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Jedna z możliwości kształtowania charakterystyki rozpraszania energii w konstrukcji samochodu
No full textThe importance of safety among all the factors that are taken into account by customers when planning to buy a car has been highlighted. The main factors concerning the shaping of passive safety of a motor vehicle have been described and guidelines on the assessment methods to be employed at the research work in this field have been given. The energy dissipation vs. vehicle body deformation curves that may be observed at frontal collisions have been discussed. The curve shapes that may represent favourable or adverse impact of the energy dissipation characteristics on vehicle occupants. chances to survive inside the vehicle body have been indicated. To obtain favourable energy dissipation characteristics, the authors have proposed their own engineering solution in the design of longitudinal vehicle bodywork beams. The energy dissipation process was improved by reinforcing the longitudinal beam models with special elements welded to beam walls. An assumption was simultaneously made that the shape of the energy dissipation curve might be controlled by the type and arrangement of individual welds. The beam models were actually made and used as specimens tested on a strengthtesting machine at a certified laboratory at the BOSMAL Automotive Research and Development Institute in Bielsko-Biała. Energy dissipation curves determined for test specimens without and with the reinforcements have been presented herein. The test results obtained have been compared with each other and assessed in both qualitative and quantitative terms. The publication has been based on a student.s graduation work done by Michał Szuberla under the supervision of Kazimierz M. Romaniszyn.W publikacji opisano jak ważną rolę w wyborze samochodu przez klienta stanowi czynnik bezpieczeństwa. Opisano również główne czynniki dotyczące kształtowania bezpieczeństwa biernego samochodu i wytyczne badawcze dotyczące metod tej oceny. Omówiono spotykane przebiegi rozpraszania energii w zależności od przebiegu zgniotu nadwozia przy uderzeniu czołowym. Wskazano na przebiegi o charakterze korzystnym i niekorzystnym dla przeżycia ludzi wewnątrz nadwozia. Dla ukształtowania korzystnej charakterystyki rozpraszania energii zaproponowano własne rozwiązanie konstrukcyjne belki podłużnej w konstrukcji nadwozia. Poprawę przebiegu rozpraszania energii uzyskano przez wzmocnienie wykonanych próbek podłużnic specjalnymi elementami przyspawanymi do ścianek podłużnic. Założono przy tym, że przez rodzaj spoiny można wpływać na krzywą rozpraszania energii. Wykonano próbki i poddano je badaniom na maszynie wytrzymałościowej w certyfikowanym laboratorium Instytutu Badań i Rozwoju Motoryzacji BOSMAL w Bielsku Białej. Zaprezentowano przebiegi rozpraszania energii dla próbki bez wzmocnień i ze wzmocnieniami. Porównano i oceniono uzyskane wyniki zarówno pod względem jakościowym i ilościowym. Publikacja powstała na bazie pracy dyplomowej studenta M. Szuberli, promotor; K.M. Romaniszyn
Dr. Duane M. Jackson, Morehouse College, July 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Duane M. Jackson. Dr. Jackson talks about his paper, "Recall and the Serial Position Effect: The Role of Primacy and Recency on Accounting Students' Performance." Jackie Daniel, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
In “the dark cave of coffins” – a journey through the underworld in Juliusz Słowacki’s works
No full textThe present sketch analyses underground scenes from three dramas by Juliusz Słowacki: Mary Stuart, Kordian and Beatrix Cenci. They constitute a significant element of the creation not just of space and mood as such, but of the depth of the represented reality, and above all the depth of the characters, who – for various reasons – take decisions of evil or at least morally dubious deeds in isolated spaces, located underground or profoundly separated from the external world. In these texts, hidden, underground places become the space of revealing deeply concealed desires and intentions which the characters them selves often did not realize before. This is because a journey into the depths of the earth is a journey into the most profound interior of the human being, or, as Maria Janion puts it,
into “dark labyrinths of the soul”, corridors, dungeons and “cellars of the mind” 26, which also implies approaching some mystery (the mystery of nature, the mystery of the human psyche). It is also a descent towards our roots, into the source of the subconscious, to the causes of our actions.LIDIA ROMANISZYN-ZIOMEK – doktor nauk humanistycznych, adiunkt w Katedrze Polonistyki Akademii Techniczno-Humanistycznej w Bielsku-Białej. W swoich badaniach koncentruje się na literaturze XIX i XXI wieku. W latach 2013–2015 pracowała w Portugalii jako lektor języka polskiego na Uniwersytecie w Lizbonie. Jest autorką monografii Między filozofią a dramatem. „Maria Stuart”, „Balladyna”, „Beatryks Cenci”, Bielsko-Biała 2012, oraz współautorką książki „Gdzie ziemia się kończy, a morze zaczyna”. Szkice polsko-portugalskie, Katowice 2016.Akademia Techniczno-Humanistyczna w Bielsku-BiałejBachelard G., Wyobraźnia poetycka, przeł. H. Chudak i A. Tatarkiewicz, Warszawa 1975.Cirlot J.E., Słownik symboli, przeł. I. Kania, Kraków 2006.Janion M., Gorączka romantyczna, Kraków 2000.Słowacki J., Dzieła, red. J. Krzyżanowski, Wrocław 1959.Słownik literatury polskiej XIX wieku, red. J. Bachórz, A. Kowalczykowa, Wrocław 1991.Szturc W., Podróże do wnętrza ziemi. Novalis – Hölderlin, [w:] tegoż O obrotach sfer romantycznych. Studia o ideach i wyobraźni, Bydgoszcz 1996.Witkowska A., Przybylski R., Romantyzm, Warszawa 2000.4423123
"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States" By M. Carey.
