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Research and Educational Offer of Civil Engineering Faculty

Learn about the research and educational programs offered by the Civil Engineering Faculty at Wrocław University of Technology, Poland. Discover international research cooperation projects and various research activities in different divisions.

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Research and Educational Offer of Civil Engineering Faculty

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  1. RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONALOFFEROF CIVIL ENGINEERING FACULTY Dean Prof. Jerzy HOŁA Wrocław University of Technology Civil Engineering Faculty Poland

  2. Civil Engineering Faculty – GENERAL INFORMATION There are about 2500 students at the so-called ”stationery” studies(1st level and integrated ones) and about 750 students at the so-called „non-stationery” (week-ends) studies (1st and 2nd level). Last year we had more than 500 graduates. We have 50 students at the doctoral studies. At the Faculty there are working about 170 academic teachers. Michał Bracisiewicz Michał Bracisiewicz

  3. Civil Engineering Faculty – INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT - REALIZED: „IMPROVING ASSESSMENT, OPTIMISATION OF MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF DATABASE FOR MASONRY ARCH BRIDGES” 2004-2007 International Union of Railways - UIC

  4. Civil Engineering Faculty – INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT - REALIZED: „SUSTAINABLE BRIDGES – ASSESSMENT FOR FUTURE TRAFFIC DEMANDS AND LONGER LIVES” 2003-2007 6th Framework Programme of European Union

  5. Civil Engineering Faculty – INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COOPERATION UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION FOCUS AREA SP-8 SUBPROJECT “UNDERGROUND NETWORKS” 7th Framework Programme of European Union

  6. Civil Engineering Faculty – INSTITUTE’S RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ■ Institute of Building Engineering www.ib.pwr.wroc.pl ▸ Division of Concrete Structures ▸ Division of Metal Structures ▸ Division of Building Engineering ▸ Division of Building Physics and Computational Design Methods ▸ Division of Building Materials, Timber and Historical Structures ▸ Division of Construction Management and Technology

  7. Civil Engineering Faculty – RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ▸ Division of Concrete Structures • Limit states of RC and pre-stressed concrete elements • Calculation methods for concrete bulks, theoretical and experimental investigation on silos, cooling towers, chimneys, shells • Experimental investigation on models of pre-stressed concrete columns and girders • Numerical modeling of cracked concrete structures • Self-stresses in reinforced concrete structures • Application of the fracture mechanics to cementitous composites • Experimental and theoretical studies on reinforced and prestressed concrete poles

  8. Civil Engineering Faculty – RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ▸ Division of Metal Structures • Strength and stability of metal columns and beams • Theoretical and experimental studies upon the random properties of space structures • Theoretical and experimental methods for safety and reliability verification of steel structures • Evaluation of critical states in thin-walled metal structures with imperfections • Destructive loads of quasi-brittle cracking of steel elements • Investigation of random limit load-deflection equilibrium of axially compressed corrugated sheets

  9. Civil Engineering Faculty– RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ▸ Division of Metal Structures • Experimental and theoretical investigations on the resistance of steel silos shells for loose and cohesive materials • Probabilistic analysis of steel structures • Load-bearing capacity of bolted butt connections having geometrical imperfections • Iron as an ancient structural material

  10. Civil Engineering Faculty – RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ▸ Division of Building Engineering • Non-destructive testing of building structures and materials • Evaluation of cracking behaviour of concrete composites using acoustic emission • Determination of the influence of moisture content on the constructional and exploitation properties as well as the durability of building materials • Rehabilitation of building structures andevaluation of their technical condition • Application of artificial neural networks to the assessment of selected mechanical properties of concrete

  11. Civil Engineering Faculty – RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ▸ Division of Building Physics and Computational Design Methods • Thermal comfort of workers in cool workplaces • Building and environmental physics, microclimate and environment of compartments • Thermographical assessment of thermal insulation of buildings • The long wave radiation around buildings and heat balance of the building envelopes • Numerical optimisation of concrete, metal and masonry structures numerical analysis of complex historical masonry structures • Evolutionary structural optimization method-application to shape optimization by using FEM & BEM • Multi-criteria discrete optimization in structural design

