The Institute of Thermomechanics is a scientific and research institution of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. The Institute conducts interdisciplinary basic research in the following areas: fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, dynamics of mechanical systems, solid mechanics, interactions of fluids and solids, environmental aerodynamics, biomechanics, mechatronics, electrophysics, electrical machines, drives and electronics and material diagnostics.
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Open Days

Like every year during the first week of November our institute opened its laboratories to general public. The visitors of the Aerodynamic Laboratory in Nový Knín were introduced to its research activities on November 4, 2008.  »»» 

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Our presentation at Techmania 2008

On November 6, 2008 the Institute of Thermomechanics AS CR has become one of the first guests of the newly opened Techmania Science Center in Pilsen on the occasion of the Science & Technology Week attended by the Academy of Sciences.  »»» 

Flow Control Using Fluidic Actuation
Lecture - 21 October 2008 (Tuesday), 10:00
Prof. Ari Glezer, Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA

As you surely know, prof. Ari Glezer is the originator of the term „synthetic jet“ and the founder of this particular branch of fluid mechanics.  »»» 

Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics of Boundary Conditions
Lecture - October 8, 2008 (Wednesday), 11:00
Prof. Dr. Hans Christian Öttinger, ETH Zurich, Institute of Polymers, Switzerland

Abstract: While the field equations for complex fluids are usually formulated such that they respect the principles of nonequilibrium thermodynamics, the choice of  »»» 



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