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OPT-Shoes project has been co-funded by:

  • The European Union (European Social Fund - ESF) and Greek national funds through the Operational Program "Education and Lifelong Learning" of the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) - Research Funding Program “ARISTEIA”.
  • Erasmus+ Capacity Building for Higher Education

Under the projects:

  • Development of cost-effective and accurate computer-aided design and engineering (CAD/CAE) tools for the determination and optimization of footwear comfort parameters (OPT-SHOES). More info…
  • SciLed Logo FOOTWEAR IN THE 21ST CENTURY. New skills for the scientifically-led design of comfortable, sustainable and fashion-oriented footwear products (SciLed). More info…

Detailed description of the developed simulation and computational tools can be found in the following articles:

  • Azariadis P., Finite Element Analysis in Footwear Design, in The Science of Footwear, Editor Prof. Ravi Goonetilleke, Taylor & Francis Group, November 06, 2012, 321-337, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b13021-19
  • Koutkalaki Z., Papagiannis P., Azariadis P., Papanikos P., Kyratzi S., Zissis D., Lekkas D., Xidias E., Towards a foot bio-model for performing finite element analysis for footwear design optimization using a Cloud infrastructure, CAD & A (Taylor & Francis), 2015, 1-12,
  • http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16864360.2015.1014728.
  • Papagiannis P., Koutkalaki Z., Azariadis P., Papanikos P., Definition and Evaluation of Plantar Mechanical Comfort for the Support of Footwear Design, CAD & A (Taylor & Francis), Special Issue: Technologies for Human Centric Free-form Products, 2015,
  • http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16864360.2015.1084189
  • Zissis D., Lekkas D., Azariadis Ph., Papanikos P., Xidias E. Collaborative CAD/CAE as a Cloud Service, International Journal of Systems Science, 2016,
  • http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23302674.2016.1186237
  • Agathos A., Azariadis Ph., 3D Reconstruction of Skeletal Mesh Models and Human Foot Biomodel Generation Using Semantic Parametric-Based Deformation, International Journal of Computers and Applications, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1080/1206212X.2018.1443316.
  • Papagiannis P., Koutkalaki Z., Azariadis P., Footwear Plantar Mechanical Comfort: Physical Measures and Modern Approaches to Their Approximation, The 5th International Conference on Advanced Materials and Systems (ICAMS 2014), October 23rd–25th, 2014, Bucharest, Romania.
  • Koutkalaki Z., Papagiannis P., Azariadis Ph., Papanikos P., Finite element evaluation of the mechanical behaviour of a detailed foot/footwear model, 6th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design (M2D2015), P.Delgada/Azores/Portugal, 26-30 July 2015
  • Koutkalaki Z., Azariadis Ph., Papanikos P., Parametric Study of the Effect of Sole’s Materials on Plantar Pressure Distribution Using a Finite Element Foot-Footwear Model, The 3rd International Leather Engineering Congress (IAFLI 2015), May 21-22, 2015 Izmir, Turkey.
  • Xidias E., Koutkalaki Z., Papagiannis P., Papanikos P., Azariadis Ph., Foot Plantar Pressure Estimation using Artificial Neural Networks, 12th International Conference on Product Lifecycle Management, Doha (Qatar), Oct. 19-21, 2015 (Published in Product Lifecycle Management in the Era of Internet of Things, Volume 467 of the series IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, Springer, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33111-9_3).
  • Koutkalaki X., Azariadis Ph., Papanikos P., Parametric finite element analysis for the evaluation of the effect of osteoporosis on the mechanical behavior of foot, International Conference of the Polish Society of Biomechanics - Biomechanics 2018, Zielona Góra, Sept. 5-7, 2018.