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Changes in Functional and Spatial Layouts of Polish Single-Family Houses
PublikacjaArticle presents the evolution of functional and spatial layouts of single-family houses in Poland, with particular emphasis on the functions of a contemporary house. Singlefamily housing constitutes a significant part of the construction market in Poland. The way of forming functions in single-family buildings in the historical cycle has characteristic features resulting from the culture of the society in a given period. The functional...
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Targ Węglowy as the keystone of two ring road complexes of Gdańsk city centre
PublikacjaThe urban structure of Gdansk city centre is determined by two ring road complexes. The first of them, the Gdansk Ring, has been created as a result of a city defortification at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries and has been destroyed in the end of World War Two with the rest of Gdansk. The second, the Main Town Green Belt, has been formed in place of the medieval fortification system of the city’s most important historical...
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Detailed investigation of the phase transition inKxP4W8O32and experimental arguments for a charge density wave due to hidden nesting
PublikacjaDetailed structural and magnetotransport properties of monophosphate tungsten bronze Kx(PO2)4(WO3)8 single crystals are reported. Both galvanomagnetic and thermal properties are shown to be consistent with a charge density wave electronic transition due to hidden nesting of the quasi-1D portion of the Fermi surface. We also observe the enhancement of electronic anisotropy due to reconstruction of the Fermi surface at the Peierls...
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A Numerical Model Study on Grasse River Ice Control Structures
PublikacjaIce jams in the Grasse River have caused the erosion of capping material designed to prevent the resurfacing of the bed sediment in the PCB-contaminated area. Two in-stream ice-control structures are proposed to avoid the jam-induced erosion of the capping material. These two ice-control options are a pier-type ice-control structure and a reconstruction of a small hydropower dam upstream of the capping site. A numerical model study...
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Proximal primal–dual best approximation algorithm with memory
PublikacjaWe propose a new modified primal–dual proximal best approximation method for solving convex not necessarily differentiable optimization problems. The novelty of the method relies on introducing memory by taking into account iterates computed in previous steps in the formulas defining current iterate. To this end we consider projections onto intersections of halfspaces generated on the basis of the current as well as the previous...
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Wzmocnienie uszkodzonej belki typu T w przęśle wiaduktu drogowego
PublikacjaW artykule opisano metodę wzmocnienia belki prefabrykowanej typu T dźwigara wiaduktu drogowego uszkodzonej przez pojazd „wozidło”. Beton belki uległ zarysowaniom w wielu miejscach. Wystąpiły też ubytki otuliny strun sprężających. Zaproponowano naprawę i wzmocnienie przez dobetonowanie dodatkowej belki. Podczas naprawy zastosowano balastowanie przęsła w celu wciągnięcia nowego dźwigara do współpracy od ciężaru własnego i sprężenia....
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On thermal stability of topological qubit in Kitaev's 4D model
PublikacjaWe analyse stability of the four-dimensional Kitaev model-a candidate for scalable quantum memory - in finite temperature within the weak coupling Markovian limit. It is shown that, below a critical temperature, certain topological qubit observables X and Z possess relaxation times exponentially long in the size of the system. Their construction involves polynomial in system size algorithm which uses as an input the results of...
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DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF FORUM GDANSK STRUCTURE DUE TO RAIL TRAFFIC
PublikacjaThe paper presents the study of the impact of vibration induced by the movement of the railway rolling stock on the Forum Gdańsk structure. This object is currently under construction and is located over the railway tracks in the vicinity of the Gdańsk Główny and Gdańsk Śródmieście railway stations. The analysis covers the influence of vibrations on the structure itself and on the people within. The in situ measurements on existing...
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Poly-L-Lysine-modified boron-doped diamond electrodes for the amperometric detection of nucleic acid bases
PublikacjaBoron-doped diamond (BDD) is a very promising supporting material used in the construction of biosensors for molecular recognition. The direct immobilization of structurally-organized huge molecules, such as poly-L-Lysine (PLL) provides the possibility of determining organic molecules, e.g. nucleic acid bases (e.g. adenine, guanine) or peptides and proteins. This paper describes the direct method for chemical and electrochemical...
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Application of multisine nanoscale impedance microscopy to heterogeneous alloy surface investigations
PublikacjaIn the recent years atomic force microscopy is recognized as valuable tool for investigation of surficial features of construction materials. It concerns, among other things, studies of changes caused by such phenomena as galvanic corrosion, passivation associated with the growth of oxide layers, or sensitization of austenitic steels with the formation of carbide phases. In addition, atomic forcemicroscopy allows easy coupling...
