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Karamanos – CV November 2019 of 11

SPYROS A. KARAMANOS, Ph.D. Professor of Structural Mechanics

Curriculum Vitae

General and Contact Information

Phone (office): +30 24210 74086 Phone (mobile): +30 6944 262967 email (work): [email protected] web site: http://karamanos.mie.uth.gr/

Languages Fluent in English, French and Greek.

Specialization and Research Interests

Structural Mechanics, Numerical Methods and Finite Elements, Design & Analysis of Steel Structures, Stability and Buckling, Analysis of Plates & Shells, Inelastic Behavior of Materials, Design & Analysis of Pipelines and Industrial Structures, Fatigue of Metal Components, Structural Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering.

Education

1993 Ph.D. in Structural Mechanics, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, USA.

1991 Master of Science in Engineering (Μ.Sc.) in Structural Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, USA.

1989 Diploma (5-year degree) in Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece (Highest Honors, 1st out of 350 students).

Academic & Professional Experience

10/2014 – present Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece.

08/2016 – 08/2019 Professor and Chair of Structural Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK [parallel appointment with the U of Thessaly]

08/2009 – 10/2014 Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece.

05/2003 – 08/2009 Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece.

05/1999 – 05/2003 Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece.

10/1996 - 05/1999 Structural Design Engineer, EGNATIA ODOS AE., Thessaloniki, Greece (http://www.egnatia.eu/page/).

01/1996 - 10/1996 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Steel Structures Laboratory, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.

01/1994 - 12/1995 Military Service (Mandatory), Naval Works Department, Hellenic Navy General Staff - duration: 23 months.

09/1993 - 01/1994 Graduate Teaching Assistant in Steel Structures & Structural Analysis, Department of Civil Engineering, The Univ. of Texas at Austin, USA.

09/1991 - 09/1993 Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Civil Engineering, The Univ. of Texas at Austin, Sponsored by Shell Oil Company, Houston, Texas, USA.

09/1989 - 05/1991 Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Civil Engineering, The Univ. of Texas at Austin, Sponsored by the Offshore Technology Research Center (OTRC), Austin, Texas, USA.

01/1990 - present Professional Civil Engineer in Greece, member of Technical Chamber of Greece.

mailto:[email protected]

http://karamanos.mie.uth.gr/

http://www.egnatia.eu/page/


Associate Editor in Peer-Review Journals

ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology (2008 – 2015)

ASCE Journal of Pipeline Systems, Engineering & Practice (2009 – present)

Editorial Board Member

International Journal of Steel Structures, Springer (2012 – present)

International Seminar and Workshop Organizer

Symposium and Workshop: “Geohazards and Pipelines; Safety of Buried Steel Pipelines under Ground-Induced Actions”, [principal organizer] co-organized by BIG and GIPIPE consortium, Delft, The Netherlands, June 23-24, 2014.

Workshop: “Structural steel solutions in earthquake-prone areas; Design & Retrofitting” [principal organizer], organized by the University of Thessaly and Shelter S.A. in the course of RFCS STEEL-EARTH dissemination project, Volos, Greece, December 04, 2015.

Workshop: “Natural Hazards and Pipeline Infrastructure” [principal organizer with Costas Papazachs], organized in the ICONHIC 2019, Conference, Chania, Crete, Greece, June 24-26, 2019.

Academic Awards

09/1984 Ranked First (1st) in the Nationwide General University Entrance Examination – Department of Civil Engineering, NTU Athens.

07/1989 First Honor Graduate (1st out of 350 students)

1985 - 1989 Fifteen (15) Awards and Merit-Based Scholarships from the National Technical University, the National Scholarship Foundation of Greece and the Technical Chamber of Greece for excellent academic performance

1989 - 1993 Full Academic Merit-Based Assistantship and two Merit-Based Departmental Fellowships for excellent academic performance, Dept. of Civil Engineering, The University of Texas, Austin, USA.

2004, 2005 Awards from the Hellenic Society of Theoretical & Applied Mechanics and the Greek Society of Computational Mechanics, for excellent theses of his students.

2006 Best Paper Award 2006 – Pipeline Technology Symposium for paper OMAE2006-92208, Andreadakis, K. P., and Karamanos S. A., "Pipe Response Under Concentrated Lateral Loads and External Pressure.", Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering Conference, American Society of Mechanical Engineering, ASME, Hamburg, Germany, June 2006.

2007 Sam Y. Zamrik Literature Award 2006, American Society of Mechanical Engineering, Pressure Vessels & Piping Division – for paper Karamanos, S. A., Tsouvalas, D. and Gresnigt, A. M., “Ultimate Bending Capacity and Buckling of Pressurized 90 deg Steel Elbows.”, Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, ASME, Vol. 128, No. 3, pp. 348-356, August 2006.

2010 Outstanding Technical Paper Award from Design & Analysis Committee (2009), American Society of Mechanical Engineering, Pressure Vessels & Piping Division – for paper Sotiria Houliara and Spyros A. Karamanos, “Buckling of Thin-Walled Long Steel Cylinders Under Bending.”, Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference, American Society of Mechanical Engineering, ASME, Prague, Czech Republic, July 2009.

2012

G. E. Otto Widera Literature Award 2011, American Society of Mechanical Engineering, Pressure Vessels & Piping Division – for paper Karamanos, S. A., and Vasilikis, D., “Buckling Design of Confined Steel Cylinders Under External Pressure.”, Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, ASME, Vol. 133, No.1, Article Number: 011205, February 2011.


2013 Invited Paper in Special Issue on Pressure Vessel Technology (2013), American Society of Mechanical Engineering, Joint Issue of Applied Mechanics Reviews and J. Pressure Vessel Technology, for paper: Vasilikis, D. and Karamanos, S. A., “On the Mechanics of Confined Steel Cylinders Under External Pressure.”, Applied Mechanics Reviews, ASME, Vol. 66, Article No.: 010801, January 2014.

Awards of his students

2004 Charis Eleftheriadis, 3rd Award of Competition for the Best Diploma Thesis in Theoretical & Applied Mechanics in Greece for 2001-2004. Awarded by the Hellenic Society of Theoretical & Applied Mechanics (HSTAM).

2005 Manolis A. Platyrrachos, 2nd Award of John Argyris Competition for the Best Diploma Thesis in Computational Mechanics for 2002-2005. Awarded by the Greek Association for Computational Mechanics (GRACM).

2009 Daniel Vasilikis, 3rd Award Student Paper Competition, ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference (PVP), Prague, Czech Rep., July 2009, for paper: Vasilikis, D., and Karamanos, S. A., “Buckling Design of Confined Steel Cylinders Under External Pressure.”, Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference, ASME, PVP2009-77216, Prague, Czech Rep., July 2009.

2009 Maria Vathi, 2nd Award of Competition for the Best Diploma Thesis in Steel Structures for 2005-2008. Awarded by the Greek Metal Structures Research Society (MSRS).

2013 G. E. Varelis, 3rd Award Student Paper Competition, ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference (PVP), Paris, France, July 2013, for paper: Varelis, G. E. and Karamanos, S. A., “Buckling of Steel Cylinders Under Cyclic Bending in the Inelastic Range.”, Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference, ASME, PVP2013-98159, Paris, France, July 2013.

2014 Aglaia E. Pournara, Student Competition Finalist with Distinction, International Pipeline Conference, IPC 2014, for paper: Pournara, A. E., Karamanos, S. A., Papatheocharis, T., Perdikaris, P. C., “Structural Integrity of Steel Hydrocarbon Pipelines with Local Wall Distortions.”, International Pipeline Conference, IPC2014-33210, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2014

2016 Aglaia E. Pournara, OMAE Subrata Chakrabarti Young Professional recipient [OOAE Award’s Committee] for presentation and paper: Pournara, A. E., Papatheocharis, T., Karamanos, S. A., Perdikaris, P. C., “Structural Integrity of Buckled Steel Pipes.”, Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering Conference, ASME, OMAE2015-41386, St. John's, NL, Canada, June 2015.

Professional and Scientific Societies

• Chairman (2011-2013) and Member (2004 – present) of Seismic Engineering Committee, Pressure Vessels & Piping Division, ASME.

• Technical Program Representative, Seismic Engineering Track, Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference, ASME (2008 and 2009).

• Member of Offshore Pipelines Committee, Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering Division, ASME (2005 – present).

• Member of Flexible Steel Pipe Committee, Pipeline Div., ASCE (2004 – 2009). • Member of Stability Committee, Engineering Mechanics Div., ASCE (2005 – 2015). • Secretary, Greek Association for Computational Mechanics (2005 – 2009). • Member of ECCS, TWG 8.4 Stability of Shells (2004 – present). Secretary of ECCS,

TWG 8.4 (2008 – present).

