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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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Novel computational model for the failure analysis of composite pipes under bending
Composites Science and Technology, vol. 256, 110757Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDesign considerations for eco-friendly palm-strand reinforced concrete for low-cost housing
Case Studies in Construction Materials, vol. 20, e02929Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFailure Analysis of Composite Pipes Subjected to Bending: Classical Laminated Plate Theory vs. 3D Elasticity Solution
Integral Methods in Science and Engineering: Analytical and Computational Procedures (IMSE 2022). Constanda, C., Bodmann, B., Harris, P. (eds.). Birkhäuser, pp. 321-333, 13 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34099-4_26
Modeling a Viscoelastic Support Considering Its Mass-Inertial Characteristics During Non-Stationary Vibrations of the Beam
Journal of Engineering Sciences (Ukraine), vol. 10, no. 1, pp. D8-D14Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMechanical Analysis of Thick-walled Filament Wound Composite Pipes under Pure Torsion Load: Safety Zones and Optimal Design
Applied Composite Materials, vol. 30, pp. 485-505Contributions to Journals: ArticlesImpact Loading of Interface Cracks: Effects of Cracks Closure and Friction
Integral Methods in Science and Engineering: Applications in Theoretical and Practical Research. Constanda, C., Bodmann, B. E., Harris, P. J. (eds.). 1st edition. Birkhäuser, pp. 213-225, 13 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)Enhancing the behaviour of broom-strands reinforced concrete using hose-clamps
Materials Today: Proceedings, vol. 65, no. Part 2, pp. 572-580Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBehaviour of clamp-enhanced palm tendons reinforced concrete
Construction and building materials, vol. 341, 127824Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe mechanics of intermaterial cracks with contacting faces under shear wave loading
International Applied Mechanics, vol. 58, no. 4, pp. 455-463Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10778-022-01170-1
Boundary integral equations for systems of interface cracks under dynamic loading: effects of the cracks’ closure
11th European Solid Mechanics ConferenceContributions to Conferences: Abstracts- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/19176/1/ESMC_2022_Abstract.pdf
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Interface cracks under dynamic loading: cracks’ closure and friction
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/19178/1/ECF23_Abstract.pdf
- [ONLINE] Book of Abstracts
Linear interface crack under harmonic shear: Effects of crack's faces closure and friction
International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, vol. 217, 107041Contributions to Journals: ArticlesInterfacial Crack with Frictionless and Frictional Contact of Faces in a Bimaterial under a Shear Wave
International Applied Mechanics, vol. 58, no. 1, pp. 102-110Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10778-022-01137-2
Bond Behaviour of Treated Natural Fibre in Concrete
Nano Hybrids and Composites, vol. 34, pp. 37–44Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-h40o32
Failure Analysis of Multi-layered Thick-walled Composite Pipes Subjected to Torsion Loading
Materials Science Forum, vol. 1047, pp. 25-30Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.1047.25
Impact loading of interface cracks: effects of cracks’ closure and friction
2nd International Workshop on Plasticity, Damage and Fracture of Engineering Materials, pp. 72Contributions to Conferences: Abstracts- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/19177/1/IWPDF2021_MMG.pdf
- [ONLINE] Conference Book of Abstracts
- [ONLINE] IWPDF 2021
Nonlinear Problem of Interface Crack Behavior under the Action of Shearing Wave
Journal of Numerical and Applied Mathematics, pp. 158-164Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEvaluation of Dynamic Stress Intensity Factor of Griffith Crack Using the Finite Element Method
International Journal of Mechanics and Applications, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 1-10Contributions to Journals: ArticlesContact Problems for Interface Cracks Under Harmonic Shear Loading
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsBond Behaviour of Oil Palm Broom Fibres in Concrete for Eco-friendly Construction
Construction Materials, vol. 174, no. 1, pp. 47-64Contributions to Journals: ArticlesContact problems for cracks under impact loading
Procedia Structural Integrity, vol. 28, pp. 1621-1628Contributions to Journals: ArticlesActive control of nonstationary vibrations in plates under dynamic loading
Virtual International Conference on Engineering Vibrations 2020Contributions to Conferences: Abstracts- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/19180/1/eICoEV_2020_VMM_1p.pdf
- [ONLINE] Book of Abstracts
Interface cracks under harmonic shear: effects of contact and friction
Virtual International Conference on Engineering Vibrations 2020Contributions to Conferences: Abstracts- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/19181/1/ICoEV_MMG_1p.pdf
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Modelling and Optimal Design of Thick-Walled Composite Pipes under In-Service Conditions
IOP Conference Series. Materials Science and Engineering, vol. 936, 012046Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPhysicomechanical Properties of Treated Oil Palm-Broom Fibers for Cementitious Composites
Journal of Material in Civil Engineering, vol. 32, no. 10, 04020300Contributions to Journals: Articles