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CLASSIFICATION OF RESTRAINTS IN THE OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM OF A COLD-FORMED PROFILE
PublikacjaThis work describes the restraints in the optimization problem. This is an important and complicated issue because it requires taking into account a vast range of information related to the design and production. In order to describe the relations of a specific optimization problem, it is essential to adopt appropriate criteria and to collect information on all kinds of restraints, i.e. boundary conditions. The following paper...
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The smoothness test for a density function
PublikacjaThe problem of testing hypothesis that a density function has no more than μ derivatives versus it has more than μ derivatives is considered. For a solution, the L2 norms of wavelet orthogonal projections on some orthogonal ‘‘differences’’ of spaces from a multiresolution analysis is used. For the construction of the smoothness test an asymptotic distribution of a smoothness estimator is used. To analyze that asymptotic distribution,...
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Numerical modal analysis of a vertical rising steel water gate
PublikacjaVertical rising steel water gates are very common not only in Poland and Germany but also in other countries of the world. Their popularity is mainly attributed to their simplicity of construction, which makes their production process cheaper and faster when compared to other solutions. The aim of this paper is to conduct a numerical modal analysis to examine the eigenvalues and eigenmodes of a vertical rising steel gate. Two cases...
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A new approach to modeling of selected human respiratory system diseases, directed to computer simulations
PublikacjaThis paper presents a new versatile approach to model severe human respiratory diseases via computer simulation. The proposed approach enables one to predict the time histories of various diseases via information accessible in medical publications. This knowledge is useful to bioengineers involved in the design and construction of medical devices that are employed for monitoring of respiratory condition. The approach provides the...
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Reliable testbed for indoor positioning systems
PublikacjaThis paper proposes a test environment for indoor localization system, based on radio wave propagation prosperities. The following sections presents variety of problems from the assessment of the existing localization system to the analysis of inconveniences which occur when comparison of different localization systems is implemented. The problem is associated with different testing environments presented in published papers is...
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Measurement of the Development of a Learning IT Organization Supported by a Model of Knowledge Acquisition and Processing
PublikacjaThe paper presents a model of knowledge acquisition and processing for the development of learning organizations. The theory of a learning organization provides neither metrics nor tools to measure its development The authors' studies in this field are based on their experience gathered after projects realized in real IT organizations. The authors have described the construction of the model and the methods of its verification...
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Perspektywy wykorzystania olfaktometrii i elektronicznego nosa w badaniach stanu środowiska
PublikacjaIn environmental state investigations the two approaches are dominate: field olfactometry and instrumental methods. In contradiction to classical chromatographic methods, both field olfactometry and electronic nose (e-nose) in based on the analysis of the aroma as a whole, without separating gaseous mixture (air) to individual aromatic compounds. With respect to simplicity of use and relatively short time of analysis, both systems...
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PHASE OBJECT OBSERVATION SYSTEM BASED ON DIFFRACTION PHASE MICROSCOPY
PublikacjaIn the paper authors present a special measurement system for observing phase objects. The diffraction phas microscopy makes it possible to measure the dimensions of a tested object with a nanometre resolution. To meet this requirement, it is proposed to apply a spatial transform. The proposed setup can be based either on a two lenses system (called 4 f ) or a Wollaston prism. Both solutions with all construction aspects are described...
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Experimental Research on Insufficient Water Lubrication of Marine Stern Tube Journal Bearing with Elastic Polymer Bush
PublikacjaWater-lubricated bearings with polymer bushes are steadily gaining popularity due to their advantages, including environmental friendliness, relatively simple construction and long-term operation. Nevertheless, in practice instances of damage to such bearings occur due to insufficient or absent flow of the lubricating agent. In this study, experimental tests established that elastic polymer bush bearing is capable of operating...
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Rozkład naprężeń mechanicznych w łyżce o szerokości 500 mm, przeznaczonej do koparki podsiębiernej
PublikacjaW artykule zaprezentowano optymalizację kształtu łyżki koparki przedsiębiernej z wykorzystaniem analizy wytrzymałościowej. Analizę oparto na trójwymiarowym modelu konstrukcji łyżki z zastosowaniem metody elementów skończonych (MES). Opracowanie wspomnianej metody pozwoliło na modyfikację konstrukcji łyżki, która dała w efekcie obniżenie naprężeń złożonych w newralgicznych obszarach konstrukcji łyżki. Przedstawiona analiza okazała...