• Member of ASME, ASCE, Hellenic Society of Th. & Appl. Mechanics, Metal Structures Research Society, Greek Association for Computational Mechanics


Ten (10) Representative Publications

[1] Vasilikis, D. and Karamanos, S. A., “On the Mechanics of Confined Steel Cylinders Under External Pressure”, Applied Mechanics Reviews, ASME, Invited paper, Vol. 66, Article Number: 010801, January 2014.

[2] Karamanos, S. A., “Mechanical Behavior of Steel Pipe Bends; An Overview”, Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, ASME, Invited paper: special issue for 50th Anniversary of PVPD, Vol. 138, No. 4, Article No. 041203, August 2016.

[3] Chatzopoulou, G., Karamanos, S. A., and Varelis, G. E., “Finite Element Analysis of UOE Manufacturing Process and its Effect on Mechanical Behavior of Offshore Pipes”, Int. Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 83, pp. 13-27, April 2016.

[4] Sarvanis, G. C., Karamanos, S. A., Vazouras, P., Mecozzi, E., Lucci, A., Dakoulas, P., "Permanent Earthquake-Induced Actions in Buried Pipelines: Numerical Modeling and Experimental Verification", Earthquake Engrg. & Structural Dynamics, 2017; 1–22.

[5] Vazouras, P. and Karamanos, S. A., “Structural Behavior of Buried Pipe Bends and Their Effect on Pipeline Response in Fault Crossing Areas”, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 15, No. 11, pp. 4999-5024, November 2017.

[6] Karamanos, S. A., Sarvanis, G. C., Keil, B. and Card, R. J., “Analysis and Design of Buried Steel Water Pipelines in Seismic Areas.”, Journal of Pipeline Systems, Engineering & Practice, ASCE, Vol. 8, No. 4, Article Number: 04017018, November 2017.

[7] Antoniou, K., Chatzopoulou, G., Karamanos, S. A., Tazedakis, A., Palagas, C., Dourdounis, E., “Numerical Simulation of JCO-E Pipe Manufacturing Process and its Effect on the External Pressure Capacity of the Pipe.”, Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, ASME, Vol. 141, No. 1, Article Number: 011704, February 2019.

[8] Chatzopoulou, G., Sarvanis, G. C., Karamanos, S. A., Mecozzi, E., Hilgert, O., “The effect of spiral cold-bending manufacturing process on pipeline mechanical behavior”, Int. Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 166, pp. 167-182, July 2019.

[9] Chatziioannou, K., Karamanos, S. A., Huang, Y., “Ultra low-cycle fatigue performance of S420 and S700 steel welded tubular X-joints”, Int. Journal of Fatigue, Vol. 129, pp. 105221, December 2019.

[10] Gelagoti, F., Kourkoulis, R., Georgiou, I., Karamanos, S. A., "Soil-Structure Interaction Effects in Offshore Wind Support Structures Under Seismic Loading", Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, ASME, Vol. 141, No. 6, Article number: 061903, December 2019.

Teaching Experience

(1999 – present)

University of Thessaly Mechanics - Statics (Undergraduate course – 2nd semester) Finite Elements (Undergraduate course – 6th semester) Structural Mechanics (Undergraduate course – 9th semester) Advanced Finite Element Methods (Post-Grad course) Nonlinear Structural Mechanics - Stability (Post-Grad course) Continuum Mechanics (Post-Grad course) Behavior and Design of Hydrocarbon Pipelines (Post-Grad course) Structural Design of Energy Infrastructure Systems (Post-Grad course) Structural Behavior and Design of Marine Pipelines (Post-Grad course) NTU Athens.

University of Edinburgh Finite Elements in Solids and Structures 4 (Undergraduate course – 4th year) Structural Mechanics 2B (Undergraduate course – 2nd year)


Previous Research Projects

(1988 – 1992)

Structural Integrity of Offshore Pipelines. Sponsor: Offshore Technology Research Center (OTRC) – Texas, USA. Partners: The University of Texas at Austin, USA, Texas A&M University, USA [participant - researcher].

(1991 – 1993) Stability of Tubes Under External Pressure and Structural Loads. Sponsor: Shell Oil Company, Houston, Texas, USA. Partners: The University of Texas at Austin, USA [participant - researcher].

(1995 – 1996) Fatigue Design Guide for Circular and Rectangular Hollow Section Multiplanar Joints. Sponsor: European Convention of Steel and Coal (ECSC). Partners: Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, University of Karlsruhe, Germany, TNO Bouw, The Netherlands [participant - researcher].

(2001 – 2003) Development of Design Guidelines for the Seismic Design of Industrial Equipment, Sponsor: Greek Organization for Earthquake Planning and Protection. Partners: University of Thessaly, Phosphoric Fertilizers Industry, Thessaloniki, Greece [Scientific Responsible for U. of Thessaly].

(2005-2008) FATHOMS: Fatigue behavior of high strength steels welded joints in offshore and marine systems, Sponsor: European Commission, project RFSR-CT-2005-00042, Partners: CSM, Italy, Corus, UK, ISQ, Portugal, SZMF, Germany, Univ. of Thessaly [participant - senior researcher].

(2007-2010) OPUS: Optimizing the seismic performance of steel and steel-concrete structures by standardizing materials quality control, Sponsor: European Commission, project RFSR-CT-2007-00039, Partners: RIVA Acciaio spa, Italy, University of Liege, Belgium, Technical University of Aachen, Germany, University of Thessaly, Arcelor Profil Luxemburg SA, Luxemburg, INSA de Rennes, France, University of Pisa, Italy [Scientific Responsible for U. of Thessaly].

(2007-2010) PRECASTEEL: Prefabricated steel structures for low-rise buildings in seismic areas, Sponsor: European Commission, project RFSR-CT-2007-00038, Partners: ILVA SpA, Italy, University of Camerino, Italy, Technical University of Aachen, Germany, University of Thessaly, University of Pisa, Italy, University of Navarra, Spain, Ferriere Nord, Italy, Shelter SA, Greece, ISQ, Portugal, VTT Technical Research Centre, Finland, OCAM s.r.l., Italy [Scientific Responsible for U. of Thessaly].

(2007-2010) STEELRETRO: Steel solutions for seismic retrofit and upgrade of existing constructions, Sponsor: European Commission, project RFSR-CT-2007-00050, Partners: RIVA Acciaio SpA, Italy, CERI University of Rome, Italy, Technical University of Aachen, Germany, University of Thessaly, Arcelor Profil Luxembourg SA, Luxemburg, Shelter SA, Greece, ISQ, Portugal, University of Pisa, Italy, Polytechnic University of Timosoara, Romania , Region of Tuscany, Italy, VTT Technical Research Centre, Finland [Scientific Responsible for U. of Thessaly].

(2008-2011) HITUBES: Design and Integrity Assessment of High Strength Tubular Structures for Extreme Loading Conditions, Sponsor: European Commission, project RFSR-CT-2008-00037, Partners: University of Trento, Centro Sviluppo Materialli, ISQ, Fundacion ITMA, KIMAB AB, University of Liege, University of Thessaly, Stahlbau Pichler [Scientific Responsible for U. of Thessaly].

(2008-2011) ATTEL: Performance-based approaches for high strength tubular columns and connections under earthquake and fire loadings Sponsor: European Commission, project RFSR-CT-2008-00035, Partners: U. Trento, Centro Sviluppo Materialli, U. Liege, U. Thessaly, Stahlbau Pichler [Scientific Responsible for U. of Thessaly].


(2009-2012) INDUSE: Structural safety of industrial steel tanks, pressure vessels and piping systems under seismic loading, Sponsor: European Commission, project RFSR-CT-2009-00022, (www.mie.uth.gr/induse), Partners: Univ. of Thessaly, CSM, Univ. of Trento, Delft University of Technology, RWTH Aachen, EBETAM AE, TechniPetroL Hellas SA [Program Coordinator & Scientific Responsible for U. Thessaly].

(2010-2013) INNO-HYCO: Innovative hybrid and composite steel-concrete structural solutions for building in seismic area, Sponsor: European Commission, project RFSR-CT-2010-00025, Partners: University of Camerino, Italy, University of Liege, Belgium, Technical University of Aachen, Germany, University of Thessaly, Pisa Consortium Research, Italy, Shelter SA, Greece, Univ. of Thessaly (subcontractor of Shelter SA) [Scientific Responsible for U. Thessaly].

(2010-2014) Structural integrity of steel oil & gas pipelines with local wall distortions, Sponsor: Ministry of Education, program HRAKLEITOS – Funding of PhD dissertation research, awarded to Aglaia E. Pournara - PhD candidate.

