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Greece
2023

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
57
Citations
10793
World Ranking
809
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Greece Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Greece Leader Award
  • 2002 - Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)

Overview

Manolis Papadrakakis is affiliated with the National Technical University of Athens in Greece. Their research spans multiple areas within engineering, particularly focusing on civil and structural engineering, computational mechanics, and safety, risk, reliability, and quality. The scientist's work covers significant subfields such as civil and structural engineering, mechanics of materials, computational mechanics, building and construction, and safety-related disciplines.

The scientist's main fields of study are concentrated on engineering, with a strong emphasis on subfields including:

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
  • Building and Construction

Research topics frequently addressed include:

  • Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures
  • Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
  • Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete
  • Numerical methods in engineering
  • Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization

Manolis Papadrakakis has published extensively, with papers appearing in venues such as EURODYN, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, COMPDYN Proceedings, SN Applied Sciences, and Engineering Structures. Frequent publication venues include:

  • EURODYN
  • Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • COMPDYN Proceedings
  • SN Applied Sciences
  • Engineering Structures

Significant recent papers include:

  • A computational study on the uncertainty quantification of failure of clays with a modified Cam-Clay yield criterion, 2021, SN Applied Sciences
  • New fundamental period formulae for soil-reinforced concrete structures interaction using machine learning algorithms and ANNs, 2021, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
  • AI-based shear capacity of FRP-reinforced concrete deep beams without stirrups, 2022, Engineering Structures
  • Domain decomposition methods for 3D crack propagation problems using XFEM, 2022, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • Effect of Soil-Structure Interaction on Nonlinear Dynamic Response of Reinforced Concrete Structures, 2020, International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics

The scientist has collaborated frequently with the following researchers:

  • George Markou (9 publications)
  • Nikolaos Bakas (6 publications)
  • Michalis Fragiadakis (6 publications)
  • Costas Papadimitriou (6 publications)
  • Christos Mourlas (5 publications)

Manolis Papadrakakis was awarded the title of Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM) in 2002.

Best Publications

  • Reliability-based structural optimization using neural networks and Monte Carlo simulation

    Manolis Papadrakakis;Nikos D Lagaros

  • Structural reliability analyis of elastic-plastic structures using neural networks and Monte Carlo simulation

    Manolis Papadrakakis;Vissarion Papadopoulos;Nikos D. Lagaros

  • Structural optimization using evolution strategies and neural networks

    Manolis Papadrakakis;Nikos D. Lagaros;Yiannis Tsompanakis

  • Structural optimization using evolutionary algorithms

    Nikolaos D. Lagaros;Manolis Papadrakakis;George Kokossalakis

  • A method for the automatic evaluation of the dynamic relaxation parameters

    M. Papadrakakis

  • Robust and efficient methods for stochastic finite element analysis using Monte Carlo simulation

    Manolis Papadrakakis;Vissarion Papadopoulos

  • Accelerated subset simulation with neural networks for reliability analysis

    Vissarion Papadopoulos;Dimitris G. Giovanis;Nikos D. Lagaros;Manolis Papadrakakis

  • A Hybrid Particle Swarm—Gradient Algorithm for Global Structural Optimization

    Vagelis Plevris;Manolis Papadrakakis

  • Stochastic finite element analysis of shells with combined random material and geometric properties

    G. Stefanou;M. Papadrakakis

  • Post-buckling analysis of spatial structures by vector iteration methods

    M. Papadrakakis

  • Performance-based multiobjective optimum design of steel structures considering life-cycle cost

    Michalis Fragiadakis;Nikos D. Lagaros;Manolis Papadrakakis

  • Neural network based prediction schemes of the non-linear seismic response of 3D buildings

    Nikos D. Lagaros;Manolis Papadrakakis

  • Performance-based optimum seismic design of reinforced concrete structures

    Michalis Fragiadakis;Manolis Papadrakakis

  • Determination of RVE size for random composites with local volume fraction variation

    Dimitrios Savvas;George Stefanou;Manolis Papadrakakis

  • A new era in scientific computing: Domain decomposition methods in hybrid CPU–GPU architectures

    M. Papadrakakis;G. Stavroulakis;A. Karatarakis

  • The mosaic of high performance domain Decomposition Methods for Structural Mechanics: Formulation, interrelation and numerical efficiency of primal and dual methods

    Yannis Fragakis;Manolis Papadrakakis

  • Parallel solution methods for stochastic finite element analysis using Monte Carlo simulation

    M. Papadrakakis;A. Kotsopulos

  • Developing fragility curves based on neural network IDA predictions

    Chara Ch. Mitropoulou;Manolis Papadrakakis

  • Design optimization of steel structures considering uncertainties

    M. Papadrakakis;N.D. Lagaros;V. Plevris

  • A Lagrange multiplier solution method for pounding of buildings during earthquakes

    M. Papadrakakis;H. Mouzakis;N. Plevris;S. Bitzarakis

  • The effect of material and thickness variability on the buckling load of shells with random initial imperfections

    Vissarion Papadopoulos;Manolis Papadrakakis

Frequent Co-Authors

Nikos D. Lagaros
Nikos D. Lagaros National Technical University of Athens
John Argyris
John Argyris University of Stuttgart
George Deodatis
George Deodatis Columbia University
Dominik Schillinger
Dominik Schillinger University of Minnesota
Thomas J. R. Hughes
Thomas J. R. Hughes The University of Texas at Austin
Alfredo Edmundo Huespe
Alfredo Edmundo Huespe National University of the Littoral
Kypros Pilakoutas
Kypros Pilakoutas University of Sheffield
Matthew G. Karlaftis
Matthew G. Karlaftis National Technical University of Athens
Dimitrios Vamvatsikos
Dimitrios Vamvatsikos National Technical University of Athens
Spyros Makridakis
Spyros Makridakis University of Nicosia

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