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Professor Ekaterina Pavlovskaia
CEng FIMechE
Head of School of Engineering, Personal Chair
- Email Address
- e.pavlovskaia@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272786
- School/Department
- School of Engineering
Biography
Higher Education
- Ph.D. in Applied Physics and Mathematics, IPME, Russian Academy of Science, 1998
- MEng in Mechanical Engineering (First class with dist.), St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, 1996
Work experience
- October 2021 - : Head of School
- August 2013 - : Professor; August 2010 - July 2013: Reader; August 2007 - July 2010: Senior Lecturer; September 2003 - July 2007: Lecturer
School of Engineering, Aberdeen University, UK - September 2000 - August 2003: Research Fellow
School of Engineering, Aberdeen University, UK - February - August 2000: Research Fellow (SABIT Intern)
Ford Motor Company, USA - July 1999 - January 2000: Lecturer
Mathematics and Mechanics Faculty, St.Petersburg State University, Russia - January 1999 - June 1999: Junior Research Scientist
Institute for Problems of Mechanical Engineering (IPME), Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
External Memberships
I am Subject Editor for Journal of Sound and Vibration and a regular reviewer for:
- Meccanica
- International Journal of Mechanical Sciences;
- Journal of Engineering Manufacture (Proceedings of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers Part B);
- International Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics
- Journal of Sound and Vibrations
- Journal of Nonlinear Dynamics
- International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education
- European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids
- Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena
- Ocean Engineering
I worked as associate editor for Mathematical Problems in Engineering journal from 2007 to July 2011.
Research Overview
My research interests are in non-smooth systems, linear and nonlinear dynamics of continuous media, machines and structures and fracture mechanics, in particular dynamic (stationary and non-stationary) contact problem, impact, wave propagation in inhomogeneous media, crack growth, dynamic testing of the materials, etc.
Funding and Grants
- Integral Process Optimization for Sustainable Offshore-structure Dismantling Yard (2020-2022) Joint project with the Center of Excellence on Hazardous Substance Management, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Transforming Systems through Partnership scheme. Principal investigator with co-investigators Prof R. Neilson and Drs Vega-Maza, C. Fernandez Martin and W. Afzal, £79,934.
- Offshore Decommissioning in Thailand – Towards Total Waste Management – collaborative grant with the Center of Excellence on Hazardous Substance Management, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand from the Newton fund (2018). Principal investigator with co-investigators Prof Richard Neilson, Drs David Vega-Maza and Eva Krupp, £24,970.
- Analysing and Optimising the Rotojar Downhole Tool(s) for Freezing Stuck Pipe and Casing. Oil and Gas Innovation Centre (2018). Co-investigator, with principal investigator Prof. M. Wiercigroch, £127,734.
- MCS Kenny/COPS PhD studentship: Modelling of Flow-Induced Pulsations in Subsea Applications (2013). £57,727.
- ITI Energy: Resonance Enhanced Drilling: Phase 2, (2011). Co-investigator, with principal investigator Prof. M. Wiercigroch and co-investigators Dr J Ing and Dr D Hendry. £1,145,000
- ITI Energy: Resonance Enhanced Drilling: Phase 1, (2009). Co-investigator, with principal investigator Prof. M. Wiercigroch and co-investigators Dr S Aphale and Dr D Hendry. £750,000
- The Royal Society International Joint Project with Institute for Problems in Mechanical Engineering of Russian Academy of Sciences: Modelling of brittle fracture under dymanic loading (2009). £12000
- ITI Energy: Resonance Enhanced Drilling: Phase 0, (2008). Co-investigator, with principal investigator Prof. M. Wiercigroch and co-investigators Dr A Akisanya, Dr S He, Dr D Hendry and Dr J Harrigan. £806,486
- KTP with MCS International: Application of Nonlinear Normal Modes to Offshore Risers, (2006). Co-investigator, with principal investigator Prof. M. Wiercigroch and co-investigator Dr Y. Guo. £210,814
- EPSRC Grant: Iterative maps for dynamics of percussive drilling (2006). £210,702
- The Royal Society International Joint Project with Polytechnic University of Marche: Energy extraction from sea waves by exploiting nonlinear dynamics phenomena (2005). £12000
- The Nuffield Foundation Newly Appointed Lecturers Grant NAL/00997/G: Analytical maps of non-smooth dynamical systems for engineering applications (2005). £5000
- British Council grant with Polytechnic University of Marche: Application of nonlinear dynamics and control to energy extraction from sea waves (2004). £8000
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Feedback control of chaos in impact oscillator with multiple time-delays
Costa, D., Pavlovskaia, E., Wiercigroch, M.Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, vol. 181, 114570Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDynamic Response Analysis of Combined Vibrations of Top Tensioned Marine Risers
Wang, D., Hao, Z., Pavlovskaia, E., Wiercigroch, M.Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15758-5_46
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Special virtual issue on ‘Recent developments in engineering vibration’
Rega, G., Pavlovskaia, E., Kapitaniak, T., Savi, M. A.International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, vol. 250, 108468Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2023.108468
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Switching between periodic orbits in impact oscillator by time-delayed feedback methods
Costa, D., Vaziri, V., Pavlovskaia, E., Savi, M. A., Wiercigroch, M.Physica. D, Nonlinear Phenomena, vol. 443, 133587Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNon-smooth dynamics of Anti Stick–Slip Tool
Osguei, A. T., Khamoushi, I., Dehkordi, M. K., Pavlovskaia, E., Wiercigroch, M.Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, vol. 443, 133525Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAdaptive Time-Delayed Feedback Control Applied to a Vibro-Impact System
Costa, D., Vaziri, V., Pavlovskaia, E., Wiercigroch, M.Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsComputation of periodic orbits for piecewise linear oscillator by Harmonic Balance Methods
Pei, L., Chong Escobar, A. S., Pavlovskaia, E., Wiercigroch, M.Communications in Nonlinear Science & Numerical Simulation, vol. 108, 106220Contributions to Journals: ArticlesInternal mechanics of anti stick–slip tool
Dehkordi, M. K., Osguei, A. T., Khamoushi, I., Pavlovskaia, E., Wiercigroch, M.International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, vol. 221, 107188Contributions to Journals: ArticlesOptimization of the Wake Oscillator for Transversal VIV
Kurushina, V., Postnikov, A., Franzini, G. R., Pavlovskaia, E.Journal of Marine Science and Engineering , vol. 10, no. 2, 293Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBifurcation analysis of vortex-induced vibration of low-dimensional models of marine risers
Wang, D., Hao, Z., Pavlovskaia, E., Wiercigroch, M.Nonlinear Dynamics, vol. 106, no. 1, pp. 147-167Contributions to Journals: Articles