Laboratory of Mechanics of Strength and Fracture of Materials and Structures
Research Topics
Modeling nucleation and growth of cracks in heterogeneous media with accounting of degradation and healing of materials. Development numerical methods for solving of fracture mechanics problems.
Development of models and methods for the formation of ordered systems of cracks - fracture structures under various loading conditions.
Investigation of the propagation of elastic waves in functionally gradient and stratified media.
The developing of mathematical models of granular materials for the development of new generation of seismic insulating devices.
Development of methods for the identification of defects (cavities, cracks, inclusions) in an elastic body based on overdetermined data at the body boundary obtained as a result of a static test.
Development of methods for identifying crack-like defects in rods by vibrational characteristics corresponding to longitudinal and transverse vibrations.
Development of models of deformation and destruction of ice and ice cover when interacting with barriers (icebreakers and ice-resistant structures).
Measurement of residual stresses using a non-through sounding hole and electronic speckle interferometry.
Development of mechanical models for strength and fracture toughness of joining of composite materials and biological tissues.
Biomechanics of intravascular and dental implants.