii tetraedrycznej.

  • The experimental method of reducing magnetic field intensity in industrial buidings

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    - Year 2005

    Przedstawiono metodę obniżenia poziomu intensywności zakłóceń w budynkach pracującego zakładu przemysłowego. Potrzeba wykonania badań pola elektromagnetycznego wynikała m.in. z zaobserwowanej wśród pracowników jednego z działów zakładu większej podatności na zachorowania. Na drodze pomiarów zlokalizowano źródła silnego pola magnetycznego w zakresie małych częstotliwości. Na podstawie analizy wyników pomiarowych sformułowano wnioski...

  • Visual method for detecting critical damage in railway contact strips

    Ensuring an uninterrupted supply of power in the electric traction is vital for the safety of this important transport system. For this purpose, monitoring and diagnostics of the technical condition of the vehicle's power supply elements are becoming increasingly common. This paper presents a new visual method for detecting contact strip damage, based on measurement and analysis of the movement of the overhead contact line (OCL)...

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  • OPTIMALIZATION OF SORBENT FEEDING IN THE DRY METHOD OF FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION

    The swiftly developing sea transport contributes to a considerable increase of fuel usage in the international shipping, which results in the escalation of toxic compounds emitted into the atmosphere. It is followed by the constantly heightened requirements limiting those emissions. In the case of sulfur oxide emission, inside of SECA (Sulfur Emission Control Area), the maximum content of sulfur in the shipping fuels used on the...

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  • MSRL 2.0. as a new method for research education on urban issues

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    The MSRL 2.0. research is focused on the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) as a multidimensional urban phenomenon with Gdansk acting as a hub for the research teams. The idea of the MSRL 2.0. is to promote the collaboration of professionals and graduate and PhD students by bringing together the mentor(s) with a local research team sharing experiences and proposing strategic recommendations to strengthen sustainable urban development initiatives...

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  • Influence of Toll Collection Method on Motorways on Traffic Safety and Efficiency

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    The paper presents the results of the effectiveness analysis for various forms of toll collection on motorway gates and their impact on safety and efficiency of traffic. The results from field tests that were performed on the A1 motorway in Rusocin were used for the analysis. The research included the analysis of the video image of driver behaviour on the way to the toll booths and at toll booths. The PTV VISSIM tool was used to...

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  • Optical method for verification of homogeneity of phantoms for calibration of magnetic resonance

    The primary purpose of this study was to develop a laboratory photonic set-up for characterisation of homogeneity of gel phantoms for calibration of magnetic resonance. In this system, optical coherence tomography allows the detection of micro- and macroscopic heterogeneities of a structure. The set-up was used to perform measurements of agar and agar-carrageenan gels, which are the basis for more complex phantoms for magnetic...

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  • The Urban Mentoring as a New Method of Participatory Urban Planning in Poland

    Twenty-five years after the return of democracy and the beginning of basing the country's economy on neoliberal developmental paradigm, Poland adopted the regulations regarding management of urban policy, which had been wait for over a decade (accession to the EU). The National Urban Policy as well as the Act on revitalization have defined, in a modern manner, the field of cooperation between the local government, the administration...

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  • Adaptive Multiplex Resource Allocation Method for DAB+ Broadcast System

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    - Year 2017

    In this paper an adaptive multiplex resource allocation method for the DAB+ broadcast system is presented. An analysis of content transmitted over different radio programs with respect to their profile is discussed. Simulation results of an adaptive multiplexer, as well as the technological demonstrator, fully compatible with the DAB+ standard, are described. The concept is verified by a subjective quality assessment study of real-time...

  • Development of an AI-based audiogram classification method for patient referral

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    - Year 2022

    Hearing loss is one of the most significant sensory disabilities. It can have various negative effects on a person's quality of life, ranging from impeded school and academic performance to total social isolation in severe cases. It is therefore vital that early symptoms of hearing loss are diagnosed quickly and accurately. Audiology tests are commonly performed with the use of tonal audiometry, which measures a patient's hearing...

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  • Verification of punching shear outside the shear cap by the direct method

    The proposition of a method to verify the punching resistance for very large supports based on the EN 1992-1-1 standard is described in this paper. The present standard guidelines for the calculation of the punching resistance for large supports are also summarised. The proposed direct method is compared with other standard methods using an example taken from design practice. This method consists of a direct check of the shear...

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  • Numerical analysis of the ostiomeatal complex aeration using the CFD method

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    • D. Tretiakow
    • K. Tesch
    • K. Markiet
    • T. Przewoźny
    • A. Kusiak
    • D. Cichońska
    • A. Skorek

    - Scientific Reports - Year 2023

    We aimed to analyse ostiomeatal complex (OMC) aeration using the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method of simulation based on human craniofacial computed tomography (CT) scans. The analysis was based on CT images of 2 patients: one with normal nose anatomy and one with nasal septal deviation (NSD). The Reynolds-Average Simulation approach and turbulence model based on linear eddy viscosity supplemented with the two-equation...

