Ph.D. graduated at the University of Žilina, Slovakia, Department of the Materials Engineering in the field of Threshold States of Materials. Currently I am working on the Research Centre of the University of Žilina and my research activities are focused on improvement of mechanical properties, mainly fatigue resistance, of conventional structural materials, mostly by creation of nanocrystalline layers on their surfaces. The aim is to increase design margin to improve safety and reliability and also to increase the load capacity of vehicles, which is accompanied by reduction of fuel consumption. So far, I have published more than 20 scientific articles indexed in Web of Science and more than a hundred smaller research papers. For cooperation proposals you can contact me andy time through my Research Gate profile.
In 2019 was published my most comprehensive scientific publication – a scientific monograph entitled: “Influence of Nano-grained Surface Layer on Fatigue Properties of Structural Materials” in Pearson publishing house (UK). It contains almost 10 years of systematic research of various surface treatments and process parameters and their influence on fatigue properties of steels and aluminum alloys.
For my work I have received a number of national and international awards:
Award of the rector of the University of Žilina for the year 2020 in the category: Excellent representation of the University of Žilina. 8th of December, 2020.
Finalist of ESET Science Award in category Exceptional Young Scientist in Slovakia under the Age of 35, 14th of October 2020.
Award of the director of the Research Centre of the University of Žilina for the year 2019 in the category: science, research and innovation. 17th of December, 2019.
Award of the rector of the University of Žilina for exceptional scientific contribution and international cooperation, 25th of September, 2017.
Award for the best doctoral dissertation thesis among 12 universities from Slovak republic, Czech and Poland in a competition organized by VŠB-TU Ostrava, Czech republic, 26th of March, 2015.
Award to young researcher for contribution to the field of experimental mechanics on 30th Danubia-Adria Symposium on Advances in Experimental Mechanics, 28th of September, 2013.
Letter of thanks from the rector of University of Žilina for exceptional publications, 23th of September, 2013.
List of my most relevant publications:
Vicen Martin – Kajánek Daniel – Trško Libor – Bokůvka Otakar – Buchtík Martin – Florková Zuzana – Frkáň Martin: Improving of 100Cr6 Steel Corrosion and Wear Properties in Simulated Sea Water Environment by Tungsten-Doped DLC Coating. In: Materials. Vol. 16, no. 12, 2023.
Neslušan Miroslav – Minárik Peter – Čep Robert – Uríček Juraj – Trojan Karel – Ganev Nikolaj – Trško Libor: Barkhausen noise emission of AISI 304 stainless steel originating from strain induced martensite by shot peening. In: Journal of Materials Research and Technology. Vol. 20, 2022, p. 748-762.
Jambor Michal – Pokorný Pavel – Trško Libor – Oplt Tomáš – Jacková, Martina – Hutař Pavel: Microstructure and the fatigue crack propagation in the dissimilar low alloy/stainless steel GMAW welded joints. In: Materials Characterization. Vol. 191, 2022.
Fintová Stanislava – Kuběna Ivo – Trško Libor – Horník Vít – Kunz Ludvík: Fatigue behavior of AW7075 aluminum alloy in ultra-high cycle fatigue region In: Materials Science and Engineering: A – ISSN 0921-5093 – Vol. 774 (2020)
Jambor Michal – Trško Libor – Klusák Jan – Fintová Stanislava – Kajánek Daniel – Nový František – Bokůvka Otakar: Effect of severe shot peening on the very-high cycle notch fatigue of an AW 7075 alloy In. Metals – ISSN 2075-4701 – Vol. 10, No. 9 (2020), pp. 1-18
Nový František – Jambor Michal – Petrů Michal – Trško Libor – Fintová Stanislava – Bokůvka Otakar Investigation of the brittle fracture of the locomotive draw hook In: Engineering Failure Analysis – ISSN 1350-6307 – Vol. 105 (2019), pp. 305-312
Lago Ján – Trško Libor – Jambor Michal – Nový František – Bokůvka Otakar – Mičian Miloš – Pastorek Filip Fatigue life improvement of the high strength steel welded joints by ultrasonic impact peening In: Metals – ISSN 2075-4701 – Vol. 9, no. 6 (2019), pp. 1-15
Hadzima Branislav – Pastorek Filip – Borko Kamil – Fintová Stanislava – Kajánek Daniel – Bagherifard Sara – Gholami-Kermanshahi Mozhgan – Trško Libor – Pastorková Jana – Brezina Jozef: Effect of phosphating time on protection properties of hurealite coating: Differences between ground and shot peened HSLA steel surface In: Surface and Coatings Technology – ISSN 0257-8972. – No. 375 (2019), pp. 608-620
Neslušan Miroslav – Trško Libor – Minárik Peter – Čapek Jiří – Bronček Jozef – Pastorek Filip – Čížek Jakub – Moravec Ján: Non-destructive evaluation of steel surfaces after severe plastic deformation via the Barkhausen noise technique In: Metals – ISSN 2075-4701 – Vol. 8, No. 12 (2018), pp. 1-15.
