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Wear estimation of current collector contact strips by analysis of a 3D scanning results
PublicationThe technical condition of current collector contact strips is very important when operational reliability of railway transportation is considered. The authors proposed a novel measurement system based on a 3D camera to register the shape and dimensions of the current collector contact strips surface. The system was installed above the railway track for tests in target ambient. During the trial operation a few dozen of contact...
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Influence of geometrical and operational parameters on tooth wear in the working mechanism of a satellite motor
PublicationThis article describes the phenomena affecting the wear of the rotor of the working mechanism in a hydraulic satellite motor. The basic geometrical relationships that allow the calculation of the coordinates of the points of contact between the satellite and the rotor and the curvature are presented. A method for calculating the number of contacts of the satellite teeth with the rotor teeth and of the satellite teeth with the curvature...
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THE APPLICATION OF KALMAN FILTERING TO PREDICT VERTICAL RAIL AXIS DISPLACEMENTS OF THE OVERHEAD CRANE BEING A COMPONENT OF SEAPORT TRANSPORT STRUCTURE
PublicationAs the devices designed to transport materials, the overhead cranes should meet certain geometric requirements for their operation to be safe. The presently available geodetic equipment, in particular total stations, provides opportunities for precise 3D measurements of coordinates of the controlled points. These coordinates make a basis for correcting the height of crane runway axes. The paper presents a method to calculate position...
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Mining e-mail message sequences from log data
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Health-Promoting Places: Rain Gardens and Sustainable Water Management
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Pesticides in rain and roof runoff waters from an urban region
PublicationThe levels of organonitrogen, organochlorine and organophosphorus pesticides were monitored in rain and roof runoff waters in Gdask (Poland) over a period of 6 months (October 2000 - March 2001). Buildings included in the study were of different ages, and covered with a variety of roofing materials. Samples were collected during the precipitation events. Pesticides were determined by gas chromatography combined with NPD and ECD...
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Simple model of rain wind induced vibrations of stayed cables.
PublicationAnalizowano prosty, liniowy model drgań kabli mostów wantowych pod obciążeniem wiatrem i deszczem. Zakłada się, iż częstotliwość ruchu górnej kropli po powierzchni kabla i częstotliwość kabla są równe oraz iż amplituda ruchu kropli dla danej prędkości wiatru są stałe. Otrzymane rezultaty są porównane z istniejącymi w literaturze wynikami badań eksperymentalnych. Podaje się analityczne związki służące do oszacowania tłumienia...
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Case study of masts damage of the sail training vessel POGORIA
PublicationArtykuł przedstawia opis i analizę przyczyn zdarzenia polegającego na utracie masztów w lipcu 2009 przez barkentynę sts ''POGORIA'' w trakcie regat Tall Ships Race 2009. Przedstawiono podstawowe okoliczności stanowiące tło zdarzenia, dokonano anlizy przyczyn w skali globalnej, zaprezentowano analizę szczegółową utraty nośności konstrukcji stalowej, a na tym tle wypunktowano szczegółowe przyczyny leżące u źródeł wypadku. We wnioskach...
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Risk of incorrect pass-fail decisions associated with assessment uncertainty
PublicationA mathematical framework for calculation teacher's and student's risks of incorrect pass-fail decisions under uncertainty of assessment, is presented. The probabilistic model of assessment process is adapted from interdisciplinary probabilistic theory of measurement.
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Wpływ przechyłki na zjawisko postępowania zużycia bocznego szyn kolejowych w łukach poziomych
PublicationDegradacja elementów nawierzchni kolejowej jest zagadnieniem bardzo złożonym, w które uwikłane jest wiele czynników związanych między innymi z układem geometrycznym toru kolejowego, właściwościami trybologicznymi poszczególnych elementów nawierzchni, jak również z parametrami podłoża gruntowego, a także z właściwościami samych pojazdów szynowych. W artykule omówiono jeden z powyższych problemów, tj. wpływ ukształtowania toru kolejowego...