(2011-2014) GIPIPE: Safety of buried steel pipelines under ground-induced deformations, Sponsor: European Commission, project RFSR-CT-2011-00027 (www.mie.uth.gr/gipipe), Partners: Univ. of Thessaly, CSM, TU Delft, NTU Athens, Corinth PipeWorks SA, Tebodin BV [Program Coordinator & Scientific Responsible for U. of Thessaly].

(2011-2014) COMBITUBE: Bending Resistance of Steel Tubes in CombiWalls, Sponsor: European Commission, project RFSR-CT-2011-00034, Partners: Delft University of Technology, Univ. of Thessaly, Univ. of Edinburgh, BAM Infraconsult BV, Arcelor Mittal, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology [Scientific Responsible for U. of Thessaly].

(2011-2014) ULCF: Ultra low cycle fatigue of steel under cyclic high-strain loading conditions, Sponsor: European Commission, project RFSR-CT-2011-00029, Partners: Univ. of Porto, Univ. of Thessaly, CSM, CIMNE, RWTH Aachen, SZMF [Scientific Responsible for U. of Thessaly].

(2012-2015) RASOR: Risk Assessment for the Seismic Protection of Industrial Facilities, Sponsor: General Secretariat of Research & Development, Athens, Greece, program THALES, Partners: NTUA Univ. of Thessaly, ITSAK, Univ. of Patras [Scientific Responsible for U. of Thessaly].

(2012-2015) UPGRADE: Contemporary Evaluation Methodology of Seismic Vulnerability and Upgrade of Port Facilities, Sponsor: General Secretariat of Research & Development, Athens, Greece, program THALES, Partners: NTUA, Univ. of Thessaly, Univ. of Thessaloniki [participant - senior researcher].

(2013-2016) MATCH: Material Choice for Seismic Resistant Structures, Sponsor: European Commission, project RFSR-CT-2013-00024, Partners: RWTH Aachen, Univ. of Thessaly, NTUA, UPisa, Ruuki, ILVA [Scientific Responsible for U. of Thessaly].

(2013-2016) SBD-SPIPE: Strain-based design of spiral-welded pipes for demanding pipeline applications, Sponsor: European Commission, project RFSR-CT-2013-00025, Partners: CSM, Univ. of Thessaly, SZMF, OCAS, UGhent, Corinth Pipe Works [Scientific Responsible for U. of Thessaly].

(2014-2017) INDUSE-2-SAFETY: Component fragility evaluation and seismic safety assessment of “special risk” petrochemical plants under design-basis and beyond-design-basis accidents, Sponsor: European Commission, project RFSR-CT-2014-00025, Partners: Univ. of Trento, Univ. Roma III, CSM, Univ. of Thessaly, RWTH Aachen, Univ. of Liverpool, CEA, Walter Tosto SpA, IGF MBH [Scientific Responsible for U. of Thessaly].

(2015-2018) JABACO: Development of Modular Steel Jacket for Offshore Windfarms, Sponsor: European Commission, project RFSR-CT-2015-00024, Partners: CSM, OCAS, Univ. of Thessaly, Ramboll, NTUA, IDESA [Scientific Responsible for U. of Thessaly].

http://www.mie.uth.gr/induse

http://www.mie.uth.gr/gipipe


Current Research Projects

(2016-2019) REFOS: Life-Cycle Assessment of a Renewable Energy Multi-Purpose Floating Offshore System, Sponsor: European Commission, project NUMBER-709526-REFOS, Partners: NTUA, CSM, Univ. of Thessaly, Europipe, Elliniki Technolomiki-Anemos, IDESA [Scientific Responsible for U. of Thessaly].

(2017-2020) FASTCOLD: Fatigue strength of COLD-formed structural steel details, Sponsor: European Commission, project NUMBER-745982-FASTCOLD, Partners: Fincon Consulting, Univ. of Pisa, RWTH Aachen, Univ. of Potro, University of Burgos, Univ. of Thessaly, SCL, Shelter, Univ. of Genoa, Fritz Schafer, European Racking Federation, [Scientific Responsible for U. of Thessaly].

(2018-2020) HSS-WIND: Application of high-strength steel in offshore wind energy tubular structures, Sponsor: European Commission, H2020-MSCA-IF-2017 project number 798033, Partners: Univ. of Edinburgh, HCMR [Scientific Responsible for The U. of Edinburgh]

Industrial projects

(2002-present) Involvement in industrial projects for structural analysis, design and assessment of structural systems. Most of the projects include hydrocarbon & water pipelines and storage facilities. Few representative projects at the University of Thessaly are stated below:

• Waterbedrijf Europoort NV, Rotterdam [water pipeline assessment in Rotterdam] (2002)

• Hellenic Petroleum S. A., Athens, Greece [assessment of tanks & vessels in Elefsina refinery, near Athens] (2006-2009)

• HDR Inc., Portland, OR, USA [seismic design and resilence of Willamette Water Supply System, Oregon] (2015)

• E.ON. Technologies GmbH, Duisburg, Germany [seismic design of Trans Adriatic Pipeline - TAP] (2014-2015)

• Metallemporiki S. A., Larisa, Greece [structural strength and design of steel, composite and polyurethane panels] (2015-2017)

• C&M Engineering S. A., Athens, Greece [structural performance of buried steel water pipelines subjected to permanent ground deformation in Ptolemais Unit V 660 MW Power Plant] (2017-2018)

• Corinth Pipeworks S. A., Athens, Greece [modelling of JCO-E pipe manufacturing procedure] (2018-2020)

• Northwest Pipe Co., Vancouver, WA, USA [seismic design and structural integrity of steel water pipelines] (2018-2020)

• Northwest Pipe Co., Vancouver, WA, USA [structural assessment of two major steel water pipeline junctions at the TRWD KBR Bypass] (2018-2020)

Professional Experience before joining U of Thessaly

1989 - 1996 Engineering Consultant in special design and analysis issues on metal tubular structures, steel pipelines and seismic engineering (TRITON Engineers & Consultants, A. S. Karamanos & Associates).


Professional and Scientific Societies

• Chairman (2011-2013) and Member (2004 – present) of Seismic Engineering Committee, Pressure Vessels & Piping Division, ASME.

• Member of Offshore Pipelines Committee, Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering Division, ASME (2005 – present).

• Member of Flexible Steel Pipe Committee, Pipeline Div., ASCE (2004 – 2009). • Member of ECCS, TWG 8.4 Stability of Shells (2004 – present). Secretary of

ECCS, TWG 8.4 (2008 – present). • Member of ASME, ASCE, Hellenic Society of Th. & Appl. Mechanics, Metal

Structures Research Society, Greek Association for Computational Mechanics • Member of Technical Committee on Seismic Pipeline Design, ASCE (2014 –

present)

Supervision of PhD Dissertations

Completed [1] Sotiria Houliara, “Computational Techniques in Structural Stability of Thin-

Walled Cylindrical Shells”, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Thessaly, March 2008.

[2] Daniel Vasilikis, “Structural Stability of Confined Cylindrical Steel Shells”, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Thessaly, December 2012.

[3] Polynikis Vazouras, “Structural Behavior of Buried Pipelines under Earthquake Action”, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Thessaly, co-advising with Prof. P. Dakoulas, October 2013.

[4] George E. Varelis, “Ultimate Capacity of Steel Structural Members under Strong Cyclic Loading”, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Thessaly, December 2013.

[5] Aglaia E. Pournara, “Structural Integrity of Steel Hydrocarbon Pipelines with Local Wall Distortions”, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Thessaly, July 2015.

[6] Patricia Pappa, “Computational Methods for Shell Buckling in the Plastic Range”, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Thessaly, July 2016.

[7] Maria Vathi, “Structural Behavior of Liquid Storage Steel Containers under Strong Dynamic Excitation”, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Thessaly, July 2016.

Under development [1] Giannoula Chatzopoulou, “Numerical Modelling of Steel Tubular Members

under Cyclic Loading”, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Thessaly, under development, to be completed in late 2019.

[2] Gregory C. Sarvanis, “Numerical Simulation of Fatigue Cracking in Steel Components”, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Thessaly, under development, to be completed in 2020.

[3] Konstantinos Antoniou, “Effects of JCO Manufacturing Process on the Structural Performance of Offshore Pipelines”, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Thessaly, under development, to be completed in 2020.

[4] Konstantinos Chatziioannou, “Cyclic Plasticity and Low-Cycle Fatigue of Steel Tubular Components and Joints”, under development, to be completed in 2019.

[5] Ilias Gavriilidis, “Mechanical Behavior of Steel Lined Pipes”, School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, under development, to be completed in 2020.

[6] Apostolos Nasikas, “Structural Instability of Steel Cylinders in the Inelastic Range”, School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, under development, to be completed in 2021.


