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Enriched buckling for beam-lattice metamaterials
PublicationWe discuss two examples of beam-lattice metamaterials which show attractive mechanical properties concerning their enriched buckling. The first one considers pantographic beams and the nonlinear solution is traced out numerically on the base of a Hencky’s model and an algorithm based on Riks’ arc-length scheme. The second one concerns a beam-lattice with sliders and the nonlinear solution is discussed in analytic way and, finally,...
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Organic-inorganic composites consisted of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)and Prussian Blue analogues
PublicationThe organic-inorganic material consisted of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (pEDOT) and copper hexacyanoferrate (Cuhcf) was synthesized. The pEDOT film with Fe(CN)63−/4− as counter-ions potentiodynamically polarized in aqueous CuCl2 electrolyte brings about stable hybrid material (pEDOT/Cuhcf) performing single redox activity of FeII/III at a formal potential Ef = 0.61 V (vs. Ag/AgCl/0.1 M KCl) and less clearly shaped two redox...
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Цифровая репрезентация лексем русского языка [Digital representation of Russian lexemes]
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Омонимия сокращений в русском языке [The homonymy of abbreviations in the Russian language]
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Victor Eremeev prof. dr hab.
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Performance of CMS hadron calorimeter timing and synchronization using test beam, cosmic ray, and LHC beam data
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Tagged images with LEGO bricks - Technic Beams
Open Research DataThe set contains images of LEGO bricks (from Technic Beams category). The images were prepared for training neural network for recognition and labeling of LEGO bricks. The images contain one brick each. The images were taken from different sides by handheld camera hovering over the bricks lying on a white, non reflective surface.
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FE investigations of the effect of fluctuating local tensile strength on coupled energetic-statistical size effect in concrete beams
PublicationThe effect of fluctuating local tensile strength on a coupled energetic-statistical size effect in plain concrete beams under bending was numerically investigated. First, the influence of varying autocorrelation length of the random field describing a spatial variation of local tensile strength was studied. Next, the influence of the coefficient of variation of local tensile strength was analyzed. The numerical FE investigations...
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Experimental study of shear strength and failure mechanisms in RC beams scaled along height or length
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Modelling and parameter identification of steel–concrete composite beams in 3D rigid finite element method
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Performance of the CMS Level-1 trigger during commissioning with cosmic ray muons and LHC beams
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SFEM Analysis of Beams with Scaled Lengths including Spatially Varying and Cross-Correlated Concrete Properties
PublicationThis paper presents the results obtained for plain concrete beams under four-point bending with spatially varying material properties. Beams of increasing length but constant depth were analyzed using the stochastic finite element method. Spatial fluctuation of a uniaxial tensile strength, fracture energy and elastic modulus was defined within cross-correlated random fields. The symmetrical Gauss probability distribution function...
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The vibration-based assessment of the influence of elevated temperature on the condition of concrete beams with pultruded GFRP reinforcement
PublicationConcrete beams reinforced with glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) bars subjected to elevated temperature have been experimentally studied. The influence of high temperatures on GFRP-reinforced concrete beams condition has been check both, destructively and nondestructively. The nondestructive tests foresaw vibration-based tests to obtain the natural frequency values after exposure to varying temperatures. The vibration-based...
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Failure characterisation of sandwich beams using integrated acoustic emission and digital image correlation techniques
PublicationThe paper presents the experimental study of the failure behaviour of sandwich beams subjected to bending. The samples examined are sandwich beams made of polyethylene terephthalate foam core and glass fibre-reinforced polymer laminate face sheets. In a series of experiments, it has been proposed to integrate diagnostic techniques with acoustic emission and digital image correlation to accurately track the cracking process on the...
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Size effect in concrete beams under bending – influence of the boundary layer and the numerical description of cracks
PublicationIn the paper the size effect phenomenon in concrete is analysed. The results of numerical simulations of using FEM on geometrically similar un-notched and notched concrete beams under bending are presented. Concrete beams of four different sizes and five different notch heights under three-point bending test were simulated. In total 18 beams were analysed. Two approaches were used to describe cracks in concrete. First, eXtended...
