• LOCALIZATION ANALYSIS OF AN ORTHOTROPIC MULTI-SURFACE PLASTICITY MODEL UNDER UNIAXIAL STRESS 

      Autor: Pagani, Claudio; Jirásek, Milan; Horák, Martin
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2020)
      Numerical simulations of masonry structures are often based on continuum macromodelling approaches that need constitutive laws able to phenomenologically reproduce the behavior of the material. To capture the deformation ...
    • LONG-TIME INVESTIGATION OF CEMENT PASTES WITH MICRONIZED OLD CONCRETE, INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT TYPE OF MIXING APPROACH ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES 

      Autor: Prošek, Zdeněk; Tesárek, Pavel
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2020)
      The article focuses on the impact of different type of mixing approach on resulting mechanical properties of cement composites. The monitored parameters of the mixing approach were the speed of mixing and the method of ...
    • MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF EXPERIMENT ON BERKOVICH NANOINDENTATION OF ZRN COATING ON STEEL SUBSTRATE 

      Autor: Sadyrin, Evgeniy; Vasiliev, Andrey; Volkov, Sergei
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2020)
      In the present paper the experiment on Berkovich nanoindentation of ZrN coating on steel substrate is modelled using the proposed effective mathematical model. The model is intended for describing the experiments on ...
    • MECHANICAL AND IMAGE ANALYSIS OF ADHESION BETWEEN MINERAL AGGREGATE AND BITUMINOUS BINDER 

      Autor: Trejbal, Jan; Valentová, Tereza; Nežerka, Václav; Semerák, Petr
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2020)
      Asphalt mixtures often fail due to poor interaction between mineral aggregate and bituminous binder. Therefore, many efforts are being made on adhesion improvement between the two materials. In this work, paving grade ...
    • MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF CEMENT COMPOSITE CONTAINING RECYCLED CONCRETE AND ALKALI ACTIVATED BLAST FURNACE SLAG 

      Autor: Horych, Jan; Tesárek, Pavel; Prošek, Zdeněk
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2020)
      Recycling of materials is very popular and very important in these days. Finding the new ways to process and use these materials is a key to get rid of a lot of construction waste. The amount of landfilling needs to be ...
    • MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FORGED TUNGSTEN HEAVY ALLOYS 

      Autor: Kovářík, Ondřej; Čech, Jaroslav; Čapek, Jiří; Hajíček, Michal; Klečka, Jakub; Siegl, Jan
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2020)
      Tungsten heavy alloys are composite materials containing spherical tungsten particles embedded in binder matrix. Their excellent mechanical properties can be further improved by rotary forging. This paper aims to gain ...
    • MECHANICAL TESTING AND NUMERICAL MODELLING OF POROUS STRUCTURES IMPROVING OSEINTEGRATION OF IMPLANTS 

      Autor: Vakrčka, Petr; Jíra, Aleš; Hájková, Petra
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2020)
      Implants, such as dental, are ordinary devices in medical care nowadays, even though they are quite expensive. In the present study, the use of trabecular and gyroid structures as external layer of implants is examined. ...
    • METHODS OF XS DATA PREPARATION FOR GEOMETRY WITH FUEL DUMMY 

      Autor: Suk, Pavel
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2020)
      3D deterministic core calculation represents important category of the nuclear fuel cycle and safe Nuclear Power Plant operation. The appropriate solution was not published yet. Data preparation process for non-fuel elements ...
    • MICRO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF CEMENT AND SLAG COMPOSITES MEASURED BY NANOINDENTATION 

      Autor: Němeček, Jiří; Němeček, Jiří
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2020)
      In this study, the micromechanical response of two cementitious composites was characterized by nanoindentation. Pure Portland cement paste and Portland cement with 50 vol. % replaced with granulated blast furnace slag ...
    • MICRO-SCALE STUDY OF RESIDUAL STRESSES IN CR2O3 COATINGS SPRAYED BY APS 

      Autor: Decroos, Franck; Langlade, Cécile; Bourillot, Eric; Darut, Geoffrey; Francois, Manuel
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2020)
      Whichever the application field, every material forming process generates residual stresses on the surface. While they are likely to enhance the aimed properties of the final mechanical part, these stresses may also ...
    • MICROMECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF CEMENT PASTE MODIFIED BY NANOCLAYS 

