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Kozak Nikolay V.

Position

Associate professor

Academic degree

PhD of Engineering Sciences (2023)

Faculty

Faculty of Automobile and Road Building

Department

Department of Transport Systems and Road and Bridge Construction

Visiting address

Office 403-K, 2/5, Kurlyandskaya str., St Petersburg

Correspondence address

4, 2nd Krasnoarmeiskaya Str., St Petersburg, 190005

Phone +7 (812) 575-42-61
E-mail nkozak@lan.spbgasu.ru

Basic information

Education

SpecialtyConstruction of unique buildings and structures, Construction of motorways, airfields and special structures QualificationCivil engineer (SPbGASU)

Professional development

  • Quality control and management of road construction works (SPbGASU, 2020, 72 hours)
  • Development and implementation of basic educational programs in accordance with the Federal State Educational Standard 3 ++ (SPbGASU, 2020, 144 hours)

Teaching

  • Surveying and design of bridge crossings
  • Design of grade-separated road intersections
  • Design of culverts
  • Design of bridge piers and abutments
  • Operation and reconstruction of bridge structures
  • Fundamentals of permanent bridge reliability
  • Software suites for bridge design
  • Information modeling in construction

Professional interests

  • Information modeling of transport facilities
  • Automation of calculation and design processes
  • Inspection and testing of building structures
  • History and architecture of transport facilities

Research interests

  • Reliability of structural systems
  • Theory of material fatigue
  • Design loads and impacts on bridge structures
  • Methods of calculating elements for long-term and dynamic loads

Scientific conferences

Nikolay Kozak has participated in more than 35 scientific and scientific-practical conferences, including international symposiums and congresses under the auspices of the International Association of Bridge Engineers: IABSE (2020, 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026) and the International Probabilistic Workshop (IPW 2024) in Guimarães, Portugal..

Professional organizations

  • Member of IABMAS (International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety)
  • Member of IABSE (International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering): Vice-Chair of the IABSE Russian National Group (starting in 2025), member of Working Group TG1.5
  • Visiting Researcher at Tongji University (Shanghai, China) for 2026–2028, participating in a project funded by the Shanghai Sci-tech Co-research Program

Publications

Nikolay Kozak is the author of more than 35 published scientific works.

RSCI ID: 1018546.

ORCID: 0000-0002-7707-4388.

ResearchGate profile: www.researchgate.net/profile/Nikolai-Kozak-2

The most significant publications

Articles

Key research results in the field of structural reliability

  1. Reliability of Composite Bridge Superstructures with Fatigue-Degraded Shear Connectors / N. Kozak, J.C. Matos, I. Rudakov, V. Zolotov, M. Zobova // Structural Engineering International. – 2026. – 2676160. DOI: 10.1080/10168664.2026.2676160

  2. Shestovitsky, D. A. Prediction of the service life of reinforced concrete bridge super-structures on high-speed rail lines / D. A. Shestovitsky, G. A. Efremov, N. V. Kozak // BRICS Transport. – 2026. – Vol. 5. – No. 2. – P. 2. DOI: 10.46684/2026.2.2

  3. Models for the reduction of shear stiffness in connection elements of steel-concrete composite bridge spans: a review of experimental studies / N. V. Kozak, D. A. Shestovitsky, E. N. Kornyliev, M. A. Zobova // Transport Structures. – 2025. – Vol. 12. – No. 3. DOI: 10.15862/08SATS325

  4. Methodological framework for assessing the reliability indices of composite bridge superstructures considering the degradation of shear connectors: aspects of technical implementation / N. Kozak, V. Zolotov, I. Rudakov, F.B. Koroglu, J.C. Matos // Proceedings of IABSE Congress Ghent 2025. – Ghent, Belgium, 2025. – P. 2185-2192. DOI: 10.2749/ghent.2025.2185

  5. Forecasting and justification of service life of designed reinforced concrete bridges / D. Shetovitskii, A. Benin, G. Efremov, N. Vinogradova, N. Kozak // Proceedings of IABSE Symposium Tokyo 2025. – Tokyo, Japan, 2025. – P. 3343-3351. DOI: 10.2749/tokyo.2025.3343

  6. Reliability of steel-concrete composite bridges considering the load cycle-dependent degradation of their shear connectors / N. Kozak, A. Syrkov, D. Yaroshutin, V. Zolotov, J.C. Matos // Proceedings of IABSE Symposium Tokyo 2025. – Tokyo, Japan, 2025. – P. 1061-1069. DOI: 10.2749/tokyo.2025.1061

