Contact Dr Ioannis Giannopoulos
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 754692
- Email: i.giannopoulos@cranfield.ac.uk
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Areas of expertise
- Aerospace Structures
- Aircraft Design
- Airworthiness
- Computing, Simulation & Modelling
- Aerospace Materials
Background
Dr Ioannis Giannopoulos has had 15 years of professional experience prior to joining Cranfield University in 2013 as a Lecturer in the Aircraft Design Group. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, a Master of Science in Advanced Mechanical Engineering, a Master of Science in Computational Mechanics while his doctorate dissertation was in the field of strength prediction of composite airframe structures.
Ioannis has mainly worked for Hellenic Aerospace Industry (HAI) and been involved in various aircraft projects from major OEMs (Boeing, Lockheed, Vought, EADS, Dassault Aviation and others) under various operational roles (configuration control, manufacturing planning, airframe design and stress analysis, fatigue and damage tolerance analysis). Besides the above mentioned, he has experience in hydraulic power systems and controls. For a period of two years, he has served the Hellenic Army as a Military Candidate Officer.
Dr Giannopoulos is managing and delivering modules and supervises students in the fields of airframe stress and strength analysis and initial airframe structural layout. His main areas of interest are: Liquid Hydrogen utilization in civil aviation, airframe structural integrity prediction of metallic and composite structures by means of testing and/or numerical simulation, fatigue and damage tolerance and fracture mechanics.
Qualifications/experience:
BSc (Honours) Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Budapest
MSc Advanced Mechanical Engineering, University College London
MSc Computational Mechanics, National Technical University of Athens
PhD Computational Mechanics, National Technical University of Athens
Hydraulic power systems and controls designer, 4 years of experience
Aircraft manufacturing, 5 years of experience
Aircraft stress analysis and design, 6 years of experience
Hellenic Army Candidate Officer, 2 years of service
Current activities
Liquid Hydrogen storage solutions for civil aviation
Structural Virtual Certification methods
Stress and Strength analysis of Metallic and Composite airframe structures
Fatigue and Damage Tolerance, Fracture Mechanics
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Zammit K, Smith H, Lobo NS & Giannopoulos IK. (2024). Vortex lattice CFD application and modeling validation for ground effect aircraft. WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON FLUID MECHANICS, 19
- Zammit K, Smith H, Lobo NS & Giannopoulos IK. (2024). Bioinspired genetic-algorithm optimized ground-effect wing design: flight performance benefits and aircraft stability effects. WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON FLUID MECHANICS, 19
- Liu H, Zhou J, Zhang D, Li S & Giannopoulos IK. (2022). Effects of contact friction and ply blocking on the crush behaviour of thin-walled composite structures: a numerical study. Thin-Walled Structures, 182(January)
- Perdikoulis PV, Giannopoulos IK & Theotokoglou EE. (2021). Bird strike virtual testing for preliminary airframe design. Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, 93(2)
- Giannopoulos IK, Yasaee M & Maropakis N. (2021). Ballistic impact and virtual testing of woven FRP laminates. Journal of Composites Science, 5(5)
- Li W, Guo S, Giannopoulos IK, Lin M, Xiong Y, .... (2021). 3D-printed thermoplastic composite fasteners for single lap joint reinforcement. Composite Structures, 282(February)
- Gao G, An L, Giannopoulos IK, Han N, Ge E, .... (2020). Progressive damage numerical modelling and simulation of aircraft composite bolted joints bearing response. Materials, 13(24)
- Li W, Guo S, Giannopoulos IK, He S & Liu Y. (2020). Strength enhancement of bonded composite laminate joints reinforced by composite pins. Composite Structures, 236
- Giannopoulos IK, Grafton K, Guo S & Smith H. (2020). Damage tolerance of CFRP airframe bolted joints in bearing, following bolt pull-through failure. Composites Part B: Engineering, 185
- Gaitanelis DG, Giannopoulos IK & Theotokoglou EE. (2019). Numerical FEA parametric analysis of CAI behaviour of CFRP stiffened panels. Thin-Walled Structures, 143
- Kourousis KI, Chatzi AV & Giannopoulos IK. (2018). The Airbus A320 family fan cowl door safety modification: a human factors scenario analysis. Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, 90(6)
- Giannopoulos IK, Doroni-Dawes D, Kourousis KI & Yasaee M. (2017). Effects of bolt torque tightening on the strength and fatigue life of airframe FRP laminate bolted joints. Composites Part B: Engineering, 125
- Giannopoulos IK, Theotokoglou EE & Zhang X. (2016). Impact damage and CAI strength of a woven CFRP material with fire retardant properties. Composites Part B: Engineering, 91
- Sideridis E, Theotokoglou EE & Giannopoulos I. (2015). Analytical and computational study of the moduli of fiber-reinforced composites and comparison with experiments. Composite Interfaces, 22(7)
- Giannopoulos IK, Theotokoglou EE & Zhang X. (2015). Design and numerical modeling of a pressurized airframe bulkhead joint. Journal of Aircraft, 52(6)
- Tserpes KI, Karachalios V, Giannopoulos IK, Prentzias V & Růžek R. (2013). Strain and damage monitoring in CFRP fuselage panels using fiber Bragg grating sensors. Part I: Design, manufacturing and impact testing. Composite Structures, 107
