Profile
- Doctoral research at the Machine Elements / Tribology Lab, Division of Marine Engineering, NTUA.
- Supervisor: Prof. C. I. Papadopoulos.
Research
- Elastic shaft alignment of marine shafting systems.
- Effect of hull deformations on the bearing load distribution.
- FEM-based shaft alignment calculations; bearing load monitoring.
Selected publications
Skaltsas D., Wang X., Wang Q. J., Papadopoulos C. I., Effects of stochastic roughness on the performance of magnetic-fluid-based hydrodynamic bearings.
Journal of Tribology 148 (11), 112402 — 2026.
Skaltsas D., Wang X., Wang Q. J., Papadopoulos C. I., A generalized Reynolds-type equation for surfaces with stochastic surface roughness under the effect of symmetric electric double layer.
Tribology International, 111735 — 2026.
Skaltsas D., Papadopoulos C. I., Calculation of operational parameter variation of finite slider and journal bearings with stochastic roughness on the stator and the rotor.
Journal of Tribology 147 (10), 104105 — 2025.
Skaltsas D., Papadopoulos C. I., Calculation of operational parameter variation of infinitely long slider bearings with stochastic roughness.
Tribology International 194, 109475 — 2024.
Skaltsas D., Rossopoulos G. N., Papadopoulos C. I., A comparative study of the Reynolds equation solution for slider and journal bearings with stochastic roughness on the stator and the rotor.
Tribology International — 2022.
Conference
- WTC 2022 (Lyon) — bearings with stochastic roughness on the stator and the rotor: calculation of higher-order moments of operational parameters.