1. Numerical study of racking resistance of timber-made double-skin façade elementsErika Kozem Šilih, Miroslav Premrov, 2022, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: The use of a double-skin façade (DSF) is a quite new approach in the building renovation process, complementing conventional renovation strategies. A double-skin façade is an envelope wall construction that consists of two transparent surfaces separated by a cavity and can essentially improve the thermal and acoustic resistance of the building envelope. The main double-skin wall components are usually composed of a hardened external single glazing pane and a double or triple thermal insulating internal glass pane, which are connected to the frame structure. Recently, many studies have analysed the thermal and acoustic performance of DSF elements, but almost none in terms of structural behaviour, especially in terms of determining the racking resistance of such wall elements. Moreover, with a view to reduce the global warming potential, an eco-friendly timber frame instead of a commonly used steel, aluminium or plastic frame is studied in this analysis. However, structurally combining timber and glass to develop an appropriate load-bearing structural element is a very complex process involving a combination of two materials with different material properties, where the type of bonding can be selected as a crucial parameter affecting the racking resistance range. Since the costs of experiments performed on such full-scale DSF elements are very high and such experiments are time-consuming, it is crucial to develop special mathematical models for analysing the influence of the most important parameters. Therefore, the main goal of this paper is to develop the finite element mathematical model of the studied DSF structural elements with a highly ecological solution by using a timber frame. In the second step, the developed model is further implemented in the numerical analysis of racking stiffness and followed by a comprehensive parametric numerical study on different parameters influencing the horizontal load-bearing capacity of such DSF timber elements. The obtained results indicate that the new approach of the developed load-bearing prefabricated timber DSF elements can essentially improve racking resistance and stiffness compared with the widely studied timber-glass single-skin wall elements and can thus be fully recommended especially in the structural renovation process of old buildings.
Ključne besede: timber, glass, double-skin façades, racking resistance, mathematical modelling, numerical analysis, Finite Elements Methods (FEM)
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2. Factors influencing mathematics achievement of university students of social sciencesAlenka Brezavšček, Janja Jerebic, Gregor Rus, Anja Žnidaršič, 2020, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: The paper aims to investigate the main factors influencing the mathematics achievement of social sciences university students in Slovenia. A conceptual model was derived where three categories of variables were taken into account: attitude towards mathematics and math anxiety, engagement in learning activities, and attitude towards involving technology in learning mathematics. Data were collected for seven consecutive academic years and analysed using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). The results showed a very high coefficient of determination for mathematics achievement (0.801), indicating that variables “Perceived Level of Math Anxiety”, “Self-Engagement in Mathematics Course at University”, and “Perceived Usefulness of Technology in Learning Mathematics”, together, explain 80.1% of the total variance. Based on our findings, we can conclude that teaching in secondary school is a crucial determinant for success in mathematics at university. It is essential to identify the best methods for secondary school math teachers which will help them give future students better entry-level knowledge for universities. These methods will, hopefully, also improve the level of mathematics self-confidence, as well as lower the level of math anxiety, which all considerably affect the performance of students in university mathematics.
Ključne besede: mathematical education, good practices in mathematics, mathematics achievement, education, influencing factors, university, social sciences, structural equation modelling (SEM)
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3. Modelling of unit differential reversal curves in the G2E hysteresis modelErmin Rahmanović, Martin Petrun, 2024, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: Iron losses represent a crucial factor in the design process of electrical machines. For this reason, it is important to consider adequate hysteresis behavior within models which predict iron losses. A promising hysteresis description is the static hysteresis model developed by the G2Elab research group. It proposes a unique approach of modelling magnetization curves inside the major loop based on the so-called unit differential reversal curves (uDRCs). This work focuses on modelling of the uDRCs. We analyzed the accuracy and identification approaches of several uDRC models, where we compared the established model with simplified solutions with less parameters. Further, we analyzed the impact of individual models regarding identification convergence. Finally, we highlighted which simplified models give the best trade-off between the ease and stability of identification process of parameters, and the accuracy of the hysteresis model.
Ključne besede: static hysteresis model, iron loss, loss surface model, magnetic material, mathematical modelling
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4. The development of a “drive-in” filters dewatering system in the Velenje coal mine using finite-element modellingGoran Vižintin, Miran Veselič, Andrej Bombač, Evgen Dervarič, Jakob Likar, Đorđe Vukelič, 2009, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: During the mining operations at the Velenje coal mine, groundwater has been presenting a constant threat to underground works. The hydrogeological setup is so complex that a lot of structural drilling and well-logging operations were needed in the past to clarify it. Above the lignite seam is a Pliocene and Pleisticene multilayer aquifer system, composed mainly of permeable sand layers and impermeable clay layers. In 1981 the Pliocene aquifers were divided into three packages. Based on the water-table data of each aquifer, pumping tests, chemical analyses of the groundwater and the geophysical properties the Pliocene aquifers directly above the seam, together with impermeable layers, were divided into: a) the first water-bearing sands (Pl1), b) the aquifers 2080 m above the coal seam (Pl2) and c) the upper Pliocene aquifers (Pl3). For the mining operations the most important aquifer of saturated sands is Pl1. The hydraulic pressure of the groundwater in these sands directly affects the safety of the mining. These aquifers are mostly affected by the dewatering activities, too. However, the dewatering wells are constructed in such a way as to capture the whole Pl2 and, somewhere, even a part of the Pl3 complex, too. The water pressure in this multilayer aquifer can reach over 35 bars, so a massive program of drawdown activities has been needed and is still in place to decrease the water table in the area related to the mining operations. Special, multilevel observation wells are used to monitor the water level. A number of 3D finite-difference models (FDMs) were used to estimate the regional groundwater drawdown. It was observed that the FDMs performed well when predicting the regional situation, but the model-predicted drawdown was lower than the observed values at observation points in the area where the dewatering operations using “drive-in” filters have taken place in the past. This is a well-known problem of the FDM: the drawdown being rather a function of the cell size than of the flow net. The risk of water inrushes will increase, especially after 2012 and 2017, when a series of surface-drilled wells, connected into the mine’s pumping-line batteries, will be abandoned due to excavation works and mining-subsidence effects. Consequently, the dewatering schemes had to be completely reviewed. The destroyed, first-order dewatering structures will have to be replaced by a series of “drive-in” filters, drilled from the mine roadways in the area of the planned longwall face operations. For the drive-in filter-system design the FDM does not seem to be appropriate. This is especially so if the error in the drawdown and pumping flow prediction is taken into account. That led, in 2007, to the selection of the finite-element method (FEM) for the prediction of the groundwater drawdown and the water pumping rates in the areas were the underground works will encounter the risk of a water inrush. Based on the FEM prediction the sizing and the layout pattern of the “drive-in” filters were made.
