prof. Ing. František Maršík, DrSc.

Prof. Ing. František Maršík, DrSc. was born on 17th October 1942 in Humpolec, Czech Republic.

Stays abroad

Scientific societies

• 2005–2006 President of the IAPWS, member of the Czech Society of Biomechanics
• 2010–2022 member of the World Council for Biomechanics
• Member of the Scientific Boards of two Czech Universities
• Member of the scientific committees of many international conferences.

Professional interest

Irreversible thermodynamics and its applications to problems of phase transition kinetics, thermo-hydrodynamic stability of fluids and hydrogen fuel cells. Between 1975 and 1992 I was involved in the fluid flow analysis of steam turbine blades of the ŠKODA POWER company. I am also interested in bio-thermodynamics, especially in muscle energetic, bone remodelling, cartilage cultivation and hemodynamics of the human cardiovascular system.

Honors

• 2022: Z. P. Bažant Prize for Engineering Mechanics awarded by the Czech Society for Mechanics
• 2017: Honorary Medal of the Czech Medical Society J. E. Purkyně for Merit in Biomechanics and its Application in Convective Tissues
• 2014: František Križík Honorary Medal for Merit in Technical Sciences and for Implementation of Results of Scientific Research

Selected publications

Author or co-author of more than 15 research reports, more than 135 papers published in various journals or conference proceedings.

Books

• František Maršík: Wave propagation and nonlinear phenomena in dissipative systems (in Czech), Vysoká škola báňská-Technická Universita Ostrava, 2014, ISBN 978-80-248-3668-3
• František Maršík, Ivan Dvořák: Biotermodynamika, Academia Praha, 1998, (in Czech)
• František Maršík: Termodynamika kontinua,  Academia Praha, 1999, (in Czech)

Selected papers (2010 – present)

• Maršík, F., Trávníček, Z., Weigand, B., Seibold, F., Antošová, Z.: Swirl flow stability: thermodynamic analysis and experiments, Continuum Mech. Thermodyn. (2024) 36:891–910, doi.org/10.1007/s00161-024-01303-6
• Maršík, F., Weigand, B., Tomáš, M., Tuček, O., Novotný, P.: On the Efficiency of Electrochemical Devices from the Perspective of Endoreversible Thermodynamics, Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics 44(4) (2019) 425–437, doi.org/10.1515/jnet-2018-0076
• Maršík, F., Novotný P., Tomáš M.: What Is Entropy – A Generalized Outlook and Application to Living Systems, in book Thermal Physics and Thermal Analysis (2017) 79–108, doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45899-1_4
• Pavelka, M., Klika, V., Vágner, P., Maršík, F.: Generalization of Exergy Analysis, Applied Energy 137 (2015), pp. 158-172
• M. Pavelka, F. Maršik, V. Klika: Consistent theory of mixtures on different levels of description, International Journal of Engineering Science 78 (2014) 192–217
• V. Beran, M. Sedláček, Maršík F.: A new bladeless hydraulic turbine, Applied Energy 104 (2013) 978–983
• Pavelka, M., Maršík, F., Detailed thermodynamic analysis of PEM fuel cells, Int. J. Hydrogen En. 38 (2013), pp. 7102-7113
• Fedorchenko, A. I. ; Maršík, F.; Trávníček, Z. On the effective temperature concept for liquid: Paradox of the similarity?. International Communications on Heat and Mass Transfer, 2011, Roč. 38, č. 7, s. 852-854. ISSN 0735-1933. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0735193311000959
• Bougherara, H. ; Klika, Václav ; Maršík, František ; Mařík, I. ; Yahia, L.H. New predictive model for monitoring bone remodeling. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. Part A, 2010, 95A, č. 1, s. 9-24. ISSN 1549-3296.
• Klika V., Maršík F.: A thermodynamic model of bone remodelling: the influence of dynamic loading together with biochemical controlJ Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact 2010; 10(3):220-230

Selected papers (before 2010)

• Klika V., Maršík F.:  Coupling Effect between Mechanical Loading and Chemical Reactions, J. Phys. Chem. B, 113, 14689-14697, 2009.
• Maršík F. et al.: Remodelling of living bone induced by dynamic loading and drug delivery—Numerical modelling and clinical treatment, Math. Comput. Simul., doi:10.1016/j.matcom.2009.02.014, 2009.
• Němec T., Maršík F., Mičan O.: The characteristic thickness of polymer electrolyte membrane and the efficiency of fuel cell, Heat Transfer Eng., 30(7), 2009.
• Maršík F. et al.: Binary Homogeneous Nucleation in Selected Aqueous Vapor Mixtures, J. Sol. Chem., doi:10.1007/s10953-008-9337-4, 2008.
• Němec T., Maršík F., Palmer D. A.: Binary nucleation of water and sodium chloride, J. Chem. Phys. 124, 044509, 2006.
• Maršík F., Mařík I., Klika V.: Chemistry of bone remodelling processes, Locomotor System 12 (1+2), 51-61, 2005.
• Maršík F., Převorovská S., Brož Z., Štembera V.: Numerical model of the human cardiovascular system - Korotkoff sound simulation, Cardiovascular Engineering: An International Journal 4 (2), 194-199, 2004.
• Delale C.F., Hrubý J., Maršík F.: Homogeneous Bubble Nucleation in Liquids: The Classical Theory Revised, J. Chem. Phys. 118 (2), 792-806, 2003.
• Maršík F., Mejsnar J.: The Balance of Entropy Underlying Muscle Performance, J. Noneq. Thermodynamics, 19, 197-216, 1994.

Teaching

• Supervisor of 24 PhD graduates
• Continuum Thermodynamics course at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University (1999 – 2013)
• Biothermodynamics course at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University (1999 – 2017), at present at Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Some presented lectures

• Inertia and gravity as a consequence of the entropy gradient (Sept. 2026)
• The influence of time irreversibility on the stability of material systems (Sept. 2025)
• Properties of open thermodynamic systems as the consequence of their stability (Dec. 2019)

Grants