Head of the project: doc. Ing. Koteš Peter, PhD.              

Research team: prof. Ing. Moravčík Martin, PhD., Ing. Kotula Patrik, PhD., doc. Ing. Brodňan Miroslav, PhD., Ing. Bahleda František, PhD., Ing. Bujňáková Petra, PhD., Ing. Vavruš Martin, PhD., Ing. Kraľovanec Jakub, PhD., Ing. Zahuranec Michal                           

Duration: January 2021 – December 2023                             

Degradation of materials by chemical or Physico-chemical effects of the surrounding environment (environmental loads) is an increasingly serious problem not only in Slovakia. Increasing environmental pollution causes an increase of the corrosive aggressiveness. Damage to structural materials due to degradation factors causes a significant reduction in reliability and shortens the remaining lifetime of building structures, especially bridges. In addition, inadequate maintenance of civil infrastructure and an absence of regular inspection leads to the occurrence of serious failures, which in a very short time can cause emergency conditions of these objects or even their collapse. The project is focused on the study of failures of reinforced concrete, prestressed and masonry structures, and bridges. In situ measurements will be performed on real structures. At the same time, laboratory samples for accelerated measurements in corrosion chambers and numerical modelling will be used in this project.