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Dr Andrei Kotousov

Telephone	+61 8 8313 5439
Position	Lecturer
Email	andrei.kotousov@adelaide.edu.au
Fax	+61 8 8313 4267
Mobile	+61 4 2369 9885
Building	Engineering South Building
Floor/Room	2 07
Campus	North Terrace
Org Unit	Mechanical Engineering, School of

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Research Interests

Fracture and Solid Mechanics, Composites, Biomechanics, Structural Health Monitoring, Geothermal Energy and Coal Seam Gas, FEA and Impact Mechanics

Completed PhD thesis

1. Dr Bill Kahler, An investigation of dentine fracture toughness and restorative choice for cracked teeth, (Doctor of Clinical Dentistry) 2006 (co-supervision)

2. Dr Hideaki Tsukamoto, Theoretical study on toughening and design against fracture of functionally graded thermal barrier coatings, 2007 (principal supervision)

3. Dr John Codrington, Non-linear individual and interaction phenomena associated with fatigue crack growth, 2008 (by publications, principal supervision)

4. Dr Phuc Nguyen, Development of a new technique for manufacturing thermal barrier coating for aerospace applications , 2010 (principal supervision)

5. Dr Roslina Mohammad, Impact loading and transient response of pipes transporting gas or liquid, 2011 (principal supervision)

6. Dr Stuart Wildy, Scanning laser Dopler vibrometry for strain measurement and damage detection, 2012, (principal supervision)

Current PhD and Masters research projects (principal supervision)

1. Mr Luiz Bortolan, Development of advanced computational models of fluid-driven fractures in porous media with applications to oil and gas industries and environmental technologies (PhD student)

2. Mr Donghoon Chang, Analysis and non-linear modelling of multi-cite damage (PhD student)

3. Mr Krzysztof Borkowski, Simplified models and criteria for weld-metal hydrogen assisted cold cracking (PhD student)

4.Pouria Aryan

5. Zhuang He

6. Houman Alipooramirabad

7. Aditya Khana

8. Evan Schumann

Proposed Masters and PhD research projects

A number of projects leading to a PhD or Masters Degree available in Fracture and Solid Mechanics, Composites, Biomechanics, Structural Health Monitoring, FEA and Impact Mechanics: - please contact A/Prof Andrei Kotousov (andrei.kotousov@adelaide.edu.au)

Research Funding

Current Research Funding

1. ARC LP 110200799, $360k for 2011-2014: Novel technology for enhanced coal bed gas production based on an advanced theory of suspension flows in deformable fractured media; P. Bedrikovetsky, A. Roberts, A. Kotousov, M. Biggs, Y., Cinar, M. Tingay, P. Pendleton, J. Codrington, J. Rodrigues, S. Rahman.

2. ARC DP1094299, $305k for 2010-2012: Modelling the capillary entrapment phenomena and integrity of geological reservoirs; P. Bedrikovetsky, Y. Cinar and A. Kotousov.

3. NHMRC project 595933, $450k for 2010-2012: Development and validation of a finite element model for orthopaedic screw insertion into trabecular bone; K. Reynolds, J. Costi, N. Fazzalari, A. Kotousov and M. Bottema.

4. ARC LP100100613, $530k for 2011-2013: Development of innovative technologies for oil production based on the advanced theory of suspension flows in porous media; P. Bedrikovetsky, A. Roberts, A. Kotousov and P. Pendleton.

5. Energy Pipelines CRC, $105k for 2011-2013; Simplified Models and Criteria of WM HACC; A. Kotousov.

Files

Publications - Publications.pdf [141.3K] (application/pdf)

Entry last updated: Thursday, 21 Mar 2013

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