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\"Georges<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n

Dr Ir Georges KOUROUSSIS<\/h2>\n

UMONS – Facult\u00e9 Polytechnique<\/p>\n

Service de M\u00e9canique Rationnelle, Dynamique et Vibrations<\/p>\n

31, Boulevard Dolez\u00a0 B-7000 Mons (Belgium)<\/p>\n

Tel.\u00a0: +32 65\/374215<\/p>\n

Fax.\u00a0: +32 65\/374183<\/p>\n

georges.kouroussis@umons.ac.be<\/p>\n

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Georges Kouroussis holds a master degree in mechanical engineering from the Facult\u00e9 Polytechnique de Mons (FPMs) since June 2002. He also holds a PhD in applied sciences from the FPMs on vibratory nuisances induced by railway traffic, since May 2009. He works presently as a Full Professor in the Department of the theoretical mechanics, dynamics and vibrations in the same faculty. He takes part to the theoretical mechanics and dynamics Labs, exercises, and courses.<\/p>\n

Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibrations (IIAV), the European Association for Structural Dynamics (EASD), the Association Fran\u00e7aise de M\u00e9canique (AFM), the European Mechanics Society (EUROMECH).<\/p>\n

Director<\/strong> of the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibrations<\/a> <\/em>(IIAV) for the periods 2016-2020 and 2022-2026.<\/p>\n

Associate editor<\/strong> of the international journal Urban Rail Transit<\/a><\/em> published by Springer (ISBN 2199-6687).<\/p>\n

Associate editor<\/strong> of the international journal Shock and Vibration<\/a><\/em> published by Hindawi (ISBN 1070-9622).<\/p>\n

Associate editor<\/strong> of the international journal Transport<\/a><\/em> published by Taylor & Francis (ISBN 1648-4142).<\/p>\n

Associate editor<\/strong> of the international journal Railway Engineering Science<\/a><\/em> published by Springer (ISBN 2662-4745).<\/p>\n

Associate editor<\/strong> of the international journal Frontiers in Built Environment<\/a><\/u><\/em> published by Frontiers (ISBN 2297-3362).<\/p>\n

Member of the editorial board<\/strong> of the international journal International Journal of Rail Transportation<\/a><\/em> published by Taylor & Francis (ISBN 2324-8378).<\/p>\n

Member of the editorial board<\/strong> of the international journal Journal of Zhejiang University – Sc. A<\/em><\/a> published by Springer (ISBN 1673-565X).<\/p>\n

Member of the editorial board<\/strong> of the international journal Sustainability<\/a> \/ <\/em>section Sustainable Transportation<\/a><\/em> published by MDPI (ISBN 2071-1050).<\/p>\n

Member of the editorial board<\/strong> of the international journal Sound & Vibration<\/a> published by Academic Publishing (ISBN 1541-0161).<\/p>\n

Guest-editor<\/strong> of the international journal Journal of Zhejiang University – Sc. A<\/a><\/em> published by Springer (ISBN 1673-565X) for a special issue<\/a> (Noise and Vibration from Transportation).<\/p>\n

Guest-editor<\/strong> of the international journal International Journal of Rail Transportation<\/a><\/em> published by Taylor & Francis (ISBN 2324-8378) for a special issue<\/a> (ICSV22 Railway-induced ground vibration and noise).<\/p>\n

Guest-editor<\/strong> of the international journal International Journal of Rail Transportation<\/a><\/em> published by Taylor & Francis (ISBN 2324-8378) for a special issue<\/a> (ICSV23 Vibration and noise in rail transportation).<\/p>\n

Guest-editor<\/strong> of the international journal Science of the Total Environment<\/a><\/em> published by Elsevier (ISBN 0048-9697) for a special issue<\/a> (Impact on the urban environment and the quality of life from the construction and operation of LRT (Light Rapid Transit) systems).<\/p>\n

Guest-editor<\/strong> of the international journal Science of the Total Environment<\/a><\/em> published by Elsevier (ISBN 0048-9697) for a special issue<\/a> (The effect of transportation vibration on the urban acoustic environment).<\/p>\n

Local Organizing Committee and Scientific Committee Chair<\/strong> of the ICSV23<\/a> <\/em>(23rd International Congress on Sound and Vibration) held in Athens (10-14 July 2016). Editor of the associated proceedings.<\/p>\n

Member of the Editorial Board of the 12th International Conference on Computational Structures Technology (CST2014)<\/em> \u2013 Naples, Italy, 2-5 September 2014.<\/p>\n

Member of the Editorial Board of the 15th International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing (CC2015)<\/em> \u2013 Prague, Czech Republic, 1-4 September 2015.<\/p>\n

Member of the Editorial Board of the 4th International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance (Railways 2018)<\/em> \u2013 Barcelona, Spain 3-7 September 2018.<\/p>\n

Member of the Editorial Board of the 13th International Conference on Computational Structures Technology (CST2018)<\/em> \u2013 Barcelona, Spain 4-6 September 2018.<\/p>\n

Member of the International Scientific Committee of the First International Conference on Rail Transportation (ICRT17)<\/em> \u2013 Southwest Jiaotong University in Chengdu, China, 10-12 July 2017.<\/p>\n

Member of the International Scientific Committee of the International Congress on Sound and Vibration<\/em> since 2016 (ICSV23, ICSV24, ICSV25, ICSV26).<\/p>\n

