Name: DIMITRIOS EFTAXIOPOULOS
Qualifications: i) Ph.D in Mechanics of Solids (Imperial
College, U.K,
1987-1991)
ii) Diploma in Civil Engineering
(University of Thrace,
Greece,
1981-1986)
Year of
Birth: 1962
Place of Birth: Tripoli, Greece
Occupations:
Schlumberger Cambridge Research, U.K: Researcher on Hydraulic Fracturing of Rocks. Fellow
of the Human Capital and Mobility programme (September 1994 - September 1996).
Air Force and Naval Academies of Greece: Lecturer of Mechanics (September 1993 - September 1994).
National Technical University of Athens, Department of Engineering Science, Section of Mechanics: Researcher in Biomechanics and Fracture Mechanics
(March 1993 - September 1994).
Ph. D. Thesis:
Imperial College, Department of Mathematics. ‘ Crack tip Stress Analysis in Anisotropic Elastic
and Viscoelastic Bimaterials’. Supervisor: Professor C. Atkinson, FRS.
Journal Publications
1) A. Mantes, D. A. Eftaxiopoulos and C. K. Yiannakopoulos, “The optimum location and diameter of an entry hole in the proximal femur”, Journal of the Serbian Society of Computational Mechanics, 3(2) (2009) 17-33.
2) D. A. Eftaxiopoulos and C. Atkinson, ‘A nonlinear, anisotropic and axisymmetric model for balloon angioplasty’, Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 461 (2005) 1097-1128.
3) C. Atkinson and D. A. Eftaxiopoulos, ‘Numerical and analytical solutions for the problem of hydraulic fracturing from a cased cemented and inclined wellbore’, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 39(6) (2002) 1621-1650.
4) C. Atkinson, J. Desroches, D. A. Eftaxiopoulos and M. Thiercelin, ‘Wellbore stresses induced by the nonlinear deformation of an inflatable packer’, Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 41(4) (2001) 305-327.
5) G. Tsamasphyros and D. A. Eftaxiopoulos, ‘The T1 path independent integral in anisotropic media’, Mechanics Research Communications 24 (1997) 137-144.
6) C. Atkinson and D. A. Eftaxiopoulos, ‘A plane model for the stress field around a cased, cemented and inclined wellbore’, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 20 (1996) 549-569.
7) G. Tsamasphyros and D. A. Eftaxiopoulos, ‘ An iterative integral equation formulation for damage’, Archive of Applied Mechanics (Ingenieur Archiv), 66 (1996) 434-446.
8) G. Tsamasphyros and D. A. Eftaxiopoulos, ‘ Energy considerations in the boundary collocation method applied in fracture’, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 54 (1996) 639-652.
9) C. Atkinson and D. A. Eftaxiopoulos, ‘Crack tip stress intensities in viscoelastic anisotropic bimaterials and the use of the M-integral’, International Journal of Fracture 57 (1992) 61-83.
10) D. A. Eftaxiopoulos and C. Atkinson, ‘Crack tip stress singularities and dislocation interactions with anisotropic viscoelastic bimaterial interfaces’, International Journal of Engineering Science 29 (1991) 1569-1584.
11) C. Atkinson and D. A. Eftaxiopoulos, ‘Interaction of a crack and a free or welded boundary in media with arbitrary anisotropy’, International Journal of Fracture 50 (1991) 159-182.
12) E. E. Gdoutos, D. A. Eftaxiopoulos and M. A. Kattis, ‘A rigid triangular inclusion partially bonded in an elastic matrix’, Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics 8 (1987) 173-185.
Conference proceedings publications
1) C. Atkinson and D.
A. Eftaxiopoulos, “Fracture initiation from the atheromatous plaque”, Proceedings
of the 9th HSTAM International Congress on Mechanics,
2) D. A. Eftaxiopoulos, “Finite element analysis of the fusiform skin
defect”, Proceedings of the 2nd South East European Conference on
Computational Mechanics,
3) D. A. Eftaxiopoulos, “A nonlinear, anisotropic, finite element model
for skin”, Proceedings of the 6th GRACM International
Congress on Computational Mechanics,
4) D.A. Eftaxiopoulos and C. Alexiou, 'The arterial stress field near a
stent', Proceedings of the 8th HSTAM International Congress
on Mechanics,
5) C. Antypas, C. Borboudaki, D. A. Eftaxiopoulos and V. Kefalas,
“Closure of a skin defect via the local advancement flap”, Proceedings of
the 16th European Conference of Fracture,
6) A. Stoicheios, V.Kefalas and D. A. Eftaxiopoulos, “A passive and
axisymmetric model for skeletal muscle under transverse compression and
longitudinal tension”, Proceedings of the 5th GRACM International
Congress on Computational Mechanics,
7) A.
Stoicheios, V.Kefalas and D. A. Eftaxiopoulos, “A passive and axisymmetric
model for skeletal muscle under transverse compression and longitudinal
tension”, Proceedings of the 5th GRACM International Congress on
Computational Mechanics,
8) C. Maggana, V.
Kefalas and D.A. Eftaxiopoulos, “In vitro mechanical properties of skeletal
muscle”, Proceedings of the 7th National Congress on Mechanics,
9) G. Tsamasphyros and
D. A. Eftaxiopoulos, “Dynamic rupture analysis of the Aigion (M=6.2) 1995
earthquake”, Proceedings of the 5th National Congress on
Mechanics,
10) D. A. Eftaxiopoulos and C. Atkinson, “Hydraulic fracture propagation from a cased, cemented and inclined wellbore”, Proceedings of the 2nd North American Rock Mechanics Symposium, Toronto, Canada (1996) 1127-1134.
11) A. Manios,
G. Tsamasphyros and D. A. Eftaxiopoulos, “Large deformation analysis of
plastic surgery models”, Proceedings of the 4th National
Congress on Mechanics,
12) G.
Tsamasphyros and D. A. Eftaxiopoulos, “Interaction of a bolt
joint with an array of cracks”, Proceedings of the 1st
European Conference on Steel Structures,
13) D. A.
Eftaxiopoulos and C.Atkinson, “Mobility of tilt boundaries in anisotropic
elastic media”, Proceedings of the 3rd National
Congress on Mechanics,