Head:

Prof. Henryk Petryk, Ph.D., D.Sc.

phone: (48-22) (48-22) 826 12 81 w. 138

e-mail: hpetryk@ippt.gov.pl

Secretary:

Agnieszka Łyszkiewicz

phone: (48-22) 826-64-23; (48-22) 826-12-81 ext. 255

room: 308

e-mail: alyszk@ippt.gov.pl

The Department has three Divisions

• Applied Plasticity (Prof. Wojciech Krzysztof Nowacki, Ph.D., D.Sc.)
• Mechanics of Inelastic Materials (Prof. Henryk Petryk, Ph.D., D.Sc.)
• Surface Layers (Assoc. Stanisław Kucharski, Ph.D., D.Sc.)

and one Laboratory:

• Thermoplasticity (Assoc. Prof. Wiera Oliferuk, Ph.D., D.Sc.)

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Staff:

Professors:

Zenon Mróz, Ph.D., D.Sc.

Wojciech Krzysztof Nowacki, Ph.D., D.Sc.

Henryk Petryk, Ph.D., D.Sc.

Bogdan Raniecki, Ph.D., D.Sc.

Ryszard Pęcherski, Ph.D., D.Sc.

Associate Professors:

Michał Basista, Ph.D. D.Sc.

Stanisław Kucharski, Ph.D. D.Sc.

Wiera Oliferuk, Ph.D., D.Sc.

Stanisław Stupkiewicz, Ph.D., D.Sc.

Zdzisław Nowak, Ph.D., D.Sc

Andrzej Ziółkowski, Ph.D., D.Sc.

Senior Researchers:

Marcin Białas, Ph.D.

Stefan P. Gadaj, Ph.D.

Romuald Kotowski, Ph.D.

Katarzyna Kowalczyk-Gajewska, Ph.D.

Jerzy Luckner, Ph.D.

Jan Maciejewski, Ph.D.

Elżbieta Pieczyska, Ph.D.

Joanna Radziejewska, Ph.D.

Grzegorz Starzyński, Ph.D.

Michał Maj, Ph.D.

Graduates:

Anna Bartoszewicz, M.Sc.

Neonila Lewintant, M.Sc.

Jakub Lengiewicz, M.Sc.

Przemysław Sadowski, M.Sc.

Witold Węglewski, M.Sc.

Ph.D. Students:

Marcin Bojdo, M.Sc.

Anna Górzyńska, M.Sc.

Hubert Kopeć, M.Sc.

Michał Kursa, M.Sc.

Artur Marciniszyn, M.Sc.

Paweł Nalepka, M.Sc.

Zuzanna Poniżnik, M.Sc.

Emilia Reymund

Olga Wysocka-Fotek, M.Sc.

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Current Research Activities:

• Mechanics of Multifunctional Materials
  Thermomechanics of elastic-plastic continuous media
  Modelling of damage and fracture in metal-ceramic and cementitious composite materials
  Mathematical modelling and experimental investigations of intermetallics
  Modelling and identification of inelastic behaviour and fracture of materials
  IR thermography in non-destructive testing and in study of deformation processes
• Micromechanics of Materials
  Modelling of microstructure evolution and thermomechanical behaviour of shape memory alloys
  Micromechanical analysis of phenomena in contact and interphase layers
  Physically-based constitutive modelling of large plastic deformation of metals at complex strain paths
  Coupling between microstructure and mechanical properties of metallic materials
  Numerical simulations of materials behaviour
• Mechanics of Surface Layers
  Mechanics of contact of rough surfaces
  Identification of coatings and thin layers properties
  Surface metrology
  Fatigue life prediction of surface treated structural elements
  Generation of thin coatings by means of ion beam techniques
  Investigation of hybrid laser and burnishing surface treatment

Key Words:

• multifunctional materials, shape memory alloys, phase transformations, stored energy, microstructure, dislocation structures, shear bands, surface temperature distribution,
• constitutive models, plastic hardening and softening, cyclic loading, contact friction and wear, sensitivity analysis,
• plasticity, instability, strain localization, micromechanics, pseudo-elasticity, damage mechanics,
• surface layer, microstereometry, laser beam machining, ion implantation, finite elements method, stress state, simulation