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Structural Engineering

Our vision is a sustainable built environment. Our mission is to foster a climate neutral design of the built environment through better education, high level scientific research and innovation.

We educate students to be independent, committed and persistent to our vision.

Our research is material neutral. We design new structures made out of concrete, steel or timber. We monitor, inspect, test and assess all types of structures including concrete dams and bridges. We use a wide array of reserach methods and tools such as, analytical models, non linear finite element modeling, destructive and non destructive evaluation tests, remote monitoring, model tests and full scale tests. We work with all types of loads including fire safety design. We suggest methods for rehabilitation of existing structures.

Gabriel Sas, professor in Structural Engineering at Luleå University of Technology. Photo: Richard Renberg
Newly cast bridge ready to be crushed

In a world-unique research project, a new complete railway bridge is being built, and then load tested to the breaking point. The newly cast concrete will be supplemented with rails for maximum imitation of a railway bridge in operation.

Truck convoys drive over the old bridge in Kalix Photo: Sofia Stridsman
Old bridge gets second life in research

The old Kalix bridge from 1957 gets a second life as a research object at Luleå University of Technology, both before and after demolition/dismantling. The construction of the new bridge began in 2019 and it was opened for traffic recently.

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MCE laboratory

Luleå University of Technology's largest laboratory with a wide range of activities.

Article in journal
Mensah. R, Shanmugam. V, Narayanan. S, Renner. J, Babu. K, Neisiany. R, et al.
Polymer testing, Vol. 108
Magazine of Concrete Research, Vol. 74, nr. 2, s. 54-69
Part of: Journal of Energy Storage
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