Administration experience

At the University of Thessaly (1999-present): • Vice Chairman of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Director of

Graduate Studies (2015-2016). • Director: Section of Mechanics, Materials and Manufacturing, Department of

Mechanical Engineering (2009-2010 and 2013-2014). • Member of the Technical Council of the University of Thessaly (2013-2017). • Member in numerous departmental committees for student affairs, building

maintenance etc.

At Egnatia Odos A.E., Thessaloniki, Greece (1996-1999): • Responsible for the development, evaluationand award of numerous

contracts for highway/bridge engineering design and construction.

Reviewer in Journals • Annals of Biomedical Engineering • Applied Mathematical Modelling • Applied Ocean Research • Archives of Applied Mechanics • ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics • ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering • ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering • ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering • ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering • ASCE Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice • ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering • ASME Journal of Offshore Mechanics & Artcic Engineering • ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology • Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering • Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics & Engineering • Computational Mechanics • Computers and Fluids • Computers and Structures • Engineering Structures • Earthquake Spectra • Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics • Fire Safety Journal • International Journal of Fatigue • International Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics • International Journal of Mechanical Sciences • International Journal of Pavement Engineering • International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping • International Journal of Solids and Structures • Journal of Constructional Steel Research • Journal of Applied Mathematics • Journal of Earthquake Engineering • Journal of Fluids and Structures • Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science • Journal of Pipeline Engineering • Journal of Sound and Vibration • Journal of Strain Analysis • Marine Structures • Ocean Engineering • Thin-Walled Structures • Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering • Steel and Composite Structures • Structural Engineering and Mechanics • Structural Engineering International


Member of Scientific Committees in International Conferences

Seismic Engineering Committee, ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference (PVP), annually, since 2004.

Pipeline Technology Committee, ASME International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE), annually, since 2005.

ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, COMPDYN, since 2007.

GRACM Congress on Computational Mechanics (2002 – present). • SEECCM South-East European Conference on Computational Mechanics, (a) 1st

SEECCM Kragujevac, Serbia, 2006; (b) 2nd SEECCM Rhodes, Greece, 2009.

International recognition of research work

• 1391 citations in Scopus - excluding self-citations (h-index=20).

• 2497 citations in Goggle Scholar (h-index=29)

Several paper awards from ASME (for Spyros Karamanos and his students)

Appointment as Associate Editor in two international scientific journals, namely:

• ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology (2008 – 2015)

• ASCE Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering & Practice (2009 – present)

Methodologies developed and presented in Spyros Karamanos’ publications have been adopted by the following standards/manuals:

1. International Institute of Welding – IIW (1999), Recommended Fatigue Design Procedure for Welded Hollow Section Joints. IIW, Subcommission XV-E, IIW Doc. XV-E-99-251, Second edition

2. Comité International pour le Développement et l’ Etude de la Construction Tubulaire- CIDECT (2000), Design Guide for Circular and Rectangular Hollow Section Welded Joints Under Fatigue Loading (authors: Zhao, X-L, Herion, S, Packer, JA, Puthli, RS, Sedlacek, G, Wardenier, J, Weynand, K, van Wingerde, AM, Yeomans, NF) Design Guide, TUV-Verlag, Koln, Germany

3. American Society of Civil Engineers, Manual of Practice for Steel Penstocks, ASCE Energy Division, Task Committee on Steel Penstocks, New York, NY, Manuals & Reports for Engineering Practice, No. 79, 2011.

4. American Society of Civil Engineers, Manual of Practice for Srismic Design of Buried Pipelines, ASCE, Technical Committee on Seismic Design of Buried Pipelines, New York, NY, Manuals & Reports for Engineering Practice, to be published, 2020.

Spyros Karamanos’ work is cited by the following standards/design recommendations:

1. European Committee for Standardization, Eurocode 3: Design of Steel Structures, PART 4-3: Pipelines, ENV 1993-4-3, Brussels, 2006.

2. American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE (1997), Guidelines for the Design of Double-Layer Grids, Daniel A. Cuoco, ed., New York, USA. ISBN: 0-7844-0253-1.

3. European Convention for Construction Steelwork, Buckling of Shells, European Recommendations. 5th Edition, ECCS publication No. 125, 2008.

4. American Society of Civil Engineers, Buried Flexible Steel Pipe. Design and Structural Analysis, ASCE Manuals & Reports for Engineering Practice, No. 119, 2009.

5. American Water Works Association, M11 Steel Pipe - A Guide for Design and Installation, Fifth Edition, Denver, Colorado, 2016.

Karamanos – Publications November 2019 1

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS AND INVITED LECTURES

Spyros A. Karamanos, Ph.D.

Theses & Disseration [1] Karamanos, S. A., "Geometrical Nonlinear and Elastic-Plastic Analysis of Three-dimensional

Frames. Computational Soluton Techniques.", Diploma Thesis, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University, Athens, Greece, July 1989.

[2] Karamanos, S. A. "Stability of Deep-Water Pipelines Under Combined Loading.", Thesis

Presented to the Faculty of Civil Engineering for partial fulfilment of the requirements for the M.Sc. degree, Austin, Texas, May 1991; also published as Karamanos, S. A. and Tassoulas, J. L., "Stability of Deep-Water Pipelines Under Combined Loading.", Offshore Technology Research Center, (OTRC), No. 6/91-B-18-100, Austin, Texas, June 1991.

[3] Karamanos, S. A., "Stability of Tubes Under External Pressure and Structural Loads.", Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of Civil Engineering for partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Ph.D. degree, Austin, Texas, December 1993; also published as Karamanos, S. A. and Tassoulas, J. L., "Stability of Tubes Under External Pressure and Structural Loads.", Report to Shell Oil Company, Published by the Offshore Technology Research Center (OTRC), No. 11/93-B-51-100, Austin, Texas, December 1993.

Chapters in Books

[1] Rasheed, H. A. and Karamanos, S. A., “Stability of Tubes and Pipelines”, Chapter 8, BUCKLING and POSTBUCKLING STRUCTURES, Experimental, Analytical and Numerical Studies, edited by B G Falzon & M H Aliabadi, ISBN 978-1-86094-794-0, Spring 2008.

[2] Vathi, M., Houliara, S., and Karamanos, S. A., “Finite Element Simulation of Manufacturing Process of UOE Steel Pipes.”, Anniversary Volume, 20 years of University of Thessaly, pp. 257-270, Volos, Greece, 2010.

[3] Karamanos, S. A., Patkas, L. A. and Papaprokopiou, D., “Numerical Analysis of Externally-Induced Sloshing in Spherical Liquid Containers”, Computational Methods in Earthquake Engineering, Computational Methods in Applied Sciences 21, M. Papadrakakis et al. (eds.), Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011.

[4] Vathi, M., and Karamanos, S. A., “Liquid Storage Tanks: Seismic Analysis.”, Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering, Beer, M., Kougioumtzoglou, I. A., Patelli, E., Au, S.-K. (Eds.), pp 1339-1359, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014.

Publications in Peer-Review Journals

[1] Papadrakakis, M. and Karamanos, S. A., "A Simple and Efficient Method for the Analysis of

Elastic-Plastic Frames.", Computational Mechanics, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 235-248, July 1991. [2] Karamanos, S. A. and Tassoulas, J. L., "Stability of Inelastic Tubes Under External Pressure and

Bending.", Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 117, No. 12, pp. 2845-2861, December 1991.

[3] Karamanos, S. A. and Tassoulas, J. L., "Hydrostatic Effects in Tubular Member Design.", Journal of Offshore Mechanics & Arctic Engineering (OMAE), ASME, Vol. 116, pp. 246-251, November 1994.


[4] Karamanos, S. A. and Tassoulas, J. L., "Stability of Ring-Stiffened Tubes under External Pressure.", Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, ASME, Vol. 117, No. 2, pp. 150-155, May 1995.

[5] Karamanos, S. A. and Tassoulas, J. L., "Tension Effects on the Pressure Capacity of Tubular Members.", Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 121, No. 6, pp.955-963, June 1995.

[6] Karamanos, S. A. and Tassoulas, J. L., "Effects of External Pressure on the Capacity of Tubular Beam-Columns.", Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 121, No. 11, pp.1620-1628, November 1995.

[7] Karamanos, S. A. and Tassoulas, J. L., "Tubular Members I: Stability Analysis and Preliminary Results.", Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 122, No. 1, pp.64-71, January 1996.

[8] Karamanos, S. A. and Tassoulas, J. L., "Tubular Members II: Local Buckling and Experimental Verification.", Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 122, No. 1, pp.72-78, January 1996.

[9] Karamanos, S. A., "Stability of Pressurized Long Inelastic Cylinders Under Radial Transverse Loads.", Computational Mechanics, Vol. 18, No. 6, pp. 444-453, October 1996.

