Structural Engineering
The Research Subject of Structural Engineering studies loads and deformations, design, dimensioning, sustainability, and the ability to support loads, as well as repair and retrofitting of buildings and civil engineering structures made of concrete, steel, wood, and other materials, alone or in combinations, under normal conditions as well as in cold climate and under fire.
The Research Subject has a mission to preserve, transfer, and create knowledge in structural and fire engineering domains and has three goals:
- to educate students in structural and fire engineering;
- to research and develop methods to prolong the lifespan of existing structures;
- to research and develop structural design methods that promote circularity in the construction industry.
Structural engineering deals with the analysis and design of structures and infrastructure such as buildings, bridges, towers, marine structures, dams, tunnels, retaining walls. Structural engineering supports and maintains the built environment, where structures must be safe, serviceable, durable, aesthetically pleasing and sustainable.
Structural engineering applies maths and physics to traditional construction materials such as concrete, stone, steel, timber and glass and new generation of materials, including aluminium, polymers and carbon fibre.
