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Improvement of damage detection methods based on experimental modal parameters
PublikacjaW pracy przedstwiono sposoby porawy czułości metod detekcji uszkodzeń wykorzystujacych eksperyentalne parametry modalne konstrukcji. Wykazano, że zastosowanie zawansowanych technik obróbki sygnałów pomiarowych pozwala zdecydowanie poprwaić skutecznośc znanych z literatury metod.
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New Algorithms for Adaptive Notch Smoothing
PublikacjaThe problem of extraction/elimination of a nonstationary complex sinusoidal signal buried in noise is considered. This problem is usually solved using adaptive notch filtering (ANF)algorithms. It is shown that accuracy of signal estimation can be increased if the results obtained from ANF are further processed using a cascade of appropriately designed filters. The resulting adaptive notch smoothing (ANS) algorithms can be employed...
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Characterization and photocatalytic activity of rare earth metal-doped titanium dioxide
PublikacjaW publikacji została przedstawiona metoda otrzymywania fotokatalizatorów na bazie TiO2 modyfikowanego erbem i iterbem. Otrzymane nanocząstki zostały scharakteryzowane za pomocą powierzchni właściwej BET, objętości porów. Zostały przedstawione widma absorpcyjne UV-Vis oraz właściwości fluorescencyjne otrzymanych nanoproszków. Dokonano również przedstawienia wyników pomiaru aktywności fotokatalitycznej pod wpływem promieniowania...
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Preparation and photocatalytic activity of iron-modified titanium dioxide photocatalysts
PublikacjaTiO2 modyfikowany żelazem otrzymano dwiema metodami: metodą zol-żel oraz metodą impregnacji powierzchniowej. Fotokatalizatory kalcynowano w temperaturze 400C. Jako matrycę TiO2 zastosowano komercyjnie dostępne proszki ditlenku tytanu: P25 (Evonik, Niemcy, 50m2/g) oraz ST-01 (Ishihara Sangyo, Japonia, 300m2/g). Charakterystyka otrzymanych fotokatalizatorów obejmowała wyznaczenie właściwości absorpcyjnych, powierzchni właściwej BET...
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Cheap Cancellation of Strong Echoes for Digital Passive and Noise Radars
PublikacjaThe problem of cancellation of strong, potentially nonstationary,echoes in noise radars and passive radars utilizing digitaltransmissions is considered. The proposed solution is a multi-stage procedure.Initial clutter estimates, obtained using the least mean squares(LMS) algorithm, are refined using specially designed filters, "matched"to spectral densities of targets and clutter. When the postprocessing filtersare noncausal, the...
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Preparation and physicochemical characterization of ceramic supports for supported liquid membranes
PublikacjaImmobilizowane membrany ciekłe stały się przedmiotem intensywnych badań w ostanich latach, głównie w procesach oczyszczania strumieni gazowych. Kluczowym czynnikiem mającym wpływ na efektywność tych procesów ma czas życia układu membranowego, a zatem odpowiedni dobór nośnika i fazy membranowej. W porównaniu do nośników polimerowych, ceramiczne charakteryzują się większą grubością, jednak są bardziej stabilne termicznie. Praca...
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Non-aqueous Fracturing Technologies for Shale Gas Recovery
PublikacjaTechnologie szczelinowania wykorzystywane podczas wydobycia gazu z łupków zostały rozwinięte głównie w USA i są obecnie przystosowywane do warunków geologicznych i wymagań ekologicznych w innych państwach. Praca przedstawia literaturę na temat teoretycznych i praktycznych aspektów wydobycia gazu z łupków z naciskiem na technologie alternatywne do szczelinowania hydraulicznego. Rozpatrzono również techniczne i środowiskowe aspekty...
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Wetting of surfaces with ionic liquids
PublikacjaW pracy skupiono się na ocenie zwilżalności wybranych powierzchni stałych cieczami jonowymi. Jako związki testowe zastosowano chlorki dialkiloimidazoliowe. Porównano kąty zwilżania wybranych cieczy jonowych stosując metodę wzniesienia kapilarnego oraz metodę siedzącej kropli. Podczas testu zaobserwowano obniżanie wartości współczynnika lepkości cieczy jonowych wynikającą z ekspozycji płynu na parę wodną zawartą w powietrzu atmosferycznym....