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Research<\/em><\/h3>\n

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\"\"The assessment of vibrations induced by the railway traffic is becoming an important subject for the railway operator in the renovation of existing lines or the installation of new lines. Georges\u2019 research mainly focuses on environmental impact of vibrations induced by the railway traffic<\/strong>. The research work performed wants to establish a reliable methodology, using a two-step approach, in order to predict, from the design stage of a vehicle or of a track, the forces transmitted by the vehicle to the track-soil system and consequently the vibration levels in the surroundings. Mainly developed for the urban area, the proposed model was successfully validated for high-speed line cases and domestic line cases, for various rail and wheel irregularities. This research is a field of the UMONS Research Institute for the Science and Management of Risks (more details can be found on this dedicated page<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\"\"As a part of the research activities of MRDV lab, Georges is still working on the development of tools related to the simulation of multibody models<\/strong>. The developed framework EasyDyn<\/a> dedicated to the simulation of multibody system is based on the generalized coordinates offering the advantage to work with a minimal set of equations of motion. Composed of a C++ library and a symbolic tool, the framework was mainly developed with the concern of readability and compacity. Initially devoted to education, it is successfully used for research purposes: the railway ground vibrations model partially based on a multibody model for the vehicle\/track dynamics prediction, the dynamic modelling of human walking with the help of Virtual Muscle model, the robotic and control application related to the six-legged robot or the modelling of an automatic gearbox using stabilized penalty functions for the actuators.<\/p>\n

\"\"Signal processing for effective vibration analysis<\/strong>: the problem of acquiring an accurate time-varying signal from a vibration sensor is of great interest and is largely used to overcome the assessment of specific indicators. In the case of vibratory nuisance, the choice of a relevant indicator is unavoidable and this indicator is defined differently according to the selected reference text (standards or recommendations). In addition to the interest of comparing values to well-defined and well-known limits, the knowledge of these standards allows the use of suitable indicators. It turns out that additional research is required to provide a definitive assessment of the effects of vibrations. On the other hand, vibration spectra contain useful information of the vibration source and an efficient selection of signal processing tools can offer high performance (e.g. train speed calculation using ground vibrations signals).<\/p>\n

\"\"Soil-structure interaction<\/strong> is another research topic. This topic also induces the characterisation of geometrical and dynamic properties of soil, in high connection with railway-induced ground vibrations. Structural response of a building simulated during the passage of a tram, discrete modelling of vertical track-soil coupling for vehicle-track dynamics, or dynamic analysis of embedded foundations like pile groups, are some example of research areas. All this research shows the importance of soil-structure interactions, using numerical formulation based on the finite element method adapted for time domain simulations. The proposed analysis methodology provides a convincing example of the capability of the finite element method to reproduce foundation response to dynamic loading. Some specific numerical challenges (stability of integration scheme, reasonable computational run times) are associated to this research.<\/p>\n

\"\"Other research concerns, in a general way, the modal analysis<\/strong>, in connection with the computed-aided teaching, with the development of a MatLab\/Scilab toolbox EasyMod<\/a>, related to the experimental modal analysis. This toolbox provides several functions in order to perform a complete experimental modal analysis with different kind of identification methods (SISO such as the circle-fit, MIMO such the LSCE, \u2026). Such efforts that naturally are in keeping with structural vibration problems (development of dynamic absorbers, fatigue assessment of aerospace devices under vibratory environment, design of suspension, \u2026) using modal analysis, operational deflection shape, \u2026 For instance, EasyMod can be used to solve structural dynamic problems and to simply identify how structures vibrate from a non-mathematical perspective.<\/p>\n

\"\"Download detailed in-situ experiments on high speed rail railway lines in Belgium<\/strong>. Three sites were tested in the South of Belgium, near the French border, and vibrations were measured up to 100m from each line. Several high impact findings were made regarding the effect of track type and train speed on vibration levels. A selection of the experimental results are open access. This research was undertaken in collaboration with D. P. Connolly, associate professor at Leeds University in the UK.<\/p>\n

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Citation report web page: <\/em><\/p>\n

http:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=xoI4Nc0AAAAJ<\/a>, http:\/\/www.scopus.com\/authid\/detail.url?authorId=33567940700<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Research grants (as responsible or collaborator)<\/em><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Past Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n

INSPIRE project<\/a> \u2013 Innovative ground interface concepts for structure protection<\/em><\/strong>, EC \u201cH2020-MSCA-ITN-2018 – Marie Sk\u0142odowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (European Training Networks)\u201d.<\/p>\n

111 Project<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities<\/em><\/strong> (involved world-renowned expert), supported by Ministry of Education, and the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (China).<\/p>\n

Project BlaVib<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Blast & Vibrations<\/em><\/strong>, accepted for national ARC2014 project<\/em> (main supervisor).<\/p>\n

Project INOGRAMS<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 INnOvations for a Global RAil Management System<\/em><\/strong> for the national cluster \u201cP\u00f4le de comp\u00e9titivit\u00e9 Logistics in Wallonia\u201d. Participation in the WP5: surveillance passive de voies ferroviaires par capteurs multipoints \u00e0 fibres optiques (manager for the department).<\/p>\n

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PhD Theses and Master Theses<\/em><\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 PhD Theses (as supervisor or jury member)<\/strong><\/p>\n