prof. Mgr. Tomáš Kruml, CSc.

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Polák J., Vražina T., Tobiáš J., Poczklán L., Kruml T.: A novel approach to the analysis of the tensile hardening curve. Materials and Design 264 (2026) 115668

Elbeltagy A., Gramlich A., Heczko M., Dlouhý A., Kruml T., Warczok P., Kozeschnik E., Krupp U.: Investigation of IG copper precipitation behaviour and its impact on GBs in ferritic steels. Mater. & Design 266 (2026) 116014


Gamanov Š., Poczklán L., Dlouhý A., Kruml T.: A step size dependence of KAM, GROD and GND parameters calculated from EBSD. Mater. Character. 232 (2026) 115952

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Utada S., Heczko M., Rame J., Hamadi S., Dlouhý A., Kruml T., Villechaise P., Reed R., Mills M., Cormier J.: Origin of localizing creep damage in Ni-based single crystal superalloys pre-strained at room temperature. Acta Mater. 299 (2025) 121448

Poloprudský J., Sobola D., Daniel J., Grossman J., Kruml T.: Effect of repeated solid impact on bulk metallic materials. Surfaces and Interfaces 62 (2025) 106159

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Polák J., Man J., Kruml T.: The sources of cyclic slip irreversibility. Acta Mater. 267 (2024) 119709


Říha Z., Zeleňák M., Nag A., Poloprudský J., Kruml T., Hloch S.: A study of the erosion characteristics of an EN AE-6060 aluminium alloy processed using middle and high power continuous and modulated water jets. Wear 536-537 (2024) 205154

Hloch S., Poloprudský J., Šiška F., Babinský T., Nag A., Chlupová A., Kruml T.: Erosion development in AISI 316L stainless steel under pulsating water jet treatment. Engineering Science and Technology 50 (2024) 101630

Polák J., Babinský T., Vražina T., Kruml T.: The role of extrusions and intrusions in the initiation and intergranular growth of fatigue cracks. Adv. Eng. Mater. 0 (2024) 2400313

Polák J., Jadlovský D., Kruml T.: Extrusions and intrusions in the cyclic plastic zone of the growing fatigue crack in polycrystalline copper. Int. J. Fatigue 179 (2024) 108063

Polák J., Babinský T., Vražina T., Kruml T.: Mechanism of intergranular fatigue crack growth in copper polycrystal. Int. J. Fatigue 182 (2024) 108190


Roth J., Šulák I., Kruml T., Polkowski W., Dudziak T., Böhlke T., Krupp U., Jahns K.: Establishing a process route for additive manufacturing of NiCu-based Alloy 400: an alignment of gas atomization, laser powder bed fusion, and design of experiments. Int. J. Adv. Manufact. Technol. 134 (2024) 3433-3452

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Poczklán L., Polák J., Kruml T.: Comparison of critical plane models based on multiaxial low-cycle fatigue tests of 316L steel. Int. J. Fatigue 171 (2023) 107569

Janů L., Dvořáková E., Polášková K., Buchtelová M., Ryšánek P., Chlup Z., Kruml T., Galmiz O., Nečas D., Zajíčková L.: Enhanced adhesion of electrospun polycaprolactone nanofibers to plasma-modified polypropylene fabric. Polymers 15 (2023) 1686

Gröger R., Holzer J., Kruml T.: Twinning and antitwinning in body-centered cubic metals. Comp. Mater. Sci. 216 (2023) 111874

Chlupová A., Hloch S., Nag A., Šulák I., Kruml T.: Effect of pulsating water jet processing on erosion grooves and microstructure in the subsurface layer of 25CrMo4 (EA4T) steel. Wear 524-525 (2023) 204774

Zelený M., Ostapovec A., Fridrich L., Šesták P., Heczko M., Kruml T.: On mechanical twinning in tetragonal lattice. Philos. Mag. 103 (2023) 119-136


Mikmeková Š., Man J., Ambrož O., Jozefovič P., Čermák J., Järvenpää A., Jaskari M., Materna J., Kruml T.: High-resolution characterization of deformation induced martensite in large areas of fatigued austenitic stainless steel using deep learning. Metals 13 (2023) 1039