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Carbon dioxide photoconversion. The effect of titanium dioxide immobilization conditions and photocatalyst type.
PublikacjaBadanie efektywności procesu fotokonwersji CO2 prowadzono w fazie gazowej w obecności promieniowania UV-Vis, pary wodnej oraz fotokatalizatorów. Zbadano wpływ wybranych parametrów tj. masa, temperatura i czas suszenia fotokatalizatora oraz rodzaj nośnika na efektywność procesu fotokonwersji. Wyznaczono optymalne parametry prowadzenia procesu oraz przedstawiono wstępne wyniki badań w obecności fotokatalizatorów modyfikowanych nanoczastkami...
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Cullet As Filter Medium For Swimming Pool Water Treatment
PublikacjaKontrola jakości wody w basenach kąpielowych może być prowadzona poprzez oczyszczanie wody z uwzględnieniem filtracji i dodawaniemśrodków dezynfekcyjnych. Zanieczyszczenia wody nie zawsze mogą byćskutecznie usuwane przy stosowaniu konwencjonalnych metod uzdatnianiawody. W doświadczeniu zbadano osady powstałe na złożu piaskowym,stwierdzono nieefektywną pracę filtrów piaskowych. Porównano dwazłoża filtracyjne: piasek kwarcowy i...
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Wetting of supports by ionic liquids used in gas separation processes
PublikacjaCiecze jonowe są stosowane w procesach separacji gazów jako selektywne rozpuszczalniki. Są szeroko stosowane w technologii immobilizowanych membran ciekłych, głównie w procesach oczyszczania strumieni gazowych. Praca ta charakteryzuje komercyjnie dostępne membrany porowate używane we wspomnianych procesach. Określenie właściwości nośników i fazy membranowej ma na celu wyznaczenie czynników mających wpływ na stabilności takich układów...
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Locally Adaptive Cooperative Kalman Smoothing and Its Application to Identification of Nonstationary Stochastic Systems
PublikacjaOne of the central problems of the stochastic approximation theory is the proper adjustment of the smoothing algorithm to the unknown, and possibly time-varying, rate and mode of variation of the estimated signals/parameters. In this paper we propose a novel locally adaptive parallel estimation scheme which can be used to solve the problem of fixed-interval Kalman smoothing in the presence of model uncertainty. The proposed solution...
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Generalized adaptive notch smoothing revisited
PublikacjaThe problem of identification of quasi-periodically varying dynamic systems is considered. This problem can be solved using generalized adaptive notch filtering (GANF) algorithms. It is shown that the accuracy of parameter estimates can be significantly increased if the results obtained from GANF are further processed using a cascade of appropriately designed filters. The resulting generalized adaptive notch smoothing (GANS) algorithm...
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Investigation of properties of swimming pool water treatment sediments
PublikacjaDwa rodzaje osadów pochodzących z instalacji basenowych zostały scharakteryzowane i otrzymane wyniki przedyskutowane, w szczególności flokuły, które zatrzymały się na filtrze piaskowo-żwirowym i następnie zostały usunięte w płukaniu zwrotnym oraz osady z dna niecki basenowej zebrane tzw. odkurzaczem wodnym. Lepsze zrozumienie struktury i właściwości osadów powinno usprawnić usuwanie cyst Cryptosporidium z basenów i w efekcie podnieść...
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Preparation of Ag/Cu-doped titanium (IV) oxide nanoparticles in W/O microemulsion
PublikacjaNanocząstki Cu-TiO2 oraz Ag/Cu-TiO2 otrzymano w mikroemulsji W/O. Właściwości fotokatalityczne zbadano w procesie degradacji fenolu (0,21mM) w zakresie światła widzialnego. Właściwości biobójcze zbadano poprzez wyznaczenie minimalnego stężenia zahamowania wzrostu (MIC) na szczepach bakterii E. coli, St. aureus oraz grzybów S. Cerevisiae i z rodziny Candida. Dla otrzymanych fotokatalizatorów określono wpływ stężenia domieszki metali...
