Department of Mechanics

prof. Ing. Petr Kabele, Ph.D.

full professor
deputy head of department
head of doctoral study board for Physical and Materials Engineering
coordinator of international Master's course SAHC at CTU

Research & grants

Contact

Room: B328
Tel: +420 224 35 4485
E-mail: petr.kabele(at)cvut.cz
Postal address:

Czech Technical University in Prague

Faculty of Civil Engineering

Department of Mechanics

Thákurova 7

166 29 Praha 6

Czech Republic

Office hours for students: by e-mail/phone appointment

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Education

1995: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) - Civil Eng., The University of Tokyo, Japan
1992: Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) - Civil Eng., The University of Tokyo, Japan (recognized as Ing. by CTU in Prague)
1986-90: Faculty of Civil Engineering, CTU in Prague, Czech Rep.

Work

2009-present: Professor, Faculty of Civil Eng., CTU in Prague, Czech Rep.
2001-2009: Associate Professor, Faculty of Civil Eng., CTU in Prague, Czech Rep.
1999-2001: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Civil Eng., CTU in Prague, Czech Rep.
1998-99: Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Eng., The University of Tokyo, Japan
1996-98: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Eng., The University of Tokyo, Japan
1995-96: Research Associate, Dept. of Civil Eng., The University of Tokyo, Japan

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Teaching

Current

132PRPE - Theory of Elasticity and Strength of Materials (undergraduate course, in Czech)
132SM3 - Structural Mechanics 3 (undergraduate course, in Czech)
132YNAK - Nonlinear Analysis of Materials and Structures (undergraduate course, in Czech)
132YNMI - Numerical Methods in Engineering Problems (undergraduate course, in Czech)
D32PRE - Deformation and Failure of Materials (Ph.D. course, in Czech and English)
Advanced Master's in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions - International Master's Program
- SA2 - Structural Analysis Techniques (graduate, in English, at University of Minho, Portugal)
- SA8 - Dissertation
CE214 - Engineering Mechanics-Statics (undergraduate, in English, at NC State University European Center in Prague)

Previous

132SM01 - Structural Mechanics 1 (undergraduate course, in Czech)
132SM02 - Structural Mechanics 2 (undergraduate course, in Czech)
Elastoplastic and Limit Analysis (graduate course, in Czech)
Elastic and Inelastic Analysis of Heterogeneous Materials (graduate and postgraduate course, in English)
Theory of Elasticity 10 (undergraduate course, in Czech)
Theory of Elasticity 20 (undergraduate course, in Czech)
Mechanics of Fiber Reinforced Cement Based Composites (Ph.D. course/advanced school, Technical University of Denmark)
Advanced Topics in Civil Engineering (graduate course, in English, at The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Mechanics of Materials I, II (graduate course, in English, at The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Advanced Structural Mechanics (graduate course, in English, at The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Advanced Researches in Civil Engineering (graduate course, in English, SIIT, Thammasat University, Thailand)

My students

Students who have successfully completed Ph.D. under my supervision (since 1999):

Ing. Eliška Šmídová (Ph.D. at CTU, 2022): Constitutive model for timber fracture under tension-shear stress states
Ing. Michael Somr (Ph.D. at CTU, 2019): Analysis of fracturing processes preceding caldera collapse
Mgr. Cristiana Nunes (Ph.D. at CTU, 2016, co-supervised with doc. Ing. Z. Slížková, Ph.D.): Lime-based mortars with a traditional water-repellent admixture: a study on degradation phenomena
Ing. Michal Přinosil (Ph.D. at CTU, 2015): Multiscale testing, modelling and design of fiber-reinforced lime-based mortars
Ing. Luděk Novák (Ph.D. at CTU, 2010): Mix design and investigation of durability of fiber reinforced cementitious composites
Ing. Petr Jůn (Ph.D. at TU Dresden, 2010, co-supervisor with Prof. Dr.-Ing. V. Mechtcherine): Behaviour of strain-hardening cement-based composites under monotonic and cyclic tensile loading
Ing. Jiří Surovec (Ph.D. at CTU 2008): Modeling of concrete exposed to fire

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Research & grants

General research interests

Mathematical and numerical modeling of materials, structures, phenomena and processes.

Currently working on

modeling of jointed rock mass based in the discrete fracture network (DFN) method
mathematical and numerical modeling and simulation of sedimentary record and mechanics of collapse of orogenic belts (with prof. Jiří Žák, Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Charles University)
modeling of fiber reinforced concrete

Previous topics

constitutive model for wood
simulation of volcanic calderas
development and modeling of functionally graded fiber reinforced cementitious composite members
development of lime mortars for extreme applications in restoration, repair and preventive maintenance of architectural heritage
development, analytical modeling, fracture analysis and durability of cementitious composites (ECC, SHCC)
thermomechanical modeling and analysis of granitoid plutons
modeling of concrete exposed to fire
simulation of progressive collapse during building demolition
constitutive model for creep of soft rock
FEM-BEM superposition for fracture analysis of quasi-brittle materials

