Panagiotis Pappas
Post-Doctoral Researcher
• Diploma in Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics, University of Patras, Greece, 2001
• PhD in Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics, University of Patras, Greece, 2010
Research activities:
• Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) wires as activators in polymers & composites
• Fracture behaviour and mechanical properties of composites
Representative publications:
- Pappas P, Bollas D, Parthenios J, Dracopoulos V and Galiotis C (2007), Transformation fatique and stress relaxation of shape memory alloy wires, Smart Mater. Struct. 16 (6): 2560-2570
- Bollas D, Pappas P, Parthenios J and Galiotis C (2007), Stress generation by shape memory alloy wires embedded in polymer composites, Acta Materialia, 55 (16): 5489-5499