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Professor Czeslaw Szymczak

Head, Structural Mechanics Department (1996-2008)
Ocean Engineering and Ship Technology
Gdansk University of Technology, Poland

Education:
1967 B.Sc Civil Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology
1972 Ph.D Civil Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology
1981 D.Sc (Habilitation), Civil Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology

Career (short version):
1967 Assistant professor, Structural Mechanics, Civil Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology
1981 Associate professor, Structural Mechanics, Civil Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology
1992 Professor, Structural Mechanics, Civil Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology
1996 Full professor, Head of Structural Mechanics, Civil Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology

Research Interests:
Thin-walled structures; Dynamics and vibration of structures; Optimum design of structures; Stability of structures, Post-buckling of structures; Biomechanics

Selected Publications:
Book:
Wojciech Pietraszkiewicz and Czeslaw Szymczak (Editors), Shell Structures, Theory and Applications: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Shell Structures (SSTA 2005), 12-14 October 2005, Jurata, Gdansk, Poland, 2006, Taylor & Francis Group, London, 642 pages, ISBN 0-415-38390-0
Journal Articles, etc.:
1. Szymczak Czesław, Kujawa Marcin (2017). Buckling of thin-walled columns accounting for initial geometrical imperfections, International Journal of Non-linear Mechanics, Vol. 95, pp. 1-9.
2. Szymczak Czesław, Kujawa Marcin (2017). Local buckling of thin-walled channel flange made of aluminum alloy, Conference on Applied Mechanics, AIP Conf. Proceedings, pp. 1-8.
3. Szymczak Czesław, Kujawa Marcin (2017). Distortional buckling of thin-walled columns of closed cross-section, Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 113, pp. 111-121.
4. Szymczak Czesław, Kujawa Marcin (2016). On local buckling of cold-formed member, Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 106, pp. 93-101.
5. Bożena Budkowska, Czesław Szymczak (1992): Sensitivity analysis of thin-walled I-beams resting on elastic foundation. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, vol.118, No.6., p.1239-48.
6. Bożena Budkowska, Czesław Szymczak (1992): Sensitivity analysis of critical torsional buckling load of thin-walled I-columns resting on elastic foundation. Thin-Walled Structures, vol. 14, p. 37-44.
7. Bożena Budkowska, Czesław Szymczak (1992): Sensitivity analysis of free torsional vibration frequencies of thin-walled I-beam resting on elastic foundation. Thin-Walled Structures, vol.13, p. 399-408.
8. Tomasz Mikulski , Czesław Szymczak (1990): On Post-Buckling Behavior of Columns with Cubic Constitutive Equations. Int. Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, vol.25, p.117-21.
9. Tomasz Mikulski, Czesław Szymczak (1989): Non-Linear Model for the Buckling and Post-Buckling Analysis of Columns. Modelling, Simulation and Control, B, AMSE Press, vol.12, p.29-38.
10. Zofia Matulewicz, Czesław Szymczak (1985): Optimal design of thin-walled I beams undergoing torsion. Thin-Walled Structures, vol.3, p.135-44.
11. Czesław Szymczak (1984): Optimal design of thin-walled I beams for a given natural frequency of torsional vibrations. Journal of Sound and Vibration, vol.97, p.137-44.
12. Czesław Szymczak (1983): Optimal design of thin-walled I beams for extreme natural frequency of torsional vibrations. Journal of Sound and Vibration, vol.97, p.235-41.
13. Czesław Szymczak (1983): On torsional buckling of thin-walled I columns with variable cross-section. Int. Journal of Solids Structures, vol.19, p.509-18.
14. Czesław Szymczak (1980): Buckling and post-buckling behavior of thin-walled I columns. Computers and Structures, vol.11, p.481-87.

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