Search Results - "Mylonakis, G."

Shake table testing of a rocking podium: Results of a blind prediction contest by Vassiliou, M. F., Broccardo, M., Cengiz, C., Dietz, M., Dihoru, L., Gunay, S., Mosalam, K. M., Mylonakis, G., Sextos, A., Stojadinovic, B.

“…Rocking motion is sensitive to the boundary and initial conditions of a rocking structure, making experiments nonrepeatable. Thus, the claims that numerical…”
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Physical Modeling of the Seismic Response of Gas Pipelines in Laterally Inhomogeneous Soil by Psyrras, N, Sextos, A, Crewe, A, Dietz, M, Mylonakis, G

“…AbstractThis paper reports on results from a series of 1-g, reduced-scale shake table tests of a 216-m-long portion of an onshore steel gas transmission…”
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Torsional vibrations of a column of fine-grained material: A gradient elastic approach by Polyzos, D., Huber, G., Mylonakis, G., Triantafyllidis, T., Papargyri-Beskou, S., Beskos, D.E.

“…The gradient theory of elasticity with damping is successfully employed to explain the experimentally observed shift in resonance frequencies during forced…”
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Non-linear Analysis of Laterally Loaded Piles Using "p-y" Curves by Psaroudakis, E. G., Mylonakis, G. E., Klimis, N. S.

“…In this paper, we analyze the behavior of a monopile under lateral loading. Specifically, this work focuses on the examination of the static stiffness…”
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1D harmonic response of layered inhomogeneous soil: Analytical investigation by Rovithis, E.N., Parashakis, H., Mylonakis, G.E.

“…The seismic response of inhomogeneous soil deposits is explored analytically by means of one-dimensional viscoelastic wave propagation theory. The problem…”
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Dynamic testing of free field response in stratified granular deposits by Dihoru, L., Bhattacharya, S., Moccia, F., Simonelli, A.L., Taylor, C.A., Mylonakis, G.

“…The dynamic free field response of two stratified deposits with different stiffness ratios between the top and the bottom layer was analysed by shaking table…”
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Seismic analysis of coupled soil-pile-structure systems leading to the definition of a pseudo-natural SSI frequency by Rovithis, E.N., Pitilakis, K.D., Mylonakis, G.E.

“…The elastodynamic response of coupled soil-pile-structure systems to seismic loading is studied using rigorous three-dimentional (3D) finite element models…”
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Simple superposition approach for dynamic analysis of piled embedded footings by Padrón, L. A., Mylonakis, G., Beskos, D. E.

“…SUMMARY The effectiveness and accuracy of the superposition method in assessing the dynamic stiffness and damping coefficients (impedance functions) of…”
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A note on a pseudo-natural SSI frequency for coupled soil–pile–structure systems by Rovithis, E.N., Pitilakis, K.D., Mylonakis, G.E.

“…The notion of a pseudo-natural SSI frequency was introduced in a recent publication by the authors, as the frequency where foundation motion is minimized with…”
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Wave dispersion studies in granular media by analytical and analytical–numerical methods by Papargyri-Beskou, S., Mylonakis, G.

“…The phenomenon of wave dispersion in dry sand is studied both by purely analytical studies and by analytical–numerical experiments on the basis of gradient…”
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Importance of footing-soil separation on dynamic stiffness of piled embedded footings by Padrón, L. A., Mylonakis, G. E., Beskos, D. E.

“…Different phenomena such as soil consolidation, erosion, and scour beneath an embedded footing supported on piles may lead to loss of contact between soil and…”
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Effects of background color on growth performances and physiological responses of scaled carp ( Cyprinus carpio L.) reared in a closed circulated system by Papoutsoglou, S.E, Mylonakis, G, Miliou, H, Karakatsouli, N.P, Chadio, S

“…Growth performances and physiological responses of Cyprinus carpio after long-term (14 weeks) background color adaptation were investigated. Six groups of ten…”
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Multicomponent latex IPN materials: 2. Damping and mechanical behavior by Hu, R., Dimonie, V. L., El-Aasser, M. S., Pearson, R. A., Hiltner, A., Mylonakis, S. G., Sperling, L. H.

“…The integrals of the linear loss shear modulus vs. temperature (loss area, LA) and linear tan δ vs. temperature (tan δ area, TA) were characterized for various…”
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CORE SIM+ SIMULATIONS OF COLIBRI FUEL RODS OSCILLATION EXPERIMENTS AND COMPARISON WITH MEASUREMENTS by Mylonakis, A. G., Demazière, C., Vinai, P., Lamirand, V., Rais, A., Pakari, O., Frajtag, P., Godat, D., Hursin, M., Perret, G., Laureau, A., Fiorina, C., Pautz, A.

“…At EPFL, the CROCUS reactor has been used to carry out experiments with vibrating fuel rods. The paper presents a first attempt to employ the measured data to…”
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Non-Linear Analysis of Axially Loaded Piles Using “t–z” and “q–z” Curves by Psaroudakis, E. G., Mylonakis, G. E., Klimis, N. S.

“…In the present work, the behaviour of a single pile submitted to axial loading is analyzed. Namely, we examine the static stiffness coefficient at the head of…”
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Cooperative cavitation in rubber-toughened polycarbonate by CHENG, C, HILTNER, A, BAER, E, SOSKEY, P. R, MYLONAKIS, S. G

“…Particle cavitation in the stress-whitened zone ahead of a semicircular notch in polycarbonate blended with a core-shell rubber was characterized by…”
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Footings under seismic loading: Analysis and design issues with emphasis on bridge foundations by Mylonakis, George, Nikolaou, Sissy, Gazetas, George

“…The paper provides state-of-the-art information on the following aspects of seismic analysis and design of spread footings supporting bridge piers: (1)…”
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An alternative to the Mononobe–Okabe equations for seismic earth pressures by Mylonakis, George, Kloukinas, Panos, Papantonopoulos, Costas

“…A closed-form stress plasticity solution is presented for gravitational and earthquake-induced earth pressures on retaining walls. The proposed solution is…”
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Strain effects on kinematic pile bending in layered soil by Sica, Stefania, Mylonakis, George, Simonelli, Armando Lucio

“…The kinematic bending of single piles in two-layer soil is explored to account for soil stiffness degradation and associated damping increase with increasing…”
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SEISMIC SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION: BENEFICIAL OR DETRIMENTAL? by MYLONAKIS, GEORGE, GAZETAS, GEORGE

“…The role of soil-structure interaction (SSI) in the seismic response of structures is reex-plored using recorded motions and theoretical considerations…”
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