With a combination of LEAP sensor and Arduino board is possible to recognize different gestures of human hands and use it as output signals for control.

A suitable way to the cost-effective replacement of diesel traction on non-electrified regional railways are battery vehicles with batteries located on replaceable separate low-height waggon, pushed in front of the passenger motor-car and designed as a powerful deformation zone. Thanks to th...

Land-transportation can´t further meet its demands. Crowded highways, crowded cities, dangerous emissions, traffic accidents, delays, expensive railways. Solutions are being sought to transfer a large part of passengers- and especially freight-traffic to (high-speed) rail and to go electromobility, car-sha...

This article is focused on processing of wooden biomass, especially woodchips. Production and processing of wooden biomass involve working with material of many different structures and qualities. Basic mechanical properties are defined by structure and humidity. Technological application of woodchips...

The aim of this research was to determine the influence of the short carbon fibres in nylon PA6 polymer used for fused deposition modelling (additive manufacturing) technology. Specimens from pure PA6 and PA6 with short carbon fibres were fabricated, with both main directions of&#x...

In city of Pilsen (Czech Republic) modern transport engineering is developed. The Skoda Transportation (production company) has successfully been producing rail and road vehicles for many years (electric locomotives, trams, metro cars, trolleybuses, battery buses). This producer cooperates in developi...

In the development of a road vehicle such as a bus, the input data for the assessment of the fatigue life of the body and other mechanicalparts of the vehicle are gradually refined. In the initial phase of the development of a new vehicle, so-called design stress...

The paper highlights the main impacts of HFMI technology on increasing the fatigue resistance and extending the fatigue life of joints and components welded from both conventional and high strength steels. Parametric calculations of the permissible stresses of a selected structural detail&#x...

The contribution explains a possibility of using design S-N curves and design stress spectra for probabilistic fatigue life assessment of vehicle components. The design S-N curves can be considered on the basis of either experiments or using some standards. The design stress spectra...

The paper deals with the determination of cohesive parameters of adhesive Scotch-Weld DP490 3M. Mode I of cohesive damage were examined. Experimental testing was performed on the test specimens to determine the mechanical properties of the adhesive. The results of the experimental testi...

This article deals with the influence of the gate position on the final properties of a plastic product after the injection moulding process. Parameters such as temperature, fibre orientation and filling velocity are evaluated. The importance of the internal fibre orientation on the...

The adhesive joints belongs into most used connection in area of the composite components. The prediction of the strength of the bonded joints is still very problematic and many approaches can be used to dimension them. The paper deals with determining the strength of cylindri...

This article is focuses on mechanical properties of hybrid structure, which is loaded, by a heat. The type of hybrid structure is the hybrid structure of polymer concrete in combination with steel and cast iron. There will be presented a basic information about polymer concret...