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- About
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- Email Address
- o.menshykov@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 273326
- Office Address
- School/Department
- School of Engineering
Biography
Dr Oleksandr Menshykov is the Director of Undergraduate Teaching in the School of Engineering at the University of Aberdeen. He is a Fellow of AdvanceHE, a Chartered Engineer, and a Member of Institution of Mechanical Engineers. After graduating in Applied Mathematics from Kharkiv National University (Ukraine) in 2000, Dr Menshykov did his PhD and DSc in Solid Mechanics at Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics (Kyiv, Ukraine). Prior to joining the University of Aberdeen in 2005, he was a holder of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Fellowship at the University of Stuttgart (Germany).
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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- Director of Undergraduate Teaching within the School of Engineering;
- Member of the University Gender Equality Steering Group;
- Elected Member of the University Senate;
- School Continuous Professional Development Coordinator;
- Chair of School UG Teaching and Learning Committee and UG Student-Staff Liaison Committee;
- Member of School Executive Committee; PG Teaching and Learning Committee; Equality and Diversity Committee; Special Circumstances Committee; Prizes Committee;
- Member of School Management Group; Accreditation Working Group; Academic Workload Model Group; Engineering Advisory Board.
Past duties
- Role Analyst and Member of University Promotion Appeals Committee (2021-2023);
- Role Analyst and Member of University Promotion Subcommittee (2020-2023);
- Member of the University Quality Assurance Committee (2020–2021);
- Member of the University Transnational Education Working Group (2017–2018);
- Member of the Senate Honorary Degrees Committee (2017–2018);
- External Memberships
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- Member of EPSRC Peer Review College;
- Member of UKRI Talent Peer Review College;
- Carnegie Trust Research Assessor;
- Member of British Council International Science Partnerships Fund Review Pool;
- Member of UK-German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Review Panel;
- Special Issues Guest Editor, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, ISSN 0020-7403;
- Associate Editor, Frontiers in Materials, ISSN 2296-8016;
- Member of the Editorial Board, Scientific Reports - Nature; ISSN 2045-2322;
- Member of the Editorial Board, PNRPU Aerospace Engineering Bulletin; ISSN 2224-9982;
- Member of the Editorial Board, Researches in Mathematics and Mechanics; ISSN 2519-206X;
- Member of the Editorial Board, Bulletin of National Technical University KhPI – Mathematical Modeling in Engineering and Technologies; ISSN 2222-0631;
- Member of the UKBIM National Organising Committee;
- Member of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (GAMM);
- Member of the International Society for the Interaction of Mechanics and Mathematics (ISIMM);
- Honorary Leading Research Fellow at the Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics, Kiev, Ukraine.
- Research
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Research Overview
Solid Mechanics, Materials Science and Applied Mathematics, including Non-Linear Contact Fracture Mechanics, Wave Propagation, Theory of Diffraction, Boundary Elements Methods, Galerkin Methods, Hypersingular and Singular Integrals, Iterative Optimisation Algorithms, Composite Materials, Reinforced Concrete, Design of Layered Pipelines and Umbilicals.
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Engineering.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Research Specialisms
- Civil Engineering
- Materials Science
- Mathematical Modelling
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechanics
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Funding and Grants
Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professorship, Principal Investigator, 2023-2026;
United Republic of Tanzania President's Office, Co-Investigator, 2023-2026;
Petroleum Technology Development Fund, Co-Investigator, 2020-2022;
Scottish Funding Council - Global Challenges Research Fund, Co-Investigator, 2020.
Carnegie Trust, PhD Scholarship Co-Supervisor, 2019-2022;
Research Council of Norway and Prototech AS (Bergen), Principal Investigator, 2016-2017;
British Council, Principal Investigator, 2016;
Development Trust, PhD Scholarship, Co-Supervisor, 2014-2017;
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP), Research Grant, Co-Investigator, 2010–2013;
British Council / DAAD, Academic Research Collaboration (ARC) Grant, 2010–2011;
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Senior Academics' Research Stay Grant, 2010;
The Royal Society, International Travel for Collaboration, 2010;
EPSRC Standard Research Grant, Researcher-Co-Investigator, 2007–2010;
The Royal Society, Incoming Short Visit Award, 2005;
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Research Fellowship, 2003–2004;
The Science and Technology Center in Ukraine, Research Grant, Named Researcher, 2003–2004.
