Scientific researches at the Department are conducted in the following fields:

• development of models and criteria for fracture of structural elements under complex thermalpower loadings considering damages;
• development of equations of the theory of plasticity and creep in complex loading processes;
• development of the theory of nonlinear oscillations;
• development of numerical methods for solving boundary value problems in mechanics of deformable bodies;
• development of mathematical models of plasticity of anisotropic mediums at complex stress state;
• development of methods for calculation of load-bearing capacity of structural elements of the composite and polymeric materials