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  • Development of the New Polish Method for Capacity Analysis of Motorways and Expressways

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    - Archives of Civil Engineering - Year 2020

    The paper presents development of the new Polish method for performing capacity analysis of basic segments of dual carriageway roads (motorways and expressways). The method is based on field traffic surveys conducted at 30 motorway and expressway sites (class A and S roads) in Poland. Traffic flows, composition and travel times were observed in 15-min intervals at each site using ANPR filming method. These data were used to calibrate...

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  • Manufacturing of Lightweight Aggregates as an Auspicious Method of Sewage Sludge Utilization

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    • J. Korol
    • M. Głodniok
    • A. Hejna
    • T. Pawlik
    • B. Chmielnicki
    • J. Bondaruk

    - Materials - Year 2020

    : Sewage sludge is a high-volume and low-cost waste commonly generated worldwide, so its utilization is a vital issue. The application of this waste in the manufacturing of lightweight aggregates was investigated. The process was performed using intensive mixers with volumes of 5 and 30 L, as well as the industrial 500 L mixer. Then, granulates were sintered in a tube furnace. The influence of composition and mixer size on the...

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  • Application of the LifeRoSE method in funcionality evaluation of road safety equipment

    The article presents a mathematical model of the life cycle estimation method of road safety equipment. Then the model was adjusted to estimate the life cycle costs of the chosen horizontal road marking. Using the LCC method, the functionality of the horizontal marking was evaluated in terms of efficiency, durability and economic effectiveness. The article also presents the impact of selected factors on the life cycle costs of...

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  • Structural analysis as a supporting method for the research of the medieval brick architecture

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    Chronology of brick historical buildings might be established much more precisely than the chronology of stone ones due to the architectural and metrical analysis of bricks, mortars and brickworks. Comparison of historical sources allows to reconstruct the previous stages of constructing monuments. Causations between transformations and developments of monuments are usually interpreted as the results of artistic or ideological...

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  • Persistent homology as a new method of the assessment of heart rate variability

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    - PLOS ONE - Year 2021

    Heart rate variability (hrv) is a physiological phenomenon of the variation in the length of the time interval between consecutive heartbeats. In many cases it could be an indicator of the development of pathological states. The classical approach to the analysis of hrv includes time domain methods and frequency domain methods. However, attempts are still being made to define new and more effective hrv assessment tools. Persistent...

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  • A Universal Gains Selection Method for Speed Observers of Induction Machine

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    - ENERGIES - Year 2021

    Properties of state observers depend on proper gains selection. Each method of state estimation may require the implementation of specific techniques of finding those gains. The aim of this study is to propose a universal method of automatic gains selection and perform its verification on an induction machine speed observer. The method utilizes a genetic algorithm with fitness function which is directly based on the impulse response...

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  • Investigation method of large-volume tire with mobile test rig

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    - Year 2017

    The goal of this research is to develop the tire test method and mobile tire test rig. The test rig enables measurement of tire properties as stiffness and viscous damping in vertical direction, and tire–ground characteristics on the asphalt rigid surface. The tire-ground characteristics are measured by force and a torque measurement hub. The design, calibration and the algorithm for calculating the forces in the wheel center are...

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  • A Visual Method of Measuring Railway-Track Weed Infestation Level

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    This paper concerns the assessment of railway track surface conditions in relation to the degree of weed infestation. The paper conceptually describes the proposed method using a visual system to analyse weed infestation level. The use of image analysis software for weed detection is also proposed. This new measurement method allows for a mobile assessment of the track’s weed infestation status. Validation of the assessment method...

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  • EFFICIENT LINE DETECTION METHOD BASED ON 2D CONVOLUTION FILTER

    The article proposes an efficient line detection method using a 2D convolution filter. The proposed method was compared with the Hough transform, the most popular method of straight lines detection. The developed method is suitable for local detection of straight lines with a slope from -45˚ to 45˚. Also, it can be used for curve detection which shape is approximated with the short straight sections. The new method is characterized...

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  • Multiple Cues-Based Robust Visual Object Tracking Method

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    • B. Khan
    • A. Jalil
    • A. Ali
    • K. Alkhaledi
    • K. Mehmood
    • K. M. Cheema
    • M. Murad
    • H. Tariq
    • A. M. El-Sherbeeny

    - Electronics - Year 2022

    Visual object tracking is still considered a challenging task in computer vision research society. The object of interest undergoes significant appearance changes because of illumination variation, deformation, motion blur, background clutter, and occlusion. Kernelized correlation filter- (KCF) based tracking schemes have shown good performance in recent years. The accuracy and robustness of these trackers can be further enhanced...

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  • A Method of Assessment of the Liquid Sloshing Impact on Ship Transverse Stability

    Liquid sloshing phenomenon taking place in partly filled ships? tanks directly affects the stability of a vessel. However, only static calculations are carried out onboard ships nowadays and static transfer of liquid weight is taken into account in the course of routine stability calculation. The paper is focused on a dynamic heeling moment due to liquid sloshing in tanks onboard ships. The set of numerical simulations of liquid...

