Funded Projects (since 1992)

Identification of Phenomenological Parameters in Constitutive Models for Large Deformation Plasticity

• Delft University of Technology (1992);
• Monbusho - Japanese Ministry of Education - (1995-96);
• The British Council (1996, 1998)

• Prof. E. van der Giessen of Delft University of Technology
• Prof. F. Yoshida, Engineering Elasto-Plasticity Laboratory, Hiroshima University

Shape Optimization with Adaptive Mesh Refinement

Funding: UK-Dutch Joint Research Projects JRP050 and JRP185/050 Engineering Mechanics of The British Council and NWO
Programme: 1994 - 1996
Collaboration: Prof. F. van Keulen, Delft University of Technology.

Computational Mechanics of Masonry

• University of Bradford (co-ordinating partner)
• V.V. Toropov (project co-ordinator), S.W. Garrity (partner co-ordinator).
• TNO Building and Construction Research (The Netherlands)
• Dr M.A.N. Hendriks (partner co-ordinator).
• Research Institute for Mechanics, Nizhny Novgorod (Russia)
• Prof. V.G. Bazhenov (partner co-ordinator), Prof. S.A. Kapustin, Dr V.V. Yegunov, Dr S.V. Krylov.
• Zaporozhye Engineering Academy (Ukraine)
• Prof. G.V. Turovtsev (partner co-ordinator), Dr A.V. Cheushev.

Development of a Novel Structural Optimization Technique Based on Multipoint Approximations and Genetic Algorithms

EDO-NET: Engineering Design Optimization Network

• Dr J.W. Bull (network co-ordinator) - Newcastle Engineering Design Centre,
• Professor E. Hinton (deputy co-ordinator) - University of Wales Swansea,
• V.V. Toropov (partner),
• Professor G. Stevens (partner) - Sydney University,
• Dr J. McConnachie (partner) - University of Lincolnshire and Humberside,
• Dr P. Gosling (partner) - Newcastle University,
• Dr J. Blachut (partner) - Liverpool University,
• Professor F. Williams (partner) - University of Wales Cardiff,
• Professor P. Bettess (partner) - Durham University,
• Mr R.P. Bassett (partner) - British Aerospace Airbus,
• Dr N Knowles (partner) - WS Atkins Science and Technology,
• Dr D.W. Chalmers (partner) - Ministry of Defence,
• Mr D Thompson (partner) - British Aerospace,
• Dr P. Bartholomew (partner) - DERA,
• Professor A. Morris (partner) - Cranfield University,
• Professor A.B. Templeman - Liverpool University.

Optimization of Steel Portal Frame Structures

Small-scale CHP plant based on a hermetic four cylinder Stirling engine for biomass fuels

• Dr H. Carlsen, The Technical University of Denmark (Project Co-ordinator), partners from Austria, Sweden, Denmark

Elasto-plastic geometrically nonlinear structural optimization

Optimization and inverse problems of large deformation plasticity

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