Department of Mechanics: Seminar

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

Previous lectures presented in our Solid Mechanics Seminar can be found below or on its YouTube channel

Other seminar series related to mechanics and mathematics:

• Seminar of the Department of Mathematics FCE CTU
• Nečas Seminar on Continuum Mechanics organized by the Mathematical Institute of Charles University
• Seminar of Numerical Mathematics organized by the Department of Numerical Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University
• Seminars at running at the Institute of Mathematics organized by Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
• Seminar on Stochastic Evolution Equations organized by the Institute of Information Theory and Automation, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Monday at 15:30
• Doppler Institute Seminar organized by the Doppler Institute for Mathematical Physics and Applied Mathematics, Tuesday at 16:00

2024

• Michael Stingl (FAU Erlangen): Design Optimization via the Continuous Stochastic Gradient Method
• Robin Oval (Delft University of Technology): Modular Structure Construction

2023

• Viacheslav Slesarenko (University of Freiburg): Mechanical metamaterials: generative design and active behavior
• Ondřej Rokoš (Eindhoven University of Technology): Reduced-order modelling for computational homogenization and microstructural design
• Zahra Sharif Khodaei (Imperial College London | Czech Technical University in Prague): Invitation to nondestructive evaluation and structural health monitoring
• David Schwarz (University of Freiburg): Mechanical metamaterials switch auxeticity during compression
• Gerrit Felsch (University of Freiburg): Generative design of curved beam metamaterials
• Justin Dirrenberger (CNAM): Controlling the propagation of material instabilities through architecture
• Jan Zeman (CTU in Prague): Wang tiles for modular-topology optimization of compliant structures and mechanisms
• Alexander Heinlein (TU Delft): Domain decomposition methods for highly-heterogeneous problems–Robust coarse spaces and nonlinear preconditioning
• Rosa Adela Mejia Nava (Université de Technologie Compiègne): Control of instability problem under non-conservative load
• Suljo Ljukovac (Université de Technologie Compiègne): Optimal control algorithm for preventing total failure of wind-turbine installations with flexible blades
• Jia-Liang Le (University of Minnesota): Mechanistic mapping of random fields for stochastic finite element simulations of quasibrittle fracture

2022

• Adriana Kulikova (University of Glasgow): Data-driven finite element method for diffusion and transport problems
• Zahra Sharif Khodaei (Imperial College London | Czech Technical University in Prague): Invitation to nondestructive evaluation and structural health monitoring
• Zdeněk P. Bažant (Northwestern University): Critical Comparison of Phase-Field, Peridynamics, and Crack Band Model M7 in Light of Gap Test and Classical Fracture Tests
• Jan Eliáš (Brno University of Technology): Mechanism-Based Mesh Objectivity in Stochastic Computational Modeling of Quasibrittle Fracture
• Benjamin Werner (Czech Technical University in Prague): Modelling Heterogeneities Using the Extended Quasicontinuum Method
• Mahendaran Uchimali (Czech Technical University in Prague): On free vibrations of a nonlocal bar
• Lars Beex (University of Luxembourg): Machine learning and model-order-reduction for elastoplasticity

2021

• Zahra Sharif Khodaei (Imperial College London): Structural health monitoring of engineering structures: introduction, developments, and challenges
• Benjamin Wener (CTU in Prague): An explicit micro-FE approach to investigate the post-yield behaviour of trabecular bone under large deformation

2020

• Martin Doškář (CTU in Prague): Micromorphic model for mechanical metamaterials
• Ravi Patel (Postdoctoral Fellow at Paul Scherrer Institut PSI, Switzerland): Towards multi-scale modelling of physico-chemical degradation processes in concrete structures

2019

• Petr Krysl (University of California San Diego): Using a priori model reduction for the FEM to quickly approximate free-vibration response of solids
• Eric Garner (TU Delft): Stress-inducing compliant mechanism design for total hip arthroplasty via multi-scale topology optimization
• Peter Grassl (University of Glasgow): Virtual laboratory for reinforced concrete
• Zdeněk P. Bažant (Northwestern University): Fishnet Statistics for Quasibrittle Materials
• Wing Kam Liu (Northwestern University): Mechanistic Machine Learning Methods for Mechanical Science and Design/Optimization of Lightweight Material Systems
• Emma La Malfa Ribolla (CTU, formerly University of Palermo, Italy): Multi-scale computational homogenization for the analysis of masonry structures
• Zuzana Dimitrovová (Universidade Nova, Lisbon, Portugal): Semi-analytical approaches to vibrations induced by moving loads
• Antonio J. Gil (ZCCE Swansea): A new framework for large strain electromechanics based on Convex Multi-Variable strain energies
• Petr Henyš (TU Liberec): Homogenization and multi-scale modeling with arbitrary finite element meshes of represtantative volume elements
• Pavel Trávníček (CTU in Prague): Transport of chlorides in reinforced concrete
• David Ryckelynck (Mines ParisTech): Computer vision with error estimation for reduced-order modeling of macroscopic mechanical tests
• Tom de Geus (EPFL): Does inertia induce stick-slip friction?