  12. Civil Engineering Faculty – RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ▸ Division of Building Materials, Timber and Historical Structures • Technology of building materials - modification of material structure and properties • Preparation and property evaluation of alumina porous ceramics and cements for biomedical applications • Ceramic materials, bioceramics, brittle materials • Modifications of cement, concrete and mortar due to corrosion resistance • Rheological methods in optimisation of properties of binding materials • Attempt of assessment of frost resistance of concrete on the basis of compressive strength changes related to transition of water into ice

  13. Civil Engineering Faculty – RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ▸ Division of Building Materials, Timber and Historical Structures • Diagnosis of technical conditions of historical monuments – techniques and calculations • Rehabilitation, reconstruction and strengthening methods for structures of historical monuments – wooden, brick, stones • New methods of strengthening R-C and wooden bending structures as well as brick-masonry structures • Technology development and quality investigations of High-Performance Concrete • Optimization of Self-CompactingConcrete composition

  14. Civil Engineering Faculty – RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ▸ Division of Construction Management and Technology • Earth work organisation and application of stream methods in building processes • Strength and stability of structures during erection • Technical and financial opinions on actual conditions and maintenance of buildings

  15. Civil Engineering Faculty – RESEARCH ACTIVITIES Acreditated Testing Laboratory ofBuilding EngineeringInstitute Acreditation by Polish Accreditation Centre Laboratory of Concrete Structures Laboratory of Concrete Technology

  16. Civil Engineering Faculty – RESEARCH ACTIVITIES Acreditated Testing Laboratory of Building Engineering Institute

  17. Civil Engineering Faculty – RESEARCH ACTIVITIES Acreditated Testing Laboratory of Building Engineering Institute Selected equipment: INSTRON strength machine 2x±500 kN INSTRON strength machine ±3000 kN (static & dynamic tests)

  18. Civil Engineering Faculty – RESEARCH ACTIVITIES Acreditated Testing Laboratory of Building Engineering Institute Laboratory of Concrete Technology

  19. Civil Engineering Faculty – RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ■ Institute of Geotechnics and Hydroengineering www.igh.pwr.wroc.pl ▸ Division of Water Engineering and Geodesy ▸ Division of Foundation Engineering ▸ Division of Engineering and Environmental Geology ▸ Division of Geomechanics and Underground Structures

  20. Civil Engineering Faculty – RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ■ Institute of Geotechnics and Hydroengineering www.igh.pwr.wroc.pl ▸ Research labratories: Laboratory of Water Engineering Geology Laboratory Geodesy Laboratory Laboratory of Soil Mechanics

  21. Civil Engineering Faculty – RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ▸ Division of Water Engineering and Geodesy • Solution of water management problems of dam storage reservoirs, with numerical and physical modeling of dam outlet works. Numerical analysis of hydrodynamic load on hydraulic structures with vortex method • Investigation of the hydraulic structures impact on bottom stability downstream, and sedimentation processes upstream • Solution of flood protection problems; numerical modeling of river and natural channel flow, determination of flood risk zones using Geographic Information System • Modeling of the flow in porous medium with homogenization theory

  22. Civil Engineering Faculty – RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ▸ Division of Water Engineering and Geodesy • Modeling of the underground water flow combined with soil consolidation, on the basis of Biot porous elasticity model and Darcy-Biot flow equation, by numerical methods (FEM) • Numerical analysis of pressurized seepage area (for ground water flow under dams and weirs) and free surface seepage (temporary and solid drainage of deep excavation, flow into well) • Physical modeling of hydro-engineering spillways and bottom outlet structures

  23. Civil Engineering Faculty – RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ▸ Division of Foundation Engineering • Assessment of conditions and geotechnical examination of soils as foundation for building and civil engineering structures • Designing of foundation for structures under dynamic loads and on terrains with mining activity • Designing of foundation strengthening using injection techniques (micropiles, jet grouting) • Testing piles loadings • Designing of deep trenches protection systems • Designing of reinforced ground structures

