Faculty

Department of Load Bearing Structures and Intelligent Adaptive Structures

Employees

Basic information

The Department of Load Bearing Structures and Intelligent Adaptive Structures was created in 2022 by merging the Department of Metal and Timber Structures and the Department of Concrete and Masonry Structures.

Pedagogical activity

The department participates in education in all study programmes of the Faculty of Civil Engineering TUKE in the field of metal, wooden, concrete, masonry, and interconnected structures and bridges. The department is a training center for doctoral studies in the study programme Theory and Design of Civil Engineering Structures.

Scientific research activity

The department has a long tradition and is involved in national and international scientific research projects in basic and applied research. The department is oriented towards solving scientific problems of statics, dynamics, optimal design and dimensioning of building structures and develops adaptive load-bearing systems. These activities are also carried out by solving actual problems for practice.

Offer of services and activities for practice

The department focuses on metal, timber, concrete, masonry interlocking and composite load bearing structures and provides:

• Static and dynamic calculations and analysis of structures (in Abaqus, Ansys, Scia Engineer, Dlubal, IDEA StatiCa, Midas, Geo5, Matlab and Atena)
• Design of new load-bearing structures of buildings and bridges
• Design of reconstruction and rehabilitation of building and bridge structures
• Expert assessment of existing building and bridge structures
• Diagnosis and monitoring of load-bearing structures of buildings and bridges
• Carrying out static load and dynamic tests of bridges
• Experimental diagnostics of dynamic characteristics of structures
• Static and dynamic tests of elements and parts of load-bearing structures
• Destructive and non-destructive testing of concrete and masonry, determining the position and diameter of reinforcing bars and the thickness of the cover layer
• Testing of building materials exposed to elevated temperatures and frost
• Determination of the load capacity and residual life of bridges and crane runways
• Expert assessment of diagnosis and rehabilitation design prepared by another organisation
• Expert assistance in the performance of bridge inspections
• Expert advice and consultation in the field of load-bearing structures
• Expertise in the field of Civil Engineering, sector of Structural Engineering
• Training and courses focused on selected theoretical, technical and technological problems of structures

References

• Load test of the bridge D201 and D202 on the D1 motorway Behárovce - Branisko
• Bearing diagnostics on the bridge D201 on the D1 motorway Behárovce - Branisko
• Diagnostics of light bridges at the ice rink in Rožňava
• Diagnostics of T-mobile masts, approx. 500 masts
• Diagnosis of static faults on the ČS ESSO Košice
• Diagnostics and project of reconstruction of bridge No. 061 over Váh in Púchov on the state road I/49
• Diagnostics of the footbridge over the Poprad River in Stará Ľubovňa
• Structural-technical and static survey of the building Jesenského 27, Košice
• Expert assessment of the bearing capacity of aluminium cladding sheets
• Expert opinion of the roof bearing system of the ice rink in Prešov
• Expert opinion on the load capacity of trapezoidal sheets RAN 153/280-0,88 for uniform and local loads
• Expert opinion for determination of the residual service life of steel supports of the Tatranská Lomnica - Skalnaté Pleso suspension cableway
• Reconstruction of the divisional building in Košice, measurement of stresses and deflections on the ceiling structure - reinforcement of the ceiling beam
• Diagnostics and static assessment of the swimming pool under construction in Vranov nad Topľou
• Static assessment of the floor structure of the meat production building Pri Krásnej No.3
• Tensometric measurement of the double-jointed arch of the ice rink in Košice
• Expert opinion of the steel chimney and its foundation for the construction „Provisional chimneys EVO II“
• Structural assessment of the building Hlavná 22 in Košice
• Diagnostics and static assessment of the crane runway in the Košice Bus Depot
• Static assessment of the steel structure of the spatial truss roof slab of the Municipal Hall in Prešov
• Expert assessment of the wooden roof truss of the building at Zbrojničná 6 in Košice
• Structural-technical and static survey of the building of the Winter Stadium in Košice
• Diagnosis of the supporting steel structures of the agglomeration operation at the VSŽ Košice blast furnace plant
• Assessment and design of the reconstruction of the crane runway No.7 of the agglomeration operation at the VSŽ blast furnace plant
• Experimental verification of the actual operation of the storage hall
• Diagnostics of the dam spillway Zalužice - Zemplínska Šírava, Krompachy - Ružín
• Expert assessment of fibre concrete containers in BSC SE-VYZ, Slovenské elektrárne, Jaslovské Bohunice, 2000
• Static assessment of BSC containers for loading from own weight of stacked BSC containers, or from loading by final overlapping of RU RaO Mochovce, 2001
• Experimental verification of physical-mechanical properties of sealing or plugs of fibre concrete container, Slovenské elektrárne, VYZ, Jaslovské Bohunice, 2003
• Determination of physical-mechanical properties of concrete during sealing of VBK, Košice, Slovenské elektrárne, VYZ Jaslovské Bohunice, October 2003
• Verification of the risk of alkaline-silica reaction in reinforced concrete structures of boxes or overlay panels of the RaO Mochovce, EGPI, s. r. o., Uherský Brod, 2003
• Expert assessment of the technical condition of the EVO I chimney, Vojany, 1999
• Assessment of the reinforced concrete structure of the FeCl3 warehouse and machine room in SE plant EVO, Vojany, 2001
• Assessment of the technical condition of the concrete foundation of the Muller I furnace and proposal for repair of the upper slab of the foundation, 2005, DOLVAP, s.r.o., Varín
• Expert assessment of the SBD building in Rožňava, Košice, SBD Rožňava, March 2004
• Expert opinion of the apartment building in Slavošovce, SBD Rožňava, 2004
• Static assessment and project documentation of frame culverts IZM 2,5/2-12, 2,5/2-6, 2/1,5-12, 2/1-12, 1,5/1 and road panel CP15, CP18-3×2 m, Cestné stavby, a.s. Košice, 2003
• Diagnostics of the bridge ev. no. 061 over the Váh in Púchov on the state road I/49 at km 63.370, 1995
• Load capacity of the road bridge over the river Izra in the village Brezina, 1997
• Load test of a steel-concrete bridge in the village of Bretka, 2003, IS, a.s. Košice
• Assessment of the pipe bridge in the village of Sačurov over the Topľa River, 1999
• Static calculation SO 603 Road bridge - colonnade Lavana Spa, Třeboň, 2004
• Diagnostics of bridge 79-025 on the I/79 road between Trebišov and Veľaty, Slovak Road Administration. Investment Construction and Road Administration Košice, 2014
• Nondestructive tests of concrete strength of the existing foundation SO 023, USS, s.r.o. Košice, 2008
• Static assessment of the technical condition of the EVO1 engine room building, EVO Vojany, 2009
• Local diagnostics of the road bridge on Škultéty Street in Prešov, SSCIA Prešov, 2010
• Theoretical and experimental analysis of a load-bearing concrete structure after unprofessional intervention in its bearing system and proposal for its rehabilitation, 2010, Faculty of Civil Engineering, TUKE
• Expertise and inspection of concrete foundations and bolts of K-5 fan stand, USS, s.r.o. Košice, 2011
• Project of reconstruction of the footbridge into a bridge for vehicles up to 3.5 t. Čečejovce, 2021
• Assessment of prefabricated roof panels for photovoltaic panel loading. House of Technology, Košice, 2022
• Experimental tests and condition of the resistance of glass railings. UMAKOV 2023
• Diagnostics of truss prestressed beams of roof structure of industrial halls. Haniska transshipment area, Košice, 2023
• Main inspections of the bridge Sečovce and the bridge provisionory Herľany for the company IZOLEX BAU s.r.o., 2023