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DST-Based Detection of Non-cooperative Forwarding Behavior of MANET and WSN Nodes
Publikacja. Selfish node behavior can diminish the reliability of a mobile ad hoc network (MANET) or a wireless sensor network (WSN). Efficient detection of such behavior is therefore essential. One approach is to construct a reputation scheme, which has network nodes determine and share reputation values associated with each node; these values can next be used as input to a routing algorithm to avoid end-to-end routes containing ill-reputed...
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Novel Structures and Applications of Graphene-Based Semiconductor Photocatalysts: Faceted Particles, Photonic Crystals, Antimicrobial and Magnetic Properties
PublikacjaGraphene, graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide and their composites with various compounds/materials have high potential for substantial impact as cheap photocatalysts, which is essential to meet the demands of global activity, offering the advantage of utilizing “green” solar energy. Accordingly, graphene-based materials might help to reduce reliance on fossil fuel supplies and facile remediation routes to achieve clean environment...
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AN ALTERNATIVE WAY OF DETERMINING MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF WOOD BY MEASURING CUTTING FORCES
PublikacjaThe cutting force is an energetic effect of splitting material, and might be therefore considered from a point of view of modern fracture mechanics. The dedicated mathematical model developed for description of the wood cutting has been developed here on the base of fracture theory, and includes work of separation (fracture toughness) in addition to the material plasticity and friction. The effect of the cutting edge dullness is...
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An approach to improve the time efficiency of disjoint paths calculation
PublikacjaFailures of network elements can be appropriately dealt with by utilization of alternate disjoint paths to provide redirection of flows affected by failures of the respective working paths. Known approaches can be broadly divided by decision on backup paths installation into proactive and reactive mechanisms, as well as based on the scope of recovery actions into local and global rerouting. There are several important scenarios...
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Recycling of Waste Rubber by Thermo-Mechanical Treatment in a Twin-Screw Extruder
PublikacjaRecycling of waste tires is a significant issue considering both environmental and economic aspects. One of the leading recycling routes is the shredding of tires resulting in the generation of ground tire rubber. This material can be easily introduced into various polymer matrices as a filler, reducing the use of conventionally applied petroleum-based materials. In such cases, it is essential to ensure sufficient interfacial compatibility,...
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Natural carbon-based quantum dots and their applications in drug delivery: A review
PublikacjaNatural carbon based quantum dots (NCDs) are an emerging class of nanomaterials in the carbon family. NCDs have gained immense acclamation among researchers because of their abundance, eco-friendly nature, aqueous solubility, the diverse functionality and biocompatibility when compared to other conventional carbon quantum dots (CDs).The presence of different functional groups on the surface of NCDs such as thiol, carboxyl, hydroxyl,...
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Radio Channel Measurements in Body-to-Body Communications in Different Scenarios
PublikacjaThis paper presents body-to-body radio channel measurements at the 2.45 GHz band, for different body motion scenarios and on-body antenna placements, and both indoor and outdoor environments. Measurement equipment, investigated scenarios and considered environments are described, an initial analysis of results being presented. The mean path loss and the standard deviation depend on the mutual location of transmitting and receiving...
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Radio Channel Measurements in Body-to-Body Communications in Different Scenarios
PublikacjaThis paper presents body-to-body radio channel measurements at the 2.45 GHz band, for different body motion scenarios and on-body antenna placements, and both indoor and outdoor environments. Measurement equipment, investigated scenarios and considered environments are described, an initial analysis of results being presented. The mean path loss and the standard deviation depend on the mutual location of transmitting and receiving...
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Mitigating Traffic Remapping Attacks in Autonomous Multi-hop Wireless Networks
PublikacjaMultihop wireless networks with autonomous nodes are susceptible to selfish traffic remapping attacks (TRAs). Nodes launching TRAs leverage the underlying channel access function to receive an unduly high Quality of Service (QoS) for packet flows traversing source-to-destination routes. TRAs are easy to execute, impossible to prevent, difficult to detect, and harmful to the QoS of honest nodes. Recognizing the need for providing...
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Multi-layered mineral glass units used as viewport elements of underwater ship structures
PublikacjaIn the paper, Authors deals with viewport elements of underwater marine constructions. If a single-plate viewport constructions are considered, big thicknesses of the glass plate are required to resist the pressure. To build the viewports from the commercially accessible glass panes, multi-layered glass units are proposed in the paper. Numerical calculations are presented, summarized and compared with experimental tests. Focusing...
