Dr. Kyriakos Kourousis

Faculty Of Science & Engineering

Mechanical Aeronautical & Biomedical Eng

School Of Engineering

Position: Associate Professor | Programme Director, Airworthiness

Email: kyriakos.kourousis@ul.ie

Tel: +353 (0) 61202217

Address(es)

School of Engineering

University of Limerick

Limerick, V94 T9PX

Ireland

Biography

Dr Kyriakos I. Kourousis is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering. He also serves as the Programme Director for the Professional Diploma in Airworthiness.

His research expertise is in the areas of airworthiness management & engineering and of metal plasticity of conventional and additively manufactured (3D printed) metals, working on modelling and characterisation of their mechanical behaviour under complex loading. He is leading the following research groups in the School of Engineering:

More details on current and past research publications in Scopus and Google Scholar profile.

Dr Kourousis has 22+ years of experience in the fields of aircraft maintenance, airworthiness, quality control and assurance, engineering and technical/logistics support of aircraft and aeronautical equipment, as an Aeronautical Engineer Officer (Major res.) of the Hellenic Air Force. He was formerly the manager of the Mirage 2000/-5 airframe/systems airworthiness, quality control and assurance program, as well as the fleet fatigue monitoring/structural integrity program. He has also served as aircraft maintenance officer and quality control and assurance officer for Mirage 2000 aircraft in 114 Fighter Wing at Tanagra, Greece.

He is a registered Chartered Engineer (CEng) with the UK Engineering Council and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (FRAeS). Dr Kourousis is a member of the RAeS Airworthiness & Maintenance Specialist Group, where he has also served as Chair.

Research Interests

Solid Mechanics and Materials Engineering:

Material mechanical behaviour modeling
Cyclic plasticity constitutive modeling
Light metal plasticity;
Metal Additive Manufacturing.

Aeronautical and Defence Engineering:

Continuing airworthiness management
Aircraft engineering, maintenance and technical support
Aviation safety
Defence engineering and support
Engineering Education and Training.

Professional Activities

Award

2017 - Adjunct Associate Professor
2014 - NATO Scientific Achievement Award, Team Member of AVT-174 Research Task Group on 'Qualification and Structural Design Guidelines for Military UAVs'

Employment

2014 University of Limerick, School of Engineering, Ireland - Associate Professor, Programme Director Airworthiness

Education

2011 National Technical University of Athens - PhD
2003 National Techical University of Athens - MSc
2000 Hellenic Air Force Academy - BSc

Association

Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS)
Chartered Engineer, UK Engineering Council

Language

English
Greek

Consultancy

Non-disclosable - Research on Military Airworthiness
Non-disclosable - Educational Assessment of Aircraft Maintenance Training Material
Non-disclosable - Research on Skills-related Aspects of Aircraft MRO Sector in Ireland
Non-disclosable - Research on eLearning Training in Human Factors in Aviation Maintenance

Research Collaborators

Ioannis Giannopoulos - Visiting Professor/Lecturer - Cranfield University -England
Spyros Karamanos - Co-supervision of PhD - University of Thessaly -Greece
Yannis F. Dafalias -USA -UC Davis

Peer Reviewed Journals

2023

Handling, inspection and repair of aircraft composites: a pilot study on the awareness of maintenance personnel

C. M. Jong, A.J. Comer, A.V. Chatzi, K.I. Kourousis (2023) Handling, inspection and repair of aircraft composites: a pilot study on the awareness of maintenance personnel. Aeronautical Journal

Biography

Research Interests

Professional Activities

Award

Employment

Education

Association

Language

Consultancy

Research Collaborators

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journals

Handling, inspection and repair of aircraft composites: a pilot study on the awareness of maintenance personnel

Liquid-Liquid Emulsion Produced by 3D-Printed Vortex-Based Hydrodynamic Cavitation Device

Immersion corrosion of material extrusion steel 316 L: Influence of immersion time and surface roughness

Plastic anisotropy of powder bed fusion maraging steel: An experimental replication study

In-plane compression performance of additively manufactured honeycomb structures: a review of influencing factors and optimisation techniques

Indentation Plastometry for Study of Anisotropy and Inhomogeneity in Maraging Steel Produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion

Are concept map exam papers reliable as assessment tools in nursing education? A quantitative research pilot study

Shrinkage behaviour of material extrusion steel 316L: influence of primary 3D printing parameters

Tensile Performance and Plastic Anisotropy of Material Extrusion Steel 316L: Influence of Primary Manufacturing Parameters

Flexural characteristics of material extrusion steel 316L: Influence of manufacturing parameters

Shrinkage behaviour of material extrusion steel 316L: influence of primary 3D printing parameters

Flexural characteristics of material extrusion steel 316L: Influence of manufacturing parameters

Tensile performance and plastic anisotropy of material extrusion steel 316L: Influence of primary manufacturing parameters

Load-rate effects on the in-plane compressive behaviour of additively manufactured steel 316L honeycomb structures

Microscopic and mesoscopic/macroscopic structural characteristics of material extrusion Steel 316L: influence of the fabrication process

