Lecture by prof. Ing. Drahomír Novák, DrSc. (VUT Brno) as a part of ViP College STU lecture series, 8 December 2014
Lecture was organized in cooperation with Slovak Society for Mechanics (SSM).
prof. Ing. Drahomír Novák, DrSc.
Professional Orientation
- Stochastic computational mechanics, reliability of structures, risk engineering
- Simulation methods of Monte Carlo type, stochastic finite element method, random fields in continuum mechanics, probabilistic optimization of structures, identification
- Nonlinear fracture mechanics, failure of quasibrittle materials, modelling of concrete structures, size effect
Pedagogical Orientation
- Lectures: Elasticity and plasticity, Reliability theory of building structures, Selected lectures form structural mechanics, Nonlinear mechanics, Structural mechanics
- Lectures in English: Elasticity and Plasticity I, Fundaments of Structural Mechanics, Elasticity and Plasticity II, Reliability of Buildings, Structural Analysis
- Lectures in PhD courses: Theory of elasticity, plasticity and failure, Structural mechanics
- Lecturing abroad: Basic Course on Structural Safety, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand (short-term lecturing for MSc. students, 1996, 1998 a 2003; Lecturing within the framework of Socrates-Erasmus program at Bauhaus – Weimar University, Germany, 1999. Lectures at BOKU Wien, Austria 2002-2003
Other Activities
- Member of int. organization for fracture mecahnics FraMCos
- Member of technical committee for standardization TNK 38 Reliability of Structures
- Member of Czech society for mechanics - secretary of Brno branch
- Member of convocation of faculty of civil engineering, VUT Brno
- Member of commitee for final defense of PhD theses
- Member of commitee for final defense of diploma theses
- Head of theoretical group of institutes
- Head of scientific committe of academic senate
- Member of dean´s comittee for foreign relation
