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 or in Dean's conference room (both in building B of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Thákurova 7, Prague 6).

• 11.4.2013 at 11:00, department meeting room B366

Mikael Öhman (Chalmers University, Sweden): Title to be announced.

• 19.4.2013 at 10:00, department meeting room B366

Jianmin Qu (Northwestern University, USA): Nonlinear Ultrasonic Methods for Nondestructive Damage Assessment in Structural Materials

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
  

Solid Mechanics Seminar 2013

• 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
• Mikael Öhman (Chalmers University of Technology): Boundary conditions for computational homogenization of incompressible microstructures - From theory to application in OOFEM

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): 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