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Hydrogels modified by amphiphilic structures
Heger, Richard ; Sedlařík, Vladimír (referee) ; Kráčalík, Milan (referee) ; Pekař, Miloslav (advisor)
The submitted dissertation deals with the influence of amphiphilic structures on hydrogel properties. Additions of various amphiphilic substances associated with the formation of highly ordered structures affect the mechanical, transport and structural properties of hydrogels. The main inspiration for this type of work was living tissue, more precisely the extracellular matrix, which is often mimicked by hydrocolloids, and its high orderliness is responsible for its unique properties. The knowledge obtained from this tissue was applied to the hydrogel systems studied in this work. Various cross-linked hydrogel matrices (physically cross-linked agarose and gelatin, ionically cross-linked alginate and chemically cross-linked mixture of polyvinyl alcohol and chitosan) were suitable representatives for this work. These hydrogel systems were modified by the addition of various amphiphilic substances. The human body’s own phospholipid, lecithin, or variously charged more classic surfactants (CTAB, SDS and Triton X-100). Experimentally, this work is divided into three areas, the study of mechanical properties using rheology, the description of transport properties via release and flow experiments using various model drugs (rhodamine 6G, eosin B, amido black 10B, methylene blue and riboflavin), and morphological characterization using SEM. The characterization of hydrogel systems was supported by other techniques used in this work, such as drying and swelling experiments or gas sorption.
Development of Film Thickness in Elastohydrodynamically Lubricated Compliant Contacts
Křupka, Jiří ; Fillot, Nicolas (referee) ; Glovnea, Romeo (referee) ; Křupka, Ivan (advisor)
Mazání polymerních strojních součástí, jako jsou polymerní ozubená kola, je v současné době předmětem zájmu mnoha strojírenských aplikací z hlediska simulace mazacích procesů a optimalizace tribologických podmínek pro zvýšení výkonnosti těchto součástí. Předkládaná disertační práce se zabývá experimentální studií vývoje tloušťky kapalinového filmu v elastohydrodynamicky mazaných poddajných kontaktech. Hlavním cílem práce je objasnit formování tloušťky filmu v poddajných kontaktech v přechodové oblasti (TR) mezi isoviscous-elastic (I-E) a piezoviscous-elastic (P-E) režimem elastohydrodynamického mazání (EHL). Za tímto účelem byly provedeny laboratorní experimenty na rotačním optickém tribometru v konfiguraci kulička na disku, ve kterých byla implementována metoda optické chromatické interferometrie. Experimentálně byl analyzován vliv jak reologické odezvy maziva, tak konstitutivní viskoelastické odezvy polymeru na tvorbu tloušťky kapalinového filmu. Na základě výsledků byla dokumentována nízká platnost predikčních modelů tloušťky filmu I-E a P-E v oblasti TR. Výsledky prezentované v této práci rozšiřují poznatky o tvorbě mazacího filmu v poddajných kontaktech pracujících v režimu EHL a mohou tak být zohledněny při návrhu polymerních strojních součástí nebo při řízení mazacích procesů.
Computational Methods for Comparative Music Performance Analysis
Ištvánek, Matěj ; Róka,, Rastislav (referee) ; Jirásek, Ondřej (referee) ; Smékal, Zdeněk (advisor)
Zvyšující se dostupnost digitálního hudebního obsahu a různých interpretací hudebních děl zároveň podněcuje vývoj výpočetních metod oboru získávání hudebních informací (MIR). Tento rozvoj ale nemusí být vždy reflektován v souvisejících oblastech – například v analýze interpretačního výkonu (MPA). Hlavním tématem této disertační práce je využití výpočetních metod a digitálního zpracování hudby pro cíle MPA. Tato práce se zabývá principy MIR pro analýzu a porovnání rozdílů hudebních výkonů a jejich parametrů. Práce analyzuje limitace detektorů nástupů tónů a dob založených na konvenčních přístupech a na strojovém učení, při degradaci vstupního signálu, snížení vzorkovací frekvence, nebo v komplexnějších hudebních strukturách. Dále ukazuje možnosti použití hudební synchronizace, extrakce parametrů a výběru příznaků na originálních datech smyčcových kvartetů pro binární klasifikaci původu interpretů. Na závěr demonstruje vyvíjený software pro komparativní analýzu hudby, který kombinuje přívětivé uživatelské prostředí pro přehrávání, navigaci a vizualizaci dat hudebního výkonu s výpočetními metodami MIR.
