Department of Thermoplasticity

Research profile

The Department of Thermoplasticity was founded in 1972. Its scientific work is related to the mechanics of thermoviscoelastoplastic deformation and fracture of structural elements under complex non-isothermal loading processes, as well as to the development of models, algorithms and numerical methods for studying the thermomechanical behaviour of materials.

Main research areas

• Mechanics of thermoviscoelastoplastic deformation and fracture of structural elements under complex non-isothermal loading processes, taking into account the type of stress state.
• Theory of thermoviscoelastoplasticity using the third invariant of the stress deviator.
• Theory of thin shells and plates.
• Heat conduction and thermoviscoelastoplasticity of thick-walled and shell structural elements under variable thermomechanical and radiation loading.
• Damage problems in the structure of isotropic and orthotropic materials during deformation.
• Algorithms and numerical methods for studying thermoviscoelastoplastic deformation of isotropic and anisotropic structural elements.
• Experimental methods in the theory of thermoviscoelastoplasticity.