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Oleksandr L. Kipnis

Кіпніс Олександр Леонідович

Position: Senior Researcher

Department: Department of Computational Mechanics and Engineering

Academic degree: Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences

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Research profile

Research areas

  • Fracture mechanics of composite materials.
  • Three-dimensional linearized stability theory of deformable bodies.
  • Nonlinear mechanics of soft layered structures.
  • Stability and fracture of hyperelastic layered bodies with interfacial defects.
Academic activity

Professional activity

Scientific activity is related to fracture mechanics of composites, stability of prestressed bodies, and nonlinear mechanics of soft layered structures.

Selected publications

Publications

Selected publications

  1. Bogdanov V.L., Nazarenko V.M., Kipnis A.L. Wrinkling–buckling interaction in a hyperelastic bilayer with interfacial delamination under compression: critical load analysis and comparison with approximate models // International Journal of Fracture. 2026. Vol. 250. Article 13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10704-026-00912-3.
  2. Kipnis A.L. Wrinkling of hyperelastic thin film on hyperelastic semibounded substrate in cases of rigid connection and frictionless sliding of components // Journal of Elasticity. 2025. Vol. 157. Article 40. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10659-025-10130-y.
  3. Kipnis A.L. Stability of a piecewise-homogeneous half-plane with sliding components under compression along an interface crack // Mechanics of Composite Materials. 2025. Vol. 61. P. 409–424. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11029-025-10283-w.
  4. Bogdanov V.L., Nazarenko V.M., Kipnis A.L. Critical loads for a piecewise-homogeneous half-plane of different hyperelastic materials under compression along the interface sliding zone // Archive of Applied Mechanics. 2025. Vol. 95. Article 213. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00419-025-02925-1.
  5. Bogdanov V.L., Nazarenko V.M., Kipnis A.L. Compression of a semi-bounded body with a coating layer along the interface sliding zone // ZAMM. 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/zamm.202400799.
  6. Kipnis A.L. Investigation of the compression of a piecewise homogeneous half-plane with a fixed boundary along the interface crack // Materials Science. 2025. Vol. 60. P. 736–746. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11003-025-00944-5.
  7. Nazarenko V., Kipnis A. Using the Wiener–Hopf Method in Solving the Problem of Elastic Equilibrium of a Bihomogeneous Body with Interfacial Cracks at the Corner Point of a V-Shaped Interface. In: Advances in Mechanics. Advanced Structured Materials, vol. 191. Cham: Springer, 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37313-8_23.