• 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 ...
    • PRE-PROCESSING OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING INPUT FILES FOR NUMERICAL SIMULATION 

      Autor: Voříšek, Jan; Patzák, Bořek
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2020)
      In this contribution, we present the concept of a 3D printer software emulator facilitating the creation of a spatial finite element mesh suitable for the printing process simulation. The concept is based on gradual ...
    • RELATION BETWEEN HARDNESS OF (Ti, Al)N BASED MULTILAYERED COATINGS AND PERIODS OF THEIR STACKING 

      Autor: Zaoui, Mehdi; Bourceret, Alexandre; Gaillard, Yves; Giljean, Sylvain; Rousselot, Christophe; Pac, Marie-José; Richard, Fabrice
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2020)
      This study aims to model, by using a finite element method, the relationship between the hardness and the period Λ of metal/nitride multilayer coatings (Ti0.54Al0.46/Ti0.54Al0.46N)n in order to understand the increase of ...
    • RESPONSE AND DAMAGE EVOLUTION OF SINGLE EDGE NOTCHED TIMBER BEAMS UNDER THREE-POINT BENDING 

      Autor: Šmídová, Eliška; Kabele, Petr; Šejnoha, Michal
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2020)
      Two groups of small-size single edge notched beams (SENB) made of European spruce (Picea abies) were tested in three-point bending (3PB) until failure under displacement control. The first group comprised of eight solid ...
    • ROLE OF FLUID ON THE CONTACT DEFORMATION RESPONSE OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUE 

      Autor: Swain, Michael V.
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2020)
      This paper will focus on the role of fluids on the indentation deformation response of tooth and eye tissues. All natural biological materials contain fluid and function in a fluidic environment, which plays a critical ...
    • SIZE EFFECT ON THE ULTIMATE DRYING SHRINKAGE OF CONCRETE - EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE AND ENGINEERING PRACTICE 

      Autor: Dohnalová, Lenka; Havlásek, Petr
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2020)
      The design and behavior of creep-sensitive structures can be to a large extent dependent on the evolution of drying shrinkage. Drying shrinkage of concrete measured on standard laboratory specimens is very time demanding, ...
    • THE INFLUENCE OF THE USE OF RECYCLED GYPSUM ON THE PROPERTIES OF GYPSUM PRODUCTS IN LABOR CONDITIONS 

      Autor: Sekavová, Hana; Herrmann, Jakub; Prošek, Zdeněk; Nyč, Miroslav; Karra’a, George
      (České vysoké učení technické v PrazeCzech Technical University in Prague, 2020)
      The article presents the first results from research, which is deal with recycling of plaster boards and use of the resulting material. The research is carried out within the project MPO Trio c. FV30359 “Recyklace ...