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KYRIAKOS KOUROUSIS

0000-0003-0861-4931

Senior Lecturer (Engineering; Aerospace engineering; Engineering practice and education; Manufacturing engineering; Materials engineering; Mechanical engineering; Other engineering not elsewhere classified; Aerospace materials; Aerospace structures; Aerospace engineering not elsewhere classified; Engineering education; Engineering practice and education not elsewhere classified; Additive manufacturing; Manufacturing safety and quality; Manufacturing processes and technologies (excl. textiles); Metals and alloy materials; Solid mechanics; Numerical modelling and mechanical characterisation)

Limerick, Ireland

Dr Kyriakos I. Kourousis is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering. He also serves as the Programme Director for the Professional Diploma in Airworthiness. His research expertise is in the areas of airworthiness management & engineering and of metal plasticity of conventional and additively manufactured (3D printed) metals, working on modelling and characterisation of their mechanical behaviour under complex loading. He is leading the following research groups in the School of Engineering: Metal Plasticity and Additive Manufacturing Group Airworthiness Group He has a broad educational experience in teaching and supervising students in the University of Limerick, RMIT University and other tertiary education aviation/engineering schools in Europe. Dr Kourousis holds the honorary position of the Associate of RMIT University, in the School of Engineering. Dr Kourousis has 22 years of experience in the fields of aircraft maintenance, airworthiness, quality control and assurance,

