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This article is focused on the height adjustment of a front car seat. The goal was to design seat movement in pure vertical direction. The article begins with a theoretical introduction, in which the functions and parts of car seats were described. The next part contains possible schematic designs of a mechanism, as well as the reasons for possible changes of the contemporary mechanisms. Afterwards, some functional parameters of the chosen schematically-designed mechanism were calculated, the results could then be used for further calculations needed for the creation of a three-dimensional model of the mechanism. The article deals mainly with the theoretical principles, and there are many further possibilities for development within the subject.

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The main objective of this article is to discuss the influence of asymmetric airflow on the cooling performance of the brake disc. This asymmetry might be caused by the air inlet pipe curvature of the UIC test bench for frictional components, whereas in reality this asymmetry might be caused by various factors. In the first part of the paper, a brief summary of effects of heat and temperature changes on the brake disc is presented. Additional information about UIC test bench is given with the focus on cooling effects of airflow on the disc. In the second part, a CFD simulation was made, and its settings and results are presented in detail. In the last part, temperature differences in various time points and positions on the brake disc are compared graphically in order to assess the influence of airflow from the inlet pipe and its curvature on the cooling performance of the brake disc.