Design and Process Engineering
· Designing, construction, calculation, technology of manufacturing, technical preparation of manufacturing including assembly and testing,
· Thermal and nuclear power plant devices such as steam and combustion turbines, steam generators, steam power plants and heating plants including nuclear power stations, industrial power engineering and their environmental aspects,
· Water turbines, hydrodynamic and hydrostatic pumps, piping systems, hydroelectric power plants, and pumping stations,
· Machinary and devices for chemical industry, food-stuff industry, and biotechnological treatment lines,
· Construction, modelling and theoretical studies of machines and devices for cutting, forming machines, industrial robots, and manipulators,
· Machine parts and mechanisms, methodology of designing machine elements and working mechanisms of general application with consideration of stochastic qualities of inputs, including the application of special types of machines and devices,
· Cars, vans and lorries, buses, trailers, semi-trailers, and motorcycles,
· Combustion engines for all types of vehicle drives, simulation of combustion engine thermomechanical systems, dynamics of driving gear, engine accessories, ecology,
· Machines and devices for in-plant handling of material and handling between operations, for the mining and transport of building materials, for passenger conveyance in buildings,
· Aerodynamic calculation and designing, flight mechanics, fatigue and durability of aircraft constructions, aeroelasticity of aircraft,
· Quality of machine industry production.

prof. Ing. Václav Píštěk, DrSc.

1. Adaptive flow control based on local pressure distribution over wing

   Main objective of Ph.D. study is closed loop active flow control concept feasibility study. The particular concept should be based on direct pressure field monitoring in the vicinity of the wing surface and consequent manipulation instead of conventional flow control based on state variable changes (e.g. accelerations, angular velocities etc.). The study would be focused on following main areas: - analysis and selection of most appropriate actuator system - analysis and selection of most appropriate sensors for pressure distribution monitoring - control law definition (based on measured parameters) - design of demonstrator for wind tunnel testing Main tools used thorough the study should include theoretical research of current state of the art, numerical modelling of concept, laboratory tests of concept demonstrator and if possible demonstration on small UAV.

   Tutor: Jebáček Ivo, doc. Ing., Ph.D.

2. Analysis and modeling of stiffness characteristics of hydraulic and electric actuators in the aircraft control system.

   The current trend in the construction of small transport aircraft, equipped with automatic control systems, is to use of hydraulic and electrical control units for the control surfaces of the airplane. These aggregates are the high demands on weight, energetic and dynamic properties. When analyzing systems control of the airplane it is necessary to consider the effects of aero-elastic phenomena in the construction of aircraft and flight modes. The negative effects of these aeroelastic phenomena can extend to accidents airplane. Inclusion of hydraulic or electric actuators to the airplane system control creates significant additional risk of such aeroelastic phenomena developing. The aim of this thesis is to make the effect of stiffness properties of hydraulic and electric actuators for aircraft aeroelastic phenomena. Based on theoretical analysis and modeling of the properties actuators control devise a methodology for assessing their effects on the generation of hazardous aerodynamic phenomena. It is also necessary to focus attention on methodology of experimental determination of the stiffness characteristics

   Tutor: Třetina Karel, doc. Ing., CSc.

3. Application of CAE systems for production of aircraft structures

   Currently CAE systems (CAD, CAM, FEM) routinely used for modeling the components and whole structures. Results are available in the form of drawings details and complete sets. For production is necessary from these documents design a manufacturing and assembly toolings. The aim of the DP is to create a system that ensures the production of parts, including joining systems (holes for rivets) so that the final assembly took place without challenging and expensive production jigs

   Tutor: Píštěk Antonín, prof. Ing., CSc.

4. Automatic processing of aeronautic operation information on a civil airport.

   Actual state of the art. Required applications. Volition of correponding parameters. Data processing methods used. Indication of final results to a potential user.

   Tutor: Vosecký Slavomír, doc. Ing., CSc.

5. Exploitation of hybrid propulsion for precisous and soft landing of interplanetary probes

   Analysis of possible advantages of hybrid rocket thruster parafine/hydrogen peroxide for precise thrust regulation. Analysis of requirements on thrust regulation during braking and landing of interplanetary vehicle. Design of propulsion system and design of its implementation in interplanetary probe demonstrator.

   Tutor: Juračka Jaroslav, doc. Ing., Ph.D.

6. Impelementation of bionic principles in adaptive flow control

   Analysis of bionic principles of flight, boundary layer control, lift control and other by birds, insects and fishes for its use in adaptive flow control in aerospace and automotive applications. Design of particular system inspired by those principles, its numerical optimization and experimental validation in wind tunnel and possibly in flight.

   Tutor: Juračka Jaroslav, doc. Ing., Ph.D.

7. Methodology of investigation of a large aircraft accident

   Methodology of the investigation. The process procedures and organization. Rules of eyewitness examination. Supervision and inspection rules.

   Tutor: Vosecký Slavomír, doc. Ing., CSc.