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Although the volumes of fiber reinforced polymer composites (FRPs) used for aircraft applications is a relatively small percentage of total use, the materials often find their most sophisticated applications in this industry. In aerospace the performance criteria placed upon materials can be far greater than in other areas - key aspects are lightweight, high-strength, high-stiffness and good fatigue resistance. Composites were first used by the military before the technology was applied to commercial planes. Nowad...

The evolution of technology in the field of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has led to the miniaturization of the equipment on board these aircraft. The most used equipment mounted on a UAV is still the video sensor, with the help of which the video image from the aerial vehicle can be processed for dedicated applications (facility inspection, surveying and mapping, operational oversight, traffic control, etc.). In this paper, we present the prototyping of a three-axis gimbal using the direct drive technology to r...

In this paper were obtained waste/polymeric nanocomposites - polyamide waste (PAW) and polystyrene (PS), compatibilized with maleic anhydride grafted polystyrene, and reinforced with carbon nanofibers (CF). PolyamideWaste / polystyrene (PAW / PS) composites are studied because both components are relatively cheap, with beneficial properties, and can be processed by injection. Compatibility of polymer and waste compounds can be achieved by adding a grafted copolymer, the segments of which have physical or chemical ...

A designed protection system should not fail once or under a small number of hits. Tests to assess ballistic protection are expensive and numerous. The simulations support engineers in limiting the number and complexity of impact tests. This paper discusses the failure mechanisms and simulated impact phases between a bullet (similar to 9 mm FMJ) and a panel made of 8-layers, 12-layers and 16-layers, at two impact velocities, 373 m/s and 420 m/s. respectively. The 8-layers and 16-layers simulations are compared to ...

Purification of aqueous solutions from radionuclide contamination is an extremely problematic topic, which is the subject of many scientific papers. This scientific topic is very relevant to Ukraine. In particular, the synthetic adsorbents - activated carbon, zeolites, metal oxide-adsorbents TiO2, titanium or zirconium phosphates, ion exchange resins, etc., are often used for the removal of heavy metal cations Pb (II), Cd (II), Ba (II), Hg (II), Sr (II) as well as some anions Cl-, F- from the aquatic environment. ...

The rapeseed oil is a promising eco-friendly lubricant for applications involving environment protection. But any vegetal oil has shortcuts especially related to low viscosity and thermal stability. Research in additivation with nanoparticles is of interest for improving load capability of the contact and for reducing wear. Other tribological characteristics, as friction coefficient, could oscillate around values offered by the neat vegetal oil, with more or less influence of the system behavior. The four-ball tes...

Modern town and regional planning was shaped institutionally under the conditions of industrialisation and the associated growth in the economy and population in towns and industrial agglomerations. The aim is to manage this growth and create the conditions for its continuance with the smallest possible negative impacts on conditions. The main resources for ensuring problem-free growth consists of seeking out suitable areas for the construction of new housing and industrial plants, and the regulation of constructi...

Currently, for the development of industry, it is very important and relevant to create materials with improved properties and parameters. The creation of composite materials based on polymers is promising. YBa2Cu3O6+x (YBCO) particles, according to the Le Chatelier principle, absorb oxygen atoms from the surrounding macromolecules of the matrix, causing a decrease in the volume of the polymer. The effect of nanodisperse fillers from YBa2Cu3O6+x in polyimide composite films on the interactions between macromolecul...

Interest in polymer materials with a metallized coating is growing every day. Polyimide (PI) with high heat-resistant properties and a low coefficient of thermal expansion is one of the promising materials for metallization. Polyimide metallized films are used as highly reflective materials for space technologies, and they are also used to produce materials for adaptive and flexible optical devices. Polyimides have good dielectric properties. The process of metallization of polyimide films is studied and the optim...

Progress in new technologies brings with it unknown dangers and risks. The biggest development of the last few years is the use and production of fine and ultrafine particles (aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 ?m), which, according to new studies, may have a negative impact on human health. It is very important to deal with this problem, especially from the point of view of workers who are at the front line of contact with these new materials, and it means that they are also at the greatest risk. There is yet no ...

