The main directions of scientific - research activity at the Institute of Building Engineering
Department of Building Engineering and Building Physics
- Buildings protection against moisture;
- Thermal insulation and air tightness of buildings;
- Evaluating the effectiveness of energy-efficient installation solutions in the field of renewable energy sources;
- Revitalization of urban and architectural complexes;
- Design and spatial planning – study of conditions and cultural values;
- Development of green areas in inner-city urban spatial structures;
- Creating databases of various construction projects based on 3D laser scanner measurements;
- Renovation of historic buildings;
- Diagnostics of technical condition of the building structures.
Department of Geotechnics and Road Construction
- The use of IT applications developed using Matlab scripts;
- The techniques of artificial intelligence and optimization in geotechnics;
- Traffic engineering;
- Issues of transport safety systems integration;
- Polyvalent analysis using adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system ANFIS running in Matlab Fuzzy Logic Toolbox environment;
- The use of numerical techniques, especially artificial neural networks to develop and interpret the results of geotechnical investigations;
- Geotechnical studies - fieldwork CPTU / CPTS, SD, VSS;
- Laboratory tests of triaxial compression and direct shear;
- Automating the interpretation of test results - using classification systems to interpret field and laboratory measurements of the mechanical properties of the land;
- Identification of material parameters - calibration of numerical models of ground materials based on the results of field and laboratory determinations;
- Research of links of lithological physical and mechanical characteristics of compressible soil;
- Comparative studies of soil particle size by sedimentation - areometric (standardized) and an optical method (Analysette-22);
- Research and analysis of changes in permeability coefficient in the consolidation process in stages;
- Slope stability - the development of hybrid computational methods;
- Numerical methods - the development of algorithms based on the finite element method and using modern information technology (GPGPU / CUDA).
Department of Engineering Materials and Building Processes
- Computer materials engineering, modeling and optimizing the composition and technologies of composite building materials;
- TTechnology of construction materials; concrete technology; new generation concretes; compatibility of cement with an admixture systems; energy-saving building materials technology;
- The process of investment and construction; optimization process; an innovative approach to the process of investment and construction with particular emphasis on the revitalization of the historic estate of cubic substances; multi-criteria analysis and options for investment;
- Residential buildings;
- The microclimate in livestock building;
- Protection of the environment in the process of investment and construction waste recycling industrial building and road construction;
- The economics, planning and implementation of building structures, road investments and transport networks, formal - legal and economic realization of buildings;
- Quality assurance systems in construction;
- Analysis of the technical state of objects (including antiques).
Department of Mechanics and Building Structures
- Modeling and monitoring of building structures with numerical and experimental aid in mechanics;
- Lightweight metal, wood and wood composites in civil engineering.