Andrzej Jakubowski

• Doctor of Engineering
• Maritime University of Szczecin

The maritime industry, central to global trade, faces critical challenges related to energy efficiency and environmental sustainability due to significant energy loss from waste heat in marine engines. This review investigates the potential of waste heat recovery (WHR) technologies to enhance operational efficiency and reduce emissions in marine sy...

The scientific aim of this paper is to analyse the topicality of the turbocharger explosions and to attempt to answer the question of whether some technical characteristics of the engine can be perceived as directly connected with the risk of the turbocharger explosion. Moreover, our objective was also to calculate the turbocharger explosion probab...

The scientific aim of this paper is to analyse the topicality of the turbocharger explosions and to attempt to answer the question of whether some technical characteristics of the engine can be perceived as directly connected with the risk of the turbocharger explosion. Moreover, our objective was also to calculate the turbocharger explosion probab...

Based on available sources, the frequency of explosions in the marine engine’s starting air manifolds is determined under real conditions. A cause-and-effect analysis of these explosions and their root causes are identified. A probabilistic model of an explosion in the starting air manifold of a marine engine is built using a fault tree analysis (F...

J. Mar. Sci. Eng., Volume 10, Issue 12 (December 2022) – 240 articles Cover Story (view full-size image): The use of modern high-powered internal combustion engines is inevitably associated with the risk of a fire or an explosion. The most important places where such risks occur are during the operation of a low-speed crosshead engine. Based on av...

Centrifuge is a good knew type of machines for liquid separation. Given work touches the compact, high-speed biological centrifugal machine, designed before FEA epoch, but permanently produced and exploited till now. So some kind of FEA-audit of old, intuitive design is provided here. FEA-simulation was based on the experience gained at rotating te...

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Paper concerns to contact simulation by the finite element method for "freely piled solids" systems. The antique facade of the Parthenon temple is taken for simulation as an example. Marble drums and blocks are held together only by gravity and friction. Multiplicity of contact pressure patterns inside columns are disclosed. Surface compression con...

Research of breakage of the chestnut tree branch on the planting of university campus is provided. Collapse is caused by a severe accidental wind gust. Due to collapse in the student environment, the investigation has additional methodical value for the teaching of FEA simulation. The model includes roots, trunk, branch, and conditional crown, wher...

Large crankshafts are highly susceptible to flexural deformation that causes them to undergo elastic deformation as they revolve, resulting in incorrect geometric measurements. Additional structural elements (counterweights) are used to stabilize the forces at the supports that fix the shaft during measurements. This article describes the use of te...

The product from porous permeable material based on a wire coil consists of a round, porous, thin-walled tube. The impact of assembly loads of the porous tube has been examined to determine the maximum values of the compressive force and axial elastic strain during the assembly. To improve mechanical properties of the product additional reinforceme...

Original experimental technical equipment for making samples in the form of permeable tubes of porous material, i.e. coiled wire. The article describes the construction of the equipment, the processes of forming and pressing the wire semi-product and methods of fixing the ends of the wire product.

Load bearing system simulation is provided for a huge lathe to be renovated. Static and modal analyses are done by FEM. Focus was centerline rising, needed for larger rotor shaft machining. Forces between shaft and three supports were applied. Shaft static stiffness is lowered at 1.15 times only for 600 mm centerline rising. Supports have lost its...

The technology of producing the current contact connections on the superconductor cable edges is presented. This lead cable is used as one of the major elements of the magnetic system in thermonuclear reactor construction, actuality for modern world energy. The technology is realized by the radial draft of metal thin-walled tube on the conductor’s...

The details of making technology of porous permeable material with use of wire are allowed to carry out the analytical research of structure and structural characteristics of wire winding body. Its permit for prognostication the final properties of material, that is produced by the following deformation treatment (diameter reduction). Due to the re...