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Dr Elena Sitnikova

 PhD
Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering

Research interests

  • Development of computational characterisation and design tools for advanced materials
  • Mechanics of composite materials
  • Materials responses and characterisation at high loading rates

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Accepting applications from PhD students.

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Email: Elena.Sitnikova@soton.ac.uk

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Elena鈥檚 research expertise is in the broad area of mechanics of composite materials. Her primary focus is on application of computational mechanics tools to characterisation and design of composites. The multi-scale material characterisation is based upon the unit cells modelling methodology, in which Elena has an expert knowledge, having co-authored a monograph 鈥淩epresentative Volume Elements and Unit Cells: Concepts, Theory, Application and Implementation鈥. The monograph is supplemented with an open-source software UnitCells漏 that offers materials scientists and structural designers a fully automated tool for the characterisation of a wide range of composites. The unit cell characterisation is also an integral part of a design method for 3D woven composites that was developed by Elena. With this in place, one can alter their internal architecture in a systematic and informed way to obtain a desired mechanical behaviour.

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