Studia Geotechnica et Mechanica

Managing Editor
ADRIAN RÓŻAŃSKI, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland

Editor-in-Chief
MAREK CAŁA, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
DARIUSZ ŁYDŻBA, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
WOJCIECH PUŁA, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland

Associate Editors
GIOVANNA VESSIA, Universitá degli studi "G.d’Annunzio" di Chieti-Pescara, Italy
PHILIPPE COSENZA, Université de Poitiers, France
IGOR SEVOSTIANOV, New Mexico State University, USA

Honorary Editor
RYSZARD J. IZBICKI, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland

Editorial Advisory Board
ZENON MRÓZ - Chairman, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
LECH BAŁACHOWSKI, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland
ANDRZEJ BATOG, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
FRANCESCO CAFARO, Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy
FRANCESCA CASINI, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
EUGENIUSZ DEMBICKI, Technical University of Gdańsk, Poland
ANDRZEJ DRESCHER, University of Minnesota, USA
ALBERT GIRAUD, Université de Lorraine, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France
GERD GUDEHUS, Universität Fridericiana, Germany
JERZY HOŁA, Wrocław University of Technology, Poland
TOMASZ HUECKEL, Duke University, USA
PIOTR KONDERLA, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
DJIMÉDO KONDO, Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France
ZBIGNIEW LECHOWICZ, Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Poland
MAREK LEFIK, Lodz University of Technology, Poland
RADOSŁAW MICHAŁOWSKI, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
ZBIGNIEW MŁYNAREK, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poland
TREVOR ORR, Department of Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering, Ireland
MARTIN OSTOJA-STARZEWSKI, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
ALESSANDRO PAGLIAROLI, University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy
STANISŁAW PIETRUSZCZAK, McMaster University, Canada
THOMAS ROUGELOT, Laboratory of multiscale and multiphysics mechanics (LaMcube), Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
JIAN-FU SHAO, University of Lille, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
ANDRZEJ TRUTY, Cracow University of Technology, Poland
ZHANG WENGANG, Chongqing University, China

Editorial Office

Secretary
AGNIESZKA STOPKOWICZ, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
JOANNA PIECZYŃSKA-KOZŁOWSKA, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
MARCIN CHWAŁA, Wrocław University of Science and Technology

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Publisher
De Gruyter Poland
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