Background
Papadrakakis, Manolis was born on September 27, 1948 in Heraklon, Crete, Greece. Son of George and Akrivi (Zaverdinou) Papadrakakis.
Papadrakakis, Manolis was born on September 27, 1948 in Heraklon, Crete, Greece. Son of George and Akrivi (Zaverdinou) Papadrakakis.
Professor Papadrakakis received his Diploma in Civil Engineering from the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (National Technical University of Athens), Greece in 1971 and he continued his studies at the City University of London, United Kingdom, where he received an Master of Science in Structural Engineering (1975) and a Doctor of Philosophy in Computational Mechanics (1978).
His research activity is mainly focused on the development and the application of the latest computer methods and technology to structural engineering analysis and design. He is one of the Editors of the journal Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, published by Elsevier. His fields of interest are the following:
Nonlinear dynamic analysis of concrete and steel structures under seismic loading
Solution of large-scale finite element problems with domain decomposition and data handling techniques on high performance parallel and distributed computer environments
Large-scale structural and design optimization of real-world structures
Solution of large non-linear problems and path-following strategies in solid and structural mechanics
Adaptive strategies and solution techniques for p, h, hp finite element procedures
Solution of large-scale eigenvalue problems
Stochastic finite element methods, reliability analysis and Monte Carlo simulation
Contact-Impact problems with the finite element method
Neural network applications in structural engineering
Soil-fluid-structure interaction problems.
Ensign Greek Navy, 1971-1974. Member Greek Association for Computational Mechanics (treasurer 1992-1996, general secretary since 1997), National and International Societies on Structural Mechanics (founder).
1 child, Isadora.