| Spyros A Karamanos |
| Wed 06 Dec 2017, 17:30 - 18:30 |
| JCMB Lecture Theatre A |
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Energy infrastructure constitutes the backbone of modern economy. It requires significant investment both in emerging countries, because of global
demographic change, and in industrial countries, to ensure quality of life and economic growth.
Currently, systems for production and transmission of hydrocarbon energy resources are being developed in deep-sea environments (which often
exceed 2 km of water depth), and in areas with significant geohazard action (e.g. seismic, soil subsidence), whereas the offshore renewable energy
sector is also rapidly growing. Furthermore, in many countries, extending the lifetime of existing energy infrastructure is crucial for securing
unhindered energy supply.
Safeguarding the structural integrity of energy infrastructure systems is of major importance; structural failure may have serious consequences
for the population, the environment and the economy, and the risk should be minimized. In those systems, tubulars (tubes and pipes) constitute an
essential component, associated with numerous applications, such as pipelines (onshore and deep-water), piping systems for terminals or industrial
power and process plants, and offshore structures for oil & gas or renewable energy production.
The lecture addresses an overview of the main challenges related to structural mechanics and integrity of tubulars from a holistic perspective, in
connection with recent technological advancements.
Biography
Spyridon (Spyros) A. Karamanos, is Professor and Chair of Structural Engineering, at the School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, since
August 2016. He teaches courses in Structural Mechanics and Finite Element Methods. He is also a Professor of Computational Structural Mechanics
at the University of Thessaly, Greece, at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, since 1999, and a professional engineer in Greece, since 1990.
Prof. Karamanos has obtained a 5-year Diploma in Civil Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, with highest honors
(1989), and received his MSc and PhD degrees in Structural Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin, USA, in 1991 and 1993 respectively.
In 1996, after fulfilling his 2-year military service obligations in the Hellenic Navy (1994-1995), he was research fellow in the Steel Structures
Department, Faculty of Civil Engineering, at Delft University of Technology. During 1996-1999 he was a structural design engineer at Egnatia Odos
S.A., Thessaloniki, Greece.
Prof. Karamanos specializes in structural mechanics and integrity of energy and water infrastructure systems, with emphasis on steel structural
systems and components. Major applications of his research refer to systems for production, transmission and storage of hydrocarbon and water
resources, as well as for renewable energy production in offshore sites. His research interests focus on buckling, inelastic behavior and fatigue
of onshore/offshore pipelines and offshore structures, mainly tubular components and systems. His work is primarily computational, and employs
finite element methodologies, which are supported by key experimental testing. His research has been funded primarily by European research
projects, with the participation of European steel and pipeline industry. He has published more than 65 papers in refereed journals and more than
120 papers in conference proceedings.