  24. Civil Engineering Faculty – RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ▸ Division of Engineering and Environmental Geology • Application of geostatistical methods and Geographical Information System (GIS) for the recognition and modeling of soil-water environment state, spatial analyses of data deriving from geo-environmental monitoring in mining and post-industrial terrain • Geostatistical models (2D, 3D) of parameters mineral resources variation (estimating, forecasting and simulating of ledge parameters averages values and evaluation of uncertainity estimating) of useful components grades, thickness and accumulation, using geostatistical methods • Risk analysis using conditional simulation turning bands in problems of engineering geology and mining geology • Examination of hydrogeological conditions and percolation properties of natural and antropogenic soils • Geotextiles applications in hydrogeology

  25. Civil Engineering Faculty – RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ▸ Division of Geomechanics and Underground Structures • Numerical solving of geotechnics' problems: 2D and 3D boundary value problems • Mathematical modelling of soil and rock anisotropy in elastic and plastic range • Micromechanics of periodic and random microstructures of geomaterials; Determination and prediction of effective properties • Investigations of preconsolidation in cohesive soils • Numerical modeling of properties of geosynthetics for designing and performance of the reinforced soils structures • Laboratory investigations of the soil properties • Advanced “in situ” investigations of the subsoil using the statical cone penetrometer CPTU, seismic cone penetrometer SCPT and heavy dynamic penetrometer DPH

  26. Civil Engineering Faculty – RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ■ Institute of Civil Engineering www.iil.pwr.wroc.pl ▸ Division of Roads and Airports ▸ Division of Dynamics ▸ Division of Urban Civil Engineering ▸ Division of Railway Transportation Infrastructure ▸ Division of Bridges ▸ Division of Statics and Structural Safety ▸ Division of Material Strength

  27. Civil Engineering Faculty – RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ■ Institute of Civil Engineering www.iil.pwr.wroc.pl ▸ Research laboratories Laboratory of Transport Infrastructure Constructions Laboratory of Bridge Structures Laboratory of Strength of Materials Laboratory of Railway Infrastructure Laboratory of Urban Civil Engineering

  28. Civil Engineering Faculty – RESEARCH OFFER ▸ Division of Roads and Airports • Modelling of airports airstrip surface • Examination of parameters of road and airport surfaces (using Falling Weight Deflectometer) • Investigation on strength and deformation characteristics of road surface materials: mineral-asphalt compositions, cement concrete, mineral-cement-emulsion compositions, soil and aggregate stabilized with cement, soil and aggregate reinforced with geosynthetics • Influence of vehicles on road surface • Modelling of road traffic in urban areas • Planning of transport systems

  29. Civil Engineering Faculty – RESEARCH OFFER ▸ Division of Roads and Airports Research Laboratory of Transport Infrastructure Constructions Examination of roads surface materials (asphalt, concrete, aggregate, mixtures)

  30. Civil Engineering Faculty – RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ▸ Division of Dynamics • Dynamic measurements of big engineering structures (measurements and analysis of vibrations and noise in big structures taking into account their influence on people) • Dynamic analysis of road and railway bridges • Analysis of dynamic effects in machine foundations • Stochastic dynamic analysis of civil engineering structures • Sensitive analysis and parametric vibration problems for civil engineering structures • Methods of dynamic identification of model parameters of airport, road and railway surfaces • Methods of reduction of weak-damp vibrations of civil engineering structures by using dynamic absorbents

  31. Civil Engineering Faculty – RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ▸ Division of Urban Civil Engineering • Modern technologies of rehabilitation and construction of sewage, water and gas ducts – trench-less techologies • Computer-aided design of urban infrastructure ducts • New and existing urban structures (reservoirs and other structures in sewage treatment plants, water treatment plants, intercepting sewers and underground pipelines, multiduct tunnels) • New and existing underground structures (car-parks and garages, pedestrian passages, communication tunnels, underground) • Repair and protection of existing underground constructions (structure, insulation, sealing)

  32. Civil Engineering Faculty – RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ▸ Division of Railway Transportation System • Mechanics of railway track structure • Mechanics of sub-soil • Dynamics of track structure and subgrade • Designing of engineering structures using reinforced ground technology • Construction of railway track structure • Co-operation between track structure with sub-soil • Basis of railway transportation infrastructure design • Computer applications in railway transportation

