Manolis Papadrakakis

Manolis Papadrakakis (Greek: Μανόλης Παπαδρακάκης; born in Heraklion, Crete), is a Greek Professor at the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens, who works in computational mechanics.

Papadrakakis received his Diploma in Civil Engineering from the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece in 1971 and he continued his studies at the City University of London, UK, where he received an MSc in structural engineering (1975) and a PhD in computational mechanics (1978). His research activity is mainly focused on the development and the application of the latest computer methods and technology to structural engineering analysis and design. He is one of the Editors of the journal Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, published by Elsevier.

Research fields

His fields of interest are the following:

1. Nonlinear dynamic analysis of concrete and steel structures under seismic loading
2. Solution of large-scale finite element problems with domain decomposition and data handling techniques on high performance parallel and distributed computer environments
3. Large-scale structural and design optimization of real-world structures
4. Solution of large non-linear problems and path-following strategies in solid and structural mechanics
5. Adaptive strategies and solution techniques for p, h, hp finite element procedures
6. Solution of large-scale eigenvalue problems
7. Stochastic finite element methods, reliability analysis and Monte Carlo simulation
8. Contact-Impact problems with the finite element method
9. Neural network applications in structural engineering
10. Soil-fluid-structure interaction problems

Books

• M. Papadrakakis (Ed.), Solving Large-Scale Problems in Mechanics, John Wiley & Sons (1993).
• M. Papadrakakis and G. Bugeda (Eds.), Advanced Finite Element Solution Procedures, CIMNE Publications, Barcelona, Spain (1996).
• M. Papadrakakis (Ed.), Parallel Solution Methods in Computational Mechanics, John Wiley & Sons (1997).
• M. Papadrakakis and B.H.V. Topping (Eds), "Innovative Computational Methods for Structural Mechanics", Saxe - Coburg Publications, Edinburgh, U.K. (1999).
• Tsompanakis Υ. Lagaros N.D. and Papadrakakis M. (Eds.), "Structural optimization considering uncertainties", Taylor & Francis (2007).
• B.H.V. Topping and M. Papadrakakis, (Eds.), "Trends in Computational Structures Technology", Saxe-Coburg Publications (2008).
• M. Papadrakakis and B.H.V. Topping, (Eds.), "Trends in Engineering Computational Technology", Saxe-Coburg Publications (2008).
• Papadrakakis M, Charmpis D.C, Lagaros N.D., Tsompanakis, Y. (Eds.),"Computational Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering", Taylor & Francis (2009).
• Lagaros N., Tsompanakis J., Papadrakakis M., (Eds.), "Developing trends in seismic design of structures", Saxe-Coburg Publications (2009).
• M. Papadrakakis, G. Stefanou, V. Papadopoulos, (Eds.), "Computational Methods in Stochastic Structural Dynamics", Springer (2010).
• M. Papadrakakis, M. Fragiadakis, N.D. Lagaros, (Eds.), "Computational Methods in Earthquake Engineering", Springer (2010).