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Study on Dry Sliding Wear and Friction Behaviour of Al7068/Si3N4/BN Hybrid Composites
PublicationHybrid aluminium metal matrix composites have the potential to replace single reinforced aluminium metal matrix composites due to improved properties. Moreover, tribological performance is critical for these composites, as they have extensive application areas, such as the automotive, aerospace, marine and defence industries. The present work aims to establish the tribological characteristics of Al7068/Si3N4/BN hybrid metal matrix...
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The impact of laser surface treatment on the microstructure, wear resistance and hardness of the AlMg5 aluminum alloy
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Influence of bush wear in water lubricated marine stern tube bearings with shaft misalignment
PublicationWater lubricated propeller shaft bearings are frequently employed on modern ships due to their advantages such as durability, simplicity and low price. Specific working conditions on ships cause shaft misalignment which often results in rapid wearing of bush and shaft. Shaft misalignment could be an effect of manufacturing or assembly faults but sometimes it appears due to hull or shaft deformation. The wearing process has influence...
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Amide/Amino-Based Functional Additives for Lubricants: Structure, Antimicrobial Activity and Wear Resistance
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Increase in wear resistance of nickel plasma coatings under traditional and combined treatment conditions
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Effect of chemical composition on corrosion and wear behaviour of the composite Ni-Fe-Al2O3 coatings.
PublicationPrzedstawiono wyniki badań powłoki kompozytowej otrzymanej przez osadzanie katodowe galwaniczne w roztworze zawierającym sole niklu, żelaza oraz cząstki ceramiki Al2O3 o różnej wielkości i stężeniu. Wykazano, że charakterystyka ceramiki posiada wpływ na szybkość korozji i zużycia ściernego. W szczególności, zawartość ceramiki wpływa dodatnio na odporność na zużycie ścierne, ale nieco obniża odporność na zużycie korozyjne.
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Study on the wear characteristics of a 3D printed tool in flat lapping of Al2O3 ceramic materials
PublicationWidespread and popular use of ceramic products in various industry sectors necessitates the search for methods of their efficient processing. Lapping technology, which enables obtaining high dimensional and shape accuracy and high surface flatness, is one of the basic methods of finishing hard and brittle technical ceramics with a porous structure. This study analyzed the characteristics and wear value of an SLS-printed abrasive...
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Wear of Ultra-thin DLC or Tungsten-modified DLC Coatings under Reciprocating Sliding
PublicationIn the paper results are presented from tests in reciprocating sliding of self mated specimens of DLC and tungsten modified DLC coatings on stainless steel substrate. The contact geometry chosen for the research task was ball on flat. The contacts were lubricated either with distilled water or medical saline solution. Results are presented with regard to wear resistance as a function of material type and lubricant used.
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Influence of local bush wear on properties of water lubricated marine stern tube bearings
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono propozycję metody obliczania łożysk ślizgowych smarowanych cieczą o niskiej lepkości (wodą) w których doszło do lokalnego zużycia panwi. Proponowana metoda uwzględnia sprężystą deformację panwi (model EHL) oraz zmianę geometrii będącą wynikiem zużycia.
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Algorithm for Automatic Wear Estimation of Railway Contact Strips Based on 3D Scanning Results
PublicationElectric rail vehicles use current collection system which consists of overhead contact line and a current collector (pantograph) mounted on the roof of a vehicle. A pantograph is equipped with contact strips, which slide along the contact wire, ensuring steady electric contact. Contact strips are made of carbon layer, fixed to an aluminum carrier. The carbon layer wears down due to friction. Using overly worn contact strips increases...
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Issue of changes in technical states of a diesel engiene as the result of wear of its tribological systems
PublicationWskazano na konieczność rozpatrywania procesów obciążeń i zużywania układów tribologicznych silników o zapłonie samoczynnym (a zatem również zmiany ich stanów) w warunkach rzeczywistych jako procesów losowych. Oznacza to, że matematycznymi modelami tych procesów mogą być funkcje losowe o argumencie, którym jest czas (t) i o wartościach, którymi są zmienne losowe takie jak obciążenia i zużycia poszczególnych układów tribologicznych....
