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Georgios Savaidis
Professor
Phone: +30 2310 996005 e-mail:
gsavaidis@meng.auth.gr
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| Education |
Primary Education in
Thessaloniki |
1970-1976 |
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German School of
Thessaloniki |
1976-1982 |
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Mechanical Engineering in
the Technical University of Darmstadt |
1982-1988 |
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PhD Thesis at the Technical
University of Darmstadt |
1995 |
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Professional Experience |
Professor in
the Laboratory of Machine Elements & Machine Design of the Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki |
since 2003 |
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Test Engineer
(Versuchsingenieur) and later Division Manager (Abteilungsleiter) of
the Division Structural Integrity - Test Rigs of MAN Trucks and
Busses S.A. in Munich |
1995-2003 |
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Teaching Contractor
(Lehrbeauftragter) in the University of Applied Sciences of Jena |
1998-2003 |
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Scientific Co-worker
(Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) in the Material Mechanics Group of
the Technical University of Darmstadt |
1989-1995 |
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| Awards |
Medal of Honour of the
German Association for Materials Research and Testing for "excellent
scientific achievements in the field of Lifetime Calculation and
Structural Integrity of engineering components" |
1998 |
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| Research |
Automotive
Engineering |
| Interests |
Leaf Springs and
Suspension Systems |
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Design and Integrity
of Engineering Components and Structures |
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Fatigue and Fracture of
Materials and Structures |
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Computational and Experimental Mechanics |
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Strength of Materials and
Components |
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| R&D
Projects |
Scinetific Corrdinator
and/or Senior Researcher of >60 R&D projects financed from the
European Committee, international Enterprizes, the Greek Secretariat
for Research and Technology and the State Scholarship Foundation of
Greece |
2003-today |
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| Publications and
links |
>80 Articles in Journals and Conference
Proceedings since the employment in the Lab. of Machine Elements & Machine Design |
2003-today |
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Previously published articles |
before 2003 |
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| Memberships |
Technical Chamber of
Greece |
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German
Association for Materials Research and Testing |
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Greek Association of
Mechanical Engineers |
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Verein der Freunde des
Fachgebiets Werkstoffmechanik der TU Darmstadt |
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| Selected recent articles |
M. Malikoutsakis, G.
Savaidis, A. Savaidis, C. Ertelt, F. Schwaiger. Design, analysis and
multi-disciplinary optimization of high-performance front leaf
springs, Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 2016, article
in press. |
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G. Savaidis, S.
Karditsas, A. Savaidis, R. Fragoudakis. Microstructural, surface and
fatigue analysis of stress peened leaf springs, International
Journal of Structural Integrity, Vol.6 (2), p.589-604, 2015. |
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G. Savaidis, M.
Malikoutsakis. Advanced notch strain based calculation of S-N curves
for welded components, International Journal of Fatigue, Vol. 83,
p.84-92, 2016. |
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S. Karditsas, G.
Savaidis, M. Malikoutsakis. Advanced leaf spring design and analysis
with respect to vehicle kinematics and durability, International
Journal of Structural Integrity, Vol. 6 (2), p.243-258, 2015. |
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R. Fragoudakis, S.
Karditsas, G. Savaidis, N. Michailidis. The effect of heat and
surface treatment on the fatigue behavior of 56SiCr7 spring steel,
Procedia Engineering, Vol. 74, p.309-313, 2014. |
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