Documenting Research Software in Engineering Science

The reuse of research software needs good documentation, however, the documentation in particular is often criticized. Especially in non-IT specific disciplines, the lack of documentation is attributed to the lack of training, the lack of time or missing rewards. This article addresses the hypothesis that scientists do document but do not know exactly what they need to document, why, and for whom. In order to evaluate the actual documentation practice of research software, we examined existing recommendations, and we evaluated their implementation in everyday practice using a concrete example from the engineering sciences and compared the findings with best practice examples. In order to get a broad overview of what documentation of research software entailed, we defined categories and used them to conduct the research. Our results show that the big picture of what documentation of research software means is missing. Recommendations do not consider the important role of developers whose documentation takes mainly place in their research articles. Moreover, we show that research software always has a history that influences the documentation.

Ethical Considerations in Prosthetics and Orthotics

This chapter introduces the field of advanced technology within the orthotics and prosthetics profession, a healthcare profession that combines technology and engineering science with medical and health science to produce medical devices (orthoses and prostheses) to treat medical conditions that cause physical dysfunction. The chapter sets the background to the ethical dilemmas that are encountered within the field, which technologically advanced devices cause such dilemmas and why, and then discusses the ethical dilemmas as encountered by the three stakeholders within the profession, namely the manufacturers/innovators, the prosthetic and orthotic practitioners, and the users of the devices themselves, the patients. In conclusion, the chapter looks at some solutions and recommendations to overcome or at least reduce these dilemmas.

MAIN WORKS OF PROFESSOR YA. M. MAYER (A REVIEW)

The article is devoted to an overview of the scientific and pedagogical activities of a prominent scientist in the field of engine building and mechanical engineering, one of the organizers of the higher school of Ukraine, a public figure, Professor Ya. M. Mayer. In the biographical work, the first study of complex life path and versatile creative heritage of the last rector of Kharkiv Technological Institute, the founder and director of the Ukrainian Research Institute of Internal Combustion Engines, director and scientific leader of the Ukrainian Research Aviation Diesel Institute, one of the creators of the famous V-2 diesel engine, one of the heads of the department «Theory of Mechanisms and Machines» Yakov Moiseevich Mayer. Keywords: engine; engineering science; higher technical education; Ya. M. Mayer; KhPI; scientific school; SE “KhKBD”; diesel

Modern Methods of Diaphragm Walls Design

This article addresses hazard reduction in deep excavations. The authors present a possible combination of prestressing of concrete structures (from bridge engineering) and prestressed structures of diaphragm walls from geotechnical engineering science. This innovative concept has not yet been shown in scientific articles. The “Sofistik” software (with TENDON module–SYSP/AXES/TOPP/TGEO) and its use is shown, with graphical presentations of the suggested solution. The authors compare the provided solution through usage of Sofistik and Plaxis software. The results show possible strengthening of sustainable construction by limitation of hazards and decreasing costs (via limitation of use of expensive steel reinforcement).

Unspoken Modernity: Bamboo-Reinforced Concrete, China 1901-40

Engineering science in the China of 1901-40 had unique characteristics that disrupt the idea of a universal approach to its history.1 The following case study describes the ideas and trials of introducing bamboo into the seemingly globalised technology of reinforced concrete—an innovation developed across the borders of mechanical, naval, civil, and aeronautical engineering. The article showcases a way of knowing and working by twentieth century engineers that has not been fully acknowledged, and is not only a phenomenon of China. While bamboo was a complicated and somewhat marginal object for engineering, it did make the European concrete technology more viable in the construction sites of China, and stimulate engineers’ experimental and resourceful spirit in mobilising both craft and scientific knowledge. It also opened up a challenge to engineering science of the time.

About The Conference

6th International Conference of Computational Methods in Engineering Science (CMES’2021), 25-27 November 2021, Zamośd, Poland. The main objective of the CMES conference is the development of engineering sciences, numerical and experimental techniques, broaden experience, and good practices by representatives of the scientific community and industry. The conference allows the exchange of knowledge between different research domestic and foreign centres representing various fields of engineering science and technology. The organizers of the conference are Department of Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics and Aircraft Propulsion, Department of Machine Engineering Fundamentals and Mechatronics, Department of Materials Engineering (Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Lublin University of Technology), Department of Computer Science (Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of Lublin University of Technology), Department of Organisation of Enterprise (Faculty of Management of Lublin University of Technology), Department of Renewable Energy Engineering and Department of Biomass and Waste Conversion in Biofuels (Faculty of Environmental Engineering of Lublin University of Technology), as well as Department of Airframe and Engine (Aeronautics Faculty of Military University of Aviation). TOPICS • Analysis of engineering processes • Application of computer programs in technology • Artificial and computational intelligence • Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) • Computer simulations of processes and phenomena • Finite Element Method (FEM) • Material properties and structure research methods • Production engineering and quality control • Technology management in energy acquisition processes List of Honorary Patronage, Organizing Committee, Scientific Committee are available in this pdf.

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