1. Classification of structural materials according to the manner of their failure. Classification of models for mechanical behaviour of materials. 2. Viscoelasticity. Creep and compliance function. Maxwell and Kelvin model/chain. Compliance function for concrete. 3. Plasticity. Physical motivation. Schmid law. Plasticity models for uniaxial and multiaxial stress state. 4. Fracture mechanics. Fundamentals of linear elastic fracture mechanics. 5. Fracture mechanics. Classical nonlinear models. Nonlinear fracture behaviour of quasi-brittle materials. Formation and development of fracture process zone (FPZ). Toughening mechanism in FPZ. 6. Fracture mechanics. Classical nonlinear models. Parameters of cohesive crack models. Fracture mechanics. Fracture models based on continuum mechanics and discrete models. 7. Damage mechanics. Classification of models of failure of concrete and their hierarchy. 8. Stochastic aspects of failure and deformation of structures 9. Interaction of progressive collapse and spatial randomness in concrete structures. 10. Cable in plane – introdiction, fibre polygon, parabolic canetarian curve. 11. Statics of cable in a plane – a cable loaded by arbitrary vertical load, cable equation.

1. Submission of individual problems to be solved on computer. 2.–10. Work on the tasks with the help of the teacher. 11. Presentation of the results, credits.