International Journal of Mechanics and Applications

International Journal of Mechanics and Applications publishes refereed articles on original research, short communications and reviews covering mechanics and applications of industrial materials. In addition to regular issues, special issues on specific subjects are published. These special issues contain invited reviews by eminent researchers in the specific field.

Konstantinos Tserpes

Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Mechanics and Applications

Assistant Professor, University of Patras, Greece

Research Areas

Strength of Composite Materials and Structures, Carbon Nanotubes and Carbon Nanotube-Related Materials

Education

2006-2011Post-doctoral associateThe University of Patras, Greece
2004-2007Post-doctoral associateThe National Technical University of Athens, Greece
2003Ph.DDepartment of Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics University of Patras
1999Diploma in Mechanical EngineeringDepartment of Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics University of Patras

Experience

2011-presentLecturer of Strength of Materials at the University of Patras, Greece
1999-2004Research Engineer at the Institute of Structures & Advanced Materials, Patras, Greece

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums/Journals/Books

[1]  Tserpes, K.I. Strength prediction of composite materials from nano-to macro-scale. Invited contribution in: Advances in Composite Materials for Medicine and Nanotechnology, Book Edited by Brahim Attaf, Intech Publishing, ISBN: 978-953-307-235-7, April 2011.
[2]  Tserpes, K.I., Papanikos, P., Kermanidis, Th. (2001) A three-dimensional progressive damage model for bolted joints in composite laminates subjected to tensile loading. Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures 24(10), 663-675.
[3]  Tserpes, K.I., Papanikos, P., Labeas, G., Kermanidis, Th. (2002) Strength prediction of bolted joints in graphite/epoxy composite laminates. Composites Part B: Engineering 33, 521-529.
[4]  Papanikos, P., Tserpes, K.I., Pantelakis, Sp. (2003) Modelling of fatigue damage progression and life of CFRP laminates. Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures 26(1), 37-47.
[5]  Tserpes, K.I., Papanikos, P., Labeas, G., Pantelakis, Sp. (2003) Fatigue damage accumulation and residual strength assessment of CFRP laminates. Composite Structures 63(2), 219-230.
[6]  Papanikos, P., Tserpes, K.I., Labeas, G. (2004) Progressive damage modelling of bonded composite repairs. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics 43(2), 189-198.
[7]  Tserpes, K.I., Papanikos, P. (2005) Finite element modeling of single-walled carbon nanotubes. Composites Part B: Engineering 36(5), 468-477. 110 citations (Scopus) Most cited paper for the journal Composites Part B since 2005.
[8]  Tserpes, K.I., Papanikos, P., Tsirkas, S.A. (2006) A progressive fracture model for carbon nanotubes. Composites Part B: Engineering 37(7-8), 662-669. 110 citations (Scopus)
[9]  Tserpes, K.I., Papanikos, P. (2007) The effect of Stone-Wales defect on the tensile behavior and fracture of single-walled carbon nanotubes. Composite Structures 79(4), 581-589. 23 citations (Scopus)
[10]  Tserpes, K.I. (2007) Role of intertube spacing in the pullout forces of double-walled carbon nanotubes. Materials and Design 28(7), 2197-2201.
[11]  Papanikos, P., Tserpes, K.I., Pantelakis, Sp. (2007) Initiation and progression of composite patch debonding in adhesively repaired cracked metallic sheets. Composite Structures 81(2), 303-311.
[12]  Tserpes, K.I., Papanikos, P., Labeas, G.N, Pantelakis, Sp.G. (2007) Multi-scale modeling of tensile behavior of carbon nanotube-reinforced composites. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics 49, 51-60. 17 citations (Scopus)
