The scientific activity of the Institute covers broad area of theoretical and experimental research on fundamental problems of mechanics and acoustics crucial for contemporary engineering science and technology.

The most important fields of the Institute's expertise include theoretical and applied mechanics, theory of coupled mechanical and physical fields, theoretical and experimental mechanics of materials and structures, computational methods in mechanics, acoustoelectronics, and ultrasonic medical diagnostics.

Extensive research is also conducted in several branches of fundamental science and technology, such as: physics and thermodynamics of continua; plasma physics; stochastic dynamics; fluids mechanics; laser beam interaction with metal surfaces, nanophotonic, applied mathematics, applied informatics, and bio-informatics.

Besides the basic studies, the Institute carries out intensive applied research connected with the development of novel measuring techniques, construction of diagnostic equipment (particularly in acoustics), application of the so-called smart technologies, laser methods of surface modifications, as well as development of the ultrasonic and optical methods for material structure analysis, temperature field measurements and flow diagnostics.

Key Words

• physics of continua,
• computational methods in mechanics,
• multifunctional materials, shape memory alloys, nano-materials,
• mechanics of materials and plasticity,
• fracture mechanics,
• structural optimization,
• nonlinear dynamics,
• stochastic dynamics,
• electromagnetic,thermal and mechanical interactions in solids,
• smart materials and technologies,
• rheology of polymers,
• microflows,
• bio-informatics and system biology,
• biomaterials,
• ultrasound in biomedicine,
• ultrasonic diagnosis of materials,
• environmental acoustics,
• laser induced surface modifications,
• nanophotonics,
• renewable energy,
• thermoelasticity,
• thermoplasticity,
• wave propagation,
• vibroacoustics,
• theory of defects.