About
Timo Saksala is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Faculty of Economics and Built Environment. He holds a Doctor of Science (Technology) in Mechanical Engineering (2010) and a Licentiate of Science (Technology) (2006). His research focuses on numerical modeling of materials under extreme conditions, including rock fracture mechanics, concrete fracture, and anisotropic material behavior. Key areas include finite element analysis, thermo-mechanical modeling, and frictional sliding effects in geomechanics.
- Education: PhD in Mechanical Engineering (2010), Licentiate (2006)
Research interests emphasize numerical methods applied to civil and mechanical engineering challenges, such as dynamic loading effects on materials and fatigue analysis in metals. His work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to infrastructure sustainability.
Publications span over 100 articles, with recent focus on mesoscale fracture models and frictional sliding mechanics. Awards include Best Article honors in 2015 and 2017. He actively reviews for journals like Archive of Applied Mechanics and Computational Particle Mechanics.
