dr inż. Rafał Gawarkiewicz | Gdańsk University of Technology

Przewóz opakowań PET na paletach obarczony jest coraz większym ryzykiem ich odkształcania się pod wpływem obciążenia masą kolejnych warstw butelek. Doświadczenie pokazuje, że w transporcie opakowań PET o dużej objętości (5-6 litrów) decydującym elementem jest wytrzymałość osiowa górnej części opakowania. W artykule omówiono wybrane wyniki z szeroko przeprowadzonych analiz numerycznych wykonanych w celu określenia kształtu górnej...

Abstract: The presented study shows the results of the research into the squeeze film levitation phenomena. The system introduced in the investigation is composed of a vibrating surface, air squeeze film, and the surface of the body freely suspended over the film. The use of the CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) model used in the system allows us to determine the steady state, periodic behavior of the air film (described by Navier–Stokes,...

The literature describes acoustic levitation phenomena with the utilization of air squeeze film between the vibrating inducer and the lifted object. The objective of the study is to determine the shape of the inducer with vibration characteristics that would allow the levitation of an object of the assumed geometry. In this paper, the influence of the dimension ratio of the inducer on the frequency of the first mode of vibration...

During the operation of wind turbines with gearbox of traditional configuration, consisting of one planetary stage and two helical stages high failure rate of high speed shaft bearings is observed. Such a high failures frequency is not reflected in the results of standard calculations of bearing durability. Most probably it can be attributed to atypical failure mechanism. The authors studied problems in 1.5 MW wind turbines of...

Increasing requirements for environmental protection make it necessary to introduce new materials and designs. Hydroelectric power plants operating in direct contact with water reservoirs and rivers are potentially endangering water cleanliness, hence they should also be modernized in the way minimizing the environmental hazards. A lot of progress in this field has been achieved in last decades, but still there is much work to...