[10] Tassoulas, J. L., Karamanos, S. A., Nogueira, A. C. and Mansour, G. N., "Finite Element Analysis of Tube Stability in Deep Water.", International Journal of Computers & Structures, Vol. 64, No. 1-4, pp. 791-807, June 1997.

[11] Karamanos, A. S. and Karamanos, S. A., “Earthquake Effects on Low-Rise Steel Buildings in High-Seismicity Areas: a Designer’s View.”, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Vol. 44, No. 1-2, pp. 115-128, October - November 1997.

[12] Karamanos, S. A., Romeijn, A. and Wardenier, J., “Stress Concentrations in Multi-planar Welded CHS XX-Connections.”, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Vol. 50, No. 3, pp. 259-282, June 1999.

[13] Karamanos, S. A., Romeijn, A. and Wardenier, J., “Stress Concentrations in Tubular Gap K-joints: Mechanics & Fatigue Design.”, Engineering Structures, Vol. 22, No.1, pp. 4-14, January 2000.

[14] Karamanos, S. A., Romeijn, A. and Wardenier, J., “On the Fatigue Design of K-joint Tubular Girders.”, International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering, ISOPE, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 50-56, March 2000.

[15] Karamanos, S. A., Romeijn, A. and Wardenier, J., “Stress Concentrations in Tubular DT-Joints for Fatigue Design.”, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 126, No. 11, pp. 1320-1330, November 2000.

[16] Karamanos, S. A., Romeijn, A. and Wardenier, J., “SCF Equations in Multi-planar Welded Tubular DT-Joints Including Bending Effects.”, Marine Structures, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 157-173, March 2002.

[17] Karamanos, S. A., “Bending Instabilities of Elastic Tubes.”, International Journal of Solids & Structures, Vol. 39, No. 8, pp. 2059-2085, April 2002.

[18] Karamanos, S. A., Romeijn, A. and Wardenier, J., “SCFs and Fatigue design of Multi-Planar Tubular DT-Joints.”, International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering, ISOPE, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 305-310, December 2002.

[19] Karamanos, S. A., Giakoumatos, E. and Gresnigt, A. M., “Nonlinear Response and Failure of Steel Elbows Under In-Plane Bending and Pressure.”, Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, ASME, Vol. 125, No. 4, pp. 393-402, November 2003.

[20] Papaspyrou, S., Valougeorgis, D. and Karamanos, S. A., “Refined Solutions of Externally Induced Sloshing in Half-Full Spherical Containers.”, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 129, No. 12, pp. 1369-1379, December 2003.

[21] Karamanos, S. A., and Eleftheriadis, Ch., “Collapse of Pressurized Elastoplastic Tubular Members Under Lateral Loads.”, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Vol. 46, No. 1 pp. 35-56, January 2004.

[22] Papaspyrou, S., Valougeorgis, D. and Karamanos, S. A., “Sloshing effects in half-full horizontal cylindrical vessels under longitudinal excitation.”, Journal of Applied Mechanics, ASME, Vol. 71, No. 2, pp. 255-265, March 2004.


[23] Papaspyrou, S., Karamanos, S. A. and Valougeorgis, D., “Response of Half Full Horizontal Cylinders Under Transverse Excitation.”, Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 19, No. 7, pp. 985-1003, August 2004.

[24] Karamanos, S. A. and Anagnostou, G., “Pressure Effects on the Static Response of Offshore Tubular Connections.”, Marine Structures, Vol. 17, No. 6, pp. 455-474, October 2004.

[25] Laspidou, C. S., Rittmann, B. E. and Karamanos, S. A., “Finite-element modelling to expand the UMCCA model to describe biofilm mechanical behaviour.”, Water Science and Technology, Vol. 52, No. 7, pp. 161-166, July 2005.

[26] Houliara, S. and Karamanos, S. A., “Buckling and Post-Buckling of Pressurized Thin-Walled Elastic Tubes Under In-Plane Bending.”, International Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 491-511, May 2006.

[27] Karamanos, S. A., Patkas, L. A. and Platyrrachos, M. A., “Sloshing Effects on the Seismic Design of Horizontal-Cylindrical and Spherical Industrial Vessels.”, Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, ASME, Vol. 128, No. 3, pp. 328-340, August 2006.

[28] Karamanos, S. A., Tsouvalas, D. and Gresnigt, A. M., “Ultimate Bending Capacity and Buckling of Pressurized 90 deg Steel Elbows.”, Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, ASME, Vol. 128, No. 3, pp. 348-356, August 2006 [Sam Y. Zamrik Literature Award 2006, American Society of Mechanical Engineering, Pressure Vessels & Piping Division].

[29] Karamanos, S. A., and Andreadakis, K. P., “Denting of Internally Pressurized Tubes Under Lateral Loads.”, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Vol. 48, No. 10, pp. 1080-1094, October 2006.

[30] Tsetseni, S. and Karamanos, S. A., “Axial Compression Capacity of Welded-Slip Pipeline Joints”, Journal of Transportation Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 133, No. 5, pp. 335-340, May 2007.

[31] Dama E., Karamanos, S. A., and Gresnigt A. M., "Failure of Locally Buckled Pipelines.", Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, ASME, Vol. 129, No. 2, pp. 272-279, May 2007.

[32] Patkas, L. A. and Karamanos, S. A., “Variational Solutions of Liquid Sloshing in Horizontal-Cylindrical and Spherical Containers.”, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, Vol. 133, No. 6, pp. 641-655, June 2007.

[33] Gresnigt, A. M., Karamanos, S. A., and Andreadakis, K. P., “Lateral Loading of Internally Pressurized Steel Pipes.”, Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, ASME, Vol. 129, No. 4, pp. 630-638, November 2007.

[34] Vasilikis, D. and Karamanos, S. A., “Stability of Confined Thin-Walled Steel Cylinders under External Pressure.”, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 21-32, January 2009.

[35] Karamanos, S. A., Papaprokopiou, D., and Platyrrachos, M. A., “Finite Element Analysis of Externally-Induced Sloshing in Horizontal-Cylindrical and Axisymmetric Industrial Vessels.”, Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, ASME, Vol. 131, No. 5, Article Number: 051301, October 2009.

[36] Houliara, S. and Karamanos, S. A., “Stability of Long Transversely-Isotropic Elastic Cylinders Under Bending.”, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 10–24, January 2010.

[37] Vazouras, P., Karamanos, S. A., and Dakoulas, P., “Finite Element Analysis of Buried Steel Pipelines Under Strike-Slip Fault Displacements”, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 30, No. 11, pp. 1361–1376, November 2010.

[38] Houliara, S. and Karamanos, S. A., “Buckling of Thin-Walled Long Steel Cylinders under Bending.”, Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, ASME, Vol. 133, No.1, Article Number: 011201, February 2011.

[39] Vasilikis, D. and Karamanos, S. A., “Buckling Design of Confined Steel Cylinders Under External Pressure.”, Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, ASME, Vol. 133, No.1, Article Number: 011205, February 2011.


[40] Vazouras, P., Karamanos, S. A., and Dakoulas, P., “Mechanical Behaviour of Buried Steel Pipelines Under Strike-Slip and Normal/Reverse Fault Displacements”, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 41, pp. 164-180, October 2012.

[41] Vasilikis, D. and Karamanos, S. A., “Mechanical Behavior and Wrinkling of Lined Pipes.”, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 49, No. 23-24, pp. 3432-3446, November 2012.

[42] Varelis, G. E., Karamanos, S. A., and Gresnigt, A. M., “Steel Elbow Response Under Strong Cyclic Loading.”, Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, ASME, Vol. 135, No.1, Article Number: 011207, February 2013.

[43] Vasilikis, D. and Karamanos, S. A., “On the Mechanics of Confined Steel Cylinders Under External Pressure.”, Applied Mechanics Reviews, ASME, Invited paper, Vol. 66, Article Number: 010801, January 2014.

[44] Varelis, G. E., and Karamanos, S. A., “Buckling of Steel Cylinders Under Cyclic Bending in the Inelastic Range.”, Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, ASME, Vol. 136, Article Number: 021207, April 2014.

[45] Varelis, G. E., and Karamanos, S. A., “Low-Cycle Fatigue of Pressurized Steel Elbows Under In-Plane Bending.”, Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, ASME, Vol. 137, No.1, Article Number: 011401, February 2015.

[46] Vazouras, P., Dakoulas, P., and Karamanos, S. A., “Pipe-Soil Interaction and Pipeline Performance Under Strike-Slip Fault Movements.”, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 72, pp. 48–65, May 2015.

[47] Braconi A., Caprili, S., Degee, H., Guendel, M., Hjaij, M., Hoffmeister, B., Karamanos S. A., Rinaldi, V., Salvatore, W., “Efficiency of Eurocode 8 design rules for steel and steel-concrete composite structures”, Journal of the Constructional Steel Research, Vol. 112, pp. 108–129, September 2015.

