11-13 November 2014
"Dynamic Analysis, Testing and
Design of Infrastructure to
Environmental Loads"
Thessaloniki, Greece
Tuesday 11 Thursday 13 November, 2014
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
KE.D.E.A Conference Hall I
Workshop Programme
11-13 November 2014
Tuesday 11 November
9:00-9:30
Workshop Registration
9:30-9:45
Welcome Address
Professor Konstantinos-Vasileios Katsambalos
Dean of the Polytechnic School
Professor Christos Anagnostopoulos
Head of Civil Engineering Department
Helen Bahtsavanopoulou-Kotsaki
Head of International Relations Department
9:45-10:00 Introductory Remarks
Associate Professor Anastasios Sextos
Division of Structural Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Professor George Manolis
Institute of Statics and Dynamics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Dr. Volkmar Zabel
Assoc. Professor, Institute of Structural Mechanics, Bauhaus-Universitt Weimar
Session 1: Structural Health Monitoring of Bridges
10:00 - 10:20 Structural health monitoring applications for bridge maintenance
Dr. Panetsos, P. (Head of Bridge Maintenance and Structural Health Monitoring
Egnatia Odos S.A.)
10:20 - 10:40 Different approaches for seismic analysis of bridges
Professor Isakovi, T. (University of Ljubljana)
10:40 11:00 Monitoring of railway bridges to support life cycle assessment. Case
studies
Assoc. Professor, Zabel, V. (Bauhaus-Universitt Weimar)
11:00 11:20 Use of polynomial chaos expansion methods for the modeling of
uncertain dynamical systems
Assistant Professor Chatzi, E. (ETH Zrich)
11:20 11:40 Spatial variability of earthquake ground motion based on free-field
and on-structure recordings
Associate Professor Sextos, A. (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
11-13 November 2014
11:40 12:00 Modal identification and model updating of Metsovo bridge
Professor Papadimitriou, C., Ph.D. Candidate Argyris, K.
(University of Thessaly)
12:00 13:00 Coffee Break Light Lunch
Session 2: Seismic Excitation, Monitoring and Response of Buildings
13:00 - 13:20 Soft-computing in earthquake engineering
Assistant Professor Lagaros, N. (National Technical University of Athens)
13:20 - 13:40 Instrumentation and SHM of Civil Engineering Structures in Greece:
The EPPO-ITSAK experience
Dr. Karakostas, C.
(Research Director, Earthquake Planning and Protection Organization EPPO-ITSAK)
13:40 - 14:00 Free field measurements and accelerometric arrays in Greece
Dr. Margaris, V., Dr. Theodoulidis N.
(Research Directors, Earthquake Planning and Protection Organization EPPO-ITSAK)
14:00 - 14:20 Embedded models in wireless sensor networks for structural health
monitoring
Ph.D Candidate Dragos, K. (Bauhaus University Weimar)
14:20 - 15:00 Discussion
Wednesday 12 November
9:00 - 17:00
Technical Visit to the Metsovo Bridge
11-13 November 2014
Thursday 13 November
Session 3: Soil-Structure-Interaction Numerical Methods
10:00 10:20 Influence of unsaturated soil conditions on cyclic and dynamic
structural response
Professor Wuttke, F. (Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel)
10:20 10:40 Energy methods assessing structural dynamic response in building
Professor Manolis, G. (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
10:40 - 11:00 Numerical and experimental identification of soilfoundation- bridge
system dynamic characteristics
Ph.D. Candidate Faraonis, P. (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
11:00 - 11:20 Assessment of seismic sidesway collapse
Professor Adam, C. (University of Innsbruck)
11:20 - 11:40 Effects of local site conditions on the inelastic dynamic analysis of r/c
bridges
Ph.D Candidate Fontara, N. (Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel)
11:40 12:00 Numerical analysis and modeling of 2D soil-structure interaction
problems by hybrid BEM-FEM technique
Associate Professor Parvanova, S. (University of Architecture, Sofia)
12:00 12:20 Time reversal procedures in elastodynamics with application to
structures
Dr. Panagiotopoulos, C. (Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics,
F.O.R.T.H Crete)
12:20 13:00 Coffee Break Light Lunch
Session 4: Hybrid and Experimental Mechanics
13:00 13:20 Experimental methods and activities in support of earthquake
engineering
Professor Bousias, S. (University of Patras)
13:20 13:40 Seismic performance assessment and retrofitting of RC structures
Assistant Professor Di Sarno, L. (University of Sannio)
13:40 14:00 Recent developments on seismic simulation methods at University of
Toronto
Associate Professor Kwon, O. (University of Toronto)
11-13 November 2014
14:00 14:20 In-situ dynamic tests on mock-up structures at the European test site
at Volvi - Greece
Professor Manos, G. (Director Laboratory of Strength of Materials and Structures,
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
14:20 14:40 An intercontinental hybrid simulation experiment for the purposes of
seismic assessment of a three-span R/C bridge
Associate Professor Sextos, A., Dr. Taskari, O. (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
14:40 15:00 Discussion
Contact
Anastasios Sextos
Structural Engineering Division
Department of Civil Engineering
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Tel: +30 2310 995697;
Fax: +30 2310 995769
e-Mail: asextos@[Link]
George D. Manolis
Laboratory of Statics and Dynamics
Department of Civil Engineering
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Tel: +30 2310 99 5663;
Fax: +30 2310 99 5769
e-Mail: gdm@[Link]
Aristotle University
Research Dissemination Center (KE.D.E.A)
Conference Hall I
Tritis Septemvriou Str.
Thessaloniki
GR-54636
For information:
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For any queries contact:
Kleoniki Kyrkopoulou Organization support team Thessaloniki (2310.99 57 80)
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