Institute of Solid Mechanics, Mechatronics and Biomechanics

Teaching Profile

The Institute provides courses on mechanics of solids – one of the fundamental disciplines of the mechanical engineering study programme. At various levels hit these courses all study programmes of the Faculty.

Scientific Profile

Research activities of the Institute are focused in the following fields:

• Constitutive modelling and limit states of particular types of materials,
• Stress analysis and strength optimisation of the strip wound compound vessels for extremely high pressure,
• Numerical simulation of selected technological operations,
• Two-parameters fracture mechanics,
• Measurement residual stresses,
• Dynamics of rotor systems,
• Noise and vibration,
• Modelling dynamic properties of interactive drive systems,
• Research and development of mechatronic systems,
• Biomechanics of musculo-skeletal system, cardio-vascular system, vocal tract,
• Research projects are supported through grants of the Czech Grant Agency and other sources.

Professional Collaboration

The Institute regularly organizes or co-organizes distinguished scientific conferences and issues the journal Engineering Mechanics. It also closely collaborates with institutes of the Czech Academy Sciences such as Institute of Physics of Materials, Institute of Thermo-mechanics, Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and with other technical universities and industrial companies.

The Institute is sustaining contacts with foreign partners, e.g. School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Dublin City University, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa v Portugalsku, TU Chemnitz, TU Darmstadt, Politechnika Warszawska, Academy of Technology and Agriculture Bydgoszcz, Iľevsk Technical University, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra.