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ProfessorAlojz Ivankovic

Full Professor of Mechanics of Materials

School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

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  • Full Professor of Mechanics of Materials
    School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
  • 01 716 1994
  • University College Dublin, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Engineering Building Belfield Dublin 4

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Materials-Energy: Polymers, Composites and Adhesives Constitutive and damage (traction-separation) characterisation of polymers. Fracture of polymers. Adhesively bonded joints. Composite joints. Polymer processing and residual stresses. Hard materials Constitutive and fracture behaviour of PCD, PCBN, WC. Bridging material mechanics and science with manufacturing processes. Biomechanics: Biomechanics of Atherosclerosis: Towards early diagnosis of atherosclerosis from cell level to full scale arteries. Cell adhesion. Effects of blast impact on internal organs. Biofilms: mechanical characterisation and cohesion-decohesion of bacterial biofilms. Numerical modelling of the Hip and Ankle joints. Complex systems: Development of FV method for computational solid mechanics and coupled problems. Modelling of solid-fluid-fracture interaction problems. Multiscale modelling:Bridging of length and time scales.

GRANTS

  • PROJECT GRANT
    Floating Offshore Wind Dynamic Cables (FlOWDyn)
    Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI)1 Jun 2024 - 31 May 2027
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  • OTHER GRANT
    Aerodynamic Design and CFD Analysis of Drag Reducing Appendable Devices for Large Ground Vehicles
    Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)1 Jun 2023 - 31 Oct 2025
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  • OTHER GRANT
    Effect of carbon fibre treatments using a plasma polymerised primer on fracture behaviour of Benzoxazine composites
    Henkel1 Feb 2013 - 30 Jun 2014
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