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Photocatalytic activity of TiO2 immobilized on glass beads
PublikacjaAktywność fotokatalityczną czystego TiO2 oraz TiO2 modyfikowanego borem zbadano w reakcji degradacji wodnego roztworu fenolu. TiO2 osadzono na szklanych kulkach i umieszczono w reaktorze wyposażonym w szklaną, kwarcową rurę, którą naświetlano promieniowaniem z zakresu UV-Vus
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Photocatalytic activity of TiO2 loaded with metal clusters
PublikacjaTiO2 modyfikowano powierzchniowo klasterami metali: srebra, złota i platyny. Zbadano wpływ rodzaju i ilości wprowadzonej domieszki, oraz matrycy TiO2 na aktywność fotokatalityczną otrzymanych próbek. Fotoaktywność próbek badano w reakcji degradacji fenolu (Co = 0,21 mmol/dm3 ) w zakresie światła Vis lub UV. Najwyższą aktywność zaobserwowano dla fotokatalizatorów zawierających 2%Ag, 1%Au oraz 0,5%Pt. Po 60 min naświetlania światłem...
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Chatter vibration surveillance by the optimal-linear spindle speed control
PublikacjaArtykuł dotyczy drgań samowzbudnych typu chatter podczas obróbki szybkościwowej frezami kulistymi. Opisano w nim niestacjonarny model procesu skrawania oraz przeprowadzono analizy dynamiki układu z opóźniającym sprzężeniem zwrotnym. W celu zredukowania drgań zaproponowano zmiany prędkości obrotowej wrzeciona. Przedstawiono także procedurę nadzorowaia drgań z wykorzystaniem opisanej metody. Dla wybranych przypadków, w artykule przedstawiono...
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A new quaternion-based encryption method for DICOM images
PublikacjaIn this paper, a new quaternion-based lossless encryption technique for digital image and communication on medicine (DICOM) images is proposed. We have scrutinized and slightly modified the concept of the DICOM network to point out the best location for the proposed encryption scheme, which significantly improves speed of DICOM images encryption in comparison with those originally embedded into DICOM advanced encryption standard...
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Damage localisation in a stiffened plate structure using a propagating wave
PublikacjaThe paper presents an application of changes in propagating waves for damage detection in a stiffened aluminium plate. The experimental investigation was conducted on an aluminium plate with riveted two L-shape stiffeners. The wave has been excited with a piezoelectric transducer and measured with the Laser Scanning Doppler Vibrometer. Recorded signals were analysed using the special signal processing techniques developed for damage...
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Comments on “Closed Form Variable Fractional Time Delay Using FFT”
PublikacjaIn this letter drawbacks of the aforementioned paper are pointed out. The proposed approach is improved with minor modifications of the discrete frequency response. This allows for design of fractional delay filters which are close to optimal and can be efficiently implemented in the frequency domain using the sliding DFT based structure. Alternatively, the derived equivalent closed form formulae for offset windows can be used...
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Au-RE-TiO2 nanocomposites: Surface characteristics and photoactivity
PublikacjaThe photocatalysts based on TiO2 co-doped with rare earth metal (RE) and gold nanoparticles have been prepared using a sol-gel method and followed by gold reduction. Specific surface areas of the modified photocatalysts were calculated by the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller method (BET). Diffuse reflectance spectra of the obtained photocatalysts were recorded in a UV-Vis spectrophotometer (DRS UV-Vis). The influence of the type of rare...
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NOBLE METAL MODIFIED TiO2 FOR PHOTOCATALYTIC AIR PURIFICATION
PublikacjaTiO2 was surface modified with silver, gold, palladium and platinum ion clusters to improve its photocatalytic activity. The effect of metal content, the kind of dopant used during preparation procedure on the photoactivity were investigated. in toluene removal which was used as a model volatile organic compound. Toluene, at the concentration of about 100 ppm, was irradiated over noble metal modified TiO2 using light-emitting diodes...
