Newsletter ITAM 1/2022

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A small preview in the form of the Editorial of the ITAM CAS director:

Dear supporters of science,
After some time, we are now publishing another issue of the newsletter for the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the CAS which summarizes on these four pages the more significant events of the past half year. We have not been idle in this somewhat less busy period. After two years, the Engineering Mechanics Conference of Czech mechanics was finally held again in Vysočina with international participation, a continuation of the previous successful years.

Another event, which has also suffered from this two-year hiatus, was the ITAM staff’s annual participation in the Science Fair and presentation of scientific exhibits to the wider public, especially the younger generation.
In this issue you also will find interesting information about X-ray tests from which it was possible to "extract" images of loaded foam
with advanced morphology, and about the novelty of new patented TORATOM X-ray equipment in the form of a highly sensitive large-area scintillation detector.

You will also learn about the continuation of the “Memory Tools” exhibition, which this time it is possible to visit at the Podřipské Museum until the end of summer.
In the article on research conducted at the Štamberk ruins, you will find out how the Department of Heritage Science works, using numerous new technological tools and procedures developed by the staff from our Centre Telč and the Centre for Lime Technologies. The expertise of the ITAM researchers and the international reach of their research is further demonstrated in the article about a project that deals with building binders from the Late Bronze Age and Roman times in Cyprus.
We wish you an interesting and stimulating read!

Stanislav Pospíšil, director