[13]  Papanikos, P., Nikolopoulos, D.D., Tserpes, K.I. (2008) Equivalent beams for carbon nanotubes. Computational Materials Science 43(2), 345-352. 7 citations (Scopus)
[14]  Tserpes, K.I., Labeas, G.N. (2009) Mesomechanical analysis of non-crimp fabric composite structural parts. Composite Structures 87, 358-369.
[15]  Tserpes, K.I., Labeas, G.N. (2009) Progressive fracture analysis of planar lattices and shape-morphing Kagome-structure. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics 51, 41-47.
[16]  Tserpes, K.I., Papanikos, P. (2009) Continuum modeling of carbon nanotube-based super-structures. Composite Structures 91, 131-137.
[17]  Sp.G. Pantelakis, Ch.V. Katsiropoulos, K.I. Tserpes, Th. Felgeyrolles. (2009) Effect of water absorption on strength of the aeronautical composite material Fiberdux HTA/6376. Key Engineering Materials 417-418, 457-460.
[18]  Ll. Llopart P., Tserpes, K.I., Labeas, G.N. (2010) Experimental and theoretical investigation of the influence of imperfect bonding on the strength of NCF double-lap shears joints. Composite Structures 92, 1673-1682.
[19]  Tserpes, K.I., Pantelakis, Sp. Kappatos, V. (2011) The effect of imperfect bonding on the pull-out behavior of non-crimp fabric Pi-shaped joints. Computational Materials Science 50, 1372-1380.
[20]  Tserpes, K.I., Cinquin, J., Pantelakis, Sp. (2011) On the mechanical performance of H-shaped non-crimp fabric adhesively bonded joints. Journal of Composite Materials. doi:10.1177/0021998310385590.
[21]  Tserpes, K.I., Labeas, G.N., Pantelakis, Sp. (2011) Multi-scale modeling of the mechanical response of plain weave composites and cellular solids. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics 54(3), 172-179.
[22]  Stamatelos, D.G., Labeas, G.N., Tserpes, K.I. (2011) Analytical calculation of local buckling and post-buckling behavior of isotropic and orthotropic stiffened panels. Thin-Walled Structures 40, 422-430.
[23]  Tserpes, K.I., Ruzek, R., Pantelakis, Sp. (2011) Strength of Pi-shaped non-crimp fabric adhesively bonded joints. Plastics, Rubber and Composites: Macromolecular Engineering, in press.
[24]  Labeas, G.N., Belesis, S., Diamantakos, I., Tserpes, K.I. (2011) Adaptive progressive damage modeling for composite large-scale structures. International Journal of Damage Mechanics, in press.
[25]  Tserpes, K.I., Ruzek, R., Mezihorak, R., Labeas, G.N., Pantelakis, Sp. (2011) The structural integrity of a novel composite adhesively bonded flap-track beam. Composite Structures, in press.
[26]  Kermanidis, Th., Labeas, G., Tserpes, K.I., Pantelakis, Sp. Finite element modeling of damage accumulation in bolted composite joints under incremental tensile loading. In: CD-ROM PROCEEDINGS OF THE 3RD ECCOMAS CONGRESS (September 11-14, Barcelona, Spain, 2000).
[27]  Kermanidis, Al.Th., Mitropoulos, I.A., Diamantoudis, A.Th., Tserpes, K.I. The effect of trapped hydrogen on the mechanical properties of 2024 aircraft aluminium alloy. In: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 'RECENT ADVANCES IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING' CONFERENCE, ASME International, Greek Section (Patras, September 17-20, Greece, 2001).
[28]  Κermanidis, Τh., Tserpes, Κ.Ι., Papanikos, P. Progressive fatigue damage modelling of CFRP laminates at the meso-scale level. In: PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF MULTISCALING MECHANICS (2-6 September, Messini, Greece, 2002).
[29]  Κermanidis, Τh., Τserpes, Κ.Ι., Papanikos, P., Pantelakis, Sp. Fatigue damage accumulation and residual strength assessment of composite laminates through progressive damage modelling. In: 'COMPUTATIONAL MESOMECHANICS ASSOCIATED WITH DEVELOPMENT AND FABRICATION OF USE-SPECIFIC MATERIALS', PROCEEDINGS OF THE 5TH MESOMECHANICS CONFERENCE (26-28 August,Tokyo, Japan, 2003), pp. 167-174.
