Dr Harris Angelakopoulos | Concrete and Earthquake Engineering Research Group

Contact

harris@twincon.co.uk

0044 (0) 114 2225729

Department of Civil and Structural Engineering
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street,
Sheffield,
S1 3JD

Profile

Harris Angelakopoulos, is the Technical Director at Twincon Ltd (Tyre Wire IN CONcrete). TWINCON Ltd, was formed in December 2010 for the sole purpose of acquiring and exploiting patents and other intellectual property from the University of Sheffield in the general area of steel fibre reinforced concrete using steel fibres from end-of-life tyres.

Harris has been involved in several national and international network groups and collaborative projects with the University of Sheffield. He has more than 10 years of research experience in diverse thematic areas ranging from Fibre Reinforced Polymers in concrete (Encore EU research project) to Fibre Reinforced Concrete (EcoLanes EU STREP project), tyre wire in concrete (Twincletoes EU Eco-innovation project) as well as reused tyre polymer fibre in concrete (Anagennisi project). He is the recipient of a prize from the Royal Academy of Engineering on urban regeneration.

Recent activities and achievements

All aspects of development & commercialisation of Reused Tyre Steel and Polymer Fibres in concrete
Prototype development
Design and analysis of FRC structures
CE marking aspects of innovative fibrous reinforcements
Project management of externally funded research projects

Qualifications

MEng, Civil Engineering, The University of Sheffield

MSc, Earthquake and Civil Engineering, The University of Sheffield

PhD, Civil Engineering, The University of Sheffield

Research project(s)

Anagennisi

Anagennisi: Innovative Use of all Tyre Components in Concrete An estimated one billion tyres are discarded each year. Post-Consumer tyre arisings for EU countries (2010) are 3.4M tonnes per year. At the moment nearly 50% of all recycled tyres/components still end up as fuel, in low grade applications or in...

Clean steel

Clean steel: Re-use of steel cord from tyres as reinforcement in sustainable construction Concept: A method has recently been developed for recovering very high strength steel cord (RTSC) from the significant volumes of pre-vulcanised rubber waste generated during the manufacture of car and truck tyres. Preliminary research has shown this...

Reuse of Tyre Fibres for Fire-Spalling-Proof Concrete (IGNIS)

Reuse of Tyre Fibres for Fire-Spalling-Proof Concrete (IGNIS) is a research project funded by H2020 through the Marie Slodovska Curie Programme. Fire-induced explosive spalling (violent peeling-off of concrete surface) is a major drawback of modern high-performance and high-strength concrete. Tunnels and buildings have been seen to experience catastrophic failure due...

Sustainable Fire-Spalling-Resistant Concrete (SusFire)

Fire-induced spalling of concrete experienced by constructed facilities such as tunnels, buildings and bridges has been shown to cause catastrophic failure, and to lead to huge economic costs and potential loss of life. However, despite the consequences, fire-induced spalling remains one of the least well understood aspects of concrete behaviour...

ReTyFiCo : Re-use of waste fibres in concrete construction

Aim: The Brazilian construction industry consumes about 32,750 tonnes of steel and polymer fibres every year for use in concrete as a reinforcement or admixture. Meanwhile, an estimated 24,836 tonnes of steel wire and polymer fibre are recovered annually from end-of-life tyres as by-products of tyre recycling. These materials are...