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The aim of the article is to present an original method of speed control and simultaneous stroke of the piston rods of two pneumatic cylinders using potentiometric position transducers, pneumatic solenoid valves, properly scaled throttle-check valves, solenoid valves and a microcontroller with power modules for solenoid valves. Initial experimental studies of the control system for simultaneous displacement...
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This paper reports the experimental results of a study investigating the effect of CFRP strengthening of metallic structures for increasing fatigue life. In the study, samples made form puddled steel and mild S235 grade steel strengthened with CFRP strips were examined. Samples were subjected to tensile fatigue loading with a stress ratio R of 0.115 and 0.130 (mild steel samples) and 0.13/1.25/0.15/1...
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The aim of this paper is to present a new method for generating random pairwise comparison matrices with a given inconsistency ratio (CR) interval using inconsistency reduction algorithms. Pairwise comparison (PC) is a popular technique for multi-criteria decision-making, its purpose is to assign weights to the compared entities, thus ranking them from best to worst. The presented method combines...
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The paper presents an assessment of the effect of artificial aging conditions on the properties of varnish coating systems used for effective masking of military equipment and the service life of this type of coating protections was determined. As part of the research, operational exposures were simulated in the form of: accelerated corrosion tests in an artificial atmosphere in accordance with PN-EN...
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The main objective of the presented research is to analyze the dynamics of table motion of a CNC FV580A 3-axis milling machine during machining with fixed technological cutting parameters. The research includes the measurement of velocity, acceleration and deceleration, as well as distance and time parameters related to the movement of the machine's table during starting and braking during work tests...
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A set of experiments having in target determination of fracture resistance was performed on the Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) composites specimens with an additional monitoring of damage onset and evolution with a so-called Acoustic Emission (AE) technique. The AE technique is a non-destructive material testing method, which enables registering the phenomena usually not audible with a human ear -...
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The aim of this study is to check how the change fiber configuration and geometric parameters affect the stability of a thin-walled angle column under compression. Buckling analysis of thin-walled structures made of bio-laminates was presented. Short angles with different configurations of reinforcing fibers and geometric parameters were studied. The laminate under analysis had a matrix made of epoxy...
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One of the basic trends in the automotive industry today is to achieve the most acceptable ratio between the total weight of the car to its overall performance and utility properties. Reducing the weight of cars is largely due to the use of new materials, where composite materials offer a wide space for their application. Composite materials have their specific properties which is very beneficial...
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This paper presents a numerical study on the stability of composite channel-section profiles weakened by cut-outs. Profiles were made from carbon fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) laminates and subjected to compression load. Numerical analysis carried out in the Abaqus software allowed us to determine the value of the buckling load and the corresponding buckling form. Four different laminate lay-ups...
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The publication covers the complex process of analyzing the accuracy of mapping models produced in AM (Additive Manufacturing) processes with a thermoplastic material – FFF (Fused Filament Fabrication) and polymerization of light-curing resin – PolyJet. The research was conducted with the use of an advanced optical measuring system – the GOM Atos 3D scanner. The part selected for the research in question...
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In the paper stages of the process of constituting a surface with the texture of the injection mold of a wheeled vehicle steering wheel using laser technology was discusses. During micromachining process with texturing there is a 5-axis CNC-controlled CNC machine TOOL LASERTEC 65 Shape used with a rigid monoBLOCK structure with Siemens 840D sl control, equipped with a fiber laser with a power of 100W,...
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The purpose of the paper is to evaluate the processes of welding aluminum alloys in terms of their applicability to the process of prefabrication of ship structures. The prefabrication process requires solving a number of problems related to the welding processes used (e.g. the problem of welding incompatibilities, deformations). Therefore, the key issue is to choose the right welding process, which...
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The rapid increase in the number of cars in Lithuania and abroad every year (Statistics of traffic accidents in Lithuania), ensuring road safety is becoming an increasingly important and relevant aspect for road users and other responsible institutions. In the statistics of traffic accidents in Lithuania, no information is provided according to the nature of the vehicle collision, nor is there any...
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The article discusses the current state of development of supersonic transport, analyses the main limitation of the use of gas turbine engines when flying at high supersonic flight speeds, proposes a method for expanding the range of GTE limitations in these flight modes of the aircraft, using cold forcing of the engine, conducts an analytical study of the effectiveness of this approach, proposes...
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Developing aluminum with good mechanical properties like hardness, tensile strength, and normal flow stress, Equal Channel Angular Extrusion (ECAE) method has been suggested as a suitable metal forming process. The load applied and extrusion temperature normally infl uences the flow stress behavior in extruded products and de- termine their mechanical properties. Consequently, how these factors affect...
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The quality of machine components surfaces plays an important impact on their functional performance. Product performance may be restricted by changes to surface integrity, which includes changes to roughness, hardness, and microstructure. In this research, the impact of cutting variables in CNC turning under the conventional cooling condition on surface hardness of Duplex Stainless Steel. Cutting...
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Self-excited vibration is a significant constraint on productivity and production quality, which makes various forms of virtual machining widely used to find stable conditions before starting the actual machining operation. Numerical simulation of self-excited vibration, although much slower than analytical solutions, makes it possible to consider the nonlinearity of the process and its continuous...
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The publications increasingly describe the support of production processes in both manufacturing and assembly areas. The support in industry is due, among other things, to the insufficient manpower, the need to improve productivity or to increase reliability of production in terms of errors. This article presents an example of an industrial implementation in the welding area. The main objective of...
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Agricultural Engineering > 2023 > Vol. 27, No. 1 > 11--32
In India, drip irrigation with plastic mulch is a common practise for irrigation that conserves water. For the design and administration of irrigation regimes, a thorough understanding of the distribution and flow of soil water in the root zone is required. It has been demonstrated that simulation models are effective tools for this purpose. In this work, an automated drip-irrigated Okra field with...
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Agricultural Engineering > 2023 > Vol. 27, No. 1 > 1--10
This paper proposes a new biostimulant coating for soybean seeds. The aim of the study was to create a coating for Glycine max (L.) Merr. soybean seeds, using root infusion from Arctium lappa L. as a biostimulant component. The effectiveness of the produced coating was evaluated in a three-year field study. The analysis of the effectiveness of the developed coating was based on the evaluation of plant...