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  • Measurement method for capacitive sensors for microcontrollers based on a phase shifter

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    - MEASUREMENT - Year 2022

    A complete measurement method dedicated to capacitive sensors has been developed. It includes the development of hardware (an analogue interface circuit for microcontrollers with built-in times/counters and analogue comparators) and software (a measurement procedure and a systematic error calibration (correction) algorithm which is based on a calibration dictionary). The interface circuit consists of a low-pass filter and a phase...

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  • A performance-oriented risk-based method for safety assessment of ships

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    - Year 2005

    W pracy przedstawiono wybrane informacje na temat metody oceny bezpieczeństwa statków w warunkach krytycznych. Metoda łączy podejście oparte na ocenie osiągów statku z podejściem opartym o ocenę ryzyka wypadku. Analiza ryzyka w metodzie oparta jest na zastosowaniu elementów Formalnej Oceny Bezpieczeństwa FSA. Analiza ryzyka w metodzie dotyczy: identyfikacji zagrożeń, oceny zagrożeń, identyfikacji scenariuszy wypadku, oceny ryzyka,...

  • Numerical method of bicharacteristics for quasilinear hyperbolic functional differential systems

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    - Year 2005

    Praca dotyczy numerycznej aproksymacji rozwiązań zagadnień początkowo brzegowych dla układów quasiliniowych równań różniczkowo funkcyjnych pierwszego rzędu. Stosuje się metodę różnicową typu Eulera. Siatka otrzymywana jest za pomocą numerycznego rozwiązywania równań różniczkowo funkcyjnych bicharakterystyk.Stabilność schematu różnicowego jest dowodzona metodą porównawczą. O danych funkcjach zakłada się, że spełniają nieliniowe...

  • On the Chaplyghin method for generalized solutions of partial differential functional equations

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    - Year 2005

    W pracy tej rozważa się zagadnienia początkowo-brzegowe dla semiliniowych równań różniczkowo-funkcyjnych cząstkowych pierwszego rzędu. Przy naturalnych założeniach o funkcjach danych, istnieje ciąg Czapłygina i jest on zbieżny do rozwiązania w sensie Caratheodory'ego wyjściowego zagadnienia. Podane jest oszacowanie błędu rozwiązania przybliżonego. Wykazuje się, iż metoda Czapłygina dla powyższego zagadnienia jest równoważna metodzie...

  • Rigid ninite element method for dynamics of flexible multibody systems

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    - Year 2005

    W pracy przedstawiono metodę sztywnych elementów skończonych w nowym sformułowaniu bazującym na przekształceniach jednorodnych wraz ze złączowymi współrzędnymi. Omówiono klasyczną i zmodyfikowaną wersję metody, które różnią się nie tylko liczbą stopni swobody, ale także różniczkowaniem równań ruchu. Każda z wersji może być zastosowana do analizy liniowych i nieliniowych drgań, co pokazano na przykładzie belki wspornikowej.

  • General quasilinearization method for systems of differential equations with a singular matrix

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    Stosując metodę kwazilinearyzacji badano problem rozwiązań przybliżonych dla układów równań różniczkowych z macierzą osobliwą. Pokazano zbieżność kwadratową odpowiednich ciągów monotonicznych.

  • Damage detection in elements of strutures by the elastic wave propagation method.

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    W pracy przedstawiono wyniki badań dotyczace wykorzystania fal sprężystych do detekcji uszkodzeń i jedno i dwu wymiarowych elementach konstrukcyjnych.

  • Mariusz Kaczmarek dr hab. inż.

    Received M.Sc., Eng. in Electronics in 1995 from Gdansk University of Technology, Ph.D. in Medical Electronics in 2003 and habilitation in Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering in 2017. He was an investigator in about 13 projects receiving a number of awards, including four best papers, practical innovations (7 medals and awards) and also the Andronicos G. Kantsios Award and Siemens Award. Main research activities: the issues...

  • SPTNO ceramics measured by XPS method

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    SPTNO (Sr-Pr-Ti-Ni-O) ceramic were manufactured by solid state reaction, from oxides compounds. Synthesis conducted in air atmosphere at temperature in a range of 800-900 deg. Chemical composition of prepared materials were measured by XPS (X-Ray photoemision spectroscopy) method. UHV OmicronNanotechnology system with 128 channel Argus hemispherical...

  • Bitumen Aging—Laboratory Simulation Methods Used in Practice and Selected Directions of Research on New Methods

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    - Materials - Year 2023

    Changes in the properties of bitumen binders that occur as a result of aging have a huge impact on the durability of products produced from them. In particular, asphalt pavements, which constitute the most common use of petroleum bitumen, are susceptible to damage resulting from the increasing stiffness of the bitumen during its life cycle. Increased stiffness of asphalt pavements reduces the pavement resistance to low-temperature...

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