Division of Solid Mechanics (SOLMEK)

Mechanics is one of the fundamentals of engineering science. It deals with motion and equilibrium of bodies. Solid mechanics considers all aspects of the behavior of deformable bodies under loads.

Education

Our teaching includes basic mechanics of particles and rigid bodies, as well as basic solid mechanics. We also offer a large number of advanced courses in, for instance, continuum mechanics, finite element methods, mechanics of materials, multibody dynamics, structural optimization and biomechanics.

Do you have a thesis project at a company?

If you have a thesis project at a company and need an academic supervisor and examiner in the fields of Mechanics or Solid Mechanics, contact professor
Jonas Stålhand, jonas.stalhand@liu.se
 

Research

The interests of the Division of Solid Mechanics include theoretical and computational aspects of continuum mechanics, structural mechanics, multibody dynamics and thermodynamics. In particular, research is performed in the subfields of structural optimization, biomechanics, structural integrity of air vehicles and high temperature mechanics.

Recent publications

2024

Jonas Enqvist, Joakim Holmberg, Mathias Moberg, Anton Arndt (2024) Assessing lower extremity stiffness in countermovement jumps: a critical analysis of the differences between calculation methods Sports Biomechanics (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Viktor Norman, Max Ahlqvist, T. Mattsson (2024) Evaluation of scale invariance in fatigue crack growth in metallic materials International Journal of Fatigue, Vol. 189, Article 108545 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Max Ahlqvist, Kenneth Weddfelt, Viktor Norman, Daniel Leidermark (2024) Accounting for defect position in ultrasonic fatigue test specimen with heterogeneous stress distribution Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 308, Article 110342 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

News and calendar

News

animated picture of a skeleton and photo of a skiing man.

Skiing becomes pure mechanics in his research

How do a skier's movements work? Which technique is the best? Biomechanics researcher Joakim Holmberg has studied this. Using mathematical calculations, he was able to follow how the force was distributed for each push of the ski poles.

Autumn at the Campus Valla and bikes.

Research at IEI holds a high standard

Stanford University has recently released an updated list of the top two percent most cited researchers globally, and it is gratifying to note that once again, several distinguished researchers from IEI are represented on the list.

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IEI researchers among the world´s most cited

Stanford University has recently published an update of the list of the two percent most cited scientists in the world. And again several researchers at IEI are on the list.

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