Bořek Patzák

Professional CV:

• 1993 graduated from Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic, specialization in Structural Design & Transportation Engineering.
• 1997 defended doctoral dissertation thesis "Material models for concrete" at Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic.
• 1997-2000 assistant professor at the Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Structural Mechanics.
• 2000-2002 research engineer at EPFL, ENAC, Laboratory of Structural and Continuum Mechanics (LSC) in Lausanne. I worked with Milan Jirasek on a project on adaptive techniques for strain-softening materials.
• since July 2002 associate professor at the Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Mechanics.

Current Research:

• development of open source, general purpose, multiphysics, object-oriented finite element code OOFEM.
• dynamic load balancing on heterogeneous parallel architectures
• principal investigator of research projects supported by Czech Science Foundation GACR:
  • 103/06/1845 - "Algorithms for Representation of Moving Boundaries", 2006-2008.
  • 103/04/1394 - "Simulation of Fresh Concrete Flow", 2004-2006.
• research team member of the MSM 6840770003 project:
  "Algorithms for Computer Simulation and Application in Engineering" (Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic).

Other fields of interest:

• Numerical methods in mechanics, particularly adaptive techniques and constitutive modeling of quasibrittle materials.
• High performance computing and software development - object oriented and parallel programming.

Graduate and undergraduate research opportunities: I am always looking for capable and highly motivated students (undergraduate and graduate) with backgrounds and interests in math, engineering, finite element method, and computer science to join my research program. Please contact me to discuss current opportunities.

Check the link to OOFEM gallery illustrating some of my results.

Selected Publications:

• B. Patzák and Z. Bittnar. Modeling of fresh concrete flow. Computers and Structures, 87(15-16):962--969, 2009.
• B. Patzák and Z. Bittnar. Rheology and simulation of fresh concrete flow. In M. Papadrakakis and B.H.V. Topping, editors, Trends in Engineering Computational Technology, chapter 4, pages 61--80. Civil-Comp Press Ltd, Stirling, 2008.
• Z. Hora and B. Patzák. Analysis of long-term behaviour of nuclear reactor containment. Nuclear Engineering and Design, 273(3):253--259, February 2007.
• B. Patzák and M. Jirásek. Adaptive resolution of localized damage in quasibrittle materials. Journal of Engineering Mechanics Division ASCE, 130:720--732, 2004.
• B. Patzák and M. Jirásek. Process zone resolution by extended finite elements. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 70(7-8):837--1097, May 2003.
• M. Jirásek and B. Patzák. Consistent tangent stiffness for nonlocal damage models. Computers and Structures, 80(14-15):1279--1293, June 2002.
• M. Jirásek and B. Patzák. Process zone resolution by extended finite elements. In R. de Borst, J. Mazars, G. Pijaudier-Cabot, and J.G.M. van Mier, editors, Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Structures, volume 2, pages 805--808. A.A.Balkema Publishers, 2001.
• B. Patzák and Z. Bittnar. Design of object oriented finite element code. Advances in Engineering Software, 32(10-11):759--767, 2001.
• B. Patzák, D. Rypl, and Z. Bittnar. Parallel explicit finite element dynamics with nonlocal constitutive models. Computers and Structures, 79(26-28):2287--2297, 2001.
• B. Patzák and Z. Bittnar. Object oriented finite element modelling. In B.H.V. Topping and B. Kumar, editors, Developments in Analysis and Design using Finite Elements Methods. Civil-Comp Press, 1999. ISBN 0 9487 4961 X.

Complete list of my publications

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