[48] Ferino, J., Fonzo, A., Di Biagio, M., Demofonti, G., Spinelli, C. M., Karamanos S. A., “Onshore pipeline high grade steel for challenge utilization.”, International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering, ISOPE, Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 272–280, December 2015.

[49] Pappa, P., and Karamanos, S. A., "Non-Associative J2 Plasticity Model for Finite Element Buckling Analysis of Shells in the Inelastic Range", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 300, pp. 689–715, March 2016.

[50] Chatzopoulou, G., Karamanos, S. A., and Varelis, G. E., “Finite Element Analysis of UOE Manufacturing Process and its Effect on Mechanical Behavior of Offshore Pipes.”, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 83, pp. 13-27, April 2016.

[51] Van Es, S. H. J., Gresnigt, A. M., Vasilikis, D., and Karamanos, S. A., “Ultimate Bending Capacity of Spiral-Welded Steel Tubes - Part I: Experiments”, Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 102, pp. 286-304, May 2016.

[52] Vasilikis, D., Karamanos, S. A., Van Es, S. H. J. and Gresnigt, A. M., “Ultimate Bending Capacity of Spiral-Welded Steel Tubes - Part II: Predictions”, Thin-Walled Structures, Vol. 102, pp. 305-319, May 2016.

[53] Karamanos, S. A. and Kouka, A., “A Refined Analytical Model For Externally-Induced Sloshing In Half–Full Deformable Horizontal Cylindrical Liquid Containers’, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 85, pp. 191-201, June 2016.

[54] Karamanos, S. A., “Mechanical Behavior of Steel Pipe Bends; An Overview.”, Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, ASME, Invited paper: special issue for the 50th Anniversary of PVPD, Vol. 138, No. 4, Article Number: 041203, August 2016.

[55] Chatzopoulou, G., Karamanos, S. A., and Varelis, G. E., “Finite Element Analysis of Cyclically-Loaded Steel Pipes During Deep Water Reeling Installation.”, Ocean Engineering, Vol. 124, pp. 113–124, September 2016.


[56] Pournara, A. E., Karamanos, S. A., Mecozzi, E., Lucci, A., “Structural resistance of high-strength steel CHS members.”, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Vol. 128, pp. 152–165, January 2017.

[57] Kaya, E. S., Uckan, E., O’Rourke, M. J., Karamanos, S. A., Akbas, B., Cakir, F., Cheng, Y., “Failure Analysis of a Welded Steel Pipe at Kullar Fault Crossing”, Engineering Failure Analysis, Vol. 71, pp. 43-62, January 2017.

[58] Badalassi M., Braconi A., Cajot L.-G., Caprili, S., Degee, H., Hjaij, M., Hoffmeister, B., Karamanos, S. A., Salvatore, W., Somja H. “Influence of variability of material mechanical properties on seismic performance of steel and steel-concrete composite structures”, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 1559–1607, April 2017.

[59] Skarakis, I., Chatzopoulou, G., Karamanos, S. A., Tsouvalis, N. G., and Pournara, A. E., “CFRP Reinforcement and Repair of Steel Pipe Elbows Subjected to Severe Cyclic Loading”, Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, ASME, Vol. 139, Article Number: 051403, October 2017.

[60] Vathi, M. and Karamanos, S. A., Kapogiannis, I. A., and Spiliopoulos, K. V., “Performance criteria for liquid storage tanks and piping systems subjected to seismic loading.”, Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, ASME, Vol. 139, Article Number: 051801, October, 2017.

[61] Karamanos, S. A., Sarvanis, G. C., Keil, B. and Card, R. J., “Analysis and Design of Buried Steel Water Pipelines in Seismic Areas.”, Journal of Pipeline Systems, Engineering & Practice, ASCE, Vol. 8, No. 4, Article Number: 04017018, November 2017.

[62] Vazouras, P. and Karamanos, S. A., “Structural Behavior of Buried Pipe Bends and Their Effect on Pipeline Response in Fault Crossing Areas”, Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 15, No. 11, pp. 4999-5024, November 2017.

[63] Sarvanis, G. C., and Karamanos, S. A., “Analytical Model for the Strain Analysis of Continuous Buried Pipelines in Geohazard Areas.”, Engineering Structures, Vol. 152, pp. 57-69, December 2017.

[64] Sarvanis, G. C., Karamanos, S. A., Vazouras, P., Mecozzi, E., Lucci, A., Dakoulas, P., "Permanent Earthquake-Induced Actions in Buried Pipelines: Numerical Modeling and Experimental Verification", Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 966–987, April 2018.

[65] Vathi, M. and Karamanos, S. A., “A Simple and Efficient Model for Seismic Response and Low-Cycle Fatigue Assessment of Uplifting Liquid Storage Tanks.”, Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, Vol. 53, pp. 29-44, May 2018.

[66] Papadaki, C. I., Karamanos, S. A., Chatzopoulou, G., Sarvanis, G. C., “Buckling of Internally-Pressurized Spiral-Welded Steel Pipes under Bending.”, International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping, Vol. 165, Pages 270-285, August 2018.

[67] Gavriilidis, I. and Karamanos, S. A., “Bending and buckling of internally-pressurized steel lined pipes”, Ocean Engineering, Vol. 171, pp. 540–553, January 2019.

[68] Pournara, A. E., Papatheocharis, T., Karamanos, S. A., Perdikaris, P. C., “Mechanical Behavior of Dented Steel Pipes Subjected to Bending and Pressure Loading.”, Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, ASME, Vol. 141, No. 1, Article Number: 011702, February 2019.

[69] Antoniou, K., Chatzopoulou, G., Karamanos, S. A., Tazedakis, A., Palagas, C., Dourdounis, E., “Numerical Simulation of JCO-E Pipe Manufacturing Process and its Effect on the External Pressure Capacity of the Pipe.”, Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, ASME, Vol. 141, No. 1, Article Number: 011704, February 2019.

[70] Chatzopoulou, G., Sarvanis, G. C., Karamanos, S. A., Mecozzi, E., Hilgert, O., “The effect of spiral cold-bending manufacturing process on pipeline mechanical behavior”, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 166, pp. 167-182, July 2019.

[71] Gelagoti, F., Kourkoulis, R., Georgiou, I., Karamanos, S. A., "Soil-Structure Interaction Effects in Offshore Wind Support Structures Under Seismic Loading", Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, ASME, Vol. 141, No. 6, Article number: 061903, December 2019.


[72] Chatziioannou, K., Karamanos, S. A., Huang, Y., “Ultra low-cycle fatigue performance of S420 and S700 steel welded tubular X-joints”, International Journal of Fatigue, Vol. 129, pp. 105221, December 2019.

Other Technical Publications [1] Karamanos, S.A., Romeijn, A. and Wardenier, J.: Stress concentrations and joint flexibility

effects in multi-planar welded tubular connections for fatigue design, Stevin Report 6-98-05, CIDECT Report 7R-17/98, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 1997.

[2] Karamanos, S. A., “The constructuability of Deep-Water Oil & Gas Pipelines.”, Bulletin of Hellenic Association of Mechanical-Elecrtical Engineers, Vol. 325, pp. 62-70, January 2000 [in Greek].

[3] Karamanos, S. A., Dama, E., Giakoumatos, E., and Gresnigt, A. M., “Structural Integrity of Oil & Gas Pipelines.”, Bulletin of Hellenic Association of Mechanical-Elecrtical Engineers, Vol. 413, pp. 13-24, October 2008 [in Greek].

[4] Karamanos, S. A., “Ultimate Strength of Offshore Oil & Gas Pipelines.”, Bulletin of Hellenic Association of Mechanical-Elecrtical Engineers, Vol. 423, pp. 16-24, October 2009 [in Greek].

[5] Swart, A. E., Karamanos, S. A., Scarpas, A., Blaauwendraad, J., “Finite Element Analysis of Pipeline Damage in Pipeline Bends”, HERON, Vol. 55, No. 1, pp. 33-50, 2010.

Publications in Conference Proceedings

[1] Karamanos, S. A. and Tassoulas, J. L., "Stability of Deep-Water Pipelines Under Combined Loading.", Offshore Technology Conference, OTC 6759, pp. 545-552, Houston, Texas, USA, May 1991.

[2] Karamanos, S. A. and Tassoulas, J. L., "Pipeline Stability in Deep Water.", First National Conference on Steel Structures, pp. 38-55, Athens, Greece, June 1991.

[3] Karamanos, S. A. and Tassoulas, J. L., "Stability of Inelastic Tubes Under Combined Tension and Bending.", Structures Congress X, ASCE, pp.657-660, San Antonio, Texas, USA, April 1992.

[4] Karamanos, A. S. and Karamanos, S. A., "Seismic Design of Double-Layer Space Grids and their Supports.", Fourth Int. Conference on Space Structures, pp.476-484, Surrey, U.K., September 1993.