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Reference-free determination of debonding length in reinforced concrete beams using guided wave propagation
PublicationThis paper presents theoretical and experimental investigations of guided wave propagation in reinforced concrete beams, with pre-existing debonding between steel rebars and concrete blocks, for the purpose of damage detection. The primary aim of these investigations was a detailed analysis of the possible applications of wave propagation in single and multiple debonding detection in reinforced concrete structures and reference-free...
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Three-point bending test of sandwich beams supporting the GFRP footbridge design process - validation
PublicationSome selected aspects concerning material and construction design issues for pedestrian footbridge made of GFRP composite materials are elaborated in this paper. The analysis is focused on validation tests, which are particularly important because of the advanced technology and materials that are used for this innovative bridge. The considered footbridge is a sandwich-type shell structure comprising of PET foam core and outer skins...
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NON-STATIONARY THERMAL SELF-ACTION OF ACOUSTIC BEAMS CONTAINING SHOCK FRONTS IN THERMOCONDUCTING FLUID
PublicationNon-stationary thermal self-action of a periodic or impulse acoustic beam containing shock fronts in a thermoconducting Newtonian fluid is studied. Self-focusing of a saw-tooth periodic and impulse sound is considered, as well as that of a solitary shock wave which propagates with the linear sound speed. The governing equations of the beam radius are derived. Numerical simulations reveal that the thermal conductivity weakens the...
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FE-investigations on crack spacing in reinforced concrete beams within non-local continuum mechanics.
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono wyniki numerycznej analizy rozstawu rys w belkach żelbetowych przy zastosowaniu dwóch ciągłych modeli nielokalnych. Zbadano wpływ wielu różnych parametrów na rozstaw rys.
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Two - scale model for concrete beams subjected to three point bending - numerical analyses and experiments
PublicationArtykuł omawia dwu-skalowe podejście do betonu przy wykorzystaniu połączonych modeli. Metodę elementów skończonych zastosowano na poziomie makro. Na poziomie mikro zastosowano metodę elementów dyskretnych. Macierz sztywności wyznaczono na podstawie tensora naprężeń wyznaczonego w skali mikro. Wyniki numeryczne dw-skalowe porównano z wynikami dyskretnymi dla całego obszaru.
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Experimental study of shear strength and failure mechanisms in RC beams scaled along height or length
PublicationArtykuł omawia wyniki doświadczalne efektu skali w belkach żelbetowych bez zbrojenia pionowego. Belki żelbetowe były zeskałowane wzdłuż wysokości i długości. Zaobserwowane 3 różne mechanizmy zniszczenia w doświadczeniach. Wyniki efektu skali porównano z niektórymi wzorami analitycznymi z literatury.
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Experimental and numerical assessment of size effect in geometrically similar slender concrete beams with basalt reinforcement
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono doświadczalne i numeryczne wyniki badań efektu skali w geometrycznie podobnych smukłych belkach betonowych ze zbrojeniem bazaltowym. Doświadczenia zostały symulowane stosując metodę elementów skończonych w oparciu o model sprężysto-plastyczny z degradacją sztywności i nielokalnym osłabieniem. Otrzymano dobrą zgodność wyników doświadczalnych z numerycznymi.
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Experimental Investigations of Fracture Process Using DIC in Plain and Reinforced Concrete Beams under Bending
PublicationThe fracture behaviour of concrete and reinforced concrete beams under quasi-static three-point bending was comprehensively investigated with experiments at laboratory scale. The eight various concrete mixes were tested. The influence of the shape, volume and size of aggregate particles and reinforcement on concrete fracture under bending was studied. Displacements on the surface of concrete beams were measured by means of the...
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Developing competences for cooperation in international teams - tools and methods
PublicationThe article presents the training methods that can be used to develop intercultural competences which are extremely important while working in intercultural teams. The mentioned methods like: case-studies, collaborating, role-play simulations, team working, video presentations and others are presented on the basis of authors’ experiences while teaching the international groups of students at Faculty of Management and Economics...
