Departments | ÚTAM AV ČR

Division of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

Department of Applied Mechanics and Structures

It deals with the mechanics of plate and shell structures with a focus on their durability and reliability, aiming to ensure integrity, long service life, and reliability of pipelines and other thin-walled structures, including the determination of their limit states.

Department of Dynamics and Aerodynamics

The department develops dynamics and stochastic mechanics of systems interacting with the environment for applications in wind and seismic engineering, in connection with the advancement of structural reliability theory.

Division of Material Science

Department of Biomechanics

The department focuses on researching the mechanical properties of biological tissues, biocompatible materials for regenerative medicine, optimizing material models for numerical simulations, and developing orthopedic implants and tissue scaffolds.

Materials research

The focus is on investigating the physical and chemical properties of building materials, developing cement composites, studying CaCO3 polymorphs, and materials for the restoration of historical objects, including the design of heritage conservation methods.

Division of Applied Sciences for Cultural Heritage

Department of Heritage Science

The department engages in interdisciplinary research on cultural heritage and supports the preservation, study, and use of artistic monuments, architecture, historical settlements, and cultural landscapes. It investigates hidden characteristics of cultural heritage objects for purposes such as dating, provenance, and archaeometry.

Department of Lime Technologies

Research and development of construction binders produced by calcination of limestones and other carbonate rocks, with a specific focus on historical materials and techniques. At its core is an in-house lime kiln, enabling experimental small-scale production of lime and cement binders using technologies predominantly employed until the mid-19th century. The binders obtained and the insights into their processing have practical applications in heritage conservation while also serving as inspiration for assessing the potential use of traditional materials and techniques in modern construction and cutting-edge research directions.

Support infrastructure

Centre of Experimental Mechanics

The department is equipped with unique instruments and measurement technology, including a vibration table, an electrodynamic mobile exciter, various types of relative and absolute sensors, a non-contact laser sensor for vibration measurements, and modern devices for data collection and analysis. Additionally, the experimental laboratory is equipped with loading machines for both static tests and long-term dynamic loading. The personnel have extensive experience with both laboratory measurements and in situ measurements.

Centre for Computer Technologies and Informatics

The development of computer-aided methods for image and experimental data processing, supporting numerical methods for solving problems in material mechanics, structural mechanics, and experimental mechanics...