2018

• Karel Tůma (Charles University): Finite strain phase-field model for martensitic transformation in shape memory alloys
• Zdeněk P. Bažant (Northwestern University, USA): Centurial durability of concrete structures: Creep, hydration and hygrothermal effects

2017

• Ron Peerlings (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands): Micromechanics of fracture initiation in multiphase materials
• Samuel Forest (MINES ParisTech CNRS, Evry, France): The micromorphic approach to gradient plasticity and damage
• George Exadaktylos (Technical University of Crete, Greece): Overview of micro-elasticity theories with emphasis on gradient elasticity, mini-course consisting of two lectures
• Guillermo Dı́az (TU Dortmund, Germany): A composite finite element formulation using embedded strong discontinuity approach in reinforced concrete structural members
• Olivier Allix (ENS Cachan, Université Paris Saclay, France): On bounded rate constitutive model: Application to objective failure prediction
• George Exadaktylos (Technical University of Crete, Greece): Microelasticity and size effects (indentation, bending, fracture toughness, axial splitting)

2016

• Lars A.A. Beex (University of Luxembourg): Similarities and differences between the Quasicontinuum method and POD-based reduction methods
• BAM, Berlin

Jörg F. Unger: A bridge demonstrator for monitoring aging infrastructures

Philip Huschke: Domain decomposition methods for fracture mechanics problems and its application to fiber reinforced concrete (FETI)

Götz Hüsken: Experimental Characterization of the Fracture Behavior of UHPFRC

• Salhi Aymen Seyf eddine (University Of Biskra, Algeria): Hydromechanical behavior of sand subjected to oedometric loading -- Effect of grain damage on the microstructure and permeability of the medium
• Petr Matouš (University of Sydney, Australia): Introducing Complex Systems, Project Management and Humanitarian Engineering Education at the Faculty of Engineering and IT, University of Sydney
• Markus Königsberger (TU Wien): Application of continuum micromechanics for multiscale analysis of cementitious materials: poroelasticity and creep
• Francisco Evangelista Junior (University of Brasília, Brazil): A two-scale approach to predict multi-site damage cracking potential in 3D structures using the generalized finite element method
• Volker Thome (Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics, Stuttgart, Germany): Advanced methods for recycling of concrete. Research results and possible collaboration with CTU
• David Biggs (Biggs Consulting Engineering): 2015 Nepal earthquake sequence
• Anička Kučerová (Czech Technical University in Prague): Global sensitivity-based robust experiment design
• Semih Gonen (Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey): Gordion Architectural Conservation Program
• Luis Baquerizo Ibarra (LafargeHolcim Ltd, Switzerland): Impact of water activity on the mineralogy of hydrated cement and its modelling

2015

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

2005

• Gabriele Milani, (University of Ferrara, Italy): HOMOGENIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR IN- AND OUT-OF-PLANE LOADED MASONRY WALLS
• Véronique Baroghel-Bouny (Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris, France): EFFECTS OF SELF-DESICCATION ON AUTOGENOUS DEFORMATIONS, MICROSTRUCTURE AND LONG-TERM HYGRAL BEHAVIOUR
• Petr Krysl (University of California at San Diego, USA): Trojúhelníky a čtyřstěny integrované v uzlech: aplikace na problémy deformace (téměř) nestlačitelných materiálů\
• Vincenzo Mallardo (Universita di Ferrara, Italy): Boundary elements in plasticity and damage mechanics
• Zdeněk P. Bažant (Northwestern University, USA): CREEP AND FRACTURE IN CONCRETE STRUCTURES AT HIGH TEMPERATURE
• Sonia Marfia (University of Cassino, Italy): Micro-Macro Analysis of Shape Memory Alloy Composites

Optimization of structures using morphological indicators, Willy P. De Wilde, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE)

Some remarks on nucleation theory, Pavel Demo, CSc, k102 FSv ČVUT (CZ)

Vícekriteriální optimalizace pomocí genetických algoritmů v řešení návrhů strojů, Zbyněk Šika, Ph.D., Ústav mechaniky, FS ČVUT (CZ)

Single and Multi-objective Stochastic Global Optimization in Engineering, Matěj Lepš, k132 FSv ČVUT (CZ)

Identifikace materiálových parametrů pomocí neuronových sítí a genetických algoritmů, Anna Kučerová, k132 FSv ČVUT (CZ)

Homogenizace a modelování velkých deformací porézních materiálů nasycených tekutinou, Eduard Rohan, Západočeská univerzita v Plzni (CZ)

2004

• Martin Wierer (Czech Technical University in Prague): Víceúrovňové modelování navíjených kompozitů - mezoskopická úroveň
• Jaroslav Pavlík (Czech Technical University in Prague): Mikrovlnná impulsní metoda pro měření vlhkosti ve stavebních materiálech
• Rostislav Chudoba (RWTH Aachen, Germany): Numerické modelování textilního betonu na mikro-, mezo- a makroskopické úrovni