Native name Μανόλης Παπαδρακάκης Residence Athens, Greece Name Manolis Papadrakakis | Academic advisors John Argyris Citizenship Greek | |
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Fields Structural mechanics
Computational mechanics
Finite element method Institutions School of Civil Engineering
National Techn. Univ. of Athens Known for Finite element method
Domain decomposition methods Alma mater National Technical University of Athens, City University London | ||
Manolis Papadrakakis (Greek: Μανόλης Παπαδρακάκης; born in Heraklion, Crete), is a Greek Professor at the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens, who works in computational mechanics.
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Papadrakakis received his Diploma in Civil Engineering from the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece in 1971 and he continued his studies at the City University of London, UK, where he received an MSc in structural engineering (1975) and a PhD in computational mechanics (1978). His research activity is mainly focused on the development and the application of the latest computer methods and technology to structural engineering analysis and design. He is one of the Editors of the journal Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, published by Elsevier.
Research fields
His fields of interest are the following:
- Nonlinear dynamic analysis of concrete and steel structures under seismic loading
- Solution of large-scale finite element problems with domain decomposition and data handling techniques on high performance parallel and distributed computer environments
- Large-scale structural and design optimization of real-world structures
- Solution of large non-linear problems and path-following strategies in solid and structural mechanics
- Adaptive strategies and solution techniques for p, h, hp finite element procedures
- Solution of large-scale eigenvalue problems
- Stochastic finite element methods, reliability analysis and Monte Carlo simulation
- Contact-Impact problems with the finite element method
- Neural network applications in structural engineering
- Soil-fluid-structure interaction problems