Prof. Christopher G. Provatidis

School of Mechanical Engineering

National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Athens, Greece

Emeritus Professor

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

1987 Ph.D., NTUA, Greece

1979 M.Sc., NTUA, Greece

1977 B.Sc., NTUA, Greece

Publications (Selected)

1. Provatidis, Christopher & Eisenträger, Sascha. (2025). Macroelement Analysis in T-Patches Using Lagrange Polynomials. Mathematics. 13. 1498. 10.3390/math13091498.
2. Provatidis, Christopher. (2025). Understanding Bezier Extraction, Bezier Elements, and Hermite Elements in NURBS-Based Isogeometric Analysis. 10.24423/cames.2025.1756.
3. Provatidis, Christopher & Dimitriou, Ioannis. (2025). Automatic Handling of C-G Continuous Rational Bézier Elements Produced from T-Splines Through Bézier Extraction. Mathematics. 13. 377. 10.3390/math13030377.
4. Provatidis, Christopher. (2025). Transfinite Patches for Isogeometric Analysis. Mathematics. 13. 335. 10.3390/math13030335.
5. Provatidis, Christopher. (2025). On the incapability of inertial forces as a means of repeated self-propulsion of an object in a vacuum. Proceedings of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. 4. 10.4081/peasa.45.
6. Provatidis, Christopher. (2024). Equivalence between C1 -continuous Cubic B-splines and Cubic Hermite Polynomials in Finite Element and Collocation Methods. WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON SYSTEMS. 23. 585-597. 10.37394/23202.2024.23.60.
7. Karampatzakis, Christos & Mantzaflaris, Angelos & Provatidis, Christopher & Mihailidis, Athanassios. (2024). Adaptive isogeometric gear contact analysis: Geometry generation, truncated hierarchical B-Spline refinement and validation. Computers & Structures. 305. 107553. 10.1016/j.compstruc.2024.107553.
8. Provatidis, Christopher. (2024). Inertial Propulsion Devices: A Review. Eng. 5. 851-880. 10.3390/eng5020046.
9. Provatidis, Christopher. (2024). An Easy Way to Estimate the Total Energy of the Geomagnetic Field. The Physics Teacher. 62. 361-365. 10.1119/5.0119836.
10. Provatidis, Christopher. (2024). On the magnetic field in Earth’s interior. Physica Scripta. 99. 10.1088/1402-4896/ad17fc.
11. Spitas, V. & Zalimidis, Pavlos & Provatidis, Christopher & Papalexis, Christos & Kalligeros, Christos & Vasileiou, Georgios & Vakouftsis, Christos. (2024). Comparative analysis of the ISO Tolerance class of 3D-printed spur cylindrical gears produced with Material Extrusion (MEX) and Powder Bed fusion (PBF) techniques. International Journal of Powertrains. 13. 10.1504/IJPT.2024.10064740.
12. Vakouftsis, Christos & Vasileiou, Georgios & Kaisarlis, Georgios & Kalligeros, Christos & Papalexis, Christos & Zalimidis, Pavlos & Provatidis, Christopher & Spitas, V.. (2024). Comparative analysis of the ISO tolerance class of 3D-printed spur cylindrical gears produced with material extrusion and powder bed fusion techniques. International Journal of Powertrains. 13. 225-247. 10.1504/IJPT.2024.142173.
13. Provatidis CG, Kalligeros C, Spitas V. Design considerations and simulation of a rolling-contact gearless automotive differential. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science. 2023;237(20):4895-4910. doi:10.1177/09544062231154080
14. Christos Karampatzakis, Athanasios Mihailidis, Angelos Mantzaflaris, Christopher Provatidis. Contact simulation of tooth flanks using Isogeometric Analysis. International Conference on Gears 2023, Sep 2023, Munich, Germany. pp.413-428, ⟨10.51202/9783181024225-413⟩.
15. Provatidis, C. G. (2023). Power Transmission Using Circular Elements Bounded by Given Central Angle in Rolling Contact. Eng, 4(3), 2309-2335. https://doi.org/10.3390/eng4030132
16. Vakouftsis, C., Kaisarlis, G., Spitas, V., Provatidis, C.G. (2024). Experimental Research on the Dimensional and Geometrical Deviations of Features-of-Size Produced by Material Extrusion Processes. In: Silva, F.J.G., Pereira, A.B., Campilho, R.D.S.G. (eds) Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing: Establishing Bridges for More Sustainable Manufacturing Systems. FAIM 2023. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38241-3_27
17. Provatidis, C. G. (2023). Τopology Optimization under a Single Displacement Constraint Using a Strain Energy Criterion. Applied Mechanics, 4(2), 567-584. https://doi.org/10.3390/applmech4020031
18. Allen Jr, Dennis & Provatidis, Christopher. (2022). Inclined large-angle pendulum may produce endless linear motion of a cart when friction is negligible.
19. Provatidis, Christopher. (2022). Non-Rational and Rational Transfinite Interpolation Using Bernstein Polynomials. International Journal of Computational Geometry & Applications. 32. 1-35. 10.1142/S0218195922500030.
20. Provatidis, Christopher. (2022). Teaching the Fixed Spinning Top Using Four Alternative Formulations. 18. 80.

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