Mechanics & Strength of Materials Laboratory
Laboratory of Mechanics & Strength of Materials
The Laboratory of the Mechanics & Strength of Materials is part of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Thessaly and is located in the area of Volos in Central Greece. The laboratory was established in 1995 and operates with research and educational activities.
It supports the following courses:
Undergraduate
- Statics
- Mechanics of Materials I
- Mechanics of Materials II
- The Finite Element Method
- Plasticity
- Mechanics of Structures
Graduate
- Continuum Mechanics
- Fracture Mechanics
- Advanced Plasticity
- Advanced Finite Element Methods
- Nonlinear Analysis of Structures – Stability
It conducts research in the areas of: Computational Mechanics, Elasticity, Plasticity, Fracture Mechanics, Continuum Mechanics, Strength of Materials, Mechanical Testing, Mechanics of Structures (nonlinear analysis, stability, dynamics), Biomechanics“.
The mission of the laboratory is:
- to conduct basic and applied research in the broad area of Mechanics
- to provide high level scientific services for the solution of specialized industrial technical issues
- to collaborate with national and international laboratories in similar scientific fields
- to collaborate with the private sector, institutes, organizations and companies so as to improve quality and competitiveness
Professor, PhD'93 The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Numerical Methods - Finite Elements - Structural Mechanics✉ skara (at) uth.gr
Professor, PhD'03 University of Patras, Greece
Mechanical Behaviour of Metallic Materials✉ akermanidis (at) uth.gr
Assistant Professor, PhD'10 University of Pennsylvania, USA
Nonlinear Composite Materials - Homogenization Theories✉ agoras (at) uth.gr
Diploma in Accounting (Vocational Training Institute)
Secretary, Division of Mechanics, Materials & Manufacturing Processes✉ tkpappa (at) uth.gr
Equipment for mechanical testing
- KYOWA PCD-300A System
Hardware
- 1 SGI Origin 200, 4 CPUs
- 2 SGI Indigo 2
- 3 SGI O2
- 1 X terminal NSD
- 1 PowerMac
- 1 iMac
- 3 Η/Υ Altec Pentium
- 1 εκτυπωτή HP LaserJet 4M Plus
- 1 printer HP LaserJet 4000N
- 1 printer CopyJet M
- 1 color printer HP Color LaserJet 5
- 1 HP ScanJet 6100C/T
Software
- ABAQUS Standard
- ABAQUS Explicit
- ABAQUS CAE
- Mathematica
- Matlab
- Programming Tools (Fortran 77/90, C++)
PhD
Leonidas A. Spyrou, “Muscle and tendon tissues: constitutive modeling, numerical implementation and applications”, September 2009, Ph.D. Thesis (Download)
Ioannis Papatriantafillou, “TRIP steels: Constitutive modeling and computational issues”, June 2005, Ph.D. Thesis (Download)
Andrea Bassi, “Bifurcation problems in finite strain elastoplasticity”, Politecnico di Milano, December 2002 (Download)
Graduate Diploma Theses
Leonidas A. Spyrou, “Stress analysis of the human foot during gait”, June 2006, M.Sc. Thesis (in Greek) (Download)
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
University of Thessaly
Pedion Areos
38334 Volos
GREECE
Tel.: +30-2421-074008
FAX: +30-2421-074009