Head:

Prof. Henryk Petryk, Ph.D., Dr habil., Eng

phone: +48 22 826 12 81 ext. 138

room: 137

e-mail: hpetryk@ippt.gov.pl

Secretary:

Agnieszka Łyszkiewicz

phone: +48 22 826 98 34; +48 22 826 12 81 ext. 255

room: 133

e-mail: alyszk@ippt.gov.pl

The Department has three Divisions:

• Applied Plasticity (Prof. Ryszard Pęcherski, Ph.D., Dr habil., Eng)
• Mechanics of Inelastic Materials (Prof. Henryk Petryk, Ph.D., Dr habil., Eng)
• Surface Layers (Assoc. Stanisław Kucharski, Ph.D., Dr habil., Eng)

one Group:

• Advanced Composite Materials (Assoc. Michał Basista, Ph.D., Dr habil., Eng)

and one Laboratory:

• Thermoplasticity (Michał Maj, Ph.D.)

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Staff:

Professors:

Zenon Mróz, Ph.D., Dr habil., Eng

Wojciech K. Nowacki, Ph.D., Dr habil., Eng

Wiera Oliferuk, Ph.D., Dr habil., Eng

Henryk Petryk, Ph.D., Dr habil., Eng

Ryszard Pęcherski, Ph.D., Dr habil., Eng

Associate Professors:

Michał Basista, Ph.D., Dr habil., Eng

Stanisław Kucharski, Ph.D., Dr habil., Eng

Jan Maciejewski, Ph.D., Dr habil., Eng

Zdzisław Nowak, Ph.D., Dr habil., Eng

Elżbieta Pieczyska, Ph.D., Dr habil., Eng

Katarzyna Pietrzak, Ph.D., Dr habil., Eng

Stanisław Stupkiewicz, Ph.D., Dr habil., Eng

Senior Researchers:

Marcin Białas, Ph.D., Eng

Paweł Hołobut, Ph.D., Eng

Katarzyna Kowalczyk-Gajewska, Ph.D., Eng

Jakub Lengiewicz, Ph.D.

Jerzy Luckner, Ph.D., Eng

Michał Maj, Ph.D.

Kinga Nalepka, Ph.D., Eng

Przemysław Sadowski, Ph.D., Eng

Grzegorz Starzyński, Ph.D.

Witold Węglewski, Ph.D., Eng

Graduates:

Teresa Frąś, M.Sc., Eng

Dorota Jackiewicz, M.Sc., Eng

Michał Kursa, M.Sc., Eng

Neonila Levintant-Zayonts, M.Sc.

Ph.D. Students:

Anna Górzyńska - Lengiewicz, M.Sc.

Paweł Nalepka, M.Sc.

Zuzanna Poniżnik, M.Sc., Eng

Olga Wysocka - Fotek, M.Sc., Eng

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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