Wheat (Triticum L.) is a cereal which has a unique role in the global economy due to its technological and production value. The aim of this paper was to highlight the variation of the amount of mineral substances from thirty one varieties of wheat grains cultivated in Romania, from various origins such as: Romanian, German, French, Austrian, etc. Twenty-four grains samples were of common wheat (Triticum aestivum), two wheat samples were of Triticum monococcum and five wheat samples were of Triticum spelta. All th...

The blood parameters of rats under repeated inhalation exposure to copper oxide (II) nanoparticles aerosol (CuO NPs) compared to the microdispersed analogue (CuO MPs) have been studied and evaluated. According to the results of the study of the size, specific surface area, and total volume of pores, it was found that the sample under test is a nanomaterial. Rats were exposed to aerosols of aqueous suspensions of CuO NPs and CuO MPs for 10 days at 4 h/day in an inhalation system with a full-body chamber. The actual...

Currently, the task of modifying the technological properties of mineral raw materials for the construction industry, road construction and the oil industry based on clay in order to obtain the specified characteristics, provided that the production cost is reduced, is relevant. The results of the study of the acid-base characteristics of the clay suspension surface without and in the presence of modifying additives that improve the plasticity of the mass, reduce shrinkage and crack formation in baked ceramics are...

The universities in Bulgaria operate in a very dynamic environment. The Ministry of Education and Science (MES) changes annually the requirements that their systems must meet. Changes can be small and affect only parts of the information systems in use or impose fundamental changes. To cope with this challenge, each university has a choice - either to move to a high level of digitalization or to maintain a minimum digitization of processes, so that no correction is needed in them, thus increasing the hours of work...

A directional coupler is a passive device designed to divide the power between its outputs in a given ratio. The value of this ratio depends on the resistances of the segments with which the device is assembled. It is important to understand how the miniaturization efficiency of a 3 dB directional coupler varies at different operating frequencies. Modeling and calculation of the characteristics of the devices was carried out in a specialized program Cadence AWR. The first step in the work was the design of taps ac...

The fixture of optical elements in optomechanical assemblies is a field that develops depending on ever-increasing demands on optical systems, namely on their performance, the accuracy of the fit for the lenses, on the installation space, the resistance of the assemblies, etc. Equally important is the view in terms of the production demand for such a system, which is also growing. The article presented here deals with a theoretical understanding of the issues concerning the free bonding of lenses, i.e. fitting the...

The matrix of silicon carbide (SiC) is sufficiently rigid and strong, but in order to fully realize its potential capabilities, it is necessary to reduce its fragility and increase its reliability when used under shock loading conditions, which is achieved by creating ceramic composites based on it. Zirconia (ZrO2) was chosen as a hardening additive, since it has very high resistance to crack propagation and thermal, electrical, optical, strength, and other properties. Stabilization of the cubic phase of zirconia ...

The article reports on detection of toxic effect of nanosized magnesium oxide on brain tissue of laboratory animals that have been given the substances via inhalation and orally. The experiment was performed on mature adult male Wistar rats (weight 250±15 g) and on BALB/C mice (weight 25±2 g). Detection of the nanoscale magnesium oxide toxic effects on brain tissue was conducted using multifractal image analysis of histology preparations with application of the binarization and constructing Voronoi diagrams from g...

Paper presents usage of viscoelastic material in the body of turning tool holder in order to damp the vibrations in the turning process. The standard approach to designing is the strength and stiffness based designing resulting from static material properties. However, each dynamically loaded structure is the subject of vibrations. Thus the dynamic material properties (damping measures) are of equal importance as vibrations are a part of the machines and devices performance. Their occurrence cannot be prevented be...

Currently, the urgent task associated with the development and production of new, cheaper, building materials. Rocks have a reserve of free internal energy, which is determined by the method of their formation. The use of this energy reserve can reduce the work that needs to be done during the technological transformation of raw materials in the production of building materials. In this paper, it is proposed to evaluate the efficiency of using various finely dispersed systems to use as a criterion - surface activi...

