The contemporary world is characterized by enormous development of globalization on the basis of fast spread of information enabled by modern information technologies. The development of the last decades is full of twists and is very difficult to predict. Under these conditions the ...

The thesis deals with the selection of materials during the design phase in the life cycle of a product. The general part of the thesis explains the principles of the design process. From this it follows that materials have a considerable influence on the overall properti...

Forming machines are used for material molding, i.e. to change its shape without removing of the material. The main topic of this work is to determine the possibility of forming machines in relation to the technological operations carried out with respect to the m...

Passive safety has become a new area of rail vehicles design. Passive safety is marginally related to various regulations and standards. Recently, however, the standard EN 15227 has been introduced. This thesis is focused on passive safety of railway vehicles interiors. The aim is&...

Short circuit torque is an unpredictable and undesirable phenomenon, which has a negative influence on the electrical and mechanical components of each drive. In the engineering practice, there are many ways of an individual wheelset drive by traction motor. For finding a problem s...

At the present there are a lot of procedures and experimental methods for lifetime prediction, but as the machine designer of the presses for shaping the plastic melt, where all basic mechanisms are loaded by cyclic deflection, I miss the fast method for the lifetime pred...

When designing new and reconstruction of existing machinery and equipment for manufacture of pipes there are efforts to create automated machines and processes, in which great attention is paid not only to innovation of straightening machines and equipment, but also to the improvement&#...

The main goal of this work was to research into ways of reducing material and energy demands of forming machines, with a focus on curing presses. The benefits of this work include creation and verification of methods for the simulation and analysis of the temperature dist...

This thesis is concerned with assembling a knowledge base about magnetic bearings. It compares way of mounting rotors with the accent on mounting in a magnetic field. This thesis describes individual parts of magnetic bearings systems and this knowledge can be used for a knowl...

The dissertation thesis deals with gearshift optimization of racing car Škoda Fabia S2000. This concept means optimization of parameters that are essential in the race car - shortening time during gearchanging. As there are a lot of gearshifts on rally stage, each gearchange ...

The dissertation thesis deals with methods for predicting the properties of technical products already in the construction phase, followed by validation the accuracy of these methods by solving real design problems. The theoretical part includes a detailed analysis of the design process ...

Dissertation thesis deals with crashworthiness of the railway vehicles bodies as a significant factor of a passive safety. Important aspects of occupant survival and protection are vehicle integrity and energy absorption. Thesis analyzes legislation requirements and describes the state of the...

The aim of this dissertation thesis is to propose and validate a methodology for designing the machine components made of fibre composites with integrated passive damping elements. The work is based on maximum application of Computer Aided Engineering tools combined with experimental ap...

This Ph.D. thesis is focused on finding an effective solution that will reduce car oversteer and understeer effects using an active chassis elements. The proposed solution uses an independent steering movement on the both front wheels to improve car driving stability. The positive ...

The work contains a summary of findings from the design of driving assisting systems, description of the steps that led to the design concept an assisting system. Assisting function is in the evaluation of decrease of the driver's attention. Neural networks are used to cla...

Currently, the forming machines are used in many areas of heavy industry, especially in power engineering, chemical industry, shipping industry and in the military area. Most of the modern products are partially composed of formed parts. Therefore, it is necessary to deal with the&...

The diesel combustion engines are presently the main means of powering the civilian naval and river fleet. Due to the fuel used, in many cases marine fuel oil, they are a significant contributor to environment pollution. One of the possibilities to lower the emissions of ...

The doctoral thesis subjekt is ?Complex evaluation of energy consumption components for transportation and handling technology?. Submitted doctoral thesis respects the trends which are currently proceeding in automotive industry ? in vehicles with low energy consumption operation. The doctoral&...

The present work deals with the optimization of engineering design of heavy-duty gearboxes. Unlike other domestic and foreign literature, the work perceives the design process with its full complexity including connected aspects of production and economy. In the optimized product all the...

This thesis deals with issues concerning narrow alternative cars arising from low stability during turning. Vehicles with a narrow wheel track have many advantages but lower stability during turning is limiting their expansion. A highly effective way to increase stability is by suitable...