  33. Civil Engineering Faculty – RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ▸ Division of Bridges • Development of theortical models and implementation of monitoring systems of big bridge structures • Examination of materials and technical solutions for bridge structures (examination of material samples) • In-situ examination on operating structures • In-situ examination of bridge supports’ settlment • In-situ bridge examination under test loads (static and dynamic)

  34. Civil Engineering Faculty – RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ▸ Division of Statics and Structural Safety • Nonlinear stability analysis • Wavelet and wavelet packet analysis of mechanics problems • Cellular automata in nonlinear mechanics • Dynamics of structures under moving loads - application in dynamics of bridges, roads, railway • Dynamics and reliability of structures under random train of pulses and moving loads • Load models in dynamics and reliability of structures • Fuzzy stochastic finite element method - static and dynamic approach • Random fatigue crack propagation

  35. Civil Engineering Faculty – RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ▸ Division of Statics and Structural Safety • Reliability of structures with respect to shakedown theory • Reliability of a structures with respect to the reinforcement chloride corrosion • Dynamics and reliability of structures with respect to their degradation in time • Random design sensitivity problem • Stochastic dynamics of micro periodic rods and beams • Optimization of absorbers in the highway bridges due to traffic flow

  36. Civil Engineering Faculty – RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ▸ Division of Material Strength • Modelling of shell prestressed structures – post-tensioned concrete • Stability of elastic shells • Micro- and macro- modelling of periodic structures • Seismic dynamics analysis of shell reservoirs • Neuron webs in mechanics • Optimization of structures

  37. Civil Engineering Faculty – EDUCATIONAL OFFERFaculty awarded with „out-standing” markby The State Accreditation Committee Civil Engineering Faculty offers in Polish language: Major – CIVIL ENGINEERING ■ full time (stationary) 1st level studies – duration 3,5 year (Eng, BSc) 2520 hours + 150 hours for final thesis (210 ECTS) 8 weeks of practical placement (8 ECTS) ■ full time (stationary) 2nd level studies – duration 1,5 year (after 1st level) (MSc) 960 hours + 180 hours for final thesis (90 ECTS) ■ 3rd level studies (doctoral studies) – duration 4 years (PhD)

  38. Civil Engineering Faculty – EDUCATIONAL OFFER Civil Engineering Faculty offers in Polish language: ■ part-time (non-stationery) 1st level studies – duration 4 years (Eng, BSc) ■ part-time (stationary) 2nd level studies – duration 2 years (after 1st level) (MSc) Civil Engineering Faculty offers in English language: ■ full time 2nd level studies – duration 1,5 year (after 1st level) (MSc) (year 2009/2010)

  39. Civil Engineering Faculty – EDUCATIONAL OFFER Specializations of the 1st level studies (from the 6th semester): Building engineering Geotechnics and hydrotechnics Civil engineering

  40. Civil Engineering Faculty – EDUCATIONAL OFFER Specializations of the 2nd level studies: Building structures Building technology and management

  41. Civil Engineering Faculty – EDUCATIONAL OFFER Specializations of the 2nd level studies: Hydrotechnical and special engineering Underground and urban engineering

  42. Civil Engineering Faculty – EDUCATIONAL OFFER Specializations of the 2nd level studies: Roads and airports Infrastructure of railway transportation

  43. Civil Engineering Faculty – EDUCATIONAL OFFER Specializations of the 2nd level studies: Brigdes Theory and numerical structural analysis

  44. Aalborg University(Denmark) University of Rome(Italy) Wroclaw University of Technology(Poland) University of Minho(Portugal) University of Catalonia(Spain) University of Surrey(United Kingdom) Civil Engineering Faculty – EDUCATIONAL CO-OPERATION International Bridge Engineering School

  45. Civil Engineering Faculty – EDUCATIONAL CO-OPERATION European Civil Engineering Education and Training

  46. Civil Engineering Faculty – EDUCATIONAL CO-OPERATION Association of European Civil Engineering Faculties

  47. THANK YOU VERY MUCHFOR YOUR ATTENTION! Wrocław University of Technology Civil Engineering Faculty

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