One of the most important parameters of pavement serviceability in terms of view road safety is without doubt skid resistance. By now, a number of different methods and devices have been developed for both friction and texture evaluation. However, while measurements of friction coefficients tend to be subject to a large number of boundary conditions, texture measurements are affected by device limits without the possibility of detecting surface irregularities at the microtexture level, which appears to be crucial ...

Based on the nanomaterials market research, the global production of cobalt (II, III) oxide (Co3O4), aluminum oxide (Al2O3) and magnesium oxide (MgO) nanoparticles is large-scale (> 100 tons/year), which leads to their contamination of environmental objects and accumulation in organisms. Research and scientific forecasting of the potential hazard and the features of the accumulation of Co3O4, Al2O3, and MgO nanoparticles have been carried out. According to the research results of the physical properties of the tes...

The work is devoted to the synthesis of epoxy derivatives based on hexachlorocyclotriphosphazene. The aim of this study is to synthesize a new epoxyphosphazene binder with reduced functionality, due to which the mass fraction of phosphorus in the synthesized compound increases, as well as its viscosity decreases, which makes it possible to fine-tune the density of the network formed during the curing of the binder. To achieve this aim, the tasks of choosing of mono- and difunctional substituents of chlorine atoms ...

This article presents the results of the studies that were conducted by the authors for determining the influence of the cycles of heat treatments on the structure and mechanical properties of dual-phase steel with a low manganese content. For the research in discussion, was used an alloy with 0.094% C and 0.53% Mn which was subjected to several cycles of heat treatments (consisting of full annealing, normalizing, subcritical annealing, full quenching, intercritical quenching). The metallographic analyzes were per...

The article presents results of the studies conducted by the authors for determining the influence of the structure succession on the volume fraction of martensite and ferrite microhardness in a dual-phase steel with low manganese content. For the research in discussion, an alloy with 0.094% C and 0.53% Mn (Si, Cr, Ni, Mo, Al, Cu, P, and S below 0.1%) was used. This alloy was subjected to several cycles of heat treatments (consisting of full annealing, normalizing, subcritical annealing, full quenching, intercriti...

Purified natural clinoptilolite as well as clinoptilolite converted into hydrogen and sodium form have been contacted with 0.1 mol/L silver nitrate solution at a ratio solid to liquid equal to 1 to 20, in order to load silver ions (Ag+) on the zeolite support. It has been found that sodium modified clinoptilolite exchanged in highest degree Ag+ ions, followed by natural zeolite. Preliminary transformation of natural clinoptilolite into hydrogen form leads to decreasing of zeolite ability to bind Ag+ ions. The kine...

Nanoparticles, due to small size and capacity to remain in suspension, are very efficient to remediate aquifers contaminated. However, due to their small size, while nanoparticles are traveling through porous media, they can rapidly aggregate, causing their settling and deposition. These phenomena produce issues for in situ remediation, such as the loss in chemical reactivity and the unknowing about the nanoparticles distribution when they are injected in situ. Laboratory experiment has been carried out with groun...

Silicon carbide is a promising material for heat-loaded units due to its high strength at elevated (up to 1500 °C) temperatures and excellent thermal conductivity. Silicon carbide ceramics is widely used for structural applications, yet production of such materials belongs to extremely energy-consuming industries, thus it becomes an important task to carefully adjust ceramics compositions and methods of manufacturing. The present paper discusses the correlation between mechanical behaviour (dependent variable, cal...

One of the possible ways of transition to the eco-friendly energy is widening the use of the solar cells. It requires the enhancement of their efficiency and the reduction of the cost of manufacture. One of the most common tools for producing silicon films for the solar cells is the Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD). The present paper describes a new Particle-In-Cell code for simulation of the PECVD reactor. The goal of the research is the optimization of real PECVD reactor by means of the simulati...

Large territories in many countries of the world are occupied by tailings after placer gold excavation, including Russia (the Urals, Altai, Yakutia, Chukotka, etc.). The technologies of gold excavation for placers were intended for extraction of the most wide-spread gold grains. As a result, small gold particles were often removed in tailings. Long period of staying of fine gold particles in tailings has been accompanying the process of ?new? metal (secondary gold) origin. Detailed investigations of ?new? gold (gr...

