Department of Mechanics: Seminar

The Solid Mechanics Seminar organized by the Department of Mechanics takes place on an irregular basis in the department conference room B366 (in building B of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Thákurova 7, Prague 6).

• 17 September 2015, 11:00, B366: Zdeněk P. Bažant (Northwestern University, Illinois, USA): Why fracking works and why not well enough
• 19 November 2015, 10:00 (preliminary), B366: Ron H.J. Peerlings (Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands): Dimensional stability of paper sheets undergoing hygroscopic loading – a multiscale study

Previous lectures presented in our Solid Mechanics Seminar can be found below.

Other seminar series related to mechanics and mathematics:

• Seminar of the Department of Mathematics FCE CTU, Wednesday afternoon
• Nečas Seminar on Continuum Mechanics organized by the Mathematical Institute of Charles University, Monday at 15:20
• Seminar of Numerical Mathematics organized by the Department of Numerical Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Thursday at 14:00
• Seminar on Partial Differential Equations organized by the Institute of Mathematics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Tuesday at 9:00
• Seminar on Stochastic Evolution Equations organized by the Institute of Information Theory and Automations, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Monday at 15:30
  

Solid Mechanics Seminar 2015

• M. Hori (University of Tokyo, Japan): Computational earthquake engineering taking advantage of high performance computing
• C. Shi (Hunan University, China): New method for performance-based design of high-performance concrete
• Andrzej Milenin (University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland): Wire drawing of Mg alloys in heated die

2014

• Lars Beex (University of Luxembourg): Multiscale quasicontinuum methods for dissipative truss models and beam networks
• Monika Grusová (University of Bath, UK): Lifetime extension of reinforced concrete slab-on-beam structures
• Seminar on Uncertainty Modelling in Engineering
• Christian Bucher (Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria): Stochastic optimization - how to improve computational efficiency?
• Rostislav Rypl (Brno University of Technology): Probabilistic approach to the mechanics of unidirectional composites with heterogeneous reinforcement
• Seminar on Special Modeling Approaches for Anisotropic and Heterogeneous Materials
• Ron Miller (Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada): Finite temperature and finite deformation: New tools for more efficient and accurate atomistic simulation
• Gabriele Milani (Politecnico di Milano, Italy): Comparison between upper and lower bound strategies to determine masonry homogenized strength domains
• Tomáš Roubíček (Charles University): Various solution concepts in rate-independent evolution systems
• David T. Biggs (Biggs Consulting Engineering, USA): Ancient Sites from the Empire of Alexander the Great
• Fritz Kretzschmar (Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany): The Discontinuous Galerkin Trefftz Method
• Thomas Matschei (Holcim Technology Ltd, Switzerland): From thermodynamics to predictive engineering in cement and concrete
• Alain Giorla (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Lausanne - EPFL, Switzerland): Role of creep in the degradation caused by alkali-silica reaction

2013

• Petr Krysl (University of California at San Diego, USA): 1) Finite element methods for anisotropic elastic materials, 2) Modeling in biomechanics with Nodally Integrated Continuum Elements (NICE)
• Rostislav Chudoba (RWTH Aachen, Germany): 1) Návrh, dimenzování a realizace skořepinových konstrukcí z textilního betonu, 2) Využití principů origami pro výrobu optimalizovaných tenkostěnných prostorových konstrukčních prvků: numerický model, přístupy k realizaci
• Olga Hubová (STU Bratislava, Slovakia): Aeroelasticita
• Takashi Matsumoto (Hokkaido University, Japan): Thermal fatigue of interface between concrete and adhesive mortar in external wall tile structure
• Takashi Matsumoto (Hokkaido University, Japan): On the mechanisms of bridge damages by tsunami on March 11, 2011
• Takashi Matsumoto (Hokkaido University, Japan): Evaluation of fatigue durability of steel bridge deck overlaid with Engineered Cementitious Composite
• Jianmin Qu (Northwestern University, USA): Nonlinear ultrasonic methods for nondestructive damage assessment in structural materials
• Mikael Öhman (Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden): Boundary conditions for computational homogenization of incompressible microstructures - From theory to application in OOFEM
• Seminar on modelling of heterogeneous materials by Wang tiles
• Kurt de Proft (Belgian Institute for Wood Technology): Construction-related research at the Belgian Institute for Wood Technology

2012

• Rainer Niekamp (TU Braunschweig): Non-intrusive coupling of simulations based on software-component technique
• Jan Valdman (VSB - Technical University of Ostrava): Fast MATLAB assembly of FEM matrices in 2D and 3D: nodal elements
• Jan Zeman (Department of Mechanics FCE CTU): Modeling random heterogeneous materials by Wang tilings
• Martin Kružík (Department of Physics FCE CTU // Institute of Information Theory and Automation AS CR): Matematické modelování materiálů s tvarovou pamětí (in Czech)

related papers: File:Bartels-Kruzik.pdf, File:Kruzik-Mielke-Roubicek.pdf

• Mija H. Hubler (Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA): Insights for creep and shrinkage models from bridge deflections
• Elena Benvenuti (University of Ferrara, Italy): Recent developments in nonlocal elasticity: Gradient and integral approaches
• Tomáš Kruml (Institute of Physics of Materials AS CR, Brno, Czech Republic): Typické i atypické pracovní diagramy plasticky deformovatelných materiálů (in Czech)
• David T. Biggs (Biggs Consulting Engineering): The Christchurch earthquake of February 22, 2011
• Christian Artelt (HeidelbergCement AG, Germany): Core business and key activities in the field of R&D
• Benny Suryanto (University of Tokyo, Japan): Experimental investigation and characterization of time-dependent and fatigue behavior of engineered cementitious composites (ECC)

