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. Acoustic Energy during Unsteady Fluid Flow

   The dissertation aim is research and development of methods to describe acoustic energy during unsteady state fluid flow. Research activities include a development of physical description of aeroacoustics, assembling of computational models and the use of these principles for analyses of real machines (e.g. turbochargers). The commercial software tools (e.g. ANSYS, ADAMS ACTRAN etc.) and the user written subroutines in programming languages (Python, Matlab, Fortran or C) will be used during study. The results will be verified by the technical experiments in full anechoic room and on specialized experimental test benches. The work is supported by Honeywell. A cooperation with the industrial partner and an application of the results of work are expected. The long-term internship abroad at the world's research institutions, participations in international conferences and scientific journals are planned during the study. The study will be supported by an employment contract financially comparable to the industry contracts. More information can be found here: http://www.iae.fme.vutbr.cz/studium-doktorske

   Tutor: Novotný Pavel, prof. Ing., Ph.D.

2. Mathematical model of vehicle damper

   The aim is to create a mathematical model of vehicle damper suitable for simulation of vehicle dynamics, with parameters easily identifiable using a damper dynamometer.

   Tutor: Porteš Petr, doc. Ing., Ph.D.

3. Modeling of gearbox dynamic properties using virtual prototypes

   The thesis will focus on advanced modeling of dynamic properties of gears using computational methods based on FEM and MBS. The computational models developed at the virtual prototype level will be validated by the proposed technical experiments.

   Tutor: Píštěk Václav, prof. Ing., DrSc.

4. Structure Shape Optimisation Decreasing Noise

   The dissertation aim is a development of algorithms and procedures suitable for shape optimizing of turbocharger wheels to decrease aerodynamics noise. Activities include a description of acoustic energy generation during unsteady fluid flow, a development of optimisation algorithms and an application of methods to real turbochargers. It is expected a deep utilisation of programming languages (Python, Matlab, Fortran or C++), commercial softwares (CFX, ANSYS) together with acoustic softwares (e.g. ACTRAN). The results will be verified by the technical experiments in full anechoic room and on specialized experimental test benches. The work is supported by Honeywell. A cooperation with the industrial partner and an application of the results of work are expected. The long-term internship abroad at the world's research institutions, participations in international conferences and scientific journals are planned during the study. The study will be supported by an employment contract financially comparable to the industry contracts. More information can be found here: http://www.iae.fme.vutbr.cz/studium-doktorske

   Tutor: Novotný Pavel, prof. Ing., Ph.D.

5. Thermal tire models

   The work is focused on mathematical models and measurement methods for prediction of temperature and tire pressure while driving.

   Tutor: Porteš Petr, doc. Ing., Ph.D.

6. Vibrational and Acoustic Patterns of Vehicles

   The dissertation aim is research and development of methods to analyse noise and vibration of vehicles, powertrains and drivetrains with the subsequent application of the results in industrial applications. Research activities include a development of methods and algorithms, assembling of computational models and the use of these principles for a construction and analyses of the vehicles. The commercial software tools (e.g. ANSYS, ADAMS ACTRAN etc.) and the user written subroutines in programming languages (Python, Matlab, Fortran or C++) will be used during the study. The results will be verified by the technical experiments on specialized experimental test-stands. A cooperation with the industrial partner and an application of the results of work are expected. The long-term internship abroad at the world's research institutions, participations in international conferences and scientific journals are planned during the study. The study will be supported by an employment contract financially comparable to the industry contracts. More information can be found here: http://www.iae.fme.vutbr.cz/studium-doktorske

   Tutor: Novotný Pavel, prof. Ing., Ph.D.