The cement industry, along with metallurgy, electric power, chemistry, and mechanical engineering, determines the economic potential and level of industrial development of any country. The role of cement in modern construction is very large, at the moment it cannot be replaced by anything equivalent. At the same time, cement production is extremely resource-and energy consumption industry, and its production accompanied by a large amount of greenhouse gases. According to forecasts of scientists, emissions of carbo...

Various eco-friendly and cost-effective hydrocarbons clean-up methods based on natural sorbents were developed and tested, in order to prevent the massive environmental damage due to the petroleum spills. Among these sorbents, natural zeolitic tuffs are easily available and have numerous adsorptive properties that make them appropriate for the removal of petroleum substances. This study aims to preliminary investigate the sorption capacity of natural zeolites from a deposit located at Racos, Brasov County, Romania...

At present, the issue of environmental protection is very important in the world. In Portland cement production a large amount of greenhouse gas is released, namely 8 % of all world anthropogenic emissions. CO2 emissions from cement production are associated with fuel combustion and decomposition of limestone during firing of the raw mixture. Scientists around the world are trying to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide released by replacing the main component of cement ? clinker with various additives. In recent y...

The research and evaluation of calcium oxide nanoparticles? (CaO) accumulation and toxicity when ingested orally were carried out. The results, obtained after the study of CaO nanopowder by scanning electron microscopy method, demonstrate, that a large proportion of particles in its composition have a size of up to 100 nm, a rounded shape and a smooth surface, while the microparticles of the chemical analog have a cubic shape with a rough surface. According to the death rate, LD50 values were calculated for male W...

In a study over a two-month period, identifying the volatile compounds of potential odorous substances (hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, benzene, toluene, xylene, etc.), which periodically spread in the area adjacent to the Free Port of Riga and have a negative impact on the quality of life and health of residents of these areas. Potential sources of odours were identified as far as possible and the results obtained were assessed in the context of complaints from citizens and the results obtained in the reference measur...

The aim of this work is to experimentally study the synthesis of carbon nanotubes and nanofibers by catalytic pyrolysis of methane-hydrogen mixtures, as well as to develope a kinetic scheme that takes into account the accelerating and suppressing effect of hydrogen on pyrolysis. Carbon nanotubes were synthesized in a laboratory kinetic setup with a vertical quartz reactor at a temperature of 700?. The oxide system (Fe0.45Co0.15Al0.40)2O3 obtained by combustion method was taken as a catalyst. The hydrogen concentra...

The research of 2D carbon-based nanomaterials has become very intensive since the discovery of graphene. Many different preparation procedures of graphene and graphene derivatives have been reported. The aim of this paper was to prepare and characterize partially oxidized graphite oxides, which were prepared from nanographite by adding different amounts of potassium permanganate as an oxidizing agent. The C/O ratio was evaluated from X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy, and elemental a...

Being released into the environment, the nanosized particles are present in it in the form of a colloid. At the same time, the colloid has an ability to change its properties, including its dimensionality, depending on the physical conditions, as well as composition of the dispersing medium. Nevertheless, this circumstance is irrelevant when assessing the risk associated with the spread of nanosized particles in the environment. The conditions under which the colloid retains its property of nanoscale dimensionalit...

Heat exchangers are important components of cryogenic installations. The modern and advanced cryogenic systems have bulky heat exchangers, weigh tens of tons, are made of copper and its alloys, stainless steel or aluminum. The main challenge in the field is related to the need to reduce size and weight of the heat exchangers by using appropriate construction shape and modern materials. Heat exchangers used in cryogenics can be divided into three main groups: tubular, spiral and efficient or compact exchangers. In ...

The bactericidal properties of silver and its compounds are known for a long time. Silver has antimicrobial properties against a wide range of microorganisms, not only bacteria, but also some fungi, as well as viruses. However, several mechanisms have been identified for the formation of resistance to silver in bacteria. It?s relevant to search for new reagents, which would increase the aggressive stability of the argentum?s compounds. Purpose is study of the influence of various chemical nature SAS on the aggrega...