[30]  Papanikos, P., Tserpes, K.I., Labeas, G., Pantelakis, Sp. Progressive damage modelling of bonded composite repairs. In: 'MULTISCALING IN APPLIED SCIENCE AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES', PROCEEDINGS OF THE 6TH MESOMECHANICS CONFERENCE (May 31-June 4, Patras, Greece, 2004), Edited by G.C. Sih, Th. Kermanidis and Sp. Pantelakis, pp. 452-458.
[31]  Tserpes, K.I., Papanikos, P., Labeas, G.N., Pantelakis, Sp.G. Multi-scale modeling of tensile behavior of carbon nanotube-reinforced composites. In: 'PARTICLE AND CONTINUUM ASPECTS OF MESOMECHANICS', In: PROCEEDINGS OF THE MESOMECHANICS 2007 CONFERENCE (Presquile de Giens, May, 2007, France), Edited by G.C. Sih, M. Nait-Abdelaziz and T. Vu-Kahn.
[32]  Tserpes, K.I., Papanikos, P., Pantelakis, Sp. Continuum modeling of interfacial load transfer in carbon nanotube/polymer composites subjected to tension and bending. In: 'MULTISCALING AND MESOMECHANICS IN RELATION TO SUSTAINABILITY, SAFETY AND ECONOMY OF MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES: ADVANCED AND SMART', PROCEEDINGS OF THE MESOMECHANICS 2008 CONFERENCE (Jan 28th-Feb 1st, 2008, Cairo, Egypt).
[33]  Tserpes, K.I. Progressive fracture analysis of planar lattices and shape-morphing Kagome-structure. In: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF ENGINEERING AGAINST FRACTURE (May 28TH-29TH, 2008, Patras, Greece), Edited by Sp. Pantelakis and Ch. Rodopoulos, Springer, 2009. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-9402-6.
[34]  Tserpes, K.I., Labeas, G.N. (2009). Numerical failure analysis of a flap-track beam made of novel non-crimp fabric composites. In: PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMPOSITES2009 CONFERENCE (1-3 April 2009, London, UK), Edited by S. Pinho.
[35]  Pantelakis, Sp., Katsiropoulos, Ch.V., Tserpes, K.I., Felgeyrolles, Th. (2009). Effect of water absorption on strength of the aeronautical composite material Fiberdux HTA/6376. In: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FRACTURE AND DAMAGE MECHANICS (8-10 September 2009, Malta), Edited by F. Aliabadi, S. Abela and H-S Lee.
[36]  Pantelakis, Sp., Tserpes, K.I., Kappatos, V. (2009). Ultrasonic inspection of imperfect bonding and its effects on the mechanical behavior of NCF Pi-shaped joints. Presented in: EUROMAT 2009 CONFERENCE (7-10 September 2009, Glascow, UK).
[37]  Pantelakis, Sp., Tserpes, K.I., Kappatos, V. (2009). The effect of imperfect bonding on the mechanical performance of non-crimp fabric Pi-shaped joints: A numerical study based on ultrasonic C-scan data. Presented in: IWCMM19 CONFERENCE (1-4 September 2009, Constanta, Romania).
[38]  Tserpes, K.I., Pantelakis, Sp. (2009). Size effects in the mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes. In: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 9TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN SCATTERING THEORY AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING (Patras, Greece 9-11 October 2009).
[39]  Pantelakis, Sp., Tserpes, K.I., Labeas, G. (2010). A study on the mechanical behavior of textile composites and hybrid materials using a multi-scale damage model and experiments. In PROC. OF THE MESOMECHANICS 2010 CONFERENCE ON MULTISCALING OF SYNTHETIC AND NATURAL SYSTEMS WITH SELF-ADAPTIVE CAPABILITY (21-25 June 2010, Taipei, Taiwan).
[40]  Tserpes, K.I. and Kermanidis, Th. (2010). Progressive damage modeling: A scale-independent strength prediction method. In PROCEEDINGS OF THE 9TH HSTAM CONFERENCE ON MECHANICS (13-15 July 2010, Limassol, Cyprus)
[41]  Efthimiou, F.S. P., Papanikos, P., Tserpes, K.I. and Pantelakis, Sp. (2010). Continuum simulation of bending and torsional rigidities of multi-walled carbon nanotubes. In PROCEEDINGS OF THE 9TH HSTAM CONFERENCE ON MECHANICS (13-15 July 2010, Limassol, Cyprus)