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Effective Collaboration of Entrepreneurial Teams—Implications for Entrepreneurial Education
PublicationIn the situation of a permanent change and increased competition, business ventures are more and more often undertaken not by individuals but by entrepreneurial teams. The main aim of this paper is to examine the team principles implemented by eective entrepreneurial teams and how they dier in nascent and established teams. We also focused on the relationship between the implementation of these rules by entrepreneurial team members...
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IT PROJECT TEAMS CREATION AND ANALYSIS IN C2 NIWA ENVIRONMENT
PublicationTeams are the basic unit of the C2NIWA community, which – using the technical capabilities of this environment – focuses on the implementation of various projects. This article presents one of the competitions carried out within the framework of a C2NIWA project called Uwaga! Upadek! [Attention! Fall!], used as an example of a collaborative project for which analyses related to the assessment of teamwork based on the input-process-result...
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Towards the participant observation of emotions in software development teams
PublicationEmotions, moods and temperament influence our behaviour in every aspect of life. Until now plenty of research has been conducted and many theories have been proposed to explain the role of emotions within the working environment. However, in the field of software engineering, interest in the role of human factors in the process of software development is relatively new. In the paper the research design process that has been proposed...
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The Character of Animal Exploitation and the Environment at the Polish/Prussian Frontier in the Medieval Period: A Case Study
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Towards spectroscopic monitoring of photoelectrodes: In-situ Raman photoelectrochemistry of a TiO2/prussian blue photoanode
PublicationHere, novel in-situ Raman photoelectrochemical measurements are performed. The obtained results have proved that it is possible to track the progress of a photoelectrochemical reaction that takes place on a semiconducting electrode using the spectroscopic method. As an exemplary system, the Ti/TiO2/Prussian blue electrode is investigated. Since TiO2 is an n-type semiconductor, it cannot act as an efficient anode in dark conditions....
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Damage Detection of Steel-Concrete Composite Beam
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Crack identification in cantilever beam using wavelets
PublicationPrzedstawiono metodę identyfikacji zniszczeń przy użyciu transformacji falkowej. Rozpatrzono przykład belki wspornikowej. Pokazano, że transformacja falkowa wykrywa miejsce zniszczenia.
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The effect of mechanical coupling on the beam pattern of a multielementarray
PublicationW artykule opisano nową metodę redukcji listków bocznych hydroakustycznej anteny wieloelementowej. Wykorzystano tu efekt ważenia amplitud sygnałów odbieranych przez poszczególne elementy poprzez kontrolowane ich mechaniczne sprzężenie. Opisane zostały wyniki badań kilku modeli anten zbudowanych z pięciu elementów. Wyniki badań zostały zweryfikowane obliczeniami symulacyjnymi. Stwierdzono, zarówno na drodze eksperymentalnej jak...
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Energy efficient beam control for 5G antennas
PublicationThe rapid development of 5G and beyond systems demands improvement in communication speed, latency and safety to maintain the required quality of service. This paper presents an overview of different concepts of energy-efficient antenna systems, which offer beam-shaping and beam-steering functionalities, that enhance connectivity performance and can be used in 5G applications. Different designs for 5.9 GHz, 39 GHz and 60 GHz frequency...
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GPR simulations for diagnostics of a reinforced concrete beam
PublicationThe most popular technique for modelling of an electromagnetic field, the finite difference time domain (FDTD) method, has recently become a popular technique as an interpretation tool for ground penetrating radar (GPR) measurements. The aim of this study is to detect the size and the position of damage in a reinforced concrete beam using GPR maps. Numerical simulations were carried out using the finite differ-ence time domain...
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Genetic variability of Polish and Russian accessions of cultivated blue honeysuckle (Lonicera caerulea)
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Threat/risk assessment tool to assess vulnerability of Polish cities to Russian attacks
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Проект русско-польского словаря омонимов [The project of a Russian-Polish dictionary of homonyms]
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Sekularyzacja prawosławia a rewolucja rosyjska [The Secularization of the Orthodox Church versus the Russian Revolution]
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Interrelations between Travel Patterns and Urban Spatial Structure of the Largest Russian Cities
PublicationThe study presented within this dissertation involves the analysis of the relationship between urban spatial structure and travel patterns in the largest Russian cities. It is an empirical investigation of how the spatial structure, formed during the Soviet and post-Soviet periods, affects the travel patterns in the largest cities of contemporary Russia. It aims to determine what measures, both urban structure and transportation...
