Structure of the Institute
The research departments of the Institute are grouped according to the main areas of scientific activity. Each department has a separate page with its history, research areas, staff and contact information.
Three-dimensional stability theory, wave propagation and diffraction, non-classical problems of fracture mechanics, composite materials and thin-walled structural elements.
Head: Academician of the NAS of Ukraine V.L. Bogdanov
A shared-use centre based on LMS SCADAS Mobile portable equipment for the measurement, recording and analysis of vibration, acoustic and strain-gauge signals. A structural unit of Department 1.
Head: V.A. Maksymiuk, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Modern problems of rheology, macro-, micro- and nanomechanics of composite materials, mechanics of auxetic materials, and linear and nonlinear waves in materials.
Head: Corresponding Member of the NAS of Ukraine Jeremiah Rushchitsky
Numerical studies of edge effects, three-dimensional stability of composites, fracture of reinforced materials, interfacial cracks and software for computational mechanics.
Head: Academician of the NAS of Ukraine V.M. Nazarenko
Computational methods for shell systems, statics, dynamics, stability and vibrations of layered, anisotropic and heterogeneous shells.
Head: Academician of the NAS of Ukraine O.Ya. Grigorenko
Stress-strain analysis, strength, stability and dynamics of thin-walled elements and structures of complex geometry, including shells and plates.
Head: Ph.D. in Engineering, Senior Researcher A.S. Koliadiuk
Thermoviscoelastoplastic deformation and fracture of structural elements under complex non-isothermal loading, heat conduction, material damage and numerical methods.
Head: Corresponding Member of the NAS of Ukraine Y.O. Zhuk
Thermomechanics of inelastic materials and bodies, coupled thermoelectromechanical problems, dissipative heating and dynamic thermomechanical processes.
Head: Prof. V.H. Karnaukhov
Nonlinear three-dimensional viscoelasticity, long-term creep fracture, damage accumulation, fatigue life prediction and experimental validation of creep and fatigue models.
Head: Candidate of Technical Sciences A.V. Plashchynska
Long-term fracture, slow subcritical crack growth, crack resistance and fracture mechanics of elastic-plastic, viscoelastic and composite materials.
Head: Corresponding Member of the NAS of Ukraine M.F. Selivanov
Lyapunov matrix-valued functions for uncertain dynamic systems, stability of systems with fuzzy parameters, fractional-type derivatives and time-scale systems.
Head: Academician of the NAS of Ukraine A.A. Martyniuk
Diffraction problems of acoustics and elasticity, hydroelectroelasticity, interaction of structural elements with fluids and elastic media, and optimal motion control.
Head: Academician of the NAS of Ukraine V.D. Kubenko
