Dr Oleksandr Menshykov

CSc(PhD) DSc CEng MIMechE FHEA

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Email Address: o.menshykov@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number: +44 (0)1224 273326
Office Address: 190 Fraser Noble Building
Old Aberdeen Campus
Elphinstone Road
AB24 3UE
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School/Department: School of Engineering

Biography

Dr Oleksandr Menshykov is a Reader in Engineering. In 2021-2024 he served as the School Director of Undergraduate Teaching. 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 51cg 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

Member of the University Quality Assurance Committee;
Member of the University Academic Policy and Regulations Group;
Member of the University Gender Equality Steering Group;
Elected Member of the University Senate;
School Continuous Professional Development Coordinator.

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

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

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

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Research Specialisms

Civil Engineering
Materials Science
Mathematical Modelling
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanics

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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

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).

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Effect of Laminate Fibre Orientation on Thermoplastic Composite Pipe Buckling and Material Failure under Thermomechanical Loading

Buckling and material failure in thermoplastic composite pipes under thermo-mechanical loading

Thermo-mechanical behavior and failure analysis of composite pipes under multi-field coupled loading for directional drilling applications

Analysis and optimal design of thick-walled composite pipes under combined axisymmetric and asymmetric loading

Numerical modelling of the effects of laminate ply orientation and pipe geometry on thermoplastic composite pipe failure under thermomechanical loading

Thermomechanical Loading Induced Buckling and Failure Analysis of Thermoplastic Composite Pipes

Composite pipes failure under combined axisymmetric and asymmetric loading: Semi-analytical solution and stress superposition

Mechanical behavior and design optimization of composite and hybrid metal-composite drill pipes under combined loading conditions

Buckling and Stress Analysis for Composite Pipes under Thermomechanical Loading

Novel computational model for the failure analysis of composite pipes under bending

Design considerations for eco-friendly palm-strand reinforced concrete for low-cost housing

Failure Analysis of Composite Pipes Subjected to Bending: Classical Laminated Plate Theory vs. 3D Elasticity Solution

Modeling a Viscoelastic Support Considering Its Mass-Inertial Characteristics During Non-Stationary Vibrations of the Beam

Mechanical Analysis of Thick-walled Filament Wound Composite Pipes under Pure Torsion Load: Safety Zones and Optimal Design

Impact Loading of Interface Cracks: Effects of Cracks Closure and Friction

Enhancing the behaviour of broom-strands reinforced concrete using hose-clamps

Behaviour of clamp-enhanced palm tendons reinforced concrete

The mechanics of intermaterial cracks with contacting faces under shear wave loading

Boundary integral equations for systems of interface cracks under dynamic loading: effects of the cracks’ closure

Interface cracks under dynamic loading: cracks’ closure and friction

Linear interface crack under harmonic shear: Effects of crack's faces closure and friction

Interfacial Crack with Frictionless and Frictional Contact of Faces in a Bimaterial under a Shear Wave

Bond Behaviour of Treated Natural Fibre in Concrete

Failure Analysis of Multi-layered Thick-walled Composite Pipes Subjected to Torsion Loading

Impact loading of interface cracks: effects of cracks’ closure and friction

Nonlinear Problem of Interface Crack Behavior under the Action of Shearing Wave

Evaluation of Dynamic Stress Intensity Factor of Griffith Crack Using the Finite Element Method

Contact Problems for Interface Cracks Under Harmonic Shear Loading

Bond Behaviour of Oil Palm Broom Fibres in Concrete for Eco-friendly Construction

Contact problems for cracks under impact loading

Active control of nonstationary vibrations in plates under dynamic loading

Interface cracks under harmonic shear: effects of contact and friction

Modelling and Optimal Design of Thick-Walled Composite Pipes under In-Service Conditions

Physicomechanical Properties of Treated Oil Palm-Broom Fibers for Cementitious Composites

Boundary integral equations in the frequency domain for interface linear cracks under impact loading

Effects of Crack Closure and Friction for Linear Crack under Normal Impact

Analysis of flexible composites for coiled tubing applications

The plane mixed problem for an elastic semi-strip under different load types at its short edge

Modeling the eﬀective mechanical properties of “fuzzy ﬁber” composites across scales length

Boundary integral equations in contact problems for cracked materials under impact loading

Exact analytical solution for a pie-shaped wedge thick plate under oscillating load

Development of organisational knowledge system in the structure of vocational education

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Influence of mean distance between fibers on the effective gas thermal conductivity in highly porous fibrous materials

Design of flexible composites for high-strain applications

Numerical modelling of layered composite pipes under bending and pressure

Thick-walled composite pipes under bending

A boundary integral equation method in the frequency domain for cracks under transient loading

BIEM with nonlinear constraints for cracked materials under dynamic loading

BIEM with nonlinear constraints for cracked materials under dynamic loading

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