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Variable Fractional Delay Filter Design Using a Symmetric Window
PublikacjaIn this paper a numerically efficient method for designing a nearly optimal variable fractional delay (VFD) filter based on a simple and well-known window method is presented. In the proposed method a single window extracted from the optimal filter with fixed fractional delay (FD) is divided into even and odd part. Subsequently, the odd part is discarded and symmetric even part of the extracted window is used to design a family...
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Systemidentificationbasedapproachtodynamicweighing revisited
PublikacjaDynamicweighing,i.e.,weighingofobjectsinmotion,withoutstoppingthemonthe weighing platform,allowsonetoincreasetherateofoperationofautomaticweighing systems, usedinindustrialproductionprocesses,withoutcompromisingtheiraccuracy. Sincetheclassicalidentification-basedapproachtodynamicweighing,basedonthe second-ordermass–spring–dampermodeloftheweighingsystem,doesnotyieldsa- tisfactoryresultswhenappliedtoconveyorbelttypecheckweighers,severalextensionsof thistechniqueareexamined.Experimentsconfirmthatwhenappropriatelymodifiedthe identification-basedapproachbecomesareliabletoolfordynamicmassmeasurementin checkweighers.
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Insights Into Hydrodynamics of Spinning Fluids Reactor
PublikacjaSpinning fluids reactor (SFR) is one of the most efficient gas-liquid contacting system with high potential of application in many fields. The unique solution of SFR is the contacting of two spinning fluids which generated centrifugal force. The aim of this study was to investigate the pressure field distribution on the inner surface of reactors dispersing element. Obtained results confirm the high heterogeneity of the field pressure...
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Effect of culinary treatment on chnages in the contents of selected nutrients and non-nutrients in curly kale (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)
PublikacjaKale has a great nutritive value, very high antioxidant activity and pro-healthypotential. The level of phytochemicals and related bioactive compounds arestrongly dependent on pre and postharvest stages of production chain (domestic orindustrial). The study investigated changes in the levels of vitamin C, b-carotene,total polyphenols, antioxidant activity, degradation products of glucosinolates aswell as nitrates and nitrites in...
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Chirp Rate and Instantaneous Frequency Estimation: Application to Recursive Vertical Synchrosqueezing
PublikacjaThis letter introduces new chirp rate and instantaneous frequency estimators designed for frequency-modulated signals. These estimators are first investigated from a deterministic point of view, then compared together in terms of statistical efficiency. They are also used to design new recursive versions of the vertically synchrosqueezed short-time Fourier transform, using a previously published method (D. Fourer, F. Auger, and...
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An Ultra-Low-Energy Analog Comparator for A/D Converters in CMOS Image Sensors
PublikacjaThis paper proposes a new solution of an ultra-low-energy analog comparator, dedicated to slope analog-to-digital converters (ADC), particularly suited for CMOS image sensors (CISs) featuring a large number of ADCs. For massively parallel imaging arrays, this number may be as high as tens-hundreds of thousands ADCs. As each ADC includes an analog comparator, the number of these comparators in CIS is always high. Detailed analysis...
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Thermogravimetric analysis/ pyrolysis of used tyres and waste rubber
PublikacjaThe process of pyrolysis is investigated in this paper. The pyrolysis results of two samples: waste tyres and rubber at different heating rates (10, 20, 50 K/min), were compared. In other experiments the degradation of two pyrolysis products, char and oil was examined. The kinetic study using the thermogravimetry equipment (TG) was done, which allowed determination of the kinetic mechanism of the process. The elemental analysis...
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New semi-causal and noncausal techniques for detection of impulsive disturbances in multivariate signals with audio applications
PublikacjaThis paper deals with the problem of localization of impulsive disturbances in nonstationary multivariate signals. Both unidirectional and bidirectional (noncausal) detection schemes are proposed. It is shown that the strengthened pulse detection rule, which combines analysis of one-step-ahead signal prediction errors with critical evaluation of leave-one-out signal interpolation errors, allows one to noticeably improve detection results...