Publications

  • The Balance Between Safety and Productivity and its Relationship with Human Factors and Safety Awareness and Communication in Aircraft Manufacturing
  • Cyclic plasticity and microstructure of as-built SLM Ti-6Al-4V: The effect of build orientation
  • Letter to the Editor: S. Sreenivasan, S.K. Mishra, K. Dutta. Ratcheting strain and its effect on low cycle fatigue behavior of Al 7075-T6 alloy [Mater. Sci. Eng. A 698 (2017) 46–53]
  • Higher education aviation programs in Greece: A missed opportunity or a challenge to meet?
  • A unified material model to predict ratcheting response in head-hardened rail steel due to non-uniform hardness distributions
  • Cyclic Elastoplastic Performance of Aluminum 7075-T6 Under Strain- and Stress-Controlled Loading
  • Aluminum alloy 7075 ratcheting and plastic shakedown evaluation with the multiplicative armstrong-frederick model
  • A Review of the As-Built SLM Ti-6Al-4V Mechanical Properties towards Achieving Fatigue Resistant Designs
  • Wear Particle Analysis and the Evolution of the Plastically Deformed Layer on Australian Rail Steel
  • Indian and Chinese aviation industry: the EASA framework option
  • A simple model to estimate yield stress and variation of hardness in railheads
  • Optimising the multiplicative AF model parameters for AA7075 cyclic plasticity and fatigue simulation
  • Constitutive Modeling of Additive Manufactured Ti-6Al-4V Cyclic Elastoplastic Behaviour
  • Learning from incidents in aircraft maintenance and continuing airworthiness: regulation, practice and gaps
  • Efficient modelling of the elastoplastic anisotropy of additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V
  • On the utilisation of nonlinear plasticity models in military aircraft fatigue estimation: A preliminary comparison
  • A modification of the multicomponent Armstrong–Frederick model with multiplier for the enhanced simulation of aerospace aluminium elastoplasticity
  • Effects of bolt torque tightening on the strength and fatigue life of airframe FRP laminate bolted joints
  • Addendum to “Cyclic plasticity and microstructure of as-built SLM Ti-6Al-4V: The effect of build orientation” [Mater. Sci. Eng. A 701 (2017) 85–100]
  • Winging It: Key Issues and Perceptions around Regulation and Practice of Aircraft Maintenance in Australian General Aviation
  • Airlift Maintenance and Sustainment: The Indirect Costs
  • A Review of Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties of Maraging Steel 300 Fabricated via Laser Powder Bed Fusion
  • Elastoplastic response of as-built SLM and wrought Ti-6Al-4V under symmetric and asymmetric strain-controlled cyclic loading
  • Process phenomena influencing the tensile and anisotropic characteristics of additively manufactured maraging steel
  • Plastic anisotropy of additively manufactured maraging steel: Influence of the build orientation and heat treatments
  • Characterisation of head-hardened rail steel in terms of cyclic plasticity response and microstructure for improved material modelling
  • Analysis of Continuing Airworthiness Occurrences under the Prism of a Learning Framework
  • Special Issue: Civil and Military Airworthiness: Recent Developments and Challenges (Volume II)
  • Temperature controlled aircraft unit load devices: The technological response to growing global air cargo cool chain requirements
  • Constitutive modeling of additive manufactured Ti-6Al-4V cyclic elastoplastic behaviour
  • Special Issue: Civil and Military Airworthiness: Recent Developments and Challenges
  • Learning from Incidents in Aircraft Maintenance and Continuing Airworthiness Management: A Systematic Review
  • Ratcheting and wear behavior of Australian rail steel: Experimental investigation of material properties and sampling method
  • Learning from Incidents: A Qualitative Study in the Continuing Airworthiness Sector
  • Cyclic plasticity of additively manufactured metals
  • Compressive Behaviour of Additively Manufactured Lattice Structures: A Review
  • Investigation of In-service Creep Failures of Aircraft Ti-6Al-4V Bolts
  • Flexural characteristics of material extrusion steel 316L: Influence of manufacturing parameters
  • Microscopic and mesoscopic/macroscopic structural characteristics of material extrusion Steel 316L: influence of the fabrication process
  • Immersion Ultrasonic Testing of Artificially Induced Defects in Fused Filament Fabricated Steel 316L
  • Picosatellites for maritime security applications – The lambdasat case
  • Enhanced non-linear material modelling for analysis and qualification of rollover protective structures
  • Cyclic elastoplastic behaviour, hardness and microstructural properties of Ti-6Al-4V manufactured through selective laser melting
  • Anticipating the need for new skills for the future aerospace and aviation professionals
  • Sensitivity and optimisation of the Chaboche plasticity model parameters in strain-life fatigue predictions
  • The airbus A320 family fan cowl door safety modification: A human factors scenario analysis
  • An innovative structural fatigue monitoring solution for general aviation aircraft
  • Discussion: "Prediction and analysis of impact of thermal barrier coating oxidation on gas turbine creep life" (Ogiriki, E. A., Li, Y. G., Nikolaidis, T., 2016, ASME J. Gas Turbine Power, 138(12), p. 121501)
  • Development of the Minimum Equipment List: Current Practice and the Need for Standardisation
  • Cyclic Plasticity of the As-Built EOS Maraging Steel: Preliminary Experimental and Computational Results
  • A cyclic plasticity model for advanced light metal alloys
  • Mutual recognition of national military airworthiness authorities: A streamlined assessment process
  • Supervision of engineering doctorates in australian universities: A review of key issues
  • A phenomenological approach for fatigue damage accumulation of CF/PEEK laminates under two-stage loading
  • Constitutive modeling of Aluminum Alloy 7050 cyclic mean stress relaxation and ratcheting
  • A holistic approach to general aviation aircraft structural failure prevention in Australia
  • The introduction of innovative services in a state owned airline: A case study of an IT migration project
  • Multiaxial ratcheting with advanced kinematic and directional distortional hardening rules
  • Corrigendum to "Multiplicative AF kinematic hardening in plasticity" [International Journal of Solids and Structures 45 (2008) 2861-2880] (DOI:10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2008.01.001)
  • Multiplicative AF kinematic hardening in plasticity
  • The PBP Bow-Tie framework for the systematic representation and comparison of military aviation regulatory frameworks
  • Assessment of technical airworthiness in military aviation: Implementation and further advancement of the bow-tie model
  • Fire resistant aircraft unit load devices and fire containment covers: A new development in the global air cargo industry
  • Military airworthiness management frameworks: A critical review
  • Three Nickel(II) and Zinc(II) Complexes with Two Novel Nitronyl Nitroxide Ligands: Syntheses, Crystal Structures, and Luminescent Properties
  • The PBP Bow-Tie framework for the systematic representation and comparison of military aviation regulatory frameworks
  • Load-rate effects on the in-plane compressive behaviour of additively manufactured steel 316L honeycomb structures
  • Tensile Performance and Plastic Anisotropy of Material Extrusion Steel 316 L: Influence of Primary Manufacturing Parameters
  • Design-dependent shrinkage compensation modeling and mechanical property targeting of metal FFF
  • Shrinkage behaviour of material extrusion steel 316L: influence of primary 3D printing parameters
  • Tensile performance and plastic anisotropy of material extrusion steel 316L: Influence of primary manufacturing parameters
  • Are concept map exam papers reliable as assessment tools in nursing education? A quantitative research pilot study
  • In-plane compression performance of additively manufactured honeycomb structures: a review of influencing factors and optimisation techniques
  • Indentation Plastometry for Study of Anisotropy and Inhomogeneity in Maraging Steel Produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion
  • Handling, inspection and repair of aircraft composites: a pilot study on the awareness of maintenance personnel
  • Liquid‐Liquid Emulsion Produced by 3D‐Printed Vortex‐Based Hydrodynamic Cavitation Device
  • Plastic anisotropy of powder bed fusion maraging steel: An experimental replication study
  • Harmonising and standardising military airworthiness in Europe: a review of key aspects and achievements
  • Tensile anisotropy of powder bed fusion steel 316L: A practical study on the effect of build orientation

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