Method of Calculating Short-Wavelength-Ratio-Based Color Temperature Supporting the Measurement of Real-Time Natural Light Characteristics through RGB Sensor

The characteristics of natural light are mostly collected through specialized measuring equipment, such as a spectroradiometer, and some suggested measurement methods through a small RGB sensor. However, specialized measuring equipment presents difficulty in its high cost, and the RGB-sensor-based method has the limitation of being unable to measure the wavelength characteristics of natural light that are needed to implement lighting that supports circadian rhythms. This paper presents a method for calculating the short-wavelength-ratio-based color temperature of natural light in real time. First, an analysis of the correlation between the characteristics of natural light collected through a spectroradiometer was performed to determine the factors that were needed to accurately measure the color temperature of natural light. Then, the short-wavelength ratio of natural light was calculated through chromaticity coordinates (x and y), which are output values of the RGB sensor, and an equation for calculating the color temperature of natural light was derived through the short-wavelength ratio. Furthermore, after producing an RGB-sensor-based device, the derived equation was applied to calculate the color temperature of real-time natural light that reflects the wavelength characteristics. Then, as a result of the performance evaluation of the proposed method, the color temperature of natural light was accurately calculated within 1% of the average error rate.

Investigation of Thermophysical Properties of AW-2024-T3 Bare and Clad Aluminum Alloys

In this paper, thermophysical and viscoelastic dynamic mechanical measurements (DMA) were performed for bare and clad aluminum AW-2024-T3 alloys. Specific heat, thermal diffusivity, and dynamic module (storage and loss) tests were performed in the range of 50 to 500 °C, except for DMA ones (RT–400 °C). All tests were carried out using the following specialized measuring stands: a light flash apparatus (LFA), differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), and a dynamic mechanical analyzer (DMA). The microstructures and compositions of alloys were investigated by light microscope (LM), scanning electron microscope (SEM), and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). Furthermore, Vickers micro-hardness measurements were conducted prior to and after DSC studies. Different precipitation kinetics of the θ′ and S′ metastable phases in the bare 2024-T3 compared to the clad alloy were observed by DSC. Additionally, the DSC results for a few selected scan rates were analyzed by the Kissinger method to give activation energies for the precipitation of θ′ and S′ metastable phases in the alloys. The apparent activation energy of the θ′ and S′ phases corresponds to 137.1 ± 4.4 kJ· mol−1 for the bare alloy and 131.0 ± 6.0 (exo) and 104.1 ± 2.1 (exo) (two peaks) for the clad alloy.

Investigation of Thermophysical Properties of Three Barrel Steels

In this paper, thermal diffusivity and heat capacity measurements were performed for three types of barrel steel, 38HMJ (1.8509), 30HN2MFA, and duplex (1.4462). Thermal diffusivity tests as a function of temperature were performed in the range of room temperature (RT) to 500 °C, and specific heat in the range of RT to 1000 °C. All tests were carried out using NETZSCH specialized measuring stands: LFA 467 light flash apparatus and DSC 404 F1 Pegasus differential scanning calorimeter. In the measurements of thermal diffusivity, the reference material Inconel 600 was used. This made it possible to determine thermal conductivity and specific heat as a function of the temperature of barrel steel. The results of specific heat tests of the 38HMJ and the 30HN2MFA steels show a ferrite–austenite phase transition in the 750–810 °C temperature range. This transition was not observed in the duplex steel.

Study of the fire dynamics in a burning car and analysis of the possibilities for transfer of fire to a nearby vehicle

A full scale experiment was carried out on the process of vehicle combustion and the ignition of an adjacent one. For this purpose, specialized measuring equipment (thermocouples and infrared camera) is used to determine the temperature field of the burning car and nearby vehicle. The burning car has 16 thermocouples mounted on it and one thermocouple mounted on the adjacent car in order to examine the heat transfer process. The temperature field between cars at different points of time is detected by an infrared camera, with a clear change in the temperature gradient in the presence of wind. It is one of the main reasons for the increased momentum of heat transfer. The research shows that with the available combustible load of the car (2,1 MW or around the average for the currently produced cars), the ignition of the neighbouring vehicle is expected around 14 minutes after the ignition of the main vehicle, with the ignition zone being in the engine compartment. Important information was obtained for both the dynamics of the burning vehicle and the temperature field between the two cars.

A Method for Determination of the Minimal Thickness of the Cutting Layer during Precision Machining Performed with the Indexable Cutting Tools

Under the influence of the pressure caused by the application of the cutting edge on the surface of the workpiece elastic waves are generated. Waves propagate in the material in every possible direction and can be identify by specialized measuring equipment. Acoustic emission phenomenon was used to determine the beginning of decohesion process. The article presents a new method for determination of the decohesion process during peripheral milling performed with the indexable cutting tools on samples made out of titanium based alloy and nickel based alloy.

Interrogation zone determination in HF RFID systems with multiplexed antennas

The operation of an anti-collision RFID system is characterized by the interrogation zone which should be estimated in any direction of 3D space for a group of electronic transponders. The interrogation zone should be as large as possible. However, the many problems in this area are due to the fact that energy can be transferred to transponders only on a limited distance. The greatest flexibility in developing RFID applications and shaping the interrogation zone can be achieved using the system with an antenna multiplexer. Therefore the problem of the interrogation zone determination in HF RFID systems with two orthogonal RWD antennas is presented in the paper. The perceived issues have been effectively dealt with and the solution has been proposed on the basis of the elaborated model. Conducted studies have been used to develop the software tool JankoRFIDmuxHF in the Mathcad environment. The research results are analysed in an example system configuration. The specialized measuring stand has been used for experimental verification of the identification efficiency. The convergence of the measurements and calculations confirms a practical usefulness of the presented concept of interrogation zone determination in anti-collision systems. It also shows the practical utility of the developed model and software tools.