The thesis is focused on gathering of theoretical backgrounds for geomagnetic measurements, measurement of electromagnetic and radiometric quantities in a natural locality, and subsequent evaluation of the obtained results from the point of view of their interrelations and in the context of hygienic regulations. All the theoretical backgrounds of each field are assigned to the measurement methodology and appropriate measuring technique, selected according to information from available sources. Appropriate instruments, landscape location, measurements were made, the results were evaluated and interpreted. The result is graphical output in the QGIS geographic information system.

Táto diplomová práca sa zaoberá návrhom a konštrukciou elektromagnetickej, polohovacej platformy, pre testovanie nelineárnych riadiacich a identifikačných algoritmov. Platforma je založená na tvarovaní magnetického poľa v každom bode pomocou troch elektromagnetov a polohuje oceľovú guličku po dotykovom paneli ktorý sníma polohu tejto guličky. Platforma má slúžiť hlavne pre demonštráciu rôznych nelineárnych riadiacich algoritmov vo výukovom prostredí. Tri príklady takýchto algoritmov sú ukázané a overené v rámci tejto diplomovej práce.

The thesis is focused on gathering of theoretical backgrounds for geomagnetic measurements, measurement of electromagnetic and radiometric quantities in a natural locality, and subsequent evaluation of the obtained results from the point of view of their interrelations and in the context of hygienic regulations. All the theoretical backgrounds of each field are assigned to the measurement methodology and appropriate measuring technique, selected according to information from available sources. Appropriate instruments, landscape location, measurements were made, the results were evaluated and interpreted. The result is graphical output in the QGIS geographic information system.

The presented thesis spans over a number of related topics with a com- mon theme - the so-called universality. Classical fields exhibiting this property serve as exact solutions to virtually any higher-order theory irrespective of the particular form of the field equations, being thus of particular interest in ef- fective field theories. The aim of this work is to study various aspects of such solutions in the context of gravity, electrodynamics, as well as more general nonabelian gauge theories. The results are concentrated in four chapters, the first of which is devoted to what we call the almost universal spacetimes. Due to their nice curvature properties, these spacetimes provide an efficient method for simplifying and solving the field equations of higher-order gravity theories. We illustrate this feature of almost universal metrics by finding new vacuum solutions to quadratic gravity and six-dimensional conformal gravity. In the second chapter, we shift our attention towards electrodynamics. Following up on recent results on universal electromagnetic fields, we deal with Einstein- Maxwell fields which simultaneously solve also any higher-order modification of the Einstein-Maxwell theory. In particular, we identify solutions with this remarkable property as plane-fronted gravitational and...

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The world is looking for greener solutions and so is the mining industry. This quest has led to the question whether it is possible to have a completely electric rock drill. This work carries out an initial exploration of completely electrified percussion. Furthermore, it compares the preliminary performance of an electrified rock drill against a hydraulic counterpart. A mathematical model for an electromagnetic linear motor was developed and simulated as a component in the simulation software Hopsan. This component was then incorporated into a electromagnetic rock drill model which uses components from Epiroc’s in-house developed library. The electromagnetic rock drill model was then optimised and used to obtain the performance characteristics such as impact energy and frequency which were compared against one of the hydraulic rock drill models, COP 1838. The results show that it is possible to reach the same performance as the COP 1838 with enough input current. The characteristics were then studied with respect to variation of physical parameters of the electromagnetic linear motor and input current. Finally some limitations and strengths of the electromagnetic rock drill concept are discussed and some conclusions are presented.

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