Main research topics:
Concrete:
- Experimental and numerical calculations of engineering structures with respect to strength and deformation,
- Experimental and numerical analyses of size effect in quasi-brittle and brittle materials,
- Modelling of concrete behaviour under quasi-static or dynamic conditions,
- Fatigue behaviour of concrete and reinforced concrete beams,
- Lattice discrete geometrical model describing fracture of concrete.
Silos:
- Experimental and numerical investigations of micro-structural phenomena inside of strain localization by means of the discrete element method,
- Experimental and numerical investigations of dynamic effects during silo flow,
- Buckling of cylindrical metal silos composed of corrugated sheets and open-sectional thin-walled columns,
- Experimental and numerical analysis of steel silos,
- Material point method for silo flow,
- Safety and optimization of cylindrical metal silos containing bulk solids with respect to global stability,
- Innovative dimensioning and construction methods of large industrial metal silos composed of corrugated sheets.
Building physics:
- Analyses of heat, humidity and air flow in residential buildings,
- Heat and mass transfer,
- Building physics and energy efficiency strategy,
- Sustainable, energy efficient and resource saving residential buildings,
- Hidden solar collector,
- Sustainable energy efficient residential buildings in regard to European requirements and innovative technologies in the Baltic Sea Region,
- Investigations of composite building panels,
- Energy saving residential building systems composed of composite panels.
Granular media:
- Analysis of vortex structures in triaxial and biaxial 3D compression tests,
- Numerical Helmholtz-Hodge Decomposition of vector fields.
Other:
- Microcomputed tomography.
- Multi-phase and multi-scale modelling,
- Valorisation of Structural & Civil Engineering Heritage.