Ključne besede: drive-in filters, groundwater, mining water, mining hydrology, geophysical well login, mathematical modelling
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5. The architecture of a school system according to the theory of dynamical systemsBoris Aberšek, Janez Bregant, 2012, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: From the experience of recent years it seems clear that the existing educational system, as a whole, is perceived as an ailing system that fails to meet the needs of a major portion of the society it serves. Every aspect of the educational process must be studied and reconsidered in the light of new and different societal expectations. In the last decades we started with one school reform after the other, but it looks now that these changes had no positive impact whatsoever. Even worse, the school system was damaged afterwards. In this paper we will explore some possibilities how to improve it without facing these consequences. The main idea is, as a result of our latest research, that mathematical methods for describing and simulating could be very useful for predicting and simulating school systems without using a long term and complex empirical experimentation. The paper introduces the correlation between the dynamical mathematical calculus and the educational school system and elaborates to some extent the basic idea of using the former to predict the latter.
Ključne besede: architecture, mathematical modelling, school systems, dynamical systems
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6. Computer-supported modelling of multimodal transportation networks rationalizationRatko Zelenika, Slavomir Vukmirović, Hilmija Mujić, 2007, drugi znanstveni članki Opis: This paper deals with issues of shaping and functioning of computer programs in the modelling and solving of multimodal transportation network problems. A methodology of an integrated use of a programming language for mathematical modelling is defined, as well as spreadsheets for the solving of complex multimodal transportation network problems. The paper contains a comparison of the partial and integral methods of solving multimodal transportation networks. The basic hypothesis set forth in this paper is that the integral method results in better multimodal transportation network rationalization effects, whereas a multimodal transportation network model based on the integral method, once built, can be used as the basis for all kinds of transportation problems within multimodal transport. As opposed to linear transport problems, multimodal transport network can assume very complex shapes. This paper contains a comparison of the partial and integral approach to transportation network solving. In the partial approach, a straight forward model of a transportation network, which can be solved through the use of the Solver computer tool within the Excel spreadsheet interface, is quite sufficient. In the solving of a multimodal transportation problem through the integral method it is necessary to apply sophisticated mathematical modelling programming languages which support the use of complex matrix functions and the processing of a vast amount of variables and limitations. The LINGO programming language is more abstract than the Excel spreadsheet, and it requires a certain programming knowledge. The definition and presentation of a problem logic within Excel, in a manner which is acceptable to computer software, is an ideal basis, for modelling in the LINGO programming language, as well as a faster and more effective implementation of the mathematical model. This paper provides proof for the fact that it is more rational to solve the problem of multimodal transportation networks by using the integral, rather than the partial method.
Ključne besede: intermodal transportation, transportation networks, spreadsheets, mathematical modelling, programming languages, Lingo, Solver
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7. SWITCHED CAPACITOR-BOOST CONVERTER FOR THERMOELECTRIC SYSTEMLeon Maruša, 2015, magistrsko delo Opis: The purpose of this work was to develop and test the switched capacitors-boost converter (SC-BC), which can be used for stepping up voltage by a factor of at least ten driving energy harvesting applications. Extensive mathematical modelling of SC-BC was done for obtaining its nonlinear model and equations of multiple static characteristics. Simulations of SC-BC and its simplified models were done within a PSIM environment. The choice was made for closed-loop to use the combination of a PI controller and sliding mode control due to the robustness requirements and excellent closed-loop dynamics. Control was implemented on digital signal processor TMS320F28335 within a MATLAB/SIMULINK environment. Lastly the open and closed-loop experiments were done on a real SC-BC prototype.
Ključne besede: switched capacitors, boost converter, sliding mode control, energy harvesting, mathematical modelling
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8. Role of protein kinase network in excitation-contraction coupling in smooth muscle cellEtienne Roux, Prisca Mbikou, Aleš Fajmut, 2012, samostojni znanstveni sestavek ali poglavje v monografski publikaciji Ključne besede: biofizika, encimi, gladke mišice, matematični modeli, biophysics, enzymes, smooth muscles, mathematical modelling
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10. Contribution of Rho kinase to calcium-contraction coupling in airway smooth musclePrisca Mbikou, Aleš Fajmut, Milan Brumen, Etienne Roux, 2010, objavljeni znanstveni prispevek na konferenci Ključne besede: biofizika, gladke mišice, krčenje mišic, matematični modeli, biophysics, smooth muscles, contractions, mathematical modelling
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