After successful completion of the course, students are able to comprehend modern theories of advanced macro- & micromechanics of materials, up to a level which allows them to assign them to the solution of practical problemsin civil and bioengineering.

- fundamentals of continuum mechanics -- representative volume element - thermodynamics of porous continua - poroelasticity - poroplasticity - fundamentals of continuum micromechanics - applications in geo and bioengineering (e.g. tunneling, orthopaedics, wood engineering)

Lecture at the blackboard; presentation of slide collection and selected scientific papers; open discussion with the students

Informal meeting at the start of the semester at the Institute for Mechanics of Materials and Structures

written homework

advanced knowledge in applied mathematics and mechanics advisable