Welcome to the homepage of the Chair of Structural Mechanics of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture at the University of Rostock. The following pages will provide you with information about the chair and its staff, about the entire teaching program, the current and completed research activities, as well as the technical equipment and the history.

In teaching, the chair trains engineering students in the fundamentals of engineering mechanics and teaches methods of applied mechanics with a focus on the field of structural mechanics.

In research, the chair deals with fatigue strength and fatigue crack growth as well as ultimate limit state in different areas.