Man J., Blinn B., Šulák I., Kuběna I., Smaga M., Chlup Z., Kruml T., Beck T., Polák J.: Formation of deformation induced martensite in fatigued 316L steels manufactured by selective laser melting (SLM). Procedia Struct. Integr. 43 (2023) 203-208

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Poloprudský J., Nag A., Kruml T., Hloch S.: Effects of liquid droplet volume and impact frequency on the integrity of Al alloy AW2014 exposed to subsonic speeds of pulsating water jets. Wear 488-489 (2022) 204136

Slávik O., Vojtek T., Poczklán L., Tinoco Navarro H., Kruml T., Hutař P., Šmíd M.: Improved description of low-cycle fatigue behaviour of 316L steel under axial, torsional and combined loading using plastic J-integral. Theor. Appl. Fract. Mech. 118 (2022) 103212

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Tinoco Navarro H., Holzer J., Pikálek T., Sobota J., Fořt T., Matějka M., Kruml T., Hutař P.: Determination of the yield stress in Al thin film by applying bulge test. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1777 (2021) 012030

Tinoco Navarro H., Hutař P., Kruml T., Holzer J.: Modeling of elastoplastic behavior of freestanding square thin films under bulge testing. Acta Mech. 232 (2021) 2715-2731

Babinský T., Kuběna I., Šulák I., Kruml T., Tobiáš J., Polák J.: Surface relief evolution and fatigue crack initiation in René 41 superalloy cycled at room temperature. Mater. Sci. Eng. A 819 (2021) 141520

Poloprudský J., Chlupová A., Kruml T., Hloch S.: Identification of Local Microplasticity on Ti6Al4V After Impingement of Periodically Acting Water Clusters. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering Advances (2021) 63-74

Poloprudský J., Chlupová A., Kruml T., Hloch S., Hlaváček P., Foldyna J.: Effect of Standoff Distance on the Erosion of Various Materials. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering Advances (2021) 164-171

Říha Z., Zeleňák M., Kruml T., Poloprudský J.: Comparison of the disintegration abilities of modulated and continuous water jets. Wear 478-479 (2021) 203891

Vinogradov A., Kruml T., Heczko M., Mazánová V., Linderov M.: Kinetics of cyclically-induced mechanical twinning in gamma-TiAl unveiled by a combination of acoustic emission, neutron diffraction and electron microscopy. Acta Mater. 212 (2021) 116921

Poloprudský J., Chlupová A., Šulák I., Kruml T., Hloch S.: Surface and Subsurface Analysis of Stainless Steel and Titanium Alloys Exposed to Ultrasonic Pulsating Water Jet. Materials 14 (2021) 5212

Holzer J., Chlup Z., Kruml T., Gröger R.: Plastic deformation of magnetically isotropic Cr single crystals compressed at 77 K. Int. J. Plast. 138 (2021) 102938

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Hloch S., Srivastava M., Nag A., Müller M., Hromasová M., Svobodová J., Kruml T., Chlupová A.: Effect of pressure of pulsating water jet moving along stair trajectory on erosion depth, surface morphology and microhardness. Wear 452-453 (2020) 203278

Mazánová V., Heczko M., Slone C., Kuběna I., Tobiáš J., George E., Kruml T., Polák J., Mills M.: SEM & STEM Multi-scale Characterization of Fatigue Damage in CrCoNi Medium-entropy Alloy with Fully Recrystallized Microstructure. Microscopy and Microanalysis 26 (Supp (2020) 2224

Tinoco Navarro H., Hutař P., Merle B., Göken M., Kruml T.: Fracture Toughness Evaluation of a Cracked Au Thin Film by Applying a Finite Element Analysis and Bulge Test. Key Eng. Mater. 827 (2020) 196-202

Chlupová A., Heczko M., Obrtlík K., Dlouhý A., Kruml T.: Effect of heat-treatment on the microstructure and fatigue properties of lamellar gama-TiAl alloyed with Nb, Mo and/or C. Mater. Sci. Eng. A 786 (2020) 139427

Chlupová A., Poczklán L., Man J., Mazánová V., Heczko M., Kruml T.: Character of Fatigue Damage under Axial, Torsional and Biaxial Loading of 316L Stainless Steel. Defect Diffus. Forum 405 (2020) 264-270

