doc. Ing. Petr Konečný, Ph.D.

Function

Academic Staff Member (228 - Department of Structural Mechanics)

Faculty/Centre

FAST - Faculty of Civil Engineering

Profile URL

https://staff.vsb.cz/KON09

Contact

E-mail

Phone

+420 596 991 384 (H406/2)

Office

H406/2

Address

Ludvíka Podéště 1875/17, 708 00 Ostrava - Poruba

Map

WWW

https://homel.vsb.cz/~kon09/home_en.html

Function

External Member of

Editorial board of journal Periodica Polytechnica Civil Engineering (WOS)

Internal Member of

Academic senate of Faculty of Civil Engineering (2011 - 2013)
Academic senate of VŠB-TUO - student chamber (2000 - 2001)
Academic senate of Faculty of Civil Engineering - student chamber (2000 - 2001)

Education

Experience

Visiting Fulbright Assistant Professor at College of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology (CEAT) of the Oklahoma State University since October 2013 until May 2014. The fellowship was aimed at research in the field of Ground Source Heat Pump heat Exchangers with Dr. J.D. Spitler and teaching Reliability in Engineering course (MAE 5010.395).

Assistant Professor at the Department of Structural Mechanics of Faculty of Civil Engineering, VŠB – Technical University Ostrava (since 2006).

Semi-annual fellowship, invited by the Dr. Paul. J. TIKALSKY, F. ASCE at the Pennsylvania Transportation Institute of Pennsylvania State University, USA (08/2005-01/2006).

Research Assistant at the Institute of Structural Mechanics of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, VŠB – Technical University Ostrava (2005 - 2006).Research experience in probabilistic structural reliability assessment since 2000, during M.Sc. and Ph.D. studies under the supervision of professor Dr. Pavel MAREK, F. ASCE.

Education

Ph.D. - Civil Engineering (December 12, 2007)
VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Republic
Doctoral dissertation:Reliability of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Decks with Respect to Ingress of Chlorides
Supervisor: Pavel MAREK, Professor, Ph.D., DrSc., F. ASCE (Fellow of American Society of Civil Engineers)

Ing. (M.Sc. equivalent) - Civil Engineering (June 5, 2002)
VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Republic
Master thesis: Comparison of the Reliability Assessment of Selected Structural Members using Eurocode and Simulation-based ReliabilityAssessment method.
Supervisor: Pavel MAREK, Professor, Ph.D., DrSc., F. ASCE

Habilitation

The application for Associated professorship has been defended in October 2015. The habilitation thesis Durability evaluation of Reinforced Concrete bridge Decks with respect to Ingress of Chlorides and Scatter of Random Input Parameters (Vyhodnocení trvanlivosti železobetonových
mostovek s ohledem na vliv chloridů a na rozptyl
vstupních parametrů) is in Czech.

Research Interests

Structural stochastic and reliability analysis using Simulation-based Reliability Assessment method and Monte Carlo analysis

Modeling of chloride ion ingress with respect to corrosion of reinforcement

Stochastic Finite Element Analysis

Development of software tools for stochastic reliability analysis

Nonlinear analysis of concrete

Studies abroad and interships

August 2021 - March 2022: University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland

October 2013 - May 2014: Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA

August 2005 - January 2006: Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA

Awards

The dissertation thesis Reliability of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Decks with Respect to Ingress of Chlorides has been awarded by honorable mention in the event called “Excellent dissertation thesis in the field of concrete for the 2008 year”. The award has been given by ”Pool of concrete producers of the Czech Republic” and “Czech concrete society of Czech Pool of Civil Engineers”.