Study of the thermal insulation effect of thermally reflective insulations
Skříček, Darek ; Vala, Jiří (referee) ; Čermák, Jan (referee) ; Šťastník, Stanislav (advisor)
The dissertation on the topic Study of the thermal insulation effect of thermally reflective insulations is focused on the issue of measuring the thermal resistance R of thermoreflective insulations and determining the most suitable layer with the best thermal insulation properties. By measuring thermoreflective insulations on the Hot-Box measuring chamber, it was proven that higher values of thermal resistance R are always achieved with aluminum foil, which has the highest possible reflection of the radiant component of heat, i.e. the lowest possible emissivity on the surface. For this reason, the reflectance was measured on the Mid-IR Integrat IR ™ measuring apparatus. To study the thermal insulation effect of thermoreflective insulations, ten samples of these insulations with different compositions of aluminum and bubble foils are used to measure the insulation properties. The suitability of using thermoreflective insulation for building insulation was proven by measuring these foils.
Implementation of a Multipurpose Measurement System for (Sub)Terahertz Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy
Šedivý, Matúš ; Malik, Aamir Saeed (referee) ; Epel, Boris (referee) ; Vrba, Radimír (advisor)
Spektroskopie elektronové spinové rezonance (také nazývaná elektronová paramagnetická rezonance nebo jen EPR) zahrnuje metody, které zkoumají hmotu prostřednictvím nepárových elektronů. Jednou z progresivních metod EPR je rychlé skenování, které umožňuje pozorovat kinetiku chemických reakcí. Kromě toho nedávný vývoj vysokofrekvenčních součástkách rozšířil použití vysokofrekvenční EPR (HFEPR), které využívají sub-terahertzové až terahertzové vlny. Tato práce se zabývá propojením obou cest do HFEPR spektrometru s rychlým skenováním frekvencí (FRaScan), který byl nedávno vyvinut na CEITEC VUT. Na začátku je stručně uvedena základní teorie k EPR, následovaný přehledem přístrojového vybavení pro HFEPR. V praktické části je popsáno technické řešení spektrometru. Důraz je kladen na implementaci softwaru, pomocí kterého je spektrometr ovládán a měření jsou automatizována. Následně jsou ukázány příklady z měření pevných látek, konkrétně karbidu křemíku dopovaného vanadem (SiC:V), ftalocyaninu líthia (LiPc) a krystalu 1,3-bisdifenylen-2-fenylallylu (BDPA). Příklady demonstrují schopnosti spektrometru získat multifrekvenční vlnově spojitá EPR spektra a frekvenčně rozmítaná spektra v závislosti na teplotě a orientaci vzorku, a taky spektra pomocí rychlého skenování frekvencí
Vertical green walls
Utíkalová, Ivana ; Dulenčín, Juraj (referee) ; Novotný, Marek (referee) ; Košíčková, Ivana (advisor)
ABSTRACT The concepts of vertical gardens, vertical walls, green walls, living walls or green faca-des can be referred to as vertical plantations for planting the walls or columns of various objects. They are defined under the name of vertically situated plant plantings, which, according to the used plant taxa, can be applied both indoors and outdoors. Contemporary architecture is increasingly looking for ways to return greenery to human settlements, and vertical gardens are one of the solutions that can respond to the lack of free space for greenery, especially when solving development within settlements and return at least part of nature to the interior of cities and municipalities. Last but not least, the system solutions of vertical gardens for the creation of vegetation vertical walls in the interior and on the facades of buildings offer the possibility of making vari-ous and architecturally interesting areas, permanently overgrown with vegetation. The dissertation deals with the topic of greening facades, especially using systems not associated with open ground - the so-called vertical gardens. Since the knowledge on this issue is still poorly documented and the implementation of green facades of the-se systems in our country is not much, based on these facts, I decided to create my own real model of the facade system of vertical vegetation walls in the climatic conditions of the Czech Republic with local taxa. plants. In the initial phase of the work, an analysis of the available green wall systems is performed and a planar panel of the vertical green wall is designed. In the next phase, the influence of these walls on the temperature of the perimeter cladding and the surroundings of the building in comparison with the fa-cade without greenery is verified by monitoring the growth of plants and measuring the temperatures on the green facade of a specific building. The evaluation of the experiments and the acquired knowledge provided informati-on on how t
