Andreas Kappos

Andreas Kappos has been a Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, since 2002. He has first joined the department as a Lecturer in 1988. In 1983–1984, he was a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. From 1995 to 1999, he worked at the Imperial College London (UK), first as a Lecturer and later as a Reader of earthquake structural engineering. He worked extensively in the field of earthquake structural engineering, particularly the analysis procedures for structures (buildings and bridges) subjected to earthquake loading, and developed several methods and models for seismic assessment (both deterministic and probabilistic) of these structures, as well as design procedures based on the use of modern analysis tools. He was also involved in experimental work on the behavior of reinforced concrete members subjected to cyclic loading, emphasis on structural walls with special types of reinforcement and/or retrofitted using fiber-reinforced polymers (FRPs), and, more recently, steel-reinforced polymers (SRPs). He developed new approaches for the assessment of the seismic vulnerability of existing structures and the associated losses, and was involved in several projects on seismic risk assessment and earthquake scenarios for European cities. He is the author and coauthor of two books in English and another two in Greek, and has contributed chapters to a number of books edited by others. He has published extensively in the field of earthquake structural engineering (over 190 papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings), and his work was recognized internationally (over 500 citations). He is the Chairman of the European Association for Earthquake Engineering (EAEE), TG11 (bridges), and a member of a number of scientific committees dealing with seismic design (including the Eurocode 8 Project Team) and assessment (various FIB and EAEE task groups). He is also a member of the EAEE Executive Committee since 2006.

Biography Updated on 18 March 2008

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Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. A contribution to seismic shear design of R/C walls in dual structures
    Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 443–466, 2007
  2. Feasibility of pre-earthquake strengthening of buildings based on cost-benefit and life-cycle cost analysis, with the aid of fragility curves
    Natural Hazards, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 33–54, 2007
  3. Evaluation of hysteretic response and strength of repaired R/C walls strengthened with FRPs
    Engineering Structures, vol. 29, no. 9, pp. 2158–2171, 2007
  4. Confinement-sensitive plasticity constitutive model for concrete in triaxial compression
    International Journal of Solids and Structures, vol. 44, no. 21, pp. 7021–7048, 2007
  5. Analytical Stress–Strain Model for High-Strength Concrete Members under Cyclic Loading
    Journal of Structural Engineering, vol. 133, no. 4, p. 484, 2007
  6. Analytical Estimation of Economic Loss for Buildings in the Area Struck by the 1999 Athens Earthquake and Comparison with Statistical Repair Costs
    Earthquake Spectra, vol. 23, no. 2, p. 333, 2007
  7. Vulnerability assessment and earthquake damage scenarios of the building stock of Potenza (Southern Italy) using Italian and Greek methodologies
    Engineering Structures, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 357–371, 2006
  8. Extension of modal pushover analysis to seismic assessment of bridges
    Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, vol. 35, no. 10, pp. 1269–1293, 2006
  9. A hybrid method for the vulnerability assessment of R/C and URM buildings
    Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 391–413, 2006
  10. Tests on Seismically Damaged Reinforced Concrete Walls Repaired and Strengthened Using Fiber-Reinforced Polymers
    Journal of Composites for Construction, vol. 9, no. 3, p. 236, 2005
  11. Punching shear testing of reinforced concrete slabs, and design implications
    Magazine of Concrete Research, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 167–177, 2005
  12. Analytical modelling of confined HSC columns under flexure and axial load
    Magazine of Concrete Research, vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 395–403, 2003
  13. Inelastic dynamic analysis of RC bridges accounting for spatial variability of ground motion, site effects and soil-structure interaction phenomena. Part 1: Methodology and analytical tools
    Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 607–627, 2003
  14. Inelastic dynamic analysis of RC bridges accounting for spatial variability of ground motion, site effects and soil-structure interaction phenomena. Part 2: Parametric study
    Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 629–652, 2003
  15. Seismic assessment and design of R/C bridges with irregular congiguration, including SSI effects
    Engineering Structures, vol. 24, no. 10, pp. 1337–1348, 2002
  16. Evaluation of Simplified Models for Lateral Load Analysis of Unreinforced Masonry Buildings
    Journal of Structural Engineering, vol. 128, no. 7, p. 890, 2002
  17. Seismic Reliability of Masonry-Infilled RC Frames
    Journal of Structural Engineering, vol. 127, no. 3, p. 296, 2001
  18. Effect of Foundation Type and Compliance on Seismic Response of RC Bridges
    Journal of Bridge Engineering, vol. 6, no. 2, p. 120, 2001
  19. Seismic design of R/C buildings with the aid of advanced analytical techniques
    Engineering Structures, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 319–332, 2001
  20. Probabilistic evaluation of behaviour factors in EC8-designed R/C frames
    Engineering Structures, vol. 22, no. 8, pp. 1028–1041, 2000
  21. A re-evaluation of scaling techniques for natural records
    Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, vol. 20, no. 1-4, pp. 111–123, 2000
  22. Seismic Reliability of RC Frames with Uncertain Drift and Member Capacity
    Journal of Structural Engineering, vol. 125, no. 9, p. 1038, 1999
  23. Uncertainty analysis of strength and ductility of confined reinforced concrete members
    Engineering Structures, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 195–208, 1999
  24. Evaluation of behaviour factors on the basis of ductility and overstrength studies
    Engineering Structures, vol. 21, no. 9, pp. 823–835, 1999
  25. Natural Hazards, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 177–192, 1998
  26. Journal of Earthquake Engineering, vol. 2, no. 1, p. 59, 1998
  27. Discussion of “Damage Scenarios Simulation for Seismic Risk Assessment in Urban Zones” by Alex H. Barbat, Fabricio Ye´pez Moya, and Jose´ A. Canas
    Earthquake Spectra, vol. 13, no. 3, p. 549, 1997
  28. A COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF R/C STRUCTURES DESIGNED TO THE 1995 EUROCODE 8 AND THE 1985 CEB SEISMIC CODE
    The Structural Design of Tall Buildings, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 59–83, 1997
  29. Analytical prediction of the collapse earthquake for R/C buildings: Suggested methodology
    Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 167–176, 1991
  30. Analytical prediction of the collapse earthquake for R/C buildings: Case studies
    Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 177–190, 1991