Vadim F. Koshelev

Office Address

Institute for Problems in Mechanical Engineering
Russian Academy of Sciences (IPME RAS)

V.O., Bol'shoy Pr., 61, St.Petersburg 199178, Russia
Tel.: +7-812-3214774; Fax: +7-812-3214771
E-mail: vadimkoshelev@yandex.ru





Current Positions

1989 - Present

Senior Scientist, Department of Mathematical Methods in Mechanics of Materials and Structures, Laboratory of Numerical Models in Mechanics of Materials and Structures, Institute for Problems in Mechanical Engineering of Russian Academy of Science








Academic Degrees

• 1974 - M.Sc.- Leningrad State University, Department of Mathematics and Mechanics
• 1979 - Ph.D (Technical Sciences) - All-Union Institute for Mine Geomechanics and Surveying

Professional Training

2002/2006 visiting researcher in the University of North Dakota (Dep. of Geology and Engineering Geology), USA

Area of Research

Fracture mechanics; Geomechanics; Computational mechanics

Current Research Interests

Boundary Element Method, Mechanics of Heterogeneous Structures, Coupled Models for Piezo-electric Materials.

Awards

Title "Senior Scientific Researcher" was awarded in June 1988 by the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences

Grants

• Investigation of time processes prior and during dynamic phenomena, 1997-1999 (Russian Foundation for Basic Research, No 97-05-64191, team member)
• Investigation of fracture amplification in time near openings and faults, 2000-2002 (Russian Foundation for Basic Research, No 00-05-64316, team member)
• Elaboration of the theoretical and computational basis for joining geomechanical numerical simulation and seismic monitoring of dynamic phenomena in rock, 2003-2005 (Russian Foundation for Basic Research, No 03-05-64888, team member)
• Theory and new methods for assessment and control of rock state and fluids fluxes in oil and gas production, 2006-2008 (Russian Foundation for Basic Research, No 06-05-64089, team member)
• Computational micromechanics methods for characterizing effective properties and the strength of micro-heterogeneous materials, 2006-2008 (Russian Foundation for Basic Research, No 06-01-00107, head of project)
• Theory and enhanced methods for interpretation of microseismic and geodesic data in oil, gas and geothermal heat production, 2009-2011 (Russian Foundation for Basic Research, No 09-05-00104, team member)

Recent publications

1. Koshelev V.F., Ghassemi A. Numerical Modeling of Stress Distribution and Crack trajectory near a fault or natural Fracture. Soil and Rock America, 2003, 39th US Roak Mech. Symp. Cambridge, Mass. Eds.: P.J.Culligan, H.H.Einstein, AJ.Whittle. p.931-936.
2. Koshelev V.F., Ghassemi A. Hydraulic fracture propagation near a natural discontinuity. Proc. Of Twenty-Eight Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering. Stanford Univ, Stanford, C alifornia, Jan. 27-29, 2003, SGP-TR-173.
3. Koshelev V.F., Ghassemi A. Complex variable BEM for thermo- and poroelasticity. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 2004, 28, 825-832.
4. Linkov A.M., Koshelev V.F. Multi-wedge points and multi-wedge elements in computational mechanics: evaluation of exponents and angular distribution. Int. J. Solids and Structures, 2006, 43, 5909-5930.
5. Linkov A.M., Koshelev V.F. Multi-wedge points in materials: theory, numerical techniques and applications. Proc. 4th Int. Conf. on Math. Modeling and Computer Simulation Materials and Technologies, MMT-2006, College of Judea and Samaria, v.1, 48-56, 2006.
6. Koshelev V.F., Linkov A.M. BEM modeling of elastic properties of materials with randomly disturbed pores, inclusions and/or cracks. Proc. 22-th International Conference on Mathematical Modeling in Solid Mechanics. (Boundary & Finite Elements Methods). 2007, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 226-231. (in Russian).
7. Zubkov V.V., Koshelev V.F., Linkov A.M. Numerical modeling of hydraulic fracture initiation and development. Journal of Mining Science, 2007, v. 43, No 1, 40-56. (Translation from Russian: Зубков В.В., Кошелев В.Ф., Линьков А. М. Численное моделирование инициирования и роста трещин гидроразрыва. Физико-технические проблемы разработки полезных ископаемых, ФТПРПИ, 2007, No 1, 45-63.)
8. Koshelev V.F., Ghassemi A. Wedge elements for 2D problems with corner points. Engineering analysis with boundary elements, 2008, 32, 168-175.
9. Koshelev V. F., Linkov A. M. Numerical modelling of regular systems with randomly perturbed structural elements. Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 2010, 74, 6, 735-744 (Translation from Russian: Кошелев В. Ф., Линьков А. М. Численное моделирование структур со случайно возмущенными структурными элементами. Прикладная математика и механика, ПММ, 2010, 74 ( 6), 1053-1067).
10. Linkov A.M., Koshelev V.F. Novozhiliv"s criterion implementation in some problems of computational fracture mechanics. Krylov Ship Research Institute Papers Dedicated to V.V.Novozhilov, 53 (337), 2010, 73-78.
11. Koshelev V.F. Numerical evaluation of asymptote exponents at singular points in anisotropic composites. Book of Abstracts of XXXVIII Summer School-Conference, "Advanced Problems in Mechanics-2010", Repino, St. Petersburg, July 1-5, 2010.
12. Koshelev V. Coupled elastic and electric fields analysis at singular points in heterogeneous piezoelectric structures (2D problems). Book of Abstracts XXXIX Summer School-Conference, "Advanced Problems in Mechanics-2011", Repino, St. Petersburg, July 1-5, 2011, 61.
13. Koshelev V.F. Semi-analytical method for solving boundary value problems for multi-wedge body containing a domain with internal structure. Book of abstracts of the XLI Summer School-Conference ⌠Advanced Problems in Mechanic s APM-2013■, St. Petersburg, July 1-6, 2013.



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