The presented thesis focuses on the multiscale modeling of ionic transport in porous medium and its application to the modeling of cortical bone tissue. It considers two-phase material that consists of an incompressible electrolyte solution and a solid phase that is described by tw...

My presented dissertation thesis aims to show possibilities and use statistical physics in biomechanics, especially for modelling a muscle on a molecular level (myosin II molecular motor) and its connection to the so-called Maxwell's demon. In the model, I use the Fokker-Planck equa...

Research of existing knowledge about the properties of used building materials, the method of calculating the deformation of slab reinforced concrete structures with emphasis on the later application of loading, research and analysis of structures and methods of design according to applicabl...

The ultimate goal of this thesis is to design and implement a fluid-structure interaction (FSI) methodology mainly for applications in aeroelasticity, such as flutter prediction. One of the main requirements for the FSI algorithm is a high level of modularity, meaning that the flui...

This thesis is focused on the mathematical modelling of rotating systems with journal bearings and detailed investigation of particular journal bearing types and their effects on rotating system's behaviour. First, a complex model of a radial journal bearing is introduced for modelling&#...

This work is focused on the virtual modelling of the human body, with the main focuse on the full body models, utilized and developed for dynamics crash scenarios. This thesis firstly presents a brief overview of the current state of the art in the human models. Howe...

A new ab-inito method and the related computer code has been developed within this work --- in accordance with its aims --- for calculating electronic states and structural properties of (primarily) nonperiodic, possibly electrically charged, material structures. This method has been impleme...

This work deals with modelling of mechanical properties of rubber with the consideration of chemical ageing and cumulation of microcracks driven by fatigue damage. The use of time-averaging technique, based on asymptotic expansions, is suggested for the purpose of numerical simulations ...

The thesis deals with numerical modelling of turbulent compressible fluid flows using RANS and LES approaches, taking advantage of the discontinuous Galerkin finite element method used for discretization of the appropriate mathematical models. The first part is focused on imple...

Thesis is devoted to a field of aeroelasticity phenomena, which appears due to interaction of fluid and structure. This work is especially aimed at methods of mathematical modelling of aeroelasticity phenomena in steam turbines, where one of the best known is a flutter of turbine b...

This dissertation thesis is dedicated to the modelling of multibody systems that include flexible thin bodies such as beams, ropes, cables and fibers. In this work, the basic methods for cable modelling are summarized and then the complex methodology for the dynamical analysis of&#...

This dissertation thesis deals with methods for computational modelling and testing of lateral vibrations of turbocharger rotors supported in journal bearings with fully floating rings. Furthermore, design for an effective radial journal bearing is proposed. Parameters of an investigated turbocharger&...

The work is focused on a behaviour investigation of a riveted joint using composite components and a blind rivet. The work describes a design and an implementation of a material model into the commercially used software Abaqus. The most important model characteristics are the ...

Recently, a changeover from the applicable national standards for designing of building structures to uniform standards eurocodes. Naturally, this change applies also to steel structures. Eurocodes are based on semi-probabilistic "regulation" method of various coefficients, the origin and p...

The Ph.D. thesis presents a detailed overview of models and techniques used for two-phase flows modeling, which can be numerically solved using the finite volume method. The models and techniques are discussed in detail, including their extent of validity. Using averaging approach, the&...

The dissertation thesis aims to introduce the reader to one of the possibilities of modeling of flexible bodies connected by contacts with relative small movement. Firstly a state of the art review was made to achieve the stated goal, which was the starting point for expl...

The paper deals with numerical simulation of 3D unsteady turbulent coolant flow inside a fuel assembly TVSA-T of the VVER1000 type reactor operated in Nuclear Power Plant Temelín using Large-Eddy-Simulations (LES). Because of complex geometry of the fuel assemblies and very computational...

Aim of this dissertation was to analyze influence of spatial distribution of fibers in the unidirectional carbon fiber composite on overall behavior of the material. The dependency of homogenized material properties of a composite lamina on its degree of irregularity are investigated, p...

The thesis is focused on mathematical modelling of vibro-impact systems, particularly on the modelling of the TVSA-T fuel assembly components vibration in WWER-1000/320 reactor. A methodology of the modelling of impact-interacting flexible one-dimensional bodies is formulated and the direct appli...

The submitted dissertation thesis is focused on a theoretical mathematical model describing contractile activity of skeletal muscles. More specifically, the main subject of interest is the mathematical model of a structure called sarcomere. Sarcomere is traditionally considered as the basic contr...