      Autor: Zacharda, Vojtěch; Němeček, Jiří
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2020)
      This work deals with the comparison of micromechanical properties and microstructure of cement pastes with additives used in concrete to reduce the lateral pressure on the formwork. This work is a steppingstone for broader ...
    • MICROSTRUCTURE AND MICROHARDNESS EVALUATION FOR NiCrAlY MATERIALS MANUFACTURED BY SPARK PLASMA SINTERING AND PLASMA SPRAYING 

      Autor: Hulka, Iosif; Mušálek, Radek; Lukáč, František; Klečka, Jakub; Chrástka, Tomáš
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2020)
      NiCrAlY deposited by different thermal spraying methods is commonly used as the bond coat material in thermal barrier coatings (TBCs). In the present study, two experimental coatings were deposited by hybrid water stabilized ...
    • MODELLING OF CRACK PROPAGATION: COMPARISON OF DISCRETE LATTICE SYSTEM AND COHESIVE ZONE MODEL 

      Autor: Mikeš, Karel; Bormann, Franz; Rokoš, Ondřej; Peerlings, Ron H.J.
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2020)
      Lattice models are often used to analyze materials with discrete micro-structures mainly due to their ability to accurately reflect behaviour of individual fibres or struts and capture macroscopic phenomena such as crack ...
    • MUPIF WORKFLOW EDITOR AND AUTOMATIC CODE GENERATOR 

      Autor: Šulc, Stanislav; Šmilauer, Vít; Patzák, Bořek
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2020)
      Integrating applications or codes into MuPIF API Model enables easy integration of such APIs into any workflow representing complex multiphysical simulation. This concept of MuPIF also enables automatic code generation of ...
    • NANOINDENTATION AND ACCELERATED PROPERTY MAPPING OF PORTLAND CEMENT PASTE 

      Autor: Němeček, Jiří; Němeček, Jiří; Lukeš, Jaroslav
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2020)
      This paper presents a new nanoindentation mode: accelerated property mapping (XPM) applied to one year old Portland cement paste. The principle of the innovative method is similar to classical quasi-static nanoindentation ...
    • NANOINDENTATION OF HYDROGEN ENRICHED Zr-1Nb ZIRCONIUM ALLOY NUCLEAR FUEL CLADDINGS 

      Autor: Libera, Ondřej; Halodová, Patricie; Gávelová, Petra; Krejčí, Jakub
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2020)
      Zirconium alloys are being commonly used as a material of choice for nuclear fuel claddings in water cooled nuclear reactors for decades due to their good corrosion resistance and low neutron absorption. However, the ...
    • ON EVALUATION OF THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL ISOGEOMETRIC BEAM ELEMENT 

      Autor: Dvořáková, Edita; Patzák, Bořek
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2020)
      The exact description of the arbitrarily curved geometries, including conic sections, is an undeniable advantage of isogeometric analysis (IGA) over standard finite element method (FEM). With B-spline/NURBS approximation ...
    • ON OPTIMUM DESIGN OF FRAME STRUCTURES 

      Autor: Tyburec, Marek; Zeman, Jan; Kružík, Martin; Henrion, Didier
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2020)
      Optimization of frame structures is formulated as a non-convex optimization problem, which is currently solved to local optimality. In this contribution, we investigate four optimization approaches: (i) general non-linear ...
    • ON THE DESIGN OF COATING SYSTEM USING NANOMECHANICAL EXPERIMENTS 

      Autor: Mercier, David; Fredriksson, Claes
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2020)
      The aim of this paper is to identify performance indices for the design of coating systems, using results from nanomechanical tests. The use of nanoindentation, nanoscratch and pin-on-disk experiments applied to coatings ...
    • ON TUNING THE DYNAMIC LOAD BALANCING FEM FRAMEWORK 

      Autor: Bošanský, Michal; Patzák, Bořek
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2020)
      Developments in computer hardware are currently bringing new opportunities for numerical modelling. The current trend in technology is parallel processing making use of multiple processing units simultaneously to solve a ...