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Mazánová V., Heczko M., Škorík V., Chlupová A., Polák J., Kruml T.: Microstructure and martensitic transformation in 316L austenitic steel during multiaxial low cycle fatigue at room temperature. Mater. Sci. Eng. A 767 (2019) 138407

Tinoco Navarro H., Holzer J., Pikálek T., Buchta Z., Lazar J., Chlupová A., Kruml T., Hutař P.: Determination of elastic parameters of Si3N4 thin films by means of a numerical approach and bulge tests. Thin Solid Films 672 (2019) 66-74

Husák R., Hadraba H., Chlup Z., Heczko M., Kruml T., Puchý V.: ODS EUROFER Steel Strengthened by Y-(Ce, Hf, La, Sc, and Zr) Complex Oxides. Metals 9 (2019) 1148

Poczklán L., Mazánová V., Gamanov Š., Kruml T.: Fatigue crack growth rate in axial, torsional and multiaxial mode in 316L austenitic steel. Procedia Struct. Integr. 23 (2019) 269-274

Kuběna M., Eliáš M., Zajíčková L., Poduška J., Kruml T.: On the Tensile Tests of Polyurethane and Its Composites with Carbon Nanotubes. Adv. Mater. Sci. Eng. 2019 (2019) 6598452

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Spätig P., Heczko M., Kruml T., Seifert H.: Influence of mean stress and light water reactor environment on fatigue life and dislocation microstructures of 316L austenitic steel. J. Nucl. Mater. 509 (2018) 15-28

Heczko M., Esser B., Smith T., Beran P., Mazánová V., McComb D., Kruml T., Polák J., Mills M.: Atomic resolution characterization of strengthening nanoparticles in a new high-temperature-capable 43Fe-25Ni-22.5Cr austenitic stainless steel. Mater. Sci. Eng. A 719 (2018) 49-60

Gröger R., Chlup Z., Kuběna I., Kruml T.: Slip activity in molybdenum single crystals compressed at 77 K. Philos. Mag. 98 (2018) 2749-2768

Wärner H., Calmunger M., Chai G., Polák J., Petráš R., Heczko M., Kruml T., Johansson S., Moverare J.: Fracture and Damage Behavior in an Advanced Heat Resistant Austenitic Stainless Steel During LCF, TMF and CF. Procedia Struct. Integr. 13 (2018) 843-848

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Heczko M., Spätig P., Seifert H., Kruml T.: Correlation between Dislocation Structures and Mechanical Fatigue Response of 316L Austenitic Steel Loaded with and without Mean Stress at High Temperature in Air and Water Environment. Solid State Phenom. 258 (2017) 534-537

Mazánová V., Polák J., Škorík V., Kruml T.: Multiaxial elastoplastic cyclic loading of austenitic 316L steel. Frattura ed Integrita Strutturale 11 (2017) 162-169

Karol M., Chlupová A., Mazánová V., Kruml T.: Fatigue crack initiation and growth in 316L steel in torsional cyclic loading. Eng. Mech. 23 (2017) 434-437

Holzer J., Pikálek T., Buchta Z., Lazar J., Tinoco Navarro H., Chlupová A., Kruml T.: Development of the bulge test equipment for measuring mechanical properties of thin films. METAL 2017 Conf. Proc 26 (2017) 1053-1058

Heczko M., Esser B., Smith T., Beran P., Mazánová V., Kruml T., Polák J., Mills M.: On the origin of extraordinary cyclic strengthening of the austenitic stainless steel Sanicro 25 during fatigue at 700 C. J. Mater. Res. 32 (2017) 4342-4353

Chlupová A., Heczko M., Obrtlík K., Beran P., Kruml T.: Effect of Alloying and Thermal Processing on Mechanical Properties of TiAl Alloys. Solid State Phenom. 258 (2017) 501-505

Mazánová V., Škorík V., Kruml T., Polák J.: Cyclic response and early damage evolution in multiaxial cyclic loading of 316L austenitic steel. Int. J. Fatigue 100 (2017) 466-476

