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Recently, several collapses of assembled floors with large clay units took place in the Czech Republic. The failures are occurring in certain period after finishing of co [...]

At the present time mainly FEM is used for numerical modelling of composite layered solids and structures. Using FEM, a significant amount of research has been devoted t [...]

It is well established that most construction materials behave differently under static and dynamic loading. The stress-rate sensitivity of concrete, steel and rock has b [...]

Authors introduced a new method of processing flow visualisation images, aiming at identification of instability structures. In principle, the method utilises the structu [...]

Mortars have been widely used even in prehistoric periods in making pavements in open areas or floors inside dwellings. They are found as surface layers well-compacted an [...]

In the present contribution, a numerical simulation of the nonlinear behaviour of the Charles Bridge in Prague with the emphasis on the heterogeneous character of the mat [...]

The spatial discretization of continuum by finite element method introduces the dispersion error to numerical solutions of stress wave propagation. For higher order fin [...]

Mechanical stimuli represent a very important factor influencing cellular processes and functions. The knowledge about mechanical properties of cells is necessary for und [...]

The paper deals with the perfusion in hierarchically arranged double porous media constituted by transversely periodic layers. In each layer the reference periodic cell i [...]

This contribution deals with deriving the effective matrices of the linear-elastic composite multilayered sandwich beam finite element with a constant cross-section (whic [...]

The masonry constructions are widely used for a long time. Nowadays, new masonry structures are on demand owing to its variety and appealing mechanical properties. Both b [...]

Homogenization methods are becoming the most popular approach to modelling of heterogeneous materials. The main principle is to represent the heterogeneous microstructure [...]

This contribution deals with problem of solids weakened by cracks or joints. The rock containing crack is the model example of such a problem. Determination of properties [...]

Abstrakt: The stepping stone in evaluating effective elastic properties of woven composite tubes is an accurate geometrical description of the composite tube on meso-scal [...]

The paper offers a novel approach to the modeling of asphalt mixtures. It introduces a concept of so called statistically equivalent periodic unit cell (SECUP) known from [...]

The purpose of this contribution is to introduce a comparison of two Finite Element-based methods for computing the mechanical response to (thermo)mechanical loading of c [...]