[5] Karamanos, S. A. and Tassoulas, J. L., "Hydrostatic Effects in Tubular member Design.", Offshore Mechanics & Arctic Engineering (OMAE) Conference, ASME, pp. 163-170, Houston, Texas, USA, February 1994.

[6] Karamanos, S. A. and Tassoulas, J. L., "Analysis of Unstiffened and Stiffened Tubular Members Under External Pressure and Structural Loads.", Structures Congress XII, ASCE, pp.1520-1525, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, April 1994.

[7] Tassoulas, J. L., Karamanos, S. A., Nogueira, A. C. and Mansour, G. N., "Finite Element Analysis of Tube Stability in Deep Water.", Advances in Computational Mechanics, Conference on Computational Structures Technology, Proceedings, CIVIL-COMP Press, CST' 94, pp. 45-60, Athens, Greece, August 1994.

[8] Karamanos, S. A. and Tassoulas, J. L., "Stability of Stiffened Tubular Members.", Structures Congress XIII, ASCE, pp. 1377-1380, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, April 1995.

[9] Karamanos, S. A. and Tassoulas, J. L., "The Ultimate Capacity of Tubular Members Under External Pressure.", First European Conference on Steel Structures, EUROSTEEL 95, pp.435-441, Athens, Greece, May 1995.


[10] Karamanos, S. A. and Tassoulas, J. L., "Computational Stability of Offshore Tubes.", 4th HSTAM Congress on Mechanics, pp.553-561, Xanthi, Greece, June 1995.

[11] Karamanos, S. A., "The Ultimate Capacity of Inelastic Cylindrical Tubes Under Pressure and Transverse Loads.", Second National Conference on Computational Mechanics, Chania, Greece, pp.173-181, June 1996.

[12] Romeijn, A., Karamanos, S. A. and Wardenier, J., “Effects of Joint Flexibility on the Fatigue Design of Welded Tubular Lattice Structures.”, Seventh International Offshore and Polar Conference, ISOPE 97, Vol. IV, pp. 90-97, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, May 1997.

[13] Karamanos, S. A., Romeijn, A. and Wardenier, J., “Stress Concentration Factors for the Fatigue Design of Multi-Planar Welded Tubular Connections.”, Behavior of Offshore Structures Conference, BOSS 97, Vol. 3, pp. 63-76, Delft, The Netherlands, July 1997.

[14] Karamanos, S. A., Abeysinghe, R. and Koutsoukos, D. P., “Stability Design of Slender Bridge Piers Under Seismic Loads.”, 15th Annual International Bridge Conference, pp. 419-426, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, June 1998.

[15] Karamanos, S. A., Romeijn, A. and Wardenier, J., “Numerical Simulation of Tubular Joints for Fatigue Analysis.”, Proceedings, 5th HSTAM International Congress on Mechanics, Vol. 1, pp. 371-379, Ioannina, Greece, August 1998.

[16] Karamanos, S. A., Romeijn, A. and Wardenier, J., “Fatigue Design of Multi-planar Welded Tubular DT Connections.”, Third National Conference on Steel Structures, pp. 185-192, Thessaloniki, Greece, October 1998.

[17] Karamanos, A. S. and Karamanos, S. A., "Structural Design of a 40-meter-high Steel Tubular Tower for Wind Turbine 600 kW.", Third National Conference on Steel Structures, pp. 239-247, Thessaloniki, Greece, October 1998.

[18] Karamanos, S. A. and Tassoulas, J. L., "A Nonlinear “Tube” Element for Elongated Cylindrical Shells.", Third National Conference on Computational Mechanics, pp. 317-324, Volos, Greece, June 1999.

[19] Karamanos, S. A., “Stability of Straight and Bent Elastic Tubes Under In-Plane Bending.”, Fourth International Colloquium on Computation of Shell & Spatial Structures, paper No. 251, Chania, Crete, Greece, June 2000.

[20] Karamanos, S. A. and Papadimitriou, C., “Sensitivity of Inelastic Tube Collapse on Initial Imperfections: a Probabilistic Approach.”, Fourth International Colloquium on Computation of Shell & Spatial Structures, paper No. 52, Chania, Crete, Greece, June 2000.

[21] Papadimitriou, C., Katafygiotis, L. S. and Karamanos, S. A., “Optimal Sensor Placement Strategies for Structural Damage Identification.”, 8th ASCE Joint Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics & Structural Reliability, PMC2000, Notre Dame, USA, July 2000.

[22] Karamanos, S. A., Romeijn, A. and Wardenier, J., “SCFs and Fatigue Design of Multi-planar Tubular DT Connections.”, Eleventh International Offshore and Polar Conference, ISOPE 2001, Vol. IV, pp. 59-66, Stavanger, Norway, June 2001.

[23] Papadimitriou, C., Christodoulou, K., Pavlidou, M. and Karamanos, S. A., “Optimal Sensor and Actuator Configuration for Structural Identification”, Proceedings DETC 01, Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, ASME, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 2001.

[24] Eleftheriadis, Ch. and Karamanos, S. A., “Pressure Effects on the Lateral Crushing of Elastoplastic Tubulars.”, ASME – Greek Section, 1st National Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Patras, Greece, September 2001.

[25] Papaspyrou S., Valougeorgis D. and Karamanos, S. A., “Analytical Solutions of Sloshing Effects in Horizontal Cylindrical and Spherical Vessels”, ASME – Greek Section, 1st National Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Patras, Greece, September 2001.


[26] Karamanos, S. A. and Zissopoulou, E., “Sway Frame Stability; Comparison of AISC and EC3 for some special cases.”, 4th National Conference on Steel Structures, Vol. 1, pp. 309-317, Patras, Greece, May 2002.

[27] Karamanos, S. A. and Aravas, N., “Numerical Implementation of Large-Strain Elastoplastic Models for Nonlinear Shell Analysis”, 4th National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Patras, Greece, June 2002.

[28] Papaspyrou S., Valougeorgis D. and Karamanos, S. A., “Externally-Induced Sloshing in Horizontal Cylindrical Vessels with Energy Dissipation.”, 4th National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Patras, Greece, June 2002.

[29] Swart, A. E., Karamanos, S. A., Scarpas, A., Blaauwendraad, J., “Finite Element Analysis of Pipeline Damage in Pipeline Bends”, 4th National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Patras, Greece, June 2002.

[30] Papadimitriou, C., Pavlidou, M., Christodoulou, K., and Karamanos, S. A., “Optimal Sensor Configuration Methodology for Structural Identification”, Structural Health Monitoring, Paper SHM 2002 – 91, Paris, France, July 2002.

[31] Pavlidou, M., Gkaras, V., Christodoulou, K., Karamanos, S. A., Papadimitriou, C., P. C. Perkidaris, Lekidis V. A. and Carakostas, C. Z., “Model Updating of Bridges Using Vibration Measurements”, Structural Health Monitoring, Paper SHM 2002 – 125, Paris, France, July 2002.

[32] Karamanos, S. A., Papaspyrou S., and Valougeorgis D., “Sloshing Effects in Spherical Vessels and Their Supports”, Paper No. 474, 12th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, London, UK, September 2002.

[33] Papadimitriou, C., Karamanos, S. A., Christodoulou, K., Pavlidou, M., Lekidis V. A. and Karakostas, C. Z., “Model Updating of Bridges Using Vibration Measurements”, Paper no. 485, 12th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, London, UK, September 2002.

[34] Papaspyrou S., Valougeorgis D. and Karamanos, S. A., "Semi-analytical sloshing solutions in half full spherical and horizontal cylindrical containers", 1st International Conference for Mathematics and Informatics for Industry, Thessaloniki, Greece, April 2003.

[35] Papaspyrou S., Valougeorgis D. and Karamanos, S. A., "Longitudinal sloshing effects in half full horizontal cylindrical vessels", 2nd MIT Conference on Computational Mechanics, Boston, MA, USA, June 2003.

[36] Houliara, S. and Karamanos, S. A., “Bending Instabilities of Pressurized Long Elastic Cylindrical Shells”, International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering & Sciences, ICCES 2003, Corfu, Greece, July 2003.

[37] Gresnigt A. M., Karamanos S. A., Giakoumatos E., Dijkstra, O. D., Kreber J., "Remaining Life of Buckled Pipelines", Steel Tanks 2003, International Conference on Design, Inspection, Maintenance and Operation of Cylindrical Steel Tanks and Pipelines, pp. 176-182, Prague, Czech Rep., October 2003.

[38] Karamanos, S. A., "Simplified Sloshing Analysis for the Seismic Design of Industrial Vessels.", Steel Tanks 2003, International Conference on Design, Inspection, Maintenance and Operation of Cylindrical Steel Tanks and Pipelines, pp. 122-129, Prague, Czech Rep., October 2003.

