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Jaroslav POKLUDA

Institute of Physical Engineering

Department of Micromechanics of Materials and Engineering Acoustics

I was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia. After achieving the M.Sc. degree (Physics) at the Masaryk University in 1972, I was with the Military Research Institute of Materials and Technology till 1985. Since that time I am with the Technical University in Brno currently as a head of the Dept. Micromechanics of Materials and Engineering Acoustics. My general profesional orientation is on Physics of Materials, particularly on relations between mechanical properties and structure of materials and micromechanics of their deformation and fracture. The topics of the current research work performed within the "micromechanistic" group of my Department are following:

• calculation of theoretical (ideal) strength of solids using semiempirical interatomic potencials and ab initio approaches,
• calibration of inherent brittleness/ductility of crystals by means of modified Kelly-Tyson-Cottrell approach,
• computer modelling of intergranular crack growth i metals on the basis of 3D Voronoia tessellations,
• modelling of shielding phenomena caused by structuraly induced crack tip branching,
• low cycle fatigue and cyclic creep of advanced high strength steels,
• aplication of laser speckle methods to the detection and evaluation of surface micromorphology induced by fatigue of metals
• creation of materials database for engineering and commercial use.
• creation of the complex textbook of theoretical and laboratory exercizes for education in physics and mechanics of fracture.

I am involved in all these research programms which are supported by grants on the level of both the University and the Ministry of Education. Recently we became a support within the European COST program for the next three years.

My publications

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