Uncertainty Evaluation in Photometry and Radiometry
Motyčka, Martin ; Bálský,, Marek (referee) ; Gašparovský,, Dionýz (referee) ; Škoda, Jan (advisor)
This dissertation thesis is focused on the uncertainty analysis of the spectroradiometric and photometric measurements. The measurement uncertainty should be stated in every measurement protocols or calibration certificates. Recently the luminance cameras are widely used for the luminance measurements in the whole scene with a good resolution and measuring time. However, there is no uncertainty estimation method for these measuring devices. Therefore, this thesis analyses the luminance measurement uncertainty of the luminance analyser LDA – LumiDISP, that can be classed as a luminance camera. Since the calibration procedure is very complicated and traceable to other measuring photometric devices, there is a detailed description of the measurement uncertainties of luxmeters, luminance meters, spectroradiometric systems and its practical calculations for these systems in the light laboratory FEKT Brno University of Technology. However, the measurement uncertainties estimation of the spectroradiometric systems is especially difficult for the output quantities calculated from the spectral power distribution of the light source. In this thesis there is presented a method of uncertainty measurement and estimation of these spectroradiometric systems and luminance analyser LDA, where the luminance measurement uncertainty varies with the measured spectral power distribution of the light source, its position in the luminance image and the exposure settings.
Difuzní vlastnosti OSB desek v důsledku zasažení nadměrnou vlhkostí.
Žižková, Lucie ; Vertal', Marián (referee) ; Chybík, Josef (referee) ; Bečkovský, David (advisor)
The presented dissertation focuses on the change of diffusion properties in oriented strand board (OSB) panels after exposure to excessive moisture. OSB panels undergo a change in their diffusion properties after being affected by excessive moisture and subsequently dried, causing them to deviate from the original design of the wooden wall structure. The aim of this study is to describe the experimentally measured change in diffusion properties and incorporate it into the composition of a real wooden wall structure, evaluating its performance through computer simulation. The introduction of the dissertation provides the theoretical basis for the experimental section, which includes measurements of water absorption, diffusion properties, and the risk of mold growth. The experimental section describes the approaches and methods used to achieve the objectives of the dissertation. The measurements were conducted on test samples of OSB panels in the laboratories of the Institute of Civil Engineering. After being exposed to excessive moisture, the test samples were dried using two drying methods. The dried test samples were placed in testing assemblies, where diffusion was measured using the dry cup method. The measurements were carried out in two stages, with more than 80 samples measured in each research stage. In the final part, the measurements are evaluated through graphs. The change in diffusion properties was then incorporated into the composition of a real wooden wall structure and assessed using computer simulation, which is more commonly used in practice according to ČSN 73 0540 (Czech Technical Standard).
Promising Circuit Structures for Modular Neural Networks
Bohrn, Marek ; Ďuračková, Daniela (referee) ; Husák, Miroslav (referee) ; Fujcik, Lukáš (advisor)
The thesis deals with design of novel circuit structure suitable for hardware implementations of feedforward neural networks. The structure utilizes innovative data bus structure. The main contribution of the structure is in optimization of the utilization of implemented computing units. Proposed architecture is flexible and suitable for implementations of variety of feedforward neural network structures.
Implementing of SPC into production process
Letáček, Jiří ; Koška, Petr (referee) ; Fiala, Alois (advisor)
This graduation thesis is concerned with implementing the SPC (Statistical process control) to the process plan. The aim of this thesis is an analysis of present status of manufacture laths bending and a selection of useful methods, which is possible to apply in a company processes. The main reason for SPC implementation is continual improvement of quality in manufacturing concern. The theoretical part of thesis consist of bending description, control of process quality, quality control instruments and errors in measurement. In practical part is described an actual status of manufacture and a solution of query.

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