Dr. hab.Zbigniew Ranachowski

Laboratory of Analysis of Acoustic Emission Signal

Departament of Physical Acoustics

Institute of Fundamental Technological Research

Polish Academy of Sciences

Pawinskiego 5B 02-106 Warsaw

phone No. ++4822 8261281 ext. 163

Professional activity : Acoustic Emission - measurements, equipment design and signal analysis, Windows Pascal programming, monitoring of mechanical properties of materials and construction elements

Dr Zbigniew Ranachowski has promoted two D. Sc and wrote opinions for four D. Sc applicants

he is a member of European Advisory Panel of of a magazine 'Insight - Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring ' (UK) and a member of a Board of Polish Acoustical Society

most important publications

1. Marzec A., Lewicki P.P., Ranachowski Z., Debowski T., Cereal food texture evaluation with application of mechanical and acoustical methods, 4, Conference Proc.of Cente of Exellence for Advanced Materials and Structures, edited by Julian Deputat and Zbigniew Ranachowski, IPPT PAN, 2003, ISSN 1730-1521.

2. Fleszynski J., Ranachowski P. Ranachowski Z., Rejmund F, Ultrasonic Non-destructive diagnostic of ceramic line insulators , Insight, The Journal of The British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing, Vol 47, No 9, 2005, pp. 530 - 535 .

3. Fleszynski J., Ranachowski P. Ranachowski Z., Rejmund F, Non-destructive ultrasonic measurements of ceramic post insulators used in electricity distribution systems., Insight, The Journal of The British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing, Vol 45, No 7, 2003, pp. 493 - 497.

4. Pawelek A., Ranachowski Z., PiatkowskiA., Kudela S., et.al., Acoustic Emission and Strain Mechanisms during Compression at Elevated Temperature of Beta Phase Mg-Li-Al Composites Reinforced with Ceramic Fibres, Archives of Metallurgy and Materials, Kraków, Vol. 52, 2007, pp. 41 - 48.

5.Gondek E., Lewicki P., A Ranachowski Z., Influence of water activity on the acoustic on the acoustic properties of breakfast cereals, Journal of Texture Studies, 37, 2006, 497 - 515 .

6. A. Pawelek, J. Kusnierz, Z. Ranachowski, Z. Jasienski, Anisotropy of acoustic emission and-Portevin-Le Chatelier phenomena in polycrystalline aluminium alloys subjected to tensile tests, Archives of Acoustics, 31, 4, 2006,102-122.

7. Ranachowski Z.,. Piatkowski A., Pawelek A., Jasienski Z., Spectral analysis of acoustic emission signals generated by twinning and shear band formation in silver single crystals subjected to channel-die compression tests, Archives of Acoustics 2006, 204 - 225.

8.Wozniak T.Z., Ranachowski Z., Acoustic Emission during austenite decomposition into lower bainite with midrib, Archives of Acoustics, 31, 3 2006, 319 - 334.
9. Guzik J., Wojtyniak M., Olszowski S., Marczak M., Ranachowski Z., Investigation of acoustic emission signal generated in the friction pair lubricated with oils containing various lubricity additives, Engineering Transactions, 54, 2, 2006, 159 - 166.

10. Lewicki P.P., Marzec A., Ranachowski Z., Acoustic Properties of Foods, Chapter No 24 [in] Food Properties Handbook, ed. M.Shafiur Rahman, CRC Press, New York, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8493-5005-4 (90000)

participant of the following Polish State Grants:

7T08C03515.
3P06T04025.
2P06T08928.
3T08A03228.

co-author of three Polish patents

example pictures of measurements done by Dr. Zbigniew Ranachowski

 

 

 

 

 

 

E-mail: zranach@ippt.gov.pl