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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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2026

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
78
Citations
19460
World Ranking
246
National Ranking
119

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2009 - Warner T. Koiter Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2007 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to understanding of propagating instability phenomena in structures and materials and its use for technological applications.

Overview

Stelios Kyriakides is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research spans engineering and materials science, with a focus on mechanical engineering, materials chemistry, civil and structural engineering, mechanics of materials, and control and systems engineering.

Their main topics of work include structural integrity and reliability analysis, metal forming simulation techniques, shape memory alloy transformations, geotechnical engineering and underground structures, mechanical stress and fatigue analysis, corrosion behavior and inhibition, and vibration and dynamic analysis.

Frequent publication venues for Kyriakides include:

  • International Journal of Solids and Structures
  • Extreme Mechanics Letters
  • International Journal of Plasticity
  • Applied Ocean Research
  • European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids

Recent papers by Kyriakides are:

  • Hydraulic expansion of lined pipe for offshore pipeline applications, 2021, Applied Ocean Research
  • Simulation of the response and evolution of localization in pseudoelastic NiTi tubes under biaxial stress states, 2021, International Journal of Plasticity
  • Bending induced wrinkling and creasing in axially crushed aluminum tubes, 2020, International Journal of Solids and Structures
  • On the flip-flop mode of dynamic buckle propagation in tubes under external pressure, 2021, Extreme Mechanics Letters
  • Spatial and temporal evolution of localized deformation in NiTi tubes in a constant stress thermal cycle: Experiments and analysis, 2023, International Journal of Plasticity

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Edmundo Corona, Liang-Hai Lee, Weihan Zhang, Solon Tsimpoukis, and Chad M. Landis.

Kyriakides has been recognized through awards such as the Warner T. Koiter Medal from The American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2009 and membership in the National Academy of Engineering in 2007 for contributions to understanding propagating instability phenomena in structures and materials and its use for technological applications.

Best Publications

  • Thermomechanical aspects of NiTi

    John A. Shaw;Stelios Kyriakides

  • On the nucleation and propagation of phase transformation fronts in a NiTi alloy

    J. A. Shaw;Stelios Kyriakides

  • Compressive response of open-cell foams. Part I: Morphology and elastic properties

    L. Gong;S. Kyriakides;Wen-Yea Jang

  • In-plane compressive response and crushing of honeycomb

    Scott D. Papka;Stelios Kyriakides

  • On the compressive failure of fiber reinforced composites

    S. Kyriakides;R. Arseculeratne;E.J. Perry;K.M. Liechti

  • On the microstructure of open-cell foams and its effect on elastic properties

    Wen Yea Jang;Andrew M. Kraynik;Stelios Kyriakides

  • Ratcheting in cyclic plasticity, part II: Multiaxial behavior

    Tasnim Hassan;Edmundo Corona;Stelios Kyriakides

  • Experiments and full-scale numerical simulations of in-plane crushing of a honeycomb

    S.D. Papka;S. Kyriakides

  • Initiation and propagation of localized deformation in elasto-plastic strips under uniaxial tension

    J. A. Shaw;Stelios Kyriakides

  • On the collapse of inelastic tubes under combined bending and pressure

    E. Corona;S. Kyriakides

  • Biaxial crushing of honeycombs: - Part 1: Experiments

    S. D. Papka;Stelios Kyriakides

  • Ratcheting of cyclically hardening and softening materials: II. Multiaxial behavior

    Tasnim Hassan;Stelios Kyriakides

  • Bifurcation and localization instabilities in cylindrical shells under bending—I. Experiments

    S. Kyriakides;G T Ju

  • In-plane crushing of a polycarbonate honeycomb

    Scott D. Papka;Stelios Kyriakides

  • Compressive response of open cell foams part II: Initiation and evolution of crushing

    L. Gong;Stelios Kyriakides

  • Compressive response and failure of balsa wood

    Andre Da Silva;Stelios Kyriakides

  • Bifurcation and localization instabilities in cylindrical shells under bending-II. Predictions

    G.T. Ju;S. Kyriakides

  • On the stability of Kelvin cell foams under compressive loads

    L. Gong;S. Kyriakides;N. Triantafyllidis

  • Inelastic Buckling of Tubes Under Cyclic Bending

    S. Kyriakides;P. K. Shaw

  • In-plane biaxial crushing of honeycombs—: Part II: Analysis

    S. D. Papka;Stelios Kyriakides

  • Ratcheting of cyclically hardening and softening materials: I. Uniaxial behavior

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Frequent Co-Authors

Chad M. Landis
Chad M. Landis The University of Texas at Austin
Krishnaswa Ravi-Chandar
Krishnaswa Ravi-Chandar The University of Texas at Austin
Spyros A. Karamanos
Spyros A. Karamanos University Of Thessaly
George A. Kardomateas
George A. Kardomateas Georgia Institute of Technology
Nicolas Triantafyllidis
Nicolas Triantafyllidis École Polytechnique
Ted Belytschko
Ted Belytschko Northwestern University
Jeong Whan Yoon
Jeong Whan Yoon Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Charbel Farhat
Charbel Farhat Stanford University
Frédéric Barlat
Frédéric Barlat Pohang University of Science and Technology

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