Scientific community service

editorial board member Cement and Concrete Composites (2015-present)
member of of fib WG-2.4.2 Modelling of Fibre Reinforced Concrete Structures (2015-present)
member of RILEM Technical Committee 240-FDS: A framework for durability design of fibre-reinforced strain-hardening cement-based composites (SHCC) (2010-2016)
member of RILEM Technical Committee 208-HFC: High performance fibre reinforced cementitious composites (2004-2009)
advisor to Japan Society of Civil Engineers Sub-Committee 334, Recommendations for Design and Construction of HPFRCC (2004-2006)
international board member of Japan Concrete Institute Task Committee on High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composites (HPFRCC), 2001-2004

Leadership of research project teams - principal investigator/co-investigator

Data from Central Register of R&D Projects (Research, Development and Innovation Council, an advisory body to the Government of the Czech Republic):

1. DF11P01OVV008 High-performance and compatible lime mortars for extreme application in restoration, repair and preventive maintenance of architectural heritage, Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, 2011 - 2015

2. GA103/02/0658 Computational modeling and analysis of progressive collapse in precast concrete panel structures, Czech Science Foundation, 2002 - 2004

3. GA103/05/0896 Assessment of durability of Engineered Cementitious Composites based on study and modeling of their microstructure, Czech Science Foundation, 2005 - 2007

4. GA103/07/1660 Damage analysis of reinforced concrete structures due to high temperatures, Czech Science Foundation, 2007 - 2009

5. GA106/02/0678 Micromechanical analysis and modeling of compressive fracture in fiber reinforced cementitious composites, Czech Science Foundation, 2002 - 2004

6. GA13-15175S Functionally graded fiber reinforced cementitious composite members, Czech Science Foundation, 2013 - 2016

7. GA16-11500S Sedimentary record and mechanics of collapse of orogenic belts, Czech Science Foundation, 2016 - 2018

8. GAP210/11/1168 The origin of compositional and textural zoning in shallow-level granitoid plutons: a quantitative approach , Czech Science Foundation, 2011 - 2013

9. GAP210/12/1385 Calderas as indicators of thermal-mechanical evolution of subvolcanic magma chambers, Czech Science Foundation, 2012 - 2014

10. TA03011564 Computer model for highperformance fibre reinforced concrete material, Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, 2013 - 2016

Consulting and contracted research projects

discrete fracture network (DFN) modeling of brittle fractures in rock mass, for SÚRAO, Czech Rep. (2016-present)

Research support for safety assessment of DGR technical solution - development, verification, and validation of models and safety analyses
Construction of GeoDFN models (subcontractor of Czech Geological Survey)
Radionuclide transport from deep repository/testing of conceptual models
Mathematical modeling of brittle fractures in rock mass by means of the DFN method

FE analysis of oil wellhead, for Texas Institute of Science, U.S.A. (2014-2015)
modeling of concrete exposed to fire, for Červenka Consulting (project UPTUN), Czech Rep. (2002-2007)
FEM software development consultant, for Rocla Limited, Australia (2000-2001)
FE analyses and model development, for Červenka Consulting, Czech Rep. (1999-2001)

Publications

List of publications in CTU database.
See also "Links" for other databases.

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Software

Software developed by myself or in projects that I coordinated:

DFN modeling

DFN_toolbox (author P. Kabele) - modules for analysis, verification, manipulation, etc. of Discrete Fracture Network (DFN) models, outcrop traces data, borehole logs etc. Open source, available on GitLab.
DFraM - Discrete Fracture Network Modeler (authors V. Nežerka, M. Somr, P. Kabele, J. Zeman): a tool for identification of parameters and generation of stochastic discrete fracture network (DFN) models of rock mass. Open source, available on GitLab.
Development has been partly supported by SÚRAO, Czech Rep.

Modeling of geological problems

Elastic Eshelby solution for stress in pluton (author P. Kabele)

Development was supported from project GA16-11500S

Multiscale testing and modeling of brittle-matrix composites

Fiber Bridging (author M. Přinosil): estimation of cohesive relation in fiber reinforced composite material
Fit Data (author M. Přinosil): simple tool for adjustment and smoothing of data from experiments
Pullout (author M. Přinosil): evaluation of fiber-matrix interface parameters from pullout test
DegProMor (author J. Sýkora): thermo-hygro-mechanical model for damage of porous materials by ice crystallization
Homogenizator MT (author V. Nežerka): calculation of effective composite properties and deviatoric stress in matrix

Development was supported from project DF11P01OVV008

Constitutive modeling of high performance fiber reinforced concrete

SHCC-OOFEM (authors P. Havlásek & P. Kabele): advanced model of short-term behavior of high-performance fiber reinforced concrete
Development was supported from project from project TA03011564

Digital image correlation

Ncorr_post: DIC Post-Processing Tool (author V. Nežerka): extension to open source 2D-DIC MATLAB software Ncorr

Development was supported from project GA13-15175S

Educational software

Mohr circle (author P. Kabele): interactive Mohr circle for transformation of stress in 2D

Links

My LinkedIn profile
My ResearchGate profile
My Google Scholar profile
My ResearcherID: B-8809-2008
My ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0003-4402-0196
My SCOPUS Author ID: 6603304519

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Updated: 21.08.2023