It is shown that the corrosion-electrochemical behavior of coatings with iron (cobalt) tungsten alloys depends on the content of the refractory component, and the increase in chemical resistance in an acidic medium is due to the formation of acidic tungsten oxides on the surface. The use of artificial neural networks allowed us to identify the most significant parameters that determine the corrosion resistance of alloys. Electrolysis was carried out in a glass cell for a two-electrode scheme using planar positione...

In this study, the antibacterial properties of pharmaceutical grade kaolin modified with copper were tested to determine its suitability to be used in pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications. Both kaolin?s and copper?s antimicrobial activity have been highlighted by multiple researches. The sample was prepared by submerging the kaolin into saturated CuCl2 solution in order to load the nanoparticles with copper, utilizing the cation exchange capacity (CEC). Mineralogical analysis was conducted by X-ray diffraction...

The purpose of the paper is to obtain a new composite material based on chemically functionalized nanoparticles dispersed in plastomer matrix. The dispersion of the ZnO nanoparticles in a plastomer matrix (PETr) leads to a high-performance polymeric material with multi-functional, antibacterial, and plastomer-specific processing properties. In this paper, elastomeric nanocompound materials were selected, due to performance properties such as: antimicrobial, resistance to aggressive chemical agents, mechanical prop...

Nowadays, emulsions have been increasingly studied due to their application in different fields such us cosmetic, agriculture, pharmaceutical, paint and oil industries. Essential oils were widely used in the cosmetic industry as antimicrobial and antioxidant agents. This study investigated essential oil entrapment in beeswax in order to prolong its biological activities as oil in water (O/W) emulsion. Moreover, one of this work aim was to achieve stable beeswax-essential oil (extracted from Rosmarinus Officinalis,...

The ultimate goal of this study is to obtain antimicrobial textiles, useful in various skin infections with different bacterial strains, due to the unique properties of contained essential oils, such as: antimicrobial and antiinflamatory effects. Four different matrices of biologic active systems in forms of stable emulsions were used in this study, namely: bee wax ? essential oil, chitosan ? agar ? essential oil, xanthan gum ? essential oil, xanthan gum ? gelatin ? essential oil and four different types of essent...

This article describes the design of a compact Wilkinson coupler with an operating frequency of 1000 MHz. This device belongs to the class of power dividers, which are widely used in various microwave systems. The classical design consists of two segments of the transmission line with a length of a quarter of the wavelength, which are connected through the resistance R with a nominal value of 100 Ohms. The presence of resonant segments leads to the fact that the device has large dimensions at low frequencies of th...

Directional couplers implemented on two pairwise identical segments of the transmission line, have only one working bandwidth. In order to organize the performance of the structure on two ranges or more, it is necessary to make design changes to the standard device. For example, for operation at two frequencies, idle plumes are added to the design of the coupler. However, this has further increased the dimensions of the coupler, especially at low frequencies, and in some cases the design may be practically unsuita...

Currently the problem of surface water quality is relevant and requires urgent solution. There is an intensive growth of rivers? water using those results in deterioration of water quality and hydrological regime. In the conditions of the Mykolaiv region (Ukraine) local water resources are limited. The present situation is aggravated by anthropogenic pollution of surface and groundwater by utilities and agrarian sector. Monitoring surveys of surface water quality are an important tool for environmental assessment ...

The energy consumes for district or industrial heating and electrical energy are in most of cases concomitant. The paper analyses from the point of view of the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics the advantages of producing heat and mechanical power each one individually or through cogeneration. It is clearly pointed out that the energy balance induces the idea that the most efficient conversion process is to produce heat in an individual boiler while the mechanical power production in a steam turbine system i...

Using the open-source library for calculations in the field of kinetics and thermodynamics Cantera, a software module has been developed. Computer simulation of dry reforming of methane in a membrane reactor-contactor has been performed. The one-dimensional mathematical model of gas flow in a porous catalytic coating is used. The influence of a number of parameters, such as characteristics of pores of catalytic membrane coating, and the temperature and the flow rate of the gas mixture on the dry reforming of metha...