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Strategies for computationally feasible multi-objective simulation-driven design of compact RF/microwave components
PublikacjaMulti-objective optimization is indispensable when possible trade-offs between various (and usually conflicting) design objectives are to be found. Identification of such design alternatives becomes very challenging when performance evaluation of the structure/system at hand is computationally expensive. Compact RF and microwave components are representative examples of such a situation: due to highly compressed layouts and considerable...
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Reinforced concrete thin wall dome after eighty years of operation in maritime climate environment
PublikacjaThe paper presents a description of the construction elements of the Gdynia Seaport main hall dome. Firstly, it provides information about the technical condition of the dome’s structure. Secondly, it examines the strength analysis of the thin-walled reinforced concrete dome covering. Throughout the last 80 years the building has been exposed to an unfavourable marine climate. The analysis of the state of stress and deformations...
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Recent Advances in Loop Heat Pipes with Flat Evaporator
PublikacjaThe focus of this review is to present the current advances in Loop Heat Pipes (LHP) with flat evaporators, which address the current challenges to the wide implementation of the technology. A recent advance in LHP is the design of flat-shaped evaporators, which is better suited to the geometry of discretely mounted electronics components (microprocessors) and therefore negate the need for an additional transfer surface (saddle)...
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Effect of wet Hydrogen Sulfide on Carbon Steels Degradation in Refinery Based on Case Study
PublikacjaMaterial degradation caused by wet hydrogen sulfide (Wet H2S) is one of the major issues in refineries. Carbon steel is the main construction material used in refineries and is subjected not only to thickness loss but the hydrogen is the major concern. H2S leads to high atomic hydrogen penetration in steel which causes degradation in the form of blistering and/or cracking (HIC/SOHIC) and stress cracking in the area of welds and...
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Generalization of Phylogenetic Matching Metrics with Experimental Tests of Practical Advantages
PublikacjaThe ability to quantify a dissimilarity of different phylogenetic trees is required in various types of phylogenetic studies, for example, such metrics are used to assess the quality of phylogeny construction methods and to define optimization criteria in supertree building algorithms. In this article, starting from the already described concept of matching metrics, we define three new metrics for rooted phylogenetic trees. One...
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Novel insights into conjugation of antitumor-active unsymmetrical bisacridine C-2028 with glutathione: characteristics of non-enzymatic and glutathione S-transferase-mediated reactions
PublikacjaUnsymmetrical bisacridines (UAs) are a novel potent class of antitumor-active therapeutics. A significant route of phase II drug metabolism is conjugation with glutathione (GSH), which can be non-enzymatic and/or catalyzed by GSH-dependent enzymes. The aim of this work was to investigate the GSH-mediated metabolic pathway of a representative UA, C 2028. GSH supplemented incubations of C-2028 with rat, but not with human, liver...
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The Effect of Laser Re-Solidification on Microstructure and Photo-Electrochemical Properties of Fe-Decorated TiO2 Nanotubes
PublikacjaFossil fuels became increasingly unpleasant energy source due to their negative impact on the environment; thus, attractiveness of renewable, and especially solar energy, is growing worldwide. Among others, the research is focused on smart combination of simple compounds towards formation of the photoactive materials. Following that, our work concerns the optimized manipulation of laser light coupled with the iron sputtering to...
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Combination of hydrodynamic cavitation and SR-AOPs for simultaneous degradation of BTEX in water
PublikacjaHydrodynamic cavitation (HC) is an emerging technology gaining interest in water treatment for use in elimination of a wide range of organic pollutants. The energy released during cavitation phenomenon has number of applications and, particularly, it can be utilized for activation of persulfate (PS) and peroxymonosulfate (PMS). In the present study, hybrid techniques: HC combined with persulfates – HC-PS and HC-PMS were tested...
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Ball milling induced borophene flakes fabrication
PublikacjaTo fill the knowledge gap for borophene, as the youngest member of the two-dimensional (2D)nanomaterials family, a facile, cost effective, scalable and reproducible fabrication route is still stronglyrequired. Among so far studied techniques the potential of pure mechanical processes such as ballmilling is not explored yet. Therefore, in this contribution, we explore the efficiency...
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Estimation of the Regenerative Braking Process Efficiency in Electric Vehicles
PublikacjaIn electric and hybrid vehicles, it is possible to recover energy from the braking process and reuse it to drive the vehicle using the batteries installed on-board. In the conditions of city traffic, the energy dissipated in the braking process constitutes a very large share of the total resistance to vehicle motion. Efficient use of the energy from the braking process enables a significant reduction of fuel and electricity consumption...
