Newcastle University

Background 

Joined the School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences at Newcastle in 2010 as part of the Geotechnical and Structural Engineering (GEST) Group. 

Qualifications 

PhD Mechanical Engineering (Tel Aviv University, Israel, 2003)
MSc Mechanical Engineering (Tel Aviv University, Israel, 1996, magna cum laude)
BSc Mechanical and Materials Engineering (Russia, 1991, summa cum laude) 

Industrial experience

Laboratory of Materials, Israel Defense Forces, Israel, 1996–1998 
Israel Aerospace Industries, IAI, Israel, 2006–2007

Previous positions

University of Cambridge, UK,  2007–2010 
 - Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Research Associate

The Academic College of Judea & Samaria, Ariel, Israel, 2006 – 2007
 - Departments of Mechanical & Civil Engineering, Visiting Lecturer

Tel-Aviv Academic College of Engineering, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2006 – 2007
 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Visiting Lecturer

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA 2002 – 2006
 - Department of Mathematics, PostDoc Fellow & Lecturer

Research Interests

Mechanics of composite materials
Micromechanics of damage
Dislocation plasticity

Undergraduate Teaching

SFY0010 Mechanical Science
CEG3302 Structural Mechanics
CEG2301 Structural Analysis

Postgraduate Teaching

CEG8306 Engineering Mechanics of Composites

• Vinogradov V, Hashin Z. Variational analysis of cracked angle-ply laminates. Composites Science and Technology 2010, 70(4), 638-646.
• Vinogradov V, Willis JR. The pair distribution function for an array of screw dislocations: implications for gradient plasticity. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids 2009, 14(1-2), 161-178.
• Vinogradov V, Milton GW. An accelerated FFT algorithm for thermoelastic and nonlinear composites. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 2008, 76(11), 1678-1695.
• Vinogradov V, Willis JR. The pair distribution function for an array of screw dislocations. International Journal of Solids and Structures 2008, 45(13), 3726-3738.
• Cherkaev A, Vinogradov V, Leelavanichkul S. The waves of damage in elastic-plastic lattices with waiting links: design and simulation. Mechanics of Materials 2006, 39(8-10), 748-756.
• Vinogradov V, Hashin Z. Probabilistic energy based methods for prediction of transverse cracking in cross-ply laminates. International Journal of Solids and Structures 2005, 42(2), 365-392.
• Vinogradov V, Milton GW. The total creep of viscoelastic composites under hydrostatic or antiplane loading. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 2005, 53(6), 1248-1279.