O swojej pracy i życiu opowiada małżeństwo naukowców prof. dr hab. inż. Przemysław Perlikowski, który zajmuje się inżynierią mechaniczną oraz dr hab. n. med. Renata Perlikowska, której specjalnością są peptydy opioidowe mające zastosowanie w medycynie.

Prof. Przemysław Perlikowski, a mechanical engineer, and his wife Asst. Prof. Renata Perlikowska, who studies opioid peptides used in medicine, discuss the challenges of research work and life.

The paper concerns the optimization of a tuned mass damper with inerter (TMDI) based on two strategies, i.e., the minimum amplitude in the resonance peak and minimum area under the frequency response curve. The optimization is based on real, accessible parameters. Both optimization procedures are presented in two steps. In the first one, two parameters of the TMDI are tuned (inertance and damping coefficient), while in the second one, three parameters (mass, inertance, and damping coefficient). We show that both strategies give the optimum sets of parameters and allow the reduction of the amplitude of the damped system.