  7. Influence of Stud Shear Connectors Fatigue on the Entire Reliability of Composite Bridge Superstructure / N. Kozak, J.C. Matos, H. Sousa, A. Syrkov, D. Yaroshutin, V. Bystrov // 20th International Probabilistic Workshop : Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering. – Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. – Vol. 494. – P. 62-72. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-60271-9_4

  8. Quantitative reliability measures determination of a steel-reinforced concrete beam taking into account fatigue damage accumulation in flexible pin stops / N. V. Kozak [et al.] // Transport Engineering. – 2023. – T. 10, No. 4. DOI: 10.15862/05SATS423.

  9. Influence of endurance of stud shear connectors on the reliability of steel-concrete superstructures of road bridges / N. Kozak, A. Syrkov, V. Bystrov, D. Yaroshutin // Proceedings of IABSE Congress New Delhi 2023. – New Delhi, India, 2023. – P. 1096-1103. DOI: 10.2749/newdelhi.2023.1096

  10. Operating regime investigational study of steel-reinforced concrete superstructure flexible pin stops of the existing road bridge / N.V. Kozak // Transport Engineering. – 2022. – T. 9, No. 1. DOI: 10.15862/07SATS122.

  11. Influence analysis of the connective elements failures on the road bridges steel reinforced superstructures service reliability / N.V. Kozak [et al.] // Transport Engineering. – 2023. – 10(3). DOI: 10.15862/07SATS323.

  12. Improving of fatigue assessment method of stud shear connectors using experimental data from studs’ test of existing road bridge / N. Kozak [et al.] // Proceedings of IABSE Symposium Prague 2022: Challenges for Existing and Oncoming Structures. – Prague: IABSE, 2022. – P. 224-234. DOI: 10.2749/prague.2022.0224.

  13. Comprehensive analysis of existing endurance testing methods of flexible dowel crutches of composite reinforced concrete road bridges according to the standards of a number of countries / N.V. Kozak // Transport Engineering. – 2021. – T. 8, No. 2. DOI: 10.15862/10SATS221.

Articles on the application of information technologies in construction

  1. Efimov, S. V. Features of normative regulation in the field of application of bridge structure information modeling technology / S. V. Efimov, A. V. Patornyak, N. V. Kozak // Bulletin of Civil Engineers. – 2025. – No. 1 (108). – P. 101–110. DOI: 10.23968/1999-5571-2025-22-1-101-110

  2. Design, construction and testing of curved overpass using BrIM technologies / D. Yaroshutin, N. Kozak, O. Utenkov, N. Daliaev // Proceedings of IABSE Symposium Tokyo 2025. – Tokyo, Japan, 2025. – P. 2943-2951. DOI: 10.2749/tokyo.2025.2943

  3. Kozak N. Case Studies of BIMization in the Tasks of Bridge Inspection: Preprint / N. Kozak. – 2025. DOI: 10.20944/preprints202506.0298.v1

  4. Information modelling of curved city steel- concrete overpass over high-speed railway / N. Kozak, D. Yaroshutin, O. Utenkov, N. Daliaev // e-BrIM. – 2025. – Т. Preprint. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.16567.64164/1

  5. Kozak, N. V. Information models of bridges in the context of the interaction with the owners and expert analysis of current problems on the side of contractors / N. V. Kozak, D. A. Yaroshutin, O. V. Utenkov // BIM Modeling in Construction and Architecture: Proceedings of the VII International Scientific and Practical Conference, May 15–17, 2024. – SPbGASU, 2024. – P. 204–211. DOI: 10.23968/BIMAC.2024.028

  6. Kozak, N. V. Case study of bridge information modeling / N. V. Kozak, M. A. Zobova, I. A. Humaniuk // BIM Modeling in Construction and Architecture: Proceedings of the VII International Scientific and Practical Conference, May 15–17, 2024. – Saint Petersburg: SPbGASU, 2024. – P. 196–203. DOI: 10.23968/BIMAC.2024.027

  7. Use of terrestrial 3D laser scanning technology for examination of transportation structures / D. Yaroshutin, A. Syrkov, N. Kozak, D. Shestovitsky // Proceedings of  IABSE Congress New Delhi 2023. – New Delhi, India, 2023. – P. 1120-1127. DOI: 10.2749/newdelhi.2023.1120

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