2011

• Paul Steinmann (Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany): On regularized node-based shape optimization
• Petr Matouš (University of Tokyo, Japan): Sociální sítě a rozvoj infrastruktury v Asii a Africe
• Albert G. Nasibulin (Aalto University - Helsinki University of Technology, Finland): Aerosol synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotube
• Ahmad A. Hamid (Drexel University, USA): Evaluation and retrofit of heritage masonry structures

2010

• Pavel Krejčí (Mathematical Institute, AS CR): Matematické modely termomechanických vlastností materiálů s pamětí (in Czech)
• Lukasz Kaczmarczyk (University of Glasgow, UK): Analysis of concrete fracture, bone remodelling and geometric nonlinearities using hybrid-Trefftz elements
• Stella Marusin (consultant): Failure of concrete structures caused by chemical reactions of particular elements in concrete
• Pavel Trtík (EMPA, Swiss Federal Institute for Materials Science and Technology, Dendorf, Swizerland): High-resolution 3D imaging of cement pastes - from the image acquisition to the estimation of material properties
• Zuzana Dimitrovová (Universidade Nova, Lisbon, Portugal): Dynamic response of structures subjected to moving loads: Applications to high-speed railway lines
• Zuzana Dimitrovová (Universidade Nova, Lisbon, Portugal): New materials for passive vibration control: Optimization of passive vibration isolators
• David T. Biggs (Biggs Consulting Engineering, USA): September 11, 2001: The World Trade Center, New York City
• Zdeněk P. Bažant (Northwestern University, USA): Scaling of probability distribution of quasibrittle structure strength and lifetime based on atomistic fracture mechanics
• Philippe Zysset (Vienna University of Technology, Austria): Finite element modeling of the human vertebral body: Research and clinical approaches

2009

• Jiří Plešek (Institute of Thermomechanics, AS CR): Accuracy, stability and mass lumping of serendipity finite elements in wave propagation problems
• Adnan Ibrahimbegovic (Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, France): Multi-scale analysis, identification and design of inelastic heterogeneous materials
• Zdeněk P. Bažant (Northwestern University, USA): Lessons from excessive long-time deflections and collapse of record-span segmental box girder bridge in Palau
• Philippe Zysset (Vienna University of Technology, Austria): Nanoindentation of bone tissue

2008

• Peter Grassl (University of Glasgow, UK): Virtual laboratory for durability of concrete
• Tomáš Kruml (Institute of Physics of Materials, AS CR): Dislocations in motion
• Ignacio Carol (Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain): Mesomechanical analysis of concrete
• Joerg Unger (Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany): Neural networks in a multiscale simulation of concrete
• Jan Mandel (University of Colorado, Denver, USA): Data assimilation in coupled wildland fire-atmosphere modeling
• Paulo B. Lourenço (Department of Civil Engineering University of Minho, Portugal): Improving the structural safety of historical masonry buildings: Concepts, recent developments in analysis and applications

2007

• Roman Lackner (Vienna University of Technology, Austria): Nano- to macromechanics of concrete
• Zuzana Dimitrovová (Universidade Nova, Lisbon, Portugal): Homogenization of cellular solids
• Drahomír Novák (Brno University of Technology): Stochastická nelineární analýza betonových konstrukcí
• Shashank Bishnoi (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland): Vector modelling of cement hydration using uic

2006

• Claudio Tamagnini (Universita degli Studi di Perugia, Italy): Theory of plasticity with generalized haredening rule for modelling of mechanical and non-mechanical degradation process
• Philippe Zysset (Vienna University of Technology, Austria): Mechanics of bone tissue revisited from nano to macro
• Denis Davydov (Perm State University, Russia): Stability of nonlinear viscous sample under uniaxial strain
• Zdeněk P. Bažant (Northwestern University, USA): Co se můžeme naučit z kolapsu Světového obchodního střediska?
• Andrzej Zielinski (Politechnika Krakowska, Cracow, Poland): Structural optimization with respect to multi-axial high-cycle fatigue
• Zdeněk P. Bažant (Northwestern University, USA): Statistical mechanics of safety factors: From nano to macro
• Vít Šmilauer (Czech Technical University in Prague): Předpověď elastických vlastností cementové pasty, malty a betonu z modelů hydratace

2004

• Rostislav Chudoba (RWTH Aachen, Germany): Numerické modelování textilního betonu na mikro-, mezo- a makroskopické úrovni