Sobriety (Czechia)

This paper deals with an evaluation of long-term experimental work carried out in cooperation with concrete suppliers and a specific company (named Sobriety). The key part of this work is focused on the experimental determination of secant modulus of elasticity and Poisson's Ratio of special concrete (self-compacting concrete, steel fibre reinforced concrete, polymer fibre reinforced concrete, specific high-strength concrete). Two different real-time approaches were used to detect modulus of elasticity. In parallel, both approaches - the (European) standard approach and the DIC (2D DIC; 3D DIC with varying lengths in the vertical direction) - were applied.

Rokopisni prepisi in tiskane izdaje simfonij, ki so ohranjeni v arhivih po Sloveniji in italijanski Gorici potrjujejo, da je tudi slovenski prostor v 18. in na začetku 19. stoletja sledil širšim evropskim simfoničnim tokovom in da je bil seznanjen z najsodobnejšim simfoničnim repertoarjem. Večina slovenskega ozemlja je spadala pod okrilje Svetega rimskega cesarstva nemške narodnosti kot del habsburških dednih dežel. Značilnosti tukajšnjega simfoničnega repertoarja so sovpadale z značilnostmi repertoarja celotne habsburške monarhije.

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We present a design for a complex measuring device that enables its user to assess the parameters of power-generating thermoelectric modules (TEMs) (or bulk thermoelectric materials) under a wide range of temperatures (Tcold = 25°C to 90°C, Thot < 450°C) and mechanical loading (P = 0 N to 104 N). The proposed instrument is able to monitor the temperature and electrical output of the TEM, the actual heat flow through the module, and its mechanical load, which can be varied during the measurement. Key components of our testing setup are (i) a measuring chamber where the TEM/material is compressed between thermally shielded heating blocks equipped with a mechanical loading system and water-cooled copper-based cooler, (ii) an electrical load system, (iii) a type K thermocouple array connected to a data acquisition computer, and (iv) a thermostatic water-based cooling system with electronically controlled flow rate and temperature of cooling water. Our testing setup represents a useful tool able to assess, e.g., the thermoelectric parameters of newly developed TEMs and materials or to evaluate the thermoelectric parameters of commercially available modules and materials for comparison with values declared by the manufacturer.