Testing of concrete load-bearing elements

• Head of the research group:  Prof. Ing. Viktor Borzovič, PhD., viktor.borzovic@stuba.sk
• Contact person: Ing. Ľudmila Kormošová, PhD., ludmila.kormosova@stuba.sk

 Research focus 

• Research in the field of slab column connections with a focus on the influence of openings, support shape and load arrangement on the punching shear resistance.
• Research focused on the maximum punching shear capacity of flat slabs reinforced with shear reinforcement.
• Punching shear resistance of foundation footings.

 Selected publications 

• KORMOŠOVÁ, Ľudmila - HALVONÍK, Jaroslav. Punching shear behavior of flat slabs supported by elongated columns with openings. In Structural Concrete. Vol. 24, no. 2 (2023), s. 2930-2950. DOI: 10.1002/suco.202200450
• ŠARVAICOVÁ, Simona - BORZOVIČ, Viktor - HALVONÍK, Jaroslav. Experimental investigation of punching shear behavior of flat slabs supported by rectangular columns and loaded with various load patterns. In Structural Concrete. Vol. 25, no. 2 (2024), s. 1404-1417. DOI: 10.1002/suco.202201251
• GREGUŠOVÁ, Natália - HALVONÍK, Jaroslav. Maximum punching resistance of slab-column connections based on experimentally determined ratio of the maximum punching strength and punching shear strength without shear reinforcement. In Engineering Structures. No. 323, part. A (2025), [13] s., art. no. 119219. DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2024.119219

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• Shear resistance of bridge deck slabs subjected to concentrated loads

 Selected publication 

• HALVONÍK, Jaroslav - VIDAKOVIĆ, Aleksandar - VIDA, Radoslav. Shear capacity of clamped deck slabs subjected to a concentrated load. In Journal of Bridge Engineering. Vol. 25, no. 7 (2020), [13] s., art. no. 04020037. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)BE.1943-5592.0001564

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• Research in the field of prestressed concrete structures.
• Shear resistance of prestressed beams reinforced with shear reinforcement with a focus on the influence of axial force on shear capacity.

 Selected publication 

• LACO, Ján - BORZOVIČ, Viktor. Experimental Investigation of Prestressing Strand Bond on Behavior of Concrete Members. In ACI Structural Journal. Vol. 114, no. 1 (2017), s. 15-24. DOI: 10.14359/51689146

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• Structural behaviour of slender columns subjected to a combination of axial force and bending moment.

 Selected publication 

• DOBRÝ, Jakub - WOLFGER, Hannes - BENKO, Vladimír. Reliability of slender concrete columns designed according to the Eurocodes. In Engineering Structures. No. 265 (2022), [11] s., art. no. 114266. DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2022.114266