Immersion Ultrasonic Testing of Artificially Induced Defects in Fused Filament Fabricated Steel 316L

Learning from incidents in aircraft maintenance and continuing airworthiness: regulation, practice and gaps

Efficient modelling of the elastoplastic anisotropy of additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V

Learning from incidents in aircraft maintenance and continuing airworthiness: regulation, practice and gaps

Compressive Behaviour of Additively Manufactured Lattice Structures: A Review

Analysis of continuing airworthiness occurrences under the prism of a learning framework

Learning from Incidents in Aircraft Maintenance and Continuing Airworthiness Management: A Systematic Review

Cyclic plasticity of additively manufactured metals

Learning from incidents: A qualitative study in the continuing airworthiness sector

Winging it: Key issues and perceptions around regulation and practice of aircraft maintenance in Australian general aviation

Development of the minimum equipment list: Current practice and the need for standardisation

Cyclic plasticity of the as-built EOS maraging steel: Preliminary experimental and computational results

A review of factors affecting the mechanical properties of maraging steel 300 fabricated via laser powder bed fusion

Process phenomena influencing the tensile and anisotropic characteristics of additively manufactured maraging steel

Plastic anisotropy of additively manufactured maraging steel: Influence of the build orientation and heat treatments

A Review of the As-Built SLM Ti-6Al-4V Mechanical Properties towards Achieving Fatigue Resistant Designs

The Balance Between Safety and Productivity and its Relationship with Human Factors and Safety Awareness and Communication in Aircraft Manufacturing

Elastoplastic response of as-built SLM and wrought Ti-6Al-4V under symmetric and asymmetric strain-controlled cyclic loading

An Innovative Structural Fatigue Monitoring Solution for General Aviation Aircraft

The airbus A320 family fan cowl door safety modification: a human factors scenario analysis

A simple model to estimate yield stress and variation of hardness in railheads

Indian and Chinese aviation industry: the EASA framework option

A modification of the multicomponent Armstrong-Frederick model with multiplier for the enhanced simulation of aerospace aluminium elastoplasticity

Optimising the multiplicative AF model parameters for AA7075 cyclic plasticity and fatigue simulation

A review of the as-built SLM Ti-6Al-4V mechanical properties towards achieving fatigue resistant designs

Sensitivity and optimisation of the Chaboche plasticity model parameters in strain-life fatigue predictions

Letter to the Editor: S. Sreenivasan, S.K. Mishra, K. Dutta. Ratcheting strain and its effect on low cycle fatigue behavior of Al 7075-T6 alloy [Mater. Sci. Eng. A 698 (2017) 46–53]

Effects of bolt torque tightening on the strength and fatigue life of airframe FRP laminate bolted joints

Cyclic plasticity and microstructure of as-built SLM Ti-6Al-4V: The effect of build orientation

On the utilisation of nonlinear plasticity models in military aircraft fatigue estimation: A preliminary comparison

Aluminum Alloy 7075 Ratcheting and Plastic Shakedown Evaluation with the Multiplicative Armstrong-Frederick Model

Cyclic Elastoplastic Performance of Aluminum 7075-T6 Under Strain- and Stress-Controlled Loading

Higher Education Aviation Programs in Greece: A Missed Opportunity or a Challenge to Meet?

A unified material model to predict ratcheting response in head-hardened rail steel due to non-uniform hardness distributions

Characterisation of head-hardened rail steel in terms of cyclic plasticity response and microstructure for improved material modelling

Cyclic elastoplastic behaviour, hardness and microstructural properties of Ti-6Al-4V manufactured through selective laser melting

Constitutive modeling of additive manufactured Ti-6Al-4V cyclic elastoplastic behaviour

Enhanced non-linear material modelling for analysis and qualification of rollover protective structures

Anticipating the Need for New Skills for the Future Aerospace and Aviation Professionals

Temperature controlled aircraft unit load devices: The technological response to growing global air cargo cool chain requirements

Picosatellites for Maritime Security Applications - the Lambdasat Case

Mutual Recognition of National Military Airworthiness Authorities: A Streamlined Assessment Process

The PBP Bow-Tie framework for the systematic representation and comparison of military aviation regulatory frameworks

Assessment of Technical Airworthiness in Military Aviation: Implementation and Further advancement of the Bow-Tie Model

Military Airworthiness Management Frameworks: A Critical Review

Fire Resistant Aircraft Unit Load Devices and Fire Containment Covers: A New Development in the Global Airline Industry

Examination of Military Airworthiness Authorities; a Need for a Mutual Recognition

Temperature Controlled Aircraft Unit Load Devices: The Technological Response to Growing Global Air Cargo Cool Chain Requirements

A Phenomenological Approach for Fatigue Damage Accumulation of CF/PEEK Laminates under Two-stage Loading

Supervision of Engineering Doctorates in Australian Universities: A Review on Key Issues

The Introduction of Innovative Services in a State Owned Airline: A Case Study of a IT Migration Project

Constitutive Modeling of Aluminum Alloy 7050 Cyclic Mean Stress Relaxation and Ratcheting

The Introduction of Innovative Services in a State Owned Airline: A Case Study of a IT Migration Project