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Wear Resistance Enhancement of Al6061 Alloy Surface Layer by Laser Dispersed Carbide Powders
PublicationIn this paper, results of the experimental study on improving wear resistance in sliding friction of Al-based alloy are presented. The technique used involves the formation of a metal matrix composite (MMC) in the alloy surface layer by laser dispersion of carbide powders such as WC, TiC and SiC. For WC and TiC MMC surface coatings fabricated under conditions typical for most of the technologically relevant solid-state lasers (wavelength...
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Tool Wear Monitoring Using Improved Dragonfly Optimization Algorithm and Deep Belief Network
PublicationIn recent decades, tool wear monitoring has played a crucial role in the improvement of industrial production quality and efficiency. In the machining process, it is important to predict both tool cost and life, and to reduce the equipment downtime. The conventional methods need enormous quantities of human resources and expert skills to achieve precise tool wear information. To automatically identify the tool wear types, deep...
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Influence of local bush wear on water lubricated sliding bearing load carrying capacity
PublicationOne of main problems concerning water-lubricated bearings is their durability. There are known cases of bearings with life time measured in decades, and some, whose refurbishment was necessary just days after start-up. Obtaining stable fluid film friction plays key role in the durability of these bearings. Unfortunately, their load-carrying capacity is limited due to water's low-viscosity. The conducted experimental...
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Investigation of the 16-year and 18-year ZTD Time Series Derived from GPS Data Processing
PublicationThe GPS system can play an important role in activities related to the monitoring of climate. Long time series, coherent strategy, and very high quality of tropospheric parameter Zenith Tropospheric Delay (ZTD) estimated on the basis of GPS data analysis allows to investigate its usefulness for climate research as a direct GPS product. This paper presents results of analysis of 16-year time series derived from EUREF Permanent Network...
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Assessment of the Impact of Emitted Radiated Interference Generated by a Selected Rail Traction Unit on the Operating Process of Trackside Video Monitoring Systems
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Water Behavior Near the Lipid Bilayer
PublicationIn this chapter, we focus on the dynamics of water molecules situated in the vicinity of a phospholipid bilayer. Using a molecular dynamics simulation method, we studied interactions between water and the bilayer and tracked trajectories of the water molecules. Based on the hypothesis that molecules trapped inside the bilayer make different motions than the ones which are either attached to the surface or move freely in the water...
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The integrals of velocity near the tissue in bioreactor.
PublicationWykazano, że siły tarcia występujące w trakcie hodowli decydują o jakości wzostu tkanki i jej planowanych, zamierzanych właściwościach. Siły tarcia wyznaczamy z pola prędkości cieczy biologicznej przepływającej wokół powierzchni tkanki. Dlatego w pracy tej wyznacza się pole prędkości przepływu cieczy biologicznej w cienkiej warstewce przyściennej. Wyznaczone analitycznie pole prędkości charakteryzuje się newtonowskimi właściwościami...
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GRSP`s fourth year in Poland.
PublicationThis paper gives an extensive run through of two projects of the GRSP initiative carried out by Shell to mark a decade of the companyłs contribution to the GAMBIT Programme. It brings some information about the activities of the Polish GRSP Committee in 2002, and about last year International Seminar GAMBIT 2002.
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Theory and application of Near-infrared spectroscopy
PublicationIn recent years one can observe a significant increase in the requirements on quality control in all industrial sectors. The growing number of involved analyses makes the traditional, time consuming, requiring use of large quantities of reagents, thus expansive methods inconvenient especially for industrial applications. Fortunately, there is a very fast, cheap and not invasive analytical method that is increasingly used in qualitative...
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Weak forms of shadowing in topological dynamics
PublicationWe consider continuous maps of compact metric spaces. It is proved that every pseudotrajectory with sufficiently small errors contains a subsequence of positive density that is point-wise close to a subsequence of an exact trajectory with the same indices. Also, we study homeomor- phisms such that any pseudotrajectory can be shadowed by a finite number of exact orbits. In terms of numerical methods this property (we call it multishadowing)...
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Comparison of near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and near-infrared transillumination-backscattering sounding (NIR-T/BSS) methods
PublicationThe aim of the study was to compare simultaneously recorded a NIR-T/BSS and NIRS signals from healthy volunteers. NIR-T/BSS is a device which give an ability to non-invasively detect and monitor changes in the subarachnoid space width (SAS). Experiments were performed on a group of 30 healthy volunteers (28 males and 2 females, age 30.8 ± 13.4 years, BMI = 24.5 ± 2.3 kg/m2). We analysed recorded signals using analysis methods based...
