Investigator: prof. RNDr. Ludvík Kunz, CSc., dr. h. c.
Number of Project: 1QS200410502
Agency: Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Duration: 01. 01. 2005 - 31. 12. 2009

Verification of mechanical properties of engineering materials which are in advanced stage of basic research and which promise the near future application in engineering practice in enterprises is the main aim of the project. The research isl be focused on high temperature materials for gas turbines and turbochargers (superalloys and intermetallics), metallic biomaterials for surgical implants (stainless steels, Ti-alloys, NiTi alloys) and new steels for railway traffic. The results and knowledge of basic research are applied to the particular engineering items, verified in sufficient extent, published and prepared for direct application in engineering practice in enterprises which have certified an expression of interest on research results.

Dymáček P., Milička K.:
Small punch testing and its numerical simulations under constant deflection force conditions,
Strength of materials, 1/2008, pp. 32-35, ISSN 0556-171X

Orlová, Alena, Dobeš, Ferdinand:
Contributions to Internal Stress from Free Dislocations and from Substructure Boundaries in Dislocation Structure Formed in High Temperature Creep.
5th International Conference on Materials Structure and Micromechanics of Fracture. Abstract booklet. Brno: VUTIUM, 2007 - (Šandera, P.) S. 140-140. ISBN 978-80-214-3434-9.

MAN J, OBRTLÍK K, POLÁK J: Extrusions and intrusions in fatigued metals. Part 1. State of the art and history. Phil. Mag. 89 (2009) 1295–1336.

MAN J, KLAPETEK P, MAN O, WEIDNER A, OBRTLÍK K, POLÁK J: Extrusions and intrusions in fatigued metals. Part 2. AFM and EBSD study of the early growth of extrusions and intrusions in 316L steel fatigued at room temperature. Phil. Mag. 89 (2009) 1337–1372.

ROBERTSON C, OBRTLÍK K, MARINI B: Dislocation structures in 16MND5 pressure vessel steel strained in uniaxial tension at different temperatures from -196 °C up to 25 °C. J. Nucl. Mater. 366 (2007) 58–69.

JULIŠ M, OBRTLÍK K, POSPÍŠILOVÁ S, PODRÁBSKÝ T: Surface relief evolution in cast superalloy INCONEL 738LC fatigued at room temperature. Acta Metall. Slovaca 13 (2007) 573–577.

OBRTLÍK K, CHLUPOVÁ A, PETRENEC M, POLÁK J: Low cycle fatigue of cast superalloy Inconel 738LC at high temperature. Key Eng. Mater. 385–387 (2008) 581–584.

PETRENEC M, ZEMANOVÁ A, KRAHULA K, KRUML T, MAN J: Heat treatment and mechanical properties of TiAl alloy with high Nb content. Materials Engineering 16 (3a/2009) 13–18.

PETRENEC M, BERAN P, ŠMÍD M, ROUPCOVÁ P, TESAŘOVÁ H: Low cycle fatigue of austempered ductile cast iron alloyed with nickel at room at depressed temperature. Materials Engineering 16 (3a/2009) 1–6.

POLÁK J: Mechanisms and kinetics of the early fatigue damage in crystalline materials. Mater. Sci. Eng. A 468-470 (2007) 33–39.

Kunz, L., Lukáš, P., Z. Zúberová: Únava ultrajemnozrnných materiálů. Materálové inžinierstvo 14 (3/2007) 8 – 12.

Seitl, S., Klusák, J., Keršner, Z.: The influence of a notch width on a crack growth for various configurations of three-point bending specimens, Materials Engineering Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 213-219, 2007

LUKÁŠ, P., KUNZ, L., SVOBODA, M.: Overview of Fatigue Behaviour of Ultrafine-Grained Copper Produced by Severe Plastic deformation. Mater. Sci. Forum 567-568 (2008) 9-16.

Hutař, P., Náhlík, L., Knésl, Z., Kunz, L., Matušek, P., Model analysis of fatigue crack growth during EN 13262 wheel standard testing, 15 International Wheelset Congress, Praha, 2007