Department of Building Structures and Structural Mechanics

Head of Department – Assoc. Prof. Jolanta Anna Prusiel, PhD, Eng.

j.prusiel [at] pb.edu.pl

Department Office:

Dorota Maleszewska, MSc
Wiejska 45E street, 15-351 Białystok, Poland
room: 239A
+48 85 746 96 00
+48 571 443 125
wb.kkbimb [at] pb.edu.pl

Scientific and didactic employees:

Scientific and technical staff

Works for the development of young scientists and participants of doctoral studies

Services and research offer:

• Analysis of ultimate limit states and serviceability of structures
• Theory of reliability of structures, including an analysis of exceptional situations, analysis of operation of silo chambers, free-standing and blocked, under static and dynamic load, taking into account the thermal and moisture effects and the interaction with the stored loose media and the subsoil
• Analysis of the redistribution of internal forces and deformations of building structures, including experimental studies under the interaction of static loads and various environmental factors
• Studies of the behavior of concrete structural elements with non-metallic reinforcement
• Experimental studies of objects and structural elements in the natural scale
• Issues of durability of structures and corrosion of structural materials
• Evaluation of the effectiveness of corrosion protection
• Use of fracture mechanics parameters for the analysis of the failure process of concrete elements
• Advanced experimental studies of the properties of structural concretes containing ashlar aggregate, dispersed reinforcement, recycled aggregate or other waste materials
• Advanced analysis of steel bar structures of halls with consideration of cooperation of sandwich panel cladding
• Analysis of susceptible junctions and their influence on the statics of steel structures
• FEM modeling of steel bolted and welded joints
• Design of steel structures according to European standards
• Design of lightweight steel structures made from cold-bent sections
• Problems of application and design of structural elements from sections with closed sections
• Design of steel structures in accordance with the theory of sustainable development
• Assessment and diagnosis of technical condition and safety of building structures
• Expertise and testing of steel, reinforced concrete and prestressed structure elements (including bridge structures)
• Preparation of statements and technical recommendations
• Test loads on building structures
• Assessment of the behaviour of joints in steel structures
• Reinforcement of structures with new generation concretes
• Development and implementation of new products in the field of building structures
• Investigations of physical and mechanical properties of cement composites
• Expert opinions and construction projects
• Scientific and research work and studies
• Expertise and technical design
• Strength assessment of construction elements
• Software and training in computer techniques
• Static analyses of various types of structures
• Dynamic calculations, analyses of structures loaded with time-varying excitation
• Impact assessment of ground-borne vibrations on buildings and their users
• Structural stability calculations
• Analysis of structures in non-linear range
• Analysis of damaged structures and in failure states