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Comparing phylogenetic trees using a minimum weight perfect matching
PublikacjaA phylogenetic tree represents historical evolutionary relationshipbetween different species or organisms. There are various methods for reconstructing phylogenetic trees.Applying those techniques usually results in different treesfor the same input data. An important problem is to determinehow distant two trees reconstructed in such a wayare from each other. Comparing phylogenetic trees is alsouseful in mining phylogenetic information...
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Badania i analiza uwarunkowań propagacyjnych w środowisku uprzemysłowionym
PublikacjaGłówne osiągnięcia rozprawy: - wykonanie – zgodnie z wymaganiami normatywnymi zawartymi w zaleceniach ITU-R – nowatorskich badań tłumienia sygnału radiowego na terenie Głębokowodnego Terminalu Kontenerowego (ang. Deepwater Container Terminal - DCT) w Gdańsku i zebranie obszernego materiału pomiarowego, liczącego blisko 290 tysięcy przypadków propagacyjnych, - przeprowadzenie statystycznych badań przydatności wybranych znanych modeli...
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The modyfication of the dynamic characteristics of vibratory conveyor
PublikacjaThe vibratory conveyors are used in the industry for continuous transportation of loose substances on distance up to 20meters. These conveyors are often suspended on expensive and massive frames, which are softly vibroisolated from the ground. As a result, they transfer significant dynamic forces on the ground. In case of 5 - 20 meter-long devices, the biggest construction problems are proper vibrations of the panel caused by bilateral...
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The concept of estimation of elevator shaft control measurement results in the local 3D coordinate system.
PublikacjaGeodetic control measurements play an important part because they provide information about the current state of repair of the construction, which has a direct impact on the safety assessment of its exploitation. Authors in this paper have focused on control measurements of the elevator shaft. The article discusses the problem of determining the deviation of elevator shaft walls from the vertical plane in the local 3D coordinate...
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Evidence-Based Risk Management for Civil Engineering Projects Using Bayesian Belief Networks (BBN)
PublikacjaThe authors are seeking new methods for improving the efficiency of the investments associated with the maintenance and operation of existing civil engineering structures. It is demonstrated how the knowledge about the elements of construction and operation phases and their relationships, combined with monitoring data can be used for more effective management of the risks associated with civil engineering projects. The methodology...
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Dynamic analysis of lightweight structure of the Viaduct Millau in France subjected to the wind fluctuations described by Karman’s and Davenport’s spectrum
PublikacjaThe article presents numerical simulations for wind impact modelling on the Millau Viaduct structure in France performed with two independent spectrum generation methods. The viaduct's construction in affected by strong forces, as it is situated in the Tarn river's valley. Thus, the loading coming from the wind cannot be modelled, the way it is in case of simple structures as static loading, but as a loading in a form of a spectrum...
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SSFR Test of Synchronous Machine for Different Saturation Levels using Finite-Element Method
PublikacjaIn this paper the StandStill Frequency Response characteristics (SSFR) of saturated synchronous generator (SG) have been calculated using Finite Element Method (FEM) analysis. In order to validate proposed approach for unsaturated conditions FEM simulation from Flux2D software has been compared with the measurements performed on the 10 kVA, 4- poles synchronous machine ELMOR GCe64a of salient rotor construction, equipped with a...
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Entanglement and Nonlocality are Inequivalent for Any Number of Parties
PublikacjaUnderstanding the relation between nonlocality and entanglement is one of the fundamental problems in quantum physics. In the bipartite case, it is known that these two phenomena are inequivalent, as there exist entangled states of two parties that do not violate any Bell inequality. However, except for a single example of an entangled three-qubit state that has a local model, almost nothing is known about such a relation in multipartite...
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Theoretical analysis of the cable-stayed bridge over brda river in Bydgoszcz
PublikacjaThe topic of this article is the numerical analysis carried out for the cable-stayed tram (road) bridge over Brda river in Bydgoszcz. The goal of numerical studies was the verification of project assumptions and construction solutions elaborated by the autonomous team. The bridge calculations were conducted on three independent FEM models The internal forces and the elements effort under different loading schemes were examined....
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Ground-based, Hyperbolic Radiolocation System with Spread Spectrum Signal - AEGIR
PublikacjaThe most popular radiolocation systems in the world (at present), is the American GPS (Global Positioning System). It is managed by the Department of Defense and there is always the possibility of the occasional inaccuracies or deliberate introduction of errors that prevent its use by the special services or armies of other countries than the U.S.A. This situation has spawned the need to develop an autonomous, ground-based radiolocation...