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Technical solutions and benefits of introducing rain gardens – Gdańsk case study
PublicationNowadays, Nature-Based Solutions (NBSs) are developing as innovative multifunctional tools to maximize urban ecosystem services such as storm water preservation, reduction of runoff and flood protection, groundwater pollution prevention, biodiversity enhancement, and microclimate control. Gdańsk is one of the first Polish cities to widely introduce rain gardens (one example of an NBS) in different areas such as parks, city center,...
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Guided Waves in Steel Rails – Experimental Works and Wavelet Signal Processing
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Spam classification methods besed on users e-mail communication graphs
PublicationW artykule poddano analizie grafy zbudowane w oparciu o logi serwerów pocztowych. Węzły grafów reprezentują nadawców i odbiorców wiadomości e-mail natomiast krawędzie przedstawiają procesy wymiany wiadomości e-mail. Analiza grafów pozwala na znalezienie korelacji pomiędzy topologią grafów a relacjami pomiędzy użytkownikami serwisu pocztowego. W oparciu o te relacje zaproponowano algorytm klasyfikujący wymieniane wiadomości e-mail...
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Guided waves in steel rails - experimental works and wavelet signal processing
PublicationW artykule zaprezentowano analizę falkową pomierzonych eksperymentalnie fal sprężystych wzbudzanych w szynach kolejowych.
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Is tail risk priced in the cross-section of Chinese mutual fund returns?
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The use of tamping machine for diagnosising the longitudinal forces in rails of CWR track
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono przebieg prowadzonych od kilkunastu lat w Politechnice Gdańskiej badań nad wyznaczaniem sił podłużnych w szynach toru bezstykowego. Opisano skonstruowaną aparaturę pomiarową. Badania eksperymentalne polegały na podnoszeniu, a następnie poprzecznym nasuwaniu rusztu torowego za pomocą podbijarki. Rejestrowano przy tym wartości przemieszczeń toru oraz odkształcenia siłowników hydraulicznych. W rezultacie ostatnich...
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Evaluation of precipitation measurements obtained from different types of rain gauges
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50’ Sail Catamaran with Hybrid Propulsion, Design, Theoretical and Experimental Studies
PublicationThe development of modern lithium batteries and propulsion systems now allows the use of complex propulsion systems for vessels of various sizes. As part of the research and implementation project, a parallel hybrid drive system was designed, built and then tested in the laboratory. The experimental studies conducted allowed for the measurements of power, fuel consumption and electric power distribution in various operating modes...
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Hyperbolic heat conduction at a microscopic sliding contact with account of adhesion-deformational heat generation and wear
PublicationDifferent non-Fourier models were proposed to simulate temperatures in materials subjected to extremely fast thermal disturbances, when the speed of heat propagation should be concerned. The present study investigated temperature and heat balance at a microscopic sliding contact during a single frictional interaction based on the Cattaneo-Vernotte hyperbolic heat conduction equation. Two fundamental features of friction, namely,...
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On the Microstructure, Microhardnessand Wear Behavior of Gray Cast Iron Surface Layer after Laser Strengthening
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Micro-Abrasive Wear Testing of Surface Engineered Surgical Grade CoCrMo Alloy for Biotribological Applications
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Effects of Laser Remelting at Cryogenic Conditions on Microstructure and Wear Resistance of the Ti6Al4V Alloy Applied in Medicine
PublicationThe titanium and its alloys can be subjected to surface treatment, including laser treatment. In this work a new laser treatment at cryogenic conditions of Ti6Al4V alloy has been described. The work has been aimed at establishing whether such surface treatment could be suitable for implants working under wear in biological corrosive environment. The remelting has been made with the use of CO2 continuous work laser at laser power...
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Application of image processing methods for the characterization of selected features and wear analysis in surface topography measurements
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Ancient Near Eastern Studies
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Journal of Near Eastern Studies
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JOURNAL OF NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY
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Cold War History
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