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Loutas Theodoros

Assistant Professor

  • loutas@mech.upatras.gr
  • +30 2610 969477

ABOUT ME

Assistant Professor Theodoros LOUTAS is a faculty member with the Dpt of Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics of the University of Patras. He holds a PhD in NDT/SHM of composite materials and over than 10 years of research experience in composite materials testing, structural health monitoring and probabilistic data analysis. He has published 40 papers in high-impact international journals and 45 papers in international conferences. He has extensive experience in European collaborative projects the last 15 years having participated in more than 15 research European projects. He has coordinated 1 Clean Sky-1
project and is currently the Principal Investigator in 3 European projects (2 Clean Sky-2 projects and 1 FET-OPEN project among them). He has been invited to two International
Conferences as a keynote speaker in the field of Structural Prognostics of Composite Materials.
His research interests lie in the fields of Structural Health Monitoring of ageing composite structures with techniques such as vibrations, ultrasound with guided waves, acoustic
emission, acousto-ultrasonics. He is interested in diagnostics and prognostics of the remaining useful life of materials and structures utilizing sophisticated probabilistic mathematical
models as well as in the mechanics and the mechanical behavior of advanced materials (composites, nano-composites) and adhesive joints.

Research Profile
Research Infrastructure
  • Facilities
Research activities
  • Selected research projects

    Relevant national and European funded projects as Coordinator or Partner

    1) Εuropean Space Agency Damage Mechanics for Composite
    Structures (ESA-SHM)
    2015 (12 months)
    75.000,00

    2) H2020-FETOPEN-2014- 2015-RIA
    An Advanced Methodology for theInspection and Quantification of Damage on Aerospace Composites and Metals using an Innovative Approach (CompInnova)
    2015-2018
    475.000,00

    3) H2020-CS2-CFP06 Titanium-Composite Adhesive
    Joints (TICOAJO)
    2017-2019
    200.000,00

    4) ΕΛΙΔΕΚ – PhD students scholarships
    Fracture mechanics characterization of delamination fracture in adhesive joints
    2016-2020
    28.000,00

  • Selected publications

    1) Loutas, T., Eleftheroglou, N., Zarouchas, D., A data-driven probabilistic
    framework towards the in-situ prognostics of fatigue life of composites based on
    acoustic emission data, Composite Structures, 161, pp. 522-529, 2017

    2) Loutas, T.H., Bourikas, A., Strain sensors optimal placement for vibration-based
    structural health monitoring. The effect of damage on the initially optimal
    configuration, Journal of Sound and Vibration 410 (2017) 217-230

    3) N. Eleftheroglou and T. Loutas, Fatigue damage diagnostics and prognostics of
    composites utilizing structural health monitoring data and stochastic processes,
    Structural Health Monitoring, 15 (4), pp. 473-488, 2016

    4) N. Eleftheroglou, D. Zarouchas, T. Loutas, R. Alderliesten, R. Benedictus, Online
    Remaining Fatigue Life Prognosis for Composite Materials Based on Strain Data
    and Stochastic Modeling, Key Engineering Materials 713 (1662-9795): 34-37,
    2016

    5) Loutas, T.H., Roulias, D., Georgoulas, G., Remaining Useful Life Estimation in
    Rolling Bearings Utilizing Data-Driven Probabilistic E-Support Vectors
    Regression, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 62 (4) , art. no. 6645455 , pp. 821-
    832, 2013

    6) T.H. Loutas, P. Charlaftis, A. Airoldi, P. Bettini, C. Koimtzoglou, V. Kostopoulos,
    Reliability of strain monitoring of composite structures via the use of optical fibre
    ribbon tapes for structural health monitoring purposes, Composite Structures,
    Volume 134, 2015, Pages 762-771

    7) Loutas, T.H., Panopoulou, A., Roulias, D., Kostopoulos, V., Intelligent health
    monitoring of aerospace composite structures based on dynamic strain
    measurements Expert Systems with Applications 39 (9) , pp. 8412-8422, 2012

    8) T.H. Loutas, V. Kostopoulos, Health monitoring of carbon/carbon woven reinforced composites. Damage assessment by using advanced signal processing techniques. Part I: Acoustic emission monitoring and damage mechanisms evolution, Composites Science and Technology, Volume 69, Issue 2, February 2009, Pages 265-272

    9) T.H. Loutas, V. Kostopoulos, Health monitoring of carbon/carbon woven
    reinforced composites. Damage assessment by using advanced signal processing
    techniques. Part II: Acousto-ultrasonics monitoring, Composites Science and
    Technology, Volume 69, Issue 2, February 2009, Pages 273-283

  • Cooperations with other Organizations and Institutes