Staff Profile
Vasileios Angelidakis
Visiting Researcher
- Email: vasileios.angelidakis@ncl.ac.uk
- Address: School of Engineering, 缅北禁地
Room 3.04, Drummond Building
Devonshire Terrace, 缅北禁地 upon Tyne
NE1 7RU, United Kingdom
Introduction
Vasileios is a Visiting Researcher in the School of Engineering, with a background in civil engineering. His research is focused on micromechanics, micro-to-macro behaviour of granular systems, coupling of numerical modelling with digital imaging and code development in discrete element codes for both spherical and non-spherical particles. He completed his PhD in 2021, where he specialised in image-informed modelling of particulate systems, employing realistic particle shapes. Vasileios is an avid advocate of open-source code development, authoring two open-source codes for the shape characterisation of three-dimensional particles and for the generation of multi-sphere particles, while he is involved in the YADE project, where he maintains two codes for non-spherical particles. He recently worked on the development of novel imaging instruments for particle engineering applications, within the EPSRC IAA OCULAR project.
Academic Qualifications
Vasileios holds a Diploma in Civil Engineering (5-year degree equivalent to MEng), conferred by the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece (2014). During the last four semesters of his studies he specialised in Structural Engineering and undertook a thesis on the "Effect of Near-Fault Directivity on the Inelastic Response of RC Frames", which he completed in the Laboratory for Earthquake Engineering of NTUA.
Subsequently, he earned a Master of Science Degree (MSc) in the Analysis and Design of Structures from NTUA (2016), specialising in the Structural and Geotechnical aspects concerning the analysis and retrofitting of existing structures and the design of new, focusing especially on seismic conditions. For his thesis, he carried out an "Investigation of the Near-Fault Directivity Pulses’ Effect on the Inelastic Behavior of a Curved RC Bridge", which he completed in the Laboratory for Earthquake Engineering of NTUA.
Vasileios completed his doctoral studies at the School of Engineering of 缅北禁地 (2021), and produced a thesis entitled "Image-informed numerical modelling of particulate systems with irregular grains".
Memberships
Vasileios is a Chartered Civil Engineer in Greece and a member of the following learned societies:
Graduate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (GMICE)
Student Member of the British Geotechnical Association (BGA)
Member of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)
Member of the International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM)
Member of the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE-TCG)
Research interests
My research interests span a range of topics involving the micro-to-macro study of particulate materials, including:
- Discrete Element Modelling of granular materials using multi-sphere, polyhedral and potential particles
- Effects of particle-shape on the mechanical response of granular systems
- Image-informed numerical modelling for materials with irregular grains
- Creating seamless algorithmic workflows between digital imaging and numerical modelling
- Understanding the meso and macro response of soils using observations from the micro-scale
- Advanced constitutive relationships of contact laws for rough surfaces, irregular contact regions, friction
- Development of novel formulations to characterise particle shape
- Efficient processing of imaging data of various types
Participation in research projects
I have been involved in the following projects:
- Research Assistant in Particle Imaging in the Impact Accelerator Account project: EPSRC IAA OCULAR: autOmated aCqUisition and cLassificAtion of paRticles. PI: Dr Sadegh Nadimi.
- Participation in a joint JSPS - Royal Society International Exchanges 2018 Cost Share grant - IEC\R3\183026 (JPJSBP120195701) in collaboration with the University of Tokyo - Entitled: The role of particle shape and surface friction on interlocking phenomenon for granular materials. In collaboration with Drs Sadegh Nadimi and Masahide Otsubo.
- Participation in GEO-RAMP: GEOhazards: Risk Assessment, Mitigation and Prevention (H2020-MSCA-RISE-2014, project ID: 645665), a Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie, Research and Innovation Staff Exchange Evaluations (RISE) grant. PI: Prof. Stefano Utili.
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Articles
- Ostanin I, Angelidakis V, Plath T, Pourandi S, Thornton A, Weinhart T. . Computer Physics Communications 2024, 296, 109034.
- Duverger S, Angelidakis V, Nadimi S, Utili S, Bonelli S, Philippe P, Duriez J. . Granular Matter 2024. In Press.
