Staff Profile

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

• SFY0009 FY project
• SFY0010  Mechanical Science
• CEG3302 Structural Analysis 2
• CEG3305  Computational Engineering Analysis 

Postgraduate Teaching

• CEG8306 Engineering Mechanics of Composites

• Fikry MJM, Vinogradov V, Ogihara S. Experimental observation and modeling of resin pocket cracking in unidirectional laminates with ply discontinuity. Composites Science and Technology 2022, 218, 109175.
• Mohammad Fikry MJ, Wang Q, Irita M, Ri S, Toyoma N, Vinogradov V, Ogihara S. Measurement of microscopic strain distributions of CFRP laminates with fiber discontinuities by sampling moiré method. Advanced Composite Materials 2022, 31(3), 273-288.
• Fikry MJM, Ogihara S, Vinogradov V. Measurement of residual strains as a parameter of matrix cracking in CFRP laminates. Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design, Systems, and Manufacturing 2021, 15(4), 20-00367.
• Fikry MJM, Ogihara S, Vinogradov V. Measurement of Residual Strains As a Parameter of Matrix Cracking in CFRP Laminates. In: JSME 2020 Conference on Leading Edge Manufacturing/Materials and Processing (LEMP 2020). 2020, Online: ASME.
• Vinogradov V. A variational method for analysis of laminates with parallel arrays of intralaminar cracks. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 2019, 120(5), 666-705.
• Fikry M.J., Ogihara S., Vinogradov V. Application of DIC to deformation measurement around damages in CFRP cross-ply laminates. Mechanical Engineering Journal 2019, 6(3), 19-00003.
• Fikry MJ, Ogihara S, Vinogradov V. DIC deformation measurement in cracked CFRP cross-ply laminates. In: The 22nd International Conference on Composites Materials (ICCM22). 2019, Melbourne, Australia.
• Mohammad Fikry MJ, Ogihara S, Vinogradov V. Matrix cracking and its effect on the mechanical properties of FRP angle-ply laminates. In: The 5th Asian Symposium on Materials and Processing (ASMP2018). 2019, Bangkok, Thailand.
• Mohammad Fikry MJ, Ogihara S, Vinogradov V. Stiffness reduction resulting from matrix cracking in FRP laminates. In: 12th Canada-Japan Workshop on Composites. 2019, Takayama, Japan.
• Ciavarella M, Carbone G, Vinogradov V. A critical assessment of Kassapoglou's statistical model for composites fatigue. Facta Universitatis, Series: Mechanical Engineering 2018, 16(2), 115-126.
• Mohammad Fikry MJ, Ogihara S, Vinogradov V. Effect of Matrix Cracking on Mechanical Properties in FRP Angle-Ply Laminates. In: 18th European Conference on Composite Materials (ECCM 18). 2018, Athens, Greece.
• Vinogradov V. Prediction of random transverse cracking in laminates using deterministic and probabilistic fracture criteria. In: ECCM18 - 18th European Conference on Composite Materials. 2018, Athens, Greece.
• Mohammad-Fikry MJ, Ogihara S, Vinogradov V. The effect of matrix cracking on mechanical properties in FRP laminates. Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Modern Processes 2018, 4(3).
• Vinogradov V, Knyazhansky M, Tsun A. Effects of local overloads on cold rolling mill work rolls. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 2017, 123, 106-116.
• Vinogradov V. Variational analysis of angle-ply laminates with arrays of parallel intralaminar and delamination cracks. In: 17th European Conference on Composite Materials (ECCM17). 2016, Munich, Germany.
• Vinogradov V. Analysis of initial accumulation of matrix cracks in angle-ply laminates. In: 20th International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM20). 2015, Copenhagen, Denmark: International Committee on Composite Materials.
• Vinogradov V, Knyazhansky M, Tsun A. Experimental observation and numerical modeling of formation of local plastic zones in hardened surface layers due to contact overloading. Mechanics of Materials 2015, 83, 90–102.
• Vinogradov V. Variational analysis of angle-ply laminates with parallel intralaminar cracks. In: 20th ICCM International Conference on Composite Materials. 2015, Copenhagen, Denmark: International Committee on Composite Materials.
• 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.