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- o.menshykov@abdn.ac.uk
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- 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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2-D ELASTODYNAMIC PROBLEM FOR AN INTERFACE CRACK UNDER AN OBLIQUE HARMONIC LOADING
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsНелинейная динамическая задача механики разрушения материала с межфазной трещиной
XVI International Conference "Dynamical System Modelling and Stability Investigation", pp. 296-296Contributions to Conferences: AbstractsThree-dimensional problems in the dynamic fracture mechanics of materials with interface cracks (review)
International Applied Mechanics, vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 1-61Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10778-013-0551-4
Non-Linear Contact Problems For Layered Cracked Materials Under Dynamic Loading
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsРешение задач механики трещин на основе граничных сингулярных интегральных уравнений
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsBoundary Integral Equations in the Frequency Domain for Interface Cracks under Impact Loading
Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (PAMM), vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 165–166Contributions to Journals: ArticlesInterface cracks with initial opening under harmonic loading
Composites Science and Technology, vol. 72, no. 10, pp. 1057-1063Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2011.10.010
3-D elastodynamic contact problem for an interface crack under harmonic loading
Engineering Fracture Mechanics, vol. 80, no. -, pp. 52-59Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2010.12.010
Elastodynamic Contact Problems for Interface Cracks under Harmonic Loading
Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (PAMM), vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 165–166Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201110074
Cracks' closure in 3-D fracture dynamics: The effect of relative location of two coplanar cracks
Archive of Applied Mechanics, vol. 81, no. 9, pp. 1215-1230Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00419-010-0481-0
Effects of dynamic friction for interface cracks under harmonic loading
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsAn iterative BEM for the dynamic analysis of interface crack contact problems
Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. 735-749Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enganabound.2010.12.005
Stress-intensity factors for materials with interface cracks under harmonic loading
International Applied Mechanics, vol. 46, no. 10, pp. 1093-1100Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10778-011-0401-1
2D elastodynamics of interface microcracks: The effect of cracks interaction
Applied Composite Materials, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 17-29Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10443-010-9152-0
2-D and 3-D elastodynamic contact problems for interface cracks under harmonic loading: Contact problems for interface cracks
Integral Methods in Science and Engineering: Computational and Analytic Aspects. Constanda, C., Harris, P. J. (eds.). Springer Science+Business Media, pp. 241-252, 12 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-8238-5
Контактное взаимодействие берегов межслоевых трещин с начальным раскрытием при гармоническом нагружении
Bulletin of Kharkiv National University, Ser. «Mathematical modelling. Information technology. Automated control systems», no. 960, pp. 224-232Contributions to Journals: ArticlesContact problems for interface cracks under harmonic loading
Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (PAMM), vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 127-128Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.201010056
Modelling crack closure for an interface crack under harmonic loading
International Journal of Fracture, vol. 165, no. 1, pp. 127-134Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10704-010-9492-7
Boundary integral equations for an interface linear crack under harmonic loading
Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, vol. 234, no. 7, pp. 2279-2286Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cam.2009.08.084
Interface cracks under harmonic loading: effect of crack faces contact interaction
Eleventh International Conference on Integral Methods in Science and Engineering, pp. 45Contributions to Conferences: AbstractsElastodynamic Contact Problems for Interface Cracks
IV European Conference on Computational MechanicsContributions to Conferences: AbstractsContact Interaction of Interlaminar Crack Faces under Harmonic Loading
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsBoundary Integral Equations in Elastodynamics of Interface Cracks
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsPenny-shaped crack at the interface between elastic half-spaces under the action of a shear wave
International Applied Mechanics, vol. 45, no. 5, pp. 534-539Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10778-009-0206-7
Elastodynamics of a crack on the bimaterial interface
Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 294-301Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enganabound.2008.07.006
2D Elastodynamics of an interface crack
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsA unified computational approach to instability of periodic laminated materials
Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, vol. 51, no. 3, pp. 239–259Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3970/cmes.2009.051.239
Boundary integral equations in dynamic problems of fracture mechanics
Contributions to Conferences: Other ContributionsElastodynamics of interface cracks: the effect of cracks closure
British Applied Mathematics Colloquium 2009 incorporating British Theoretical Mechanics Colloquium, pp. 65Contributions to Conferences: AbstractsLinear interface crack under plane shear wave
Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 107–120Contributions to Journals: ArticlesElastodynamic problem of an interface linear crack under harmonic loading
Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (PAMM), vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 10229-10230Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.200810229
Elastodynamic problem for two penny-shaped cracks: The effect of cracks’ closure
International Journal of Fracture, vol. 153, no. 1, pp. 69-76Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10704-008-9282-7
3D elastodynamics of an interface crack
XXII International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, pp. 273Contributions to Conferences: Abstracts3D elastodynamics of an interface crack
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings3D problem for an interface crack under harmonic loading
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsPassages to the limit in the dynamic problem for a crack at the interface between elastic media
International Applied Mechanics, vol. 44, no. 7, pp. 739-746Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10778-008-0087-1
Boundary integral equations in elastodynamics of interface cracks
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical & Engineering Sciences, vol. 366, no. 1871, pp. 1835-1839Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2007.2190
Effect of friction of the crack faces for a linear crack under an oblique harmonic loading
International Journal of Engineering Science, vol. 46, no. 5, pp. 438-458Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijengsci.2007.12.006
On the limit transition in dynamic problem of an interphase crack under decreasing load frequency
Reports of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, no. 3, pp. 50-54Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe contact problem for an open penny-shaped crack under normally incident tension-compression wave
Engineering Fracture Mechanics, vol. 75, no. 5, pp. 1114-1126Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ENGFRACMECH.2007.04.017
Boundary Integral Equations for an Interface Linear Crack under Harmonic Loading
Contributions to Conferences: Oral PresentationsSemi-analytical modelling of cracks with interacting faces in isotropic materials under harmonic load
Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (PAMM), vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 4030023-4030024Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pamm.200700779
Interfacial crack between elastic half-spaces under harmonic loading
International Applied Mechanics, vol. 43, no. 8, pp. 865-873Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10778-007-0087-6
The Effect of Frequency in the Problem of Interface Crack Under Harmonic Loading
International Journal of Fracture, vol. 146, no. 3, pp. 197-202Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10704-007-9157-3
Effect of contact interaction of the crack faces for a crack under harmonic loading
International Applied Mechanics, vol. 43, no. 7, pp. 809-815Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10778-007-0082-y
Semi-analytical modelling of cracks with interacting faces in isotropic materials under harmonic load
6th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, pp. 43Contributions to Conferences: AbstractsИнтегралы с особенностями в контактной механике разрушения
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsElastodynamics of interface cracks in laminated composites
International Conference on Deformation and Fracture of Composites, pp. 75Contributions to Conferences: AbstractsAccounting for friction under the harmonic loading of a penny-shaped crack
Reports of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, no. 1, pp. 77-82Contributions to Journals: ArticlesContact problem for the flat elliptical crack under normally incident shear wave
Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 205-214Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3970/cmes.2007.017.205
