Email: eugeniusz.hotala@pwr.edu.pl

Unit: Faculty of Civil Engineering » Department of Building Structures

pl. Grunwaldzki 11, Wrocław
building C-7, room 805
tel. 71 320 3920

 

Research fields

• loads and capacity of susceptible slender cylindrical shells of steel silos,
• Repair and strengthening of steel structures of industrial facilities, especially in power plants,
• Load-bearing capacity and durability of steel building structures

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Recent papers

2018

• Hotała Ee, Skotny L., Klimiuk J., Imperfection sensitivity study of discretely supported shells with vertical stiffeners. W: Shell structures: theory and applications : proceedings of the 11th International Conference "Sheel structures: theory and applications" (SSTA 2017), October 11-13, 2017, Gdańsk, Poland. Vol. 4 / ed. Wojciech Pietraszkiewicz & Wojciech Witkowski. Leiden : CRC Press/Balkema, cop. 2018. s. 421-424.

2014

• Hotała E., Skotny Ł., Experimental investigations on the stability of stiffened cylindrical shells of steel silos. Journal of Constructional Steel Research. 2014, vol. 96, s. 81-94.

2012

• Hotała E., Rykaluk K., Failure state of steel roof structure of the show-sports hall during assembly. Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering. 2012, vol. 12, nr 1, s. 41-48.

Papers in DONA database

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1	Article 2025 Analysis of the causes of failure of a steel gasoline tank during the pressure test = Analizy przyczyn awarii stalowego zbiornika na benzynę podczas próby ciśnieniowej. Materiały Budowlane. 2025, nr 2, s. 17-22. ISSN: 0137-2971; 2449-951X Resources:DOI
2	Article 2025 Analysis of the effects of a sudden vacuum in cylindrical steel tanks = Analizy skutków wystąpienia gwałtownego podciśnienia w walcowych zbiornikach stalowych. Materiały Budowlane. 2025, vol. 629, nr 1, s. 1-6. ISSN: 0137-2971; 2449-951X Resources:URLSFX
3	Article 2024 Wybrane przyczyny awarii stalowych konstrukcji budowlanych w elektrowniach = Selected causes of failure of steel building structures in power plants. Przegląd Budowlany. 2024, nr 5, s. 80-83. ISSN: 0033-2038 Resources:DOIURL
4	Article 2022 Damian Kozikowski, Problemy z oceną jakości wykonania walcowych powłok stalowych = Problems in evaluating the quality of fabrication of steel cylindrical shells. Builder. 2022, T. 297, nr 4, s. 32-35. ISSN: 1896-0642 Resources:DOIURL
5	Article 2022 Próbne obciążenia płyt korytkowych dachu maszynowni w elektrowni = Test loads on the trough slabs of the engine room roof of a power station. Builder. 2022, T. 297, nr 4, s. 6-10. ISSN: 1896-0642 Resources:DOIURL
6	Proceeding paper 2021 Piotr Tucki, Innovative bolted end-plate connections for high web I-beams. W: Modern Trends in Research on Steel, Aluminium and Composite Structures : Proceedings of the XIV International Conference On Metal Structures (ICMS 2021), Poznań, Poland, 16-18 June 2021 / eds. Marian A. Giżejowski [i in.]. London : Routlage, 2021. s. 370-377. ISBN: 978-0-367-67638-4; 978-1-003-13213-4 Resources:DOIURL
7	Article 2021 Metallographic testing of 19th century steel in an operating water tower. Materials. 2021, vol. 14, nr 9, art. 2204, s. 1-14. ISSN: 1996-1944 Resources:DOIURLSFX
8	Article 2020 Failure of cylindrical steel storage tank due to foundation settlements. Engineering Failure Analysis. 2020, vol. 115, art. 104628, s. 1-8. ISSN: 1350-6307; 1873-1961 Resources:DOIURLSFX
9	Article 2020 Zagadnienia trwałości pokryć dachowych w głównych budynkach elektrowni. Builder. 2020, R. 24, nr 4, s. 10-13. ISSN: 1896-0642 Resources:DOIURL
10	Article 2020 Piotr Tucki, Innowacyjne doczołowe połączenia na śruby stalowych belek dwuteowych. Builder. 2020, R. 24, nr 4, s. 100-103. ISSN: 1896-0642 Resources:DOIURL