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The impact of cooking method on the phenolic composition, total antioxidant activity and starch digestibility of rice (Oryza sativa L.)
PublikacjaThis study investigated changes in the phenolic composition, total antioxidant activity (TAA) and starch digestibility in white and brown rice due to three different cooking procedures, and subsequent reheating of cooked rice after storage. Among the analyzed samples, brown rice showed the highest TAA and phenolic content (622.5 mg kg-1 DW). All cooking methods resulted in significant decrease of phenolic content and TAA of rice...
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Secure Quaternion Feistel Cipher for DICOM Images
PublikacjaAn improved and extended version of a quaternion-based lossless encryption technique for digital image and communication on medicine (DICOM) images is proposed. We highlight and address several security flaws present in the previous version of the algorithm originally proposed by Dzwonkowski et al. (2015). The newly proposed secure quater- nion Feistel cipher (S-QFC) algorithm...
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A dynamic vehicle-bridge model based on the modal identification results of an existing EN57 train and bridge spans with non-ballasted tracks
PublikacjaThis paper addresses the methodology of the bridge-vehicle dynamic model definition based on the free response measurements of an existing train and existing bridge spans. In the case of the railway vehicle, the methodology uses the impulse excitations of a single car by means of the wedge method. In the case of the bridge spans, free responses are collected after the passages of trains. The global modal parameters (frequencies...
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Study of particle - bubble interaction using atomic force microscopy - current possibilities and challenges
PublikacjaBadania oddziaływań pomiędzy cząstkami mineralnymi i pęcherzykami powietrza są kluczowe do zrozumienia przebiegu flotacji. Wykorzystanie mikroskopii sił atomowych (AFM) i techniki próbnika koloidalnego umożliwia pomiar takich oddziaływań.
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Fast recursive basis function estimators for identification of time-varying processes
PublikacjaW pracy wprowadzono nową kategorię filtrów adaptacyjnych opartych na metodzie funkcji bazowych i wykorzystujących koncepcję postfiltracji. Proponowane algorytmy pozwalają połączyć niską złożoność obliczeniową i dobre właściwości śledzące.
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Transfer learning in imagined speech EEG-based BCIs
PublikacjaThe Brain–Computer Interfaces (BCI) based on electroencephalograms (EEG) are systems which aim is to provide a communication channel to any person with a computer, initially it was proposed to aid people with disabilities, but actually wider applications have been proposed. These devices allow to send messages or to control devices using the brain signals. There are different neuro-paradigms which evoke brain signals of interest...
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An adaptive-noise Augmented Kalman Filter approach for input-state estimation in structural dynamics
PublikacjaThe establishment of a Digital Twin of an operating engineered system can increase the potency of Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) tools, which are then bestowed with enhanced predictive capabilities. This is particularly relevant for wind energy infrastructures, where the definition of remaining useful life is a main driver for assessing the efficacy of these systems. In order to ensure a proper representation of the physical...
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A Control Theoretical Approach to Spectral Factorization is Unstable
PublikacjaLocal stability analysis of a recently proposed recursive feedback-based approach to spectral factorization is performed. The method is found not to give stability guarantees. Interestingly enough, its global behavior often allows one to obtain reasonable approximations of spectral factorizations if a suitable stopping criterion is employed.
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Intra-subject class-incremental deep learning approach for EEG-based imagined speech recognition
PublikacjaBrain–computer interfaces (BCIs) aim to decode brain signals and transform them into commands for device operation. The present study aimed to decode the brain activity during imagined speech. The BCI must identify imagined words within a given vocabulary and thus perform the requested action. A possible scenario when using this approach is the gradual addition of new words to the vocabulary using incremental learning methods....
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Active Control of Highly Autocorrelated Machinery Noise in Multivariate Nonminimum Phase Systems
PublikacjaIn this paper, a novel multivariate active noise control scheme, designed to attenuate disturbances with high autocorrelation characteristics and preserve background signals, is proposed. The algorithm belongs to the class of feedback controllers and, unlike the popular feedforward FX-LMS approach, does not require availability of a reference signal. The proposed approach draws its inspiration from the iterative learning control...