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On FEM analysis of Cosserat-type stiffened shells. Static and stability linear analysis
PublicationThe present research investigates the theory and numerical analysis of shells stiffened with beams in the framework based on the geometrically exact theories of shells and beams. Shell’s and beam’s kinematics are described by the Cosserat surface and the Cosserat rod respectively, which are consistent including deformation and strain measures. A FEM approximation of the virtual work principle leads to the conforming shell and beam...
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Experimental validation of the use of energy transfer ratio (ETR) for damage diagnosis of steel-concrete composite beams
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Microbeam radiation therapy: Tissue dose penetration and BANG-gel dosimetry of thick-beams’ array interlacing
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A TPC Detector for Studying Photo-nuclear Reactions at Astrophysical Energies with Gamma-ray Beams at ELI--NP
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Detection of debonding in reinforced concrete beams using ultrasonic transmission tomography and hybrid ray tracing technique
PublicationThis paper concerns inspection of reinforced concrete elements, with particular emphasis on assessing the quality of the adhesive connection between steel and concrete. A novel theoretical model was developed to determine the paths of transmitted, refracted and reflected elastic waves as well as a creeping wave propagated along the inclusion surface. Imaging the internal structure of tested beams was based on wave propagation measurements...
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Chained machine learning model for predicting load capacity and ductility of steel fiber–reinforced concrete beams
PublicationOne of the main issues associated with steel fiber–reinforced concrete (SFRC) beams is the ability to anticipate their flexural response. With a comprehensive grid search, several stacked models (i.e., chained, parallel) consisting of various machine learning (ML) algorithms and artificial neural networks (ANNs) were developed to predict the flexural response of SFRC beams. The flexural performance of SFRC beams under bending was...
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Non-Destructive Diagnostics of Concrete Beams Strengthened with Steel Plates Using Modal Analysis and Wavelet Transform
PublicationExternally bonded reinforcements are commonly and widely used in civil engineering objects made of concrete to increase the structure load capacity or to minimize the negative effects of long-term operation and possible defects. The quality of adhesive bonding between a strengthened structure and steel or composite elements is essential for effective reinforcement; therefore, there is a need for non-destructive diagnostics of adhesive...
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Sensitivity analysis of free torsional vibration frequencies of thin-walled laminated beams under axial load
PublicationThe paper addresses sensitivity analysis of free torsional vibration frequencies of thin-walled beams of bisymmetric open cross-section made of unidirectional fibre-reinforced laminate. The warping effect and the axial end load are taken into account. The consideration is based upon the classical theory of thin-walled beams of non-deformable cross-section. The first-order sensitivity variation of the frequencies is derived with...
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Evaluation of the resistance of steel–concrete adhesive connection in reinforced concrete beams using guided wave propagation
PublicationThe development of the nondestructive diagnostic methods is of significant importance in the last decades. A special attention is paid to diagnostics of reinforced concrete structures, which are very popular in the civil engineering field. A possible use of the guided waves in the estimation of the resistance of steel–concrete adhesive connection is studied in the following paper. The relationships relating adhesive connection...
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Force transfer and stress distribution in short cantilever deep beams loaded throughout the depth with a various reinforcement
PublicationDeep beams used as the main reinforced concrete structural elements which taking over the load and stiffening construction are often found in high-rise buildings. The architecture of these buildings is sometimes sophisticated and varied, arouse the admiration of the majority of recipients, and thus causing an engineering challenge to correctly design the structural system and force transfer. In such structures is important to shape...
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Composite Beams with glass and reinforced or prestressed concrete - early stage of a theorethical and experimental analysis of a shear zone
PublicationThe aim of this article is to present a forgoing preparation for a theoretical and experimental analysis of a shear zone of a composite beams with glass and reinforced or prestressed concrete. Authors present their current knowledge, achievements and predicted challenges in later stages of the research. Properties of component materials are presented in the context of compensating weaknesses of one material with strengths of the...