Head of the project: doc. Ing. Odrobiňák Jaroslav, PhD.

Research team: prof. Ing. Vičan Josef, CSc., Ing. Farbák Matúš, PhD., Ing. Hlinka Richard, PhD., Ing. Prokop Jozef, PhD.

Duration: Janury 2024 – December 2026                             

The aim of the project is to deepen knowledge about the real behavior of selected structural solutions, elements and structural details of existing steel bridge structures in order to increase the reliability and residual service life of existing bridge structures. The ambition of the project is to analyze and understand the real action of structural elements and details (with and without failures) that are identified as critical, limiting the durability or service life of bridges, through a suitable combination of targeted experimental measurements and modern numerical methods. It will be necessary to pay attention to relevant failures, such as cracks and corrosion processes in particular, and to analyze their impact on the reliability and load capacity of bridge structures in operation, including their influence on the transient nature of operational loads. For the above-mentioned goals, in addition to state-of-the-art equipment for experimental and numerical analyses, a unique portfolio of knowledge from previously solved research tasks, which is available to the research team, will also be used.