Ing. Jiří Plešek, CSc.

• Since 2013: Director of the Institute of Thermomechanics AS CR, v. v. i.
• 2007: Deputy Director of the Institute of Thermomechanics AS CR, v. v. i.
• 2003-2007: Head of Dept. D4 - Impact and Waves in Solids
• 1999-2000: Institute of Physics AS CR, Prague, part-time employment
• 1997: research scientist, Institute of Thermomechanics AS CR
• 1993-1997: structural engineer, VAMET Ltd., BIC CTU Prague
• 1992: Institute of Thermomechanics AS CR, part-time employment
• 1992: CSc. (equivalent of Ph.D.) – Modelling of thermo-elasto-plastic behaviour of materials and application in FEM
• 1984-1993: researcher, SVUSS, Prague – Bechovice
• 1984: Dipl.-Ing. in Applied Mechanics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague

Organizational activities and memberships in scientific societies

• Member of EUROMECH
• Head of the Computational Mechanics section of the Czech Society for Mechanics during 1998-2005
• Babuska prize committee member
• Reviewer of European Science Foundation
• Reviewer of Int. J. Numerical Methods in Engineering
• Reviewer of J. Computers & Structures
• Reviewer of ASCE J. Engineering Mechanics

Selected publications

• PLEŠEK, J., FEIGENBAUM, H.P., DAFALIAS, Y.F.: Convexity of yield surfaces with directional distortional hardening. ASCE J. Eng. Mech., 136, No. 4, pp. 477-484, 2010.
• GABRIEL, D., PLESEK, J., KOLMAN, R., VALES, F.. Dispersion of elastic waves in the contact-impact problem of a long cylinder. J. Comp. Appl. Math., 234, pp. 1930-1936, 2010.
• FEIGENBAUM, H.P. DUGDALE, J., DAFALIAS, Y.F., KOUROUSIS, K.I., PLEŠEK, J.: Multiaxial ratcheting with advanced kinematic and directional distortional hardening rules. Int. J. Sol. Struct., 49, pp. 3063-3076, 2012.
• KOLMAN, R., PLEŠEK, J., OKROUHLÍK, M., GABRIEL, D.: Grid dispersion analysis of plane square biquadratic serendipity finite elements in transient elastodynamics. Int. J. Numer. Meth. Engrg., 96, No.1, pp.1-28, 2013.
• ČERV, J., PLEŠEK, J.: Implicit and explicit secular equations for Rayleigh waves in two-dimensional anisotropic media. J. Wave Motion, 50, pp1105-1117, 2013.
• KOLMAN, R., PLEŠEK, J., OKROUHLÍK, M.: Complex wavenumber Fourier analysis of the B-spline based finite element method. J. Wave Motion, 51, No. 2, pp. 348–359, 2014.
• KOLMAN, R., SOROKIN, S., BASTL, B., KOPAČKA, J., PLEŠEK, J.: Isogeometric analysis of free vibration of simple shaped elastic samples. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 137, No. 4., pp. 2089-2100, 2015.
• MAREK, R., PLEŠEK, J., HRUBÝ, Z., PARMA, S., FEIGENBAUM, H.P., DAFALIAS, Y.F.: Numerical implementation of a model with directional distortional hardening. ASCE J. Eng. Mech., 141, No. 12, 04015048 (10 pages), 2015.
• KOPAČKA, J., GABRIEL, D., PLEŠEK, J., ULBIN, M.: Assessment of methods for computing the closest point projection, penetration and gap functions in contact problems. Int. J. Numer. Meth. Engrg., 105, pp. 803-833, 2016.
• KOLMAN, R., PLEŠEK, J., ČERV, J., OKROUHLÍK, M., PAŘÍK, P.: Temporal-spatial dispersion and stability analysis of finite element method in explicit elastodynamics. Int. J. Numer. Meth. Engrg., 106, pp. 113-128, 2016.
• ČERV, J., ADÁMEK, V., VALEŠ, F., GABRIEL, D., PLEŠEK, J.: Wave motion in a thick cylindrical rod undergoing longitudinal impact. J. Wave Motion, 66, pp. 88-105, 2016.
• KOLMAN, R., OKROUHLÍK, M., BEREZOVSKI, A., GABRIEL, D., KOPAČKA, J., PLEŠEK, J.: B-spline based finite element method in one-dimensional discontinuous elastic wave propagation. Appl. Math. Modelling, 46, pp. 382-395, 2017.
• PAŘÍK, P., PLEŠEK, J.: On the implementation of a direct solver for large finite element problems. Adv. Engng. Software, 113, pp. 2-6, 2017.
• KLOC, L., SKLENIČKA, V., DYMÁČEK, P., PLEŠEK, J.: New creep constitutive equation for finite element modelling including transient effects. Mech. Mater., 119, pp. 49-55, 2018.
• KOPAČKA, J., TKACHUK, A., GABRIEL, D., KOLMAN, R., BISCHOFF, M., PLEŠEK, J.: On stability and reflection-transmission analysis of the bipenalty method in contact-impact problems: a one-dimensional, homogeneous case study. Int. J. Numer Meth. Engrg., 113, pp. 1607-1629, 2018.

Lectures

Continuum Mechanics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague

Grants