Michalis Agoras

Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Univerisy of Thessaly
Greece

Professor Engineering
Biography

Michalis Agoras obtained his Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Thessaly in 2005. He received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics from the University of Pennsylvania in 2010.

Research Intrest

Michalis Agoras's research interests fall primarily into the area of the Nonlinear Mechanics of Composites, focusing on the determination of the macroscopic response of heterogeneous (or composite) materials as a function of the underlying microstructure and the local material properties of the constituent (nonlinear) phases of these materials. In this context, he develops homogenization methods and constitutive models for materials such as polycrystalline metals, porous ductile materials, shape memory alloys, semi-crystalline polymers, fiber-reinforced elastomers, etc. In addition, he develops constitutive relations for the evolution of the microstructure under finite-strain loading conditions.

List of Publications
Agoras, M. and Ponte Castañeda, P., 2014. Anisotropic finite-strain models for porous viscoplastic materials with microstructure evolution. International Journal of Solids and Structures 51–5, 981–1002.
Song D., Agoras, M. and Ponte Castañeda, P., 2015. The evolution of pore shape and orientation in plastically deforming metals: Implications for macroscopic response and shear localization. Mechanics of Materials

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