International Scientific Journals
of Scientific Technical Union of Mechanical Engineering "Industry 4.0"

This paper will examine whether information technology solutions can contribute to the work of a road repairer. The aim of the research is to develop an algorithm for identification and volume calculation of the road pits.
The paper presents an overview of three existing methods to identify holes as objects. Recent study uses an ultrasonic sensor to determine the size of a 3D hole; special attention is paid to its noise classification and possibilities for its reduction. The authors have found a way to organize road surface scanning, convert the resulting data into binary code and calculate the volume of the object. Calculations can be made on both a mobile microcontroller-controlled device and a computer after receiving data. A worker, a self-propelled robot or a drone can be used as a sensor carrier.
Study results can be used for further development in the field of transport systems engineering, as well as for mechatronics specialists to develop algorithm realization equipment in a real environment.

Research is devoted to contemporary computer-aided mechatronic devices (like indoor mini-gardens, non-living devices) construction / design issues. Particular emphasis has been put on mechatronic devices` aesthetic design arguing its practical value. Design related discussion as been focused on Golden Ratio archetype in particular (more – Generalized Golden Ratio)

Not all the properties of structured surfaces can be predicted just through using stationary solutions. Hydrophilic and hydrophobic qualities distinctly manifest themselves when surface contacts with mobile liquid; besides, shape of surface projections could variously influence flow velocity in different directions forming turbulences behind projections (even cavitation zones if flow is very fast). The following properties of liquids are particularly important for these processes: dynamic and kinematic viscosity, density, flow velocity and characteristic flow size, which represents itself contact surface relation to cross-sectional area. Relationships between these parameters characterize flowability of the particular substance and can be expressed as Reynolds number. Solutions of kinetic equations could be helpful to develop understanding on particular fluid’s flowability in the close vicinity of the surface.
Examples discussed in this paper can be used not only in nano- and microstructures related research but also for high school and university students training in physics and natural sciences. Comprehension development about flow rate diferences in various distances from tube walls should be considered as one of problems for successful acquiring of hydrodynamics topics. Even use of transparent tubes is not helpful enough for appropriate demonstration of tinted liquid speed distribution in flow’s cross-sectional area – laminar flow when Reynolds number value is low and turbulent flow when it is high.

Nano-level surface processing is becoming increasingly important in the development of modern materials. Laser technology allows to change the processing parameters in a wide range and achieve the desired surface properties – hydrophilic and hydrophobic for various fluids. In such circumstances, the benefit of any researcher would be to provide software that can quickly and visibly see and measure the shape, size and configuration of nano and microstructures to be obtained. It is especially important that the obtained results in the form of 3D graphs allow us to see the evolutionary trends of surface nanostructures and help to decide on changes in the processing parameters. The researcher would be given the opportunity to input a wide variety of parameters – laser wavelength, pulse power, polarization angle, pulse frequency, pulse duration, processing time or number of impulses per coordinate – and the result obtained in a short time would serve to better understand common trends and help to make an informed decision for the actual processing parameters to be used in the experiment.

In the present article, a mathematical model is developed to describe the motion of solid particles of micro- and nano-size in a gaseous medium. The model is represented by certain integro-differential equation with appropriate initial and boundary conditions. A probabilistic interpretation of the model is provided and its solvability is studied. We find that unique solution exists at certain sufficient condition. It is shown that the Fokker-Planck equation can be obtained from the integro-differential equation. Finally, a generalization to the 2D case is performed.