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
2024-2025 Courses:
"BEng and MEng Individual Projects" (EG45PC / EG45PE);
"Mechanics of Structures - Graduate Apprenticeships" (EG45G1);
"Mechanics of Structures" (EA3518);
"Plastic Analysis" (EG30H5, Harbin);
"Solids and Structures" (EG2513);
"Engineering Design and Computing" (EG20H1, Harbin);
Courses taught before:
"Solid Mechanics and Materials Modelling" (EG5095, 5th year, MEng programmes);
"Advanced Topics for MEng Study" (EG5085, 5th year, MEng programmes);
"Mathematical Optimisation" (EG5090, 5th year, MEng programmes);
"Computer Aided Engineering Design" (EG4576);
"BEng Group Design Projects" (EG4578);
"Dynamics 2" (EM40JM)
"Fluid Dynamics" (EG40DB);
"Engineering Analysis and Numerical Methods” (EG25H4, Harbin);
"Materials and Structures" (EG2029);
"Engineering Design and Practice 1" (EG2079);
"Electronics & Programmable Systems: Computer Systems & Programming" (EG2060);
"Fundamentals of Engineering Materials" (EG1012);
"Fundamentals of Engineering Materials - Graduate Apprenticeships" (EG10G3);
"Engineering Transitional Summer School" (SEN091, Levels 2 and 3 direct entrants).
- Publications
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Boundary integral equations in the frequency domain for interface linear cracks under impact loading
Acta Mechanica, vol. 231, pp. 3461–3471Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEffects of Crack Closure and Friction for Linear Crack under Normal Impact
Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, vol. 115, pp. 1-9Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAnalysis of flexible composites for coiled tubing applications
Composite Structures, vol. 225, 111118Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe plane mixed problem for an elastic semi-strip under different load types at its short edge
International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, vol. 144, pp. 526-530Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2018.05.049
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/12303/1/Article3.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Modeling the effective mechanical properties of “fuzzy fiber” composites across scales length
Composites Part B: Engineering, vol. 142, pp. 24-35Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBoundary integral equations in contact problems for cracked materials under impact loading
The 6th European Conference on Computational Mechanics (ECCM 6) and the 7th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ECFD 7)Contributions to Conferences: Abstracts- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/19179/1/ECCM_2018_Abstract.pdf
- [ONLINE] Book of Abstracts
Exact analytical solution for a pie-shaped wedge thick plate under oscillating load
Acta Mechanica, vol. 228, no. 12, pp. 4435-4450Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00707-017-1938-9
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/10920/1/ArticleActa_Rev.pdf
Development of organisational knowledge system in the structure of vocational education
Economic Annals-XXI, vol. 165, no. 5-6, pp. 66-70Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.21003/ea.V165-14
Composites are coming
Offshore Engineer, vol. 42, pp. 46-47Contributions to Specialist Publications: ArticlesInfluence of mean distance between fibers on the effective gas thermal conductivity in highly porous fibrous materials
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 109, pp. 511-519Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDesign of flexible composites for high-strain applications
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsNumerical modelling of layered composite pipes under bending and pressure
British Applied Mathematics Colloquium 2017, pp. 32Contributions to Conferences: AbstractsThick-walled composite pipes under bending
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsA boundary integral equation method in the frequency domain for cracks under transient loading
Acta Mechanica, vol. 227, pp. 3305-3314Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBIEM with nonlinear constraints for cracked materials under dynamic loading
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsBIEM with nonlinear constraints for cracked materials under dynamic loading
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsCracked Materials under Dynamic Loading: Effects of Cracks Closure
The 12th World Congress on Computational Mechanics and The 6th Asia-Pacific Congress on Computational MechanicsContributions to Conferences: AbstractsA generalised formulation for computing the microbuckling load in periodic layered materials
Journal of Engineering Mathematics, vol. 95, pp. 155-171Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10665-014-9753-y
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/8289/1/paper_revised.pdf
Сингулярные граничные интегральные уравнения динамических задач механики межслоевых трещин
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsA boundary integral equation method in the frequency domain for cracks under transient loading
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsGas cushioning in liquid-solid impacts
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsBoundary Integral Methods
The Ninth UK Conference on Boundary Integral Methods, pp. 245-245Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2014.09.002
Elastodynamic contact problem for an interface crack under an oblique harmonic loading
International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, vol. 88, pp. 300-308Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2014.05.008
Effect of the crack closure in three-dimensional problems for interface microcracks under dynamic loading
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsHeart rate entropy for rhythmic breathing tests
13th Experimental Chaos and Complexity ConferenceContributions to Conferences: Abstracts