- Dosta M, Andre D, Angelidakis V, Caulk RA, Celigueta MA, Chareyre B, Dietiker JF, Girardot J, Govender N, Hubert C, Kobylka R, Moura AF, Skorych V, Weatherley DK, Weinhart T. . Computer Physics Communications 2024, 296, 109066.
- Saomoto H, Kikkawa N, Moriguchi S, Nakata Y, Otsubo M, Angelidakis V, Cheng YP, Chew K, Chiaro G, Duriez J, Duverger S, Irazabal Gonzalez J, Jiang M, Karasaki Y, Kono A, Li X, Lin Z, Liu A, Nadimi S, Nakase H, Nishiura D, Rashique U, Shimizu H, Tsuji K, Watanabe T, Xu X, Zeghal M. . Soils and Foundation 2023, 63(1), 101272.
- Angelidakis V, Nadimi S, Garum M, Hassanpour A. . Particle & Particle Systems Characterization 2022, 39(12), 2200120.
- Kemp N, Angelidakis V, Luli S, Nadimi S. . Journal of Imaging 2022, 8(1), 5.
- Nadimi S, Angelidakis V, Otsubo M, Ghanbarzadeh A. . Computers and Geotechnics 2022, 150, 104890.
- Angelidakis V, Nadimi S, Utili S. . Powder Technology 2022, 396(Part B), 689-695.
- Orosz Á, Angelidakis V, Bagi K. . Powder Technology 2021, 394, 312-325.
- Angelidakis V, Nadimi S, Utili S. . Computer Physics Communications 2021, 265, 107983.
- Lascurain T, Angelidakis V, Luli S, Nadimi S. . EPJ Web of Conferences 2021, 249, 11005.
- Li Y, Otsubo M, Kuwano R, Nadimi S, Angelidakis V. . Seisan Kenkyu 2021, 73(5), 355-358.
- Angelidakis V, Nadimi S, Otsubo M, Utili S. . SoftwareX 2021, 15, 100735.
- Kardoutsou V, Angelidakis V, Psycharis I, Taflampas I. . International Journal of Applied Engineering Research 2019, 14(14), 3123-3132.
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Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)
- Nadimi S, Kemp N, Angelidakis V, Luli S. . In: European Geophysical Union General Assembly 2022. 2022, Vienna, Austria: EGU.
- Angelidakis V, Nadimi S, Otsubo M, Utili S. . In: PARTICLES 2021. 2021, Hamburg, Germany.
- Angelidakis V, Nadimi S, Utili S. . In: ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute International Conference 2021. 2021, Durham: ASCE.
- Angelidakis V, Otsubo M, Nadimi S. . In: ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute International Conference 2021. 2021, Durham: ASCE.
- Dosta M, Andre D, Angelidakis V, Caulk R, Celigueta M, Chareyre B, Dietiker J, Girardot J, Govender N, Hubert C, Kobylka R, Moura A, Skorych V, Weatherley D, Weinhart T. . In: VII International Conference on Particle-Based Methods (PARTICLES 2021). 2021, Hamburg, Germany.
- Orosz Á, Angelidakis V, Bagi K. . In: VII International Conference on Particle-Based Methods (PARTICLES 2021). 2021, Hamburg, Germany.
- Angelidakis V, Utili S, Sarhosis V. . In: DEM8: 8th International Conference on Discrete Element Methods. 2019, Enschede, The Netherlands.
- Angelidakis V, Utili S, Sarhosis V. . In: COMPDYN 2019: 7th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 2019, Crete, Greece: European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences.
- Angelidakis V, Utili S, Sarhosis V. . In: 6th European Conference on Computational Mechanics (ECCM 6) and 7th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ECFD 7). 2018, Glasgow, UK.
- Angelidakis V, Kardoutsou V, Psycharis IN, Taflampas I. . In: Procedia Engineering 199: X International Conference on Structural Dynamics, EURODYN 2017. 2017, Rome, Italy: Elsevier.
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Patent
- Nadimi S, Angelidakis V. Three-dimensional Object Shape Acquisition Characterisation and Classification. UK Patent Office, 2204100.8, 2022. Submitted.