Structural Engineering and Geotechnics
Structural Engineering and Geotechnics research unit (STEGE) investigates the response of materials, soils, structures and engineered systems to forces imposed by their interaction with naturally occurring processes, such as earthquakes, permafrost and wind.
The research is conducted through the most innovative analytical and numerical tools as well as via experimental tests conducted at the Concrete, Geotechnics and Structures laboratories
Research in Geotechnics is facilitated by analytical and numerical modelling, laboratory testing and centrifuge modelling.
Research in Materials includes the modelling and testing of conventional and innovative construction materials. This includes cyclic behaviour of plane and confined concrete hysteretic behaviour of materials via new methodologies such as the Preisach formalism, the use of natural fibres for concrete and soil reinforcement
Research in Structures is devoted to the analysis, design and retrofitting of Civil Engineering structures under static and dynamic loads. Models and methods of analysis are developed and validated via both numerical and experimental tests.