Man J., Chlupová A., Kuběna I., Kruml T., Man O., Järvenpää A., Karjalainen L., Polák J.: LCF behaviour of 301LN steel: coarse-grained vs. UFG-bimodal structure. Eighth International Conference on Low Cycle Fatigue 1 (2017) 205-210

Heczko M., Polák J., Kruml T.: Microstructure and dislocation arrangements in Sanicro 25 steel fatigued at ambient and elevated temperatures. Mater. Sci. Eng. A 680 (2017) 168-181

Hutař P., Poduška J., Šmíd M., Kuběna I., Chlupová A., Náhlík L., Polák J., Kruml T.: Short fatigue crack behaviour under low cycle fatigue regime. Int. J. Fatigue 103 (2017) 207-215

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Kuběna I., Kruml T., Polák J.: Behaviour of ODS Steels in Cyclic Loading. Trans. Indian Inst. Metals 69 (2016) 309-313

Polák J., Petráš R., Heczko M., Kruml T., Chai G.: Evolution of the cyclic plastic response of Sanicro 25 steel cycled at ambient and elevated temperatures. Int. J. Fatigue 83 (2016) 75-83

Weidner A., Kolmorgen R., Kuběna I., Kulawinski D., Kruml T., Biermann H.: Decomposition and Precipitation Process During Thermo-mechanical Fatigue of Duplex Stainless Steel. Metall. Mater. Trans. A 47 (2016) 2112-2124

Hutař P., Poduška J., Chlupová A., Šmíd M., Kruml T., Náhlík L.: Description of short fatigue crack propagation under low cycle fatigue regime. Procedia Struct. Integr. 2 (2016) 3009-3016

Beran P., Heczko M., Kruml T., Panzner T., Petegem S.: Complex investigation of deformation twinning in gama-TiAl byTEM and neutron diffraction. J. Mech. Phys. Solids 95 (2016) 647-662

Chlupová A., Chlup Z., Kruml T.: Fatigue properties and microstructure of quasicrystalline AlFeCrTi alloy. Int. J. Fatigue 91 (2016) 251-256

Chlupová A., Heczko M., Obrtlík K., Polák J., Roupcová P., Beran P., Kruml T.: Mechanical properties of high niobium TiAl alloys doped with Mo and C. Mater. & Design 99 (2016) 284-292

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Guth S., Petráš R., Škorík V., Kruml T., Man J., Lang K., Polák J.: Influence of dwell times on the thermomechanical fatigue behavior of a directionally solidified Ni-base superalloy. Int. J. Fatigue 80 (2015) 426-433

Kuběna I., Polák J., Plocinski T., Hébert C., Škorík V., Kruml T.: Microstructural stability of ODS steels in cyclic loading. Fatigue Fract. Eng. Mater. Struct. 38 (2015) 936-947

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Kruml T., Obrtlík K.: Microstructure degradation in high temperature fatigue of TiAl alloy. Int. J. Fatigue 65 (2014) 28-32

Hutař P., Kuběna I., Šmíd M., Ševčík M., Kruml T., Náhlík L.: Description of small fatigue crack propagation in ODS steel. Adv. Mater. Res. 891-892 (2014) 911-916

Polák J., Petráš R., Heczko M., Kuběna I., Kruml T., Chai G.: Low cycle fatigue behavior of Sanicro 25 steel at room and at elevated temperature. Mater. Sci. Eng. A 615 (2014) 175-182

Kruml T., Chlupová A., Obrtlík K.: Cyclic deformation of a modern TiAl alloy at high temperatures. Adv. Mater. Res. 891-892 (2014) 1131-1136

Chlupová A., Obrtlík K., Beran P., Heczko M., Polák J., Kruml T.: Monotonic and cyclic properties of TiAl alloys doped with Nb, Mo and C. Procedia Eng. 74 (2014) 405-408

Kuběna I., Polák J., Marmy P., Kruml T.: A comparison of microstructure evolution due to fatigue loading in Eurofer 97 and ODS Eurofer steels. Procedia Eng. 74 (2014) 401-404

Hutař P., Kuběna I., Ševčík M., Šmíd M., Kruml T., Náhlík L.: Small fatigue crack propagation in Y2O3 strengthened steels. J. Nucl. Mater. 452 (2014) 370-377

