Prof. Manolis Samouilidis

Work Packages / Deliverables: WP1, WP2, WP3, WP4, WP5, WP6 / D1.1, D1.2, D1.3, D1.4, D2.1, D2.2, D3.1, D4.1, D4.2, D4.3, D5.1, D5.2, D5.3, D6.1, D6.2, D6.3, D6.4 

Other Information

- Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (1980).
- Doctor of Glasgow University, School of Naval Engineering and Ocean Engineering (1984)

Research interests:

Ship Resistance, Ship and Ferry Vibrations.

Research experience:

Scientific investigator responsible for research projects funded by European and national bodies. Responsible for running programs funded by the 3rd Community Support Framework. Researcher or principal investigator in programs funded by the European Union and national bodies. Member of Governing Boards and Governing Bodies and Committees at National and International Level in the Field of Industrial Property and Patents. Member of the editorial committee of international and national scientific journals. Author of a variety of scientific papers in international scientific journals and conferences with judges.

Selected recent scientific publications:

Marinatos, N.G. & Samuelides, M.S. (2015). Towards a unified methodology for the simulation of rupture in collision and grounding of ships. Marine Structures 42 : 1-32.

Samuelides, M.S. (2014). Recent Advances and Future Trends in Structural Crashworthiness of Ship Structures (keynote lecture). In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of Thin Walled Structures 2014, Busan, Korea.

Koukounas, D. & Samuelides, M.S. (2013). Residual Strength of Ship's Hull. In Proceedings of PRADS 2013, Changown, Korea.

Souliotis, C. & Samuelides, M.S. (2013). Loading on stranded ships. In Proceedings of 6th Conference of Collision and Grounding of Ships and Offshore, Trondheim, Norway.

Pollalis, C. & Samuelides, M.S. (2013). Ultimate strength of damaged hulls. In Proceedings of 6th Conference of Collision and Grounding of Ships and Offshore, Trondheim, Norway.

Marinatos, N.G. & Samuelides, M.S. (2013). Material modeling for finite element simulation of ship impacts. In Proceedings of MARSTRUCT 2013, Espoo, Finland.

J.H Kim, C.K Kim, J.K Paik, G.M. Katsaounis and M.S. Samuelides (2012). Development of Interface Program for Interaction between Actions and Action Effects Subject to Fire”, The Royal Institution of Naval Architects, RINA, Proceedings of the International Conference Ship & Offshore Technology (ICSOT), Developments in Fixed and Floating Offshore Structures, 23-24 May 2012, Busan, South Korea

G.M. Katsaounis, D. Katsourinis, M.S. Samuelides, M. Founti, Jeom Kee Paik and Bong Ju Kim (2010). Computational Modeling of Interaction between Actions and Action Effects of FPSO Topside Structures Subject to Jet Fire. Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE), Shanghai, China.

Zaraphonitis, G. & Samuelides, M.S. (2009). Behavior of ship structures in damage condition. 13th Congress of Intl. Maritime Assoc. of Mediterranean IMAM 2009, Istanbul, Turkey. Committee V.1: Damage Assessment after Accidental Events, in Proceedings of the 17th Ship and Offshore Structures Congress, edited by Chang Doo Jang & Suk Yoon Hong, Seoul, August 2009.

Zilakos I., Toulios M., Tan-Hoi N., Samuelides M.S. & Amdahl, J. (2009). Simulation of the response of double bottoms under grounding actions using Finite Elements, in Proceedings of MARSTRUCT 2009, Lisbon, Portugal.

Samuelides, M.S., Dimou, D, Incecik, A, O. & Tabri. K. (2008). Scenarios for the assessment of the collision behavior of ships, International Shipbuilding Progress, 55:1-2, 145-162.

Soares, C.G., Luis, R.M., Nikolov, P., Downed, J., Taczala, M., Modiga, Quesnel, T., Todean, C. & Samuelides, M. (2008). Benchmark study on the use of simplified structural codes to predict the ultimate strength of a damaged ship hull. International Shipbuilding Progress 55:1-2, 87-107.