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Towards classification of patients based on surface EMG data of temporomandibular joint muscles using self-organising maps
PublikacjaThe study considers the need for an effective method of classification of patients with a temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD). The self-organising map method (SOM) was applied to group patients and used together with the cross-correlation approach to interpret the processed (rectified and smoothed by using root mean square (RMS) algorithm) surface electromyography signal (sEMG) obtained from testing the muscles (two temporal...
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Development of fragility curves in adjacent steel moment-resisting frames considering pounding effects through improved wavelet-based refined damage-sensitive feature
PublikacjaFragility curves present useful information related to earthquake-induced probability assessment of steel moment-resisting frames (MRFs) and determine the probability of the damage exceedance at different floor levels of MRFs. The review of the literature shows that most of the previous studies dealing with the fragility curves were based on conventional measures, such as spectral acceleration at the first mode period, peak...
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Predicting the seismic collapse capacity of adjacent SMRFs retrofitted with fluid viscous dampers in pounding condition
PublikacjaSevere damages of adjacent structures due to structural pounding during earthquakes have emphasized the need to use some seismic retrofit strategy to enhance the structural performance. The purpose of this paper is to study the influence of using linear and nonlinear Fluid Viscous Dampers (FVDs) on the seismic collapse capacities of adjacent structures prone to pounding and proposing modification factors to modify the median...
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Regularized Local Basis Function Approach to Identification of Nonstationary Processes
PublikacjaThe problem of identification of nonstationary stochastic processes (systems or signals) is considered and a new class of identification algorithms, combining the basis functions approach with local estimation technique, is described. Unlike the classical basis function estimation schemes, the proposed regularized local basis function estimators are not used to obtain interval approximations of the parameter trajectory, but provide...
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On DoA estimation for rotating arrays using stochastic maximum likelihood approach
PublikacjaThe flexibility needed to construct DoA estimators that can be used with rotating arrays subject to rapid variations of the signal frequency is offered by the stochastic maximum likelihood approach. Using a combination of analytic methods and Monte Carlo simulations, we show that for low and moderate source correlations the stochastic maximum likelihood estimator that assumes noncorrelated sources has accuracy comparable to the...
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Research and applications of active bearings: A state-of-the-art review
PublikacjaControllable/active bearings are mainly associated with active magnetic bearings (AMBs), whereas active bearing control is also found in many types of bearings, e.g. fluid, gas and hybrid bearings. The article presents a review of the literature describing the structure and results of studies of active bearings. Active control brings a number of benefits resulting in the fact that their use as a support for rotors becomes increasingly...
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Monitoring the curing process of epoxy adhesive using ultrasound and Lamb wave dispersion curves
PublikacjaMonitoring the stiffness of adhesives is a crucial issue when considering the durability andstrength of adhesive joints. While there are many studies conducted on specimens madeonly from adhesive, the problem of curing of an adhesive film in real joints is moderatelyconsidered. This paper presents the monitoring of stiffening of epoxy adhesive using ultra-sound. Ultrasonic pulse velocity method was firstly applied for monitoring...
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Systematic approach to binary classification of images in video streams using shifting time windows
Publikacjain the paper, after pointing out of realistic recordings and classifications of their frames, we propose a new shifting time window approach for improving binary classifications. We consider image classification in tewo steps. in the first one the well known binary classification algorithms are used for each image separately. In the second step the results of the previous step mare analysed in relatively short sequences of consecutive...
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A three-dimensional periodic beam for vibroacoustic isolation purposes
PublikacjaThis paper presents results of investigations on a three-dimensional (3-D) isotropic periodic beam. The beam can represent a vibroacoustic isolator of optimised dynamic characteristics in the case of its longitudinal, flexural and torsional behaviour. The optimisation process concerned both the widths as well as the positions of particular frequency band gaps that are present in the frequency spectrum of the beam. Since the dynamic...