• The issues of selection warehouse process strategies 

  Kłodawski, Michał; Jacyna, Marianna; Lewczuk, Konrad; Wasiak, Mariusz (Procedia Engineering, 2017)

  Paper presents problems of designing and organization logistic processes in warehouse facilities. Highlighted the need of improving logistics facilities actions as a key aspect of increasing productivity, flexibility and ...

• Traffic congestion modelling based on origin and destination 

  Jain, Sourabh; Singh Jain, Sukhvir; Jain, Gaurav (Procedia Engineering, 2017)

  This study attempts to make use of traffic behaviour on the aggregate level to estimate congestion on urban arterial and sub-arterial roads of a city exhibiting heterogeneous traffic conditions by breaking the route into ...

• Modelling of bicycle traffic in the cities using VISUM 

  Jacyna, Marianna; Wasiak, Mariusz; Kłodawski, Michał; Gołębiowski, Piotr (Procedia Engineering, 2017)

  Decisions concerning development of the transport system in district, city or region should be undertaken after careful analysis. One of the methods to carry it out is utilization of a computerized traffic model which is ...

• An improvement in ant algorithm method for optimizing a transport route with regard to traffic flow 

  Danchuk, Viktor; Bakulich, Olena; Svatko, Vitaliy (Procedia Engineering, 2017)

  The modification of ant algorithm method for optimizing the transportation route with regard to traffic flow in the street network has been developed in this paper. It was also made possible to confirm the results of ...

• The concept of initial air traffic situation assessment as a stage of medium-term conflict detection 

  Rytter, Adam; Skorupski, Jacek (Procedia Engineering, 2017)

  Key decisions in the air traffic control system are supported by various technical systems. The most important include conflict detection and resolution (CD&R) systems. The main subject of this paper is a medium-term ...

• Modification of the mechanical properties of the sheet two-phase high-strength titanium alloy VT 23 due to impulse introduction of energy 

  Chausov, Mykola; Maruschak, Pavlo; Pylypenko, Andriy; Prentkovskis, Olegas; Hutsaylyuk, Volodymyr (Procedia Engineering, 2017)

  This study shows the effect of the specific impact-oscillatory loading (dynamic non-equilibrium processes) on the variation of the mechanical properties of the sheet two-phase high-strength titanium alloy VT 23. The results ...

• Case study: reaction time of children according to age 

  Bucsuházy, Kateřina; Semela, Marek (Procedia Engineering, 2017)

  Study presents findings of a simulator study that examined the differences of reaction time for children aged from 3 to 18 years, compared to adults aged from 20 to 30 years. Choice reaction time has been analyzed and three ...

• The restrictor and turbocharger influence for the formula student engine performance 

  Melaika, Mindaugas; Rimkus, Alfredas; Vipartas, Tadas (Procedia Engineering, 2017)

  Paper presents the investigation of Formula Student car engine performance when different air inlet restrictors are applied. AVL BOOST numerical simulation model is created according to real engine parameters. The research ...

• Hydrogen addition influence for the efficient and ecological parameters of heavy-duty natural gas SI engine 

  Korsakas, Vidas; Melaika, Mindaugas; Pukalskas, Saugirdas; Stravinskas, Paulius (Procedia Engineering, 2017)

  The paper presents the experimental research results of heavy-duty vehicle (public transport bus), fuelled with natural gas and hydrogen fuel mixtures. Spark ignition six cylinder engine tested with different hydrogen ...

• Horn sounds in transportation systems and a cognitive perspective on the instant mood-condition disorder 

  Erkan, İlker (Procedia Engineering, 2017)

  This study was performed on sidewalks that there can secure movement of pedestrians. The basic theme of the research is how pedestrians are influenced by the sudden hearings of horns in the walking moments. In this study ...

• Route reliability based simulation model for HMA delivery in urban areas 

  Galić, Mario; Barišić, Ivana; Ištoka Otković, Irena (Procedia Engineering, 2017)

  Planning the delivery of hot mixture of asphalt (HMA) is challenging task, especially when the delivery routes pass through urban areas. Trend in development of recent planning and optimization models are simulation based. ...

• Analysis of the ROSCO in the intermodal transport market 

  Zajac, Mateusz; Swieboda, Justyna (Procedia Engineering, 2017)

  Flexible intermodal transport is the most advanced method of material transportation Its special feature is flexibility, reflected in transportation and storing of load units. Intermodal transport is also connected to high ...

• Vacuum distillation of rapeseed oil esters for production of jet fuel bio-additives 

  Iakovlieva, Anna; Boichenko, Segrii; Lejda, Kazimierz; Vovk, Oksana; Shkilniuk, Iryna (Procedia Engineering, 2017)

  The work is devoted to production of bio-additives based on rapeseed oil methyl and ethyl esters, which are suitable for the use in jet fuels. The application of vacuum distillation under low pressure was proposed for ...

• Impact of gas hydrates and long-term operation on fatigue characteristics of pipeline steels 

  Poberezhny, Lyubomyr; Maruschak, Pavlo; Hrytsanchuk, Andrij; Poberezhna, Liubov; Prentkovskis, Olegas; Stanetsky, Andrij (Procedia Engineering, 2017)

  Fatigue tests of specimens from pipe steel 17GS and steel 20 after exposure to gas hydrates are performed. A decrease in lifetime was found to be from 15 to 25%, and given the degradation of the material it was 2.5 times ...

• The human factor in the passenger boarding process at the airport 

  Kierzkowski, Artur; Kisiel, Tomasz (Procedia Engineering, 2017)

  The article presents the currently considered strategies of boarding passengers at airports with the use of jetway, showing their advantages and disadvantages. The aim of the paper was to present the human factor, which ...

• Estimated economics of operation mobile screens in dry screening process production of final aggregates for hot-mix asphalt 

  Martišius, Mindaugas; Sivilevičius, Henrikas (Procedia Engineering, 2017)

  The last important production step in hot-mix asphalt aggregates production is a final screening (classifying) of secondary or tertiary crushed materials, which has to ensure high quality screening curves of end-products ...

• Magic formula tyre model application for a tyre-ice interaction 

  Ružinskas, Andrius; Sivilevičius, Henrikas (Procedia Engineering, 2017)

  Magic Formula (MF) tyre model is widely used for the analysis of tyre behavior in different driving situations. The model is mostly used to fit the simulation and experimental data slip curves. As there are many modifications ...

• Design of experiments for identifying the throughput performance of Shuttle-Based Storage and Retrieval Systems 

  Lerher, Tone (Procedia Engineering, 2017)

  This study explores statistically significant factors affecting the performance of new automated storage and retrieval system technology called a Shuttle-Based Storage and Retrieval System (SBS/RS), under pre-defined factors ...

• Studying demand for freight forwarding services in Ukraine on the base of logistics portals data 

  Naumov, Vitalii; Kholeva, Oksana (Procedia Engineering, 2017)

  A method of studying a flow of requests on freight forwarding services with the use of the information logistics portal tools has been proposed. On the base of experimental studies results for the Ukrainian road transport ...

• The quality – profitability link in the US airline business: a study based on the Airline Quality Rating index 

  Kalemba, Nicole; Campa-Planas, Fernando (Procedia Engineering, 2017)

  One of the key tasks of an airline company and management is to ensure a high standard of service quality to the customers. Therefore, the paper deals with the importance of the quality-profitability link in the air ...

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