Beran P., Petrenec M., Heczko M., Smetana B., Žaludová M., Šmíd M., Kruml T., Keller L.: In-situ neutron diffraction study of thermal phase stability in a gamma-TiAl based alloy doped with Mo and/or C. Intermetallics 54 (2014) 28-38

Polák J., Petráš R., Heczko M., Kruml T., Chai G.: Analysis of Cyclic Plastic Response of Heat Resistant Sanicro 25 Steel at Ambient and Elevated Temperatures. Procedia Eng. 74 (2014) 68-73

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Polák J., Obrtlík K., Petrenec M., Man J., Kruml T.: Mechanisms of high temperature damage in elastoplastic cyclic loading of nickel superalloys and TiAl intermetallics. Procedia Eng. 55 (2013) 114-122

Kuběna I., Kruml T.: Fatigue life and microstructure of ODS steels. Eng. Fract. Mech. 103 (2013) 39-47

Saada G., Kruml T.: Removal of plastic instabilities by reversal of the applied stress. Philos. Mag. 93 (2013) 256-271

Kruml T., Martin J.: Dislocation densities and internal stress in Ni3Al. Philos. Mag. 93 (2013) 50-59

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Man J., Vystavěl T., Weidner A., Kuběna I., Petrenec M., Kruml T., Polák J.: Study of cyclic strain localization and fatigue crack initiation using FIB technique. Int. J. Fatigue 39 (2012) 44-53

Giordana M., Giroux P., Alvarez-Armas I., Sauzay M., Armas A., Kruml T.: Microstructure evolution during cyclic tests on EUROFER 97 at room temperature. TEM observation and modelling. Mater. Sci. Eng. A 550 (2012) 103-11

Fournier B., Steckmeyer A., Rouffie A., Malaplate J., Garnier J., Ratti M., Wident P., Ziolek L., Tournie I., Rabeau V., Gentzbittel J., Kruml T., Kuběna I.: Mechanical behaviour of ferritic ODS steels - Temperature dependancy and anisotropy. J. Nucl. Mater. 430 (2012) 142-149

Kuběna I., Fournier B., Kruml T.: Effect of microstructure on low cycle fatigue properties of ODS steels. J. Nucl. Mater. 424 (2012) 101-108

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Saada G., Kruml T.: Deformation mechanisms of nanograined metallic polycrystals. Acta Mater. 59 (2011) 2565-2574

Polák J., Petrenec M., Kruml T., Chlupová A.: Cyclic plastic response and fatigue life in symmetric and asymmetric cyclic loading. Procedia Eng. 10 (2011) 568-577

Hutař P., Náhlík L., Ševčík M., Seitl S., Kruml T., Polák J.: Fatigue crack propagation rate in EUROFER 97 estimated using small specimens. Key Eng. Mater. 452-453 (2011) 325-328

Man J., Obrtlík K., Petrenec M., Beran P., Smaga M., Weidner A., Dluhoš J., Kruml T., Biermann H., Eifler D., Polák J.: Stability of austenitic 316L stainless steel against martensite formation during cyclic straining. Procedia Eng. 10 (2011) 1279-1284

Kruml T., Polák J.: Fatigue cracks in Eurofer 97 steel: Part I. Nucleation and small crack growth kinetics. J. Nucl. Mater. 412 (2011) 2-6

Couteau O., Kruml T., Martin J.: About the activation volume for cross-slip in Cu at high stresses. Acta Mater. 59 (2011) 4207-4215

Polák J., Petrenec M., Man J., Kruml T.: Cyclic plasticity and cyclic creep in austenitic-ferritic duplex steel. Key Eng. Mater. 465 (2011) 431-434

Kruml T., Kuběna I., Polák J.: Fatigue behaviour and surface relief in ODS steels. Procedia Eng. 10 (2011) 1690-1695

Kruml T., Hutař P., Náhlík L., Seitl S., Polák J.: Fatigue cracks in Eurofer 97 steel: Part II. Comparison of small and long fatigue crack growth. J. Nucl. Mater. 412 (2011) 7-12

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Polák J., Man J., Obrtlík K., Kruml T.: The shape of extrusions and intrusions produced by cyclic straining. Z. Metallkd. 94 (2003) 1327-1330