Libor Trško – Stanislava Fintová – František Nový – Otakar Bokůvka – Michal Jambor – Filip Pastorek – Zuzana Florková – Monika Oravcová: Study of relation between shot peening parameters and fatigue fracture surface character of an AW 7075 aluminium alloy In: Metals – ISSN 2075-4701 – Vol. 8, No. 2 (2018), pp. 1-20
Trško Libor- Guagliano Mario – Bokůvka Otakar – Nový František – Jambor Michal – Florková Zuzana: Influence of severe shot peening on the surface state and ultra-high-cycle fatigue behavior of an AW 7075 aluminum alloy In: Journal of materials engineering and performance. – ISSN 1059-9495. – Vol. 26, No. 6 (2017), pp. 2784-2797.
Lago Ján – Guagliano Mario – Bokůvka Otakar – Trško Libor – Řidký Ondrej – Nový František – Závodská Denisa: Improvement of fatigue endurance of welded S355 J2 structural steel by severe shot peening In: Surface Engineering. – ISSN 0267-0844. – Vol. 33, No. 9 (2017), pp. 715-720.
Hadzima Branislav – Trško Libor– Nový František – Pastorek Filip – Jambor Michal – Fintová Stanislava: Shot peening as a pre-treatment to anodic oxidation coating process of AW 6082 aluminium for fatigue life improvement In: International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology – ISSN 0268-3768 – Vol. 93, No. 9-12 (2017), pp. 3315-3323.
Moridi Atieh – Hassani-Gangaraj S. Mostafa – Vezzú Simone – Trško Libor- Guagliano Mario: Fatigue behavior of cold spray coatings: the effect of conventional and severe shot peening as pre-/post-treatment In: Surface & coatings technology. – ISSN 0257-8972. – Vol. 283 (2015), pp. 247-254.
Janeček Miloš – Nový František – Harcuba Petr – Stránsky Jozef – Trško Libor- Mhaede Mansour – Wagner Lothar The very high cycle fatigue behaviour of Ti-6Al-4V alloy In: Acta Physica Polonica A. – ISSN 0587-4246. – Vol. 128, No. 4 (2015), pp. 497-502.
Trško Libor- Guagliano Mario – Lukáč Pavel – Bokůvka Otakar – Nový František: Effects of severe shot peening on the surface state of AW 7075 Al alloy In: Kovove Materialy – Metallic Materials. – ISSN 0023-432X. – Vol. 53, No. 4 (2015), pp. 239-243.
Trško Libor – Bokůvka Otakar – Nový František – Guagliano Mario: Effect of severe shot peening on ultra-high-cycle fatigue of a low-alloy steel In: Materials and design. – ISSN 0261-3069. – Vol. 57 (2014), pp. 103-113.
Miková Katarína – Bagherifard Sara – Bokůvka Otakar – Guagliano Mario – Trško Libor: Fatigue behavior of X70 microalloyed steel after severe shot peening In: International journal of fatigue. – ISSN 0142-1123. – Vol. 55, October (2013), pp. 33-42.