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.
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Personal Website
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Laboratory
Laboratory of Applied Mechanics and Vibrations
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Laboratory Website
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Research Activity
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Facilities
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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)
75.000,002) 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
475.000,003) H2020-CS2-CFP06 Titanium-Composite Adhesive
Joints (TICOAJO)
2017-2019
200.000,004) ΕΛΙΔΕΚ – PhD students scholarships
Fracture mechanics characterization of delamination fracture in adhesive joints
2016-2020
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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, 20172) 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) 217-2303) 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, 20164) 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,
20165) 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, 20136) 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 762-7717) 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, 20128) 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 -
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