No full text"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States: containing bried sketches of the moral and political character of those states.
By M. Carey, member of the American philosophical, and of the American Antiquarian Society, and author of The Olive Branch, Cindiciae Hibernicae, essays on banking, on political economy, and on internal improvement.
To which are now added the English editor's comments on the subject; together with Important Advice to Emigrants, and Cautions Against Impositions Practiced in the Outports
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Dr. Glendon Swarthout
No full textHosted by Roger M. Busfield, MSU Assistant Professor of Speech and Theater, Meet the Author is designed to introduce a general audience to a contemporary author and their work through in-depth interviews. This episode features a conversation between Dr. Glendon Swarthout, prolific author and English professor at MSU, and assistant professors Sam S. Baskett and Theodore B. Strandness
Simulation of thermal plant optimization and hydraulic aspects of thermal distribution loops for large campuses
No full textFollowing an introduction, the author describes Texas A&M University and its utilities system. After that, the author presents how to construct simulation models for chilled water and heating hot water distribution systems. The simulation model was used in a $2.3 million Ross Street chilled water pipe replacement project at Texas A&M University. A second project conducted at the University of Texas at San Antonio was used as an example to demonstrate how to identify and design an optimal distribution system by using a simulation model. The author found that the minor losses of these closed loop thermal distribution systems are significantly higher than potable water distribution systems. In the second part of the report, the author presents the latest development of software called the Plant Optimization Program, which can simulate cogeneration plant operation, estimate its operation cost and provide optimized operation suggestions. The author also developed detailed simulation models for a gas turbine and heat recovery steam generator and identified significant potential savings. Finally, the author also used a steam turbine as an example to present a multi-regression method on constructing simulation models by using basic statistics and optimization algorithms. This report presents a survey of the author??s working experience at the Energy Systems Laboratory (ESL) at Texas A&M University during the period of January 2002 through March 2004. The purpose of the above work was to allow the author to become familiar with the practice of engineering. The result is that the author knows how to complete a project from start to finish and understands how both technical and nontechnical aspects of a project need to be considered in order to ensure a quality deliverable and bring a project to successful completion. This report concludes that the objectives of the internship were successfully accomplished and that the requirements for the degree of Degree of Engineering have been satisfied
Intern experience at CH���M Hill, Inc.: an internship report
No full textIncludes author's vita"Submitted to the College of Engineering of Texas A&M University in partial
fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Engineering."Includes bibliographical referencesA review of the author's internship experience with CH���M HILL, Inc.
during the period September 1975 through May 1976 is presented. During this nine month
internship the author worked as an Engineer II in the Industrial Processes discipline of this
large consulting engineering firm... The author's prime responsibility was as one of three
lead design engineers on the design of a large wastewater treatment facility for a pulp mill
in Hoquiam, Washington owned by ITT Rayonier Inc. The work generally consisted of the design
of individual treatment units and associated piping and pumping. The purpose of the project
was to provide wastewater treatment capabilities that would satisfy the effluent limitations
(standards) imposed upon the mill by the State of Washington Department of Ecology and the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The author's assignment also entailed necessary
interaction with the project manager and other CH���M HILL design engineers and support staff
members, the client's representatives, and representatives of two other consulting engineering
firms working on the project. Thus, the internship position at CH���M HILL provided considerable
experience coordinating the author's work with the work of other engineers, guiding the design
and administrative efforts of a support staff, and interacting regularly with the client and
other consulting firms. This broad exposure to a variety of engineering and organizational
problems provided a valuable educational experience
Transition to turbulence in a qblique shock-wave/boundary-layer interaction at M=15
No full textDirect numerical simulations are carried out for different forcing techniques to trigger transition during the interaction between an oblique shock-wave and a laminar boundary-layer at M = 1.5. Three forcing methods are used: a) forcing of oblique unstable modes, whose shape and behaviour are determined by the local linear stability theory, b) broadband free-stream acoustic disturbances, and c) a cold plasma flow control device. While the oblique-mode breakdown is dominant for low-amplitude forcing, long streaky structures drive the transition process in a high-amplitude disturbance environment. LES are also performed on the experimental setup by the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ITAM) from Novosibirsk State University with cold plasma actuation. As well as the disturbance type, the effect of Reynolds number and forcing amplitude will be investigated
Letter from Cedrick M. Shimo to the Office of Redress Administration, June 4, 1991
No full textA letter from Cedrick M. Shimo to the Office of Redress Administration arguing that John Y. Udaka is entitled to a redress payment.These materials are from box 73 and 74 of the Frank Chin Papers. The Frank Chin Papers contain personal and professional correspondence between Frank Chin and Michi Weglyn relating to particular projects on which either author was working as well as files related to the Day of Remembrance Tribute to Michi Weglyn
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