[39] Lekidis, V.A., Karakostas, C.Z., Salonikios, T., Papadimitriou, C., Karamanos, S. A., “Monitoring of seismic behavior of characteristic concrete bridges in Greece.”, 14th National Conference on Concrete Structures, Kos, Greece, October 2003.

[40] Papaspyrou S., Valougeorgis D. and Karamanos, S. A., "Mathematical modeling of sloshing in half-full deformable horizontal cylinders.", 7th HSTAM International Congress on Mechanics, Vol. I, pp. 308-315, Chania, Greece, June 2004.

[41] Karamanos, S. A., Papadimitriou, C., Christodoulou, K., Karakostas, C. Z., Lekidis, V. A. and Panetsos P., “Multi-Objective Framework for Model Updating with Application to a Four-Span Concrete Bridge.”, 2nd European Conference on Structural Health Monitoring, Munich, Germany, July 2004.


[42] Karamanos, S. A., Tsouvalas, D. and Gresnigt, A. M., “Ultimate Capacity of Pressurized 90 Deg Elbows Under Bending.”, Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference, ASME, PVP2004-2608, PVP-Vol. 477, pp. 139-148, San Diego, CA, July 2004.

[43] Karamanos, S. A., “Sloshing Effects on the Seismic Design of Horizontal-Cylindrical and Spherical Vessels.”, Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference, ASME, PVP2004-2912, PVP-Vol. 486-1, pp. 225-231, San Diego, CA, July 2004.

[44] Gresnigt A. M., Karamanos S. A., Giakoumatos E., Dijkstra, O. D., Kreber J., "Fatigue Failure of Buckled Pipelines.", International Conference on Pipeline Engineering & Construction, ASCE, San Diego, CA, August 2004.

[45] Karakostas, C. Z., Lekidis V. A., Christodoulou, K., Karamanos, S. A., Papadimitriou, C., and Panetsos, P. “Investigation of Dynamic Response and Model Updating of Instrumented R/C Bridges”, 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, August 1-6, 2004, Paper No. 2591.

[46] Laspidou, C. S., Rittmann, B. E. and Karamanos, S. A., “Finite-element modeling to expand the UMCCA model to describe biofilm mechanical behaviour.”, International Conference Biofilms 2004: Structure and Activity of Biofilms, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 2004.

[47] Patkas, L. A. and Karamanos, S. A., “Numerical Simulation of Propagating Buckles in Offshore Oil & Gas Pipelines.” 1st National Conference of Mechanical – Electrical Engineers, March 2005 (in Greek).

[48] Houliara, S., and Karamanos, S. A., “Buckling of Thin-Walled Steel Cylinders under Bending Loads.”, Fifth International Colloquium on Computation of Shell & Spatial Structures, Salzburg, Austria, June 2005.

[49] Karamanos, S. A., Andreadakis, K. and Gresnigt, A. M., “Response of Pressurized Steel Tubes and Pipes under Concentrated Lateral Loads”, 4th Eurosteel Conference, Maastricht, The Netherlands, June 2005.

[50] Karamanos, S. A. and Eleftheriadis, C., “Pipe Response Under Concentrated Lateral Loads and External Pressure.”, Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering Conference, ASME, OMAE2005-67182, Halkidiki, Greece, June 2005.

[51] Patkas, L. A., Karamanos, S. A. and Platyrrachos, M. A., “Variational Solutions of Liquid Sloshing in Half-full Horizontal Cylinders.”, 5th GRACM International Congress on Computational Mechanics, Limassol, Cyprus, June 2005.

[52] Karamanos, S. A., Andreadakis, K. P. and Gresnigt A. M., “Lateral Loading of Internally Pressurized Steel Pipes.”, Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference, ASME, PVP2005-71500 Denver, CO, July 2005.

[53] Platyrrachos, M., and Karamanos, S. A., “Finite Element Analysis of Sloshing in Horizontal-Cylindrical Industrial Vessels under Earthquake Loading.”, Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference, ASME, PVP2005-71499, Denver, CO, July 2005.

[54] Patkas, L. A., Karamanos, S. A., and Platyrrachos, M., “Seismic Design in Horizontal-Cylindrical Industrial Vessels under Earthquake Loading.”, Fourth European Workshop on the Seismic Behavior of Irregular and Complex Structures, Thessaloniki, Greece, August 2005.

[55] Andreadakis, K. P., and Karamanos S. A., "Pipe Response Under Concentrated Lateral Loads and External Pressure.", Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering Conference, ASME, OMAE 2006-92208, Hamburg, Germany, June 2006; Best Paper Award 2006 – Pipeline Technology Symposium OMAE 2006.

[56] Dama, E., Karamanos S. A., and Gresnigt A. M., "Failure of Locally-Buckled Pipelines.", Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference, ASME, PVP2006-ICPVT11-93510, Vancouver, Canada, July 2006.

[57] Patkas, L. A., and Karamanos S. A., "A Variational Solution of Sloshing in Spherical Industrial Vessels under Earthquake Loading.", Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference, ASME, PVP2006-ICPVT11-93511, Vancouver, Canada, July 2006.


[58] Tsetseni, S. and Karamanos, S. A., “Axial Load Capacity of Bell-and-Spigot Pipeline Joints.”, International Conference on Pipeline Engineering & Construction, ASCE, paper No. 15159, Chicago, IL, July 2006.

[59] Karamanos, S. A., Dama, E., Giakoumatos, E. and Gresnigt, A. M., “Fatigue of Locally Buckled Pipelines”, 2nd National Conference of Mechanical – Electrical Engineers, May 2007 (in Greek).

[60] Karamanos, S. A., “Ultimate Capacity Issues in Deep-Water Pipelines”, 2nd National Conference of Mechanical – Electrical Engineers, May 2007 (in Greek).

[61] Houliara, S. and Karamanos, S. A., “Bending Buckling of Long Elastic Anisotropic Cylindrical Shells”, ASME Congress of Applied Mechanics and Materials, MCMAT, Austin, Texas, June 2007 (abstract only).

[62] Karamanos, S. A., “A refined mathematical model for externally-induced sloshing in half–full deformable horizontal cylinders.”, COMPDYN 2007 Conference, Rethymno, Greece, June 2007.

[63] Karamanos, S. A., Papaprokopiou, D., and Patkas, L. A. “Variational Analysis of Sloshing in Spherical Industrial Vessels.”, COMPDYN 2007 Conference, Rethymno, Greece, June 2007.

[64] Papadimitriou, C., Ntotsios, E., Christodoulou, K., Karamanos, S. A., Panetsos, P., Karakostas, C., and Lekidis, V., “Bridge Monitoring System Based on Vibration Measurements.”, COMPDYN 2007 Conference, Rethymno, Greece, June 2007.

[65] Perros, K., Papadimitriou, C., Karamanos, S. A., Panetsos, P. “Response and Reliability of Nonlinear Systems with Impacts Subjected to Transient Excitations.”, COMPDYN 2007 Conference, Rethymno, Greece, June 2007.

[66] Houliara, S. and Karamanos, S. A., “Buckling of Pressurized Long Elastic Anisotropic Cylindrical Shells”, 8th HSTAM Congress on Mechanics, Patras, Greece, July 2007.

[67] Karamanos, S. A., Dama, E., Giakoumatos, E. and Gresnigt, A. M., “Fatigue of Locally Buckled Pipelines”, 3rd National Conference of Metallic Materials, Patras, Greece, December 2007 (in Greek).

[68] Pappa, P., Tsouvalas, D., Karamanos, S. A. and Houliara, S. “Bending Behavior of Pressurized Induction Bends.”, Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering Conference, ASME, OMAE2008-57358, Lisbon, Portugal, June 2008.

[69] Houliara, S. and Karamanos, S. A., “Hypo-elastic and Hyper-elastic Models for the Stability Analysis of Anisotropic Cylindrical Shells”, 6th GRACM International Congress on Computational Mechanics, Thessaloniki, Greece, June 2008.

[70] Vasilikis, D. and Karamanos, S. A., “Buckling of Unconfined and Confined Thin-Walled Steel Cylinders Under External Pressure.”, International Conference on Pipeline Engineering & Construction, ASCE, Atlanta, GA, July 2008.

[71] Papaprokopiou, D., and Karamanos, S. A., “Finite Element Analysis of Earthquake-Induced Sloshing in Axisymmetric Vessels.”, Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference, ASME, PVP2008-61029, Chicago, IL, July 2008.

[72] Perdikaris, P. C., Papachristou, K., Houliara, S., Zervaki, A. Karamanos, S. A. and Haidemenopoulos, G. N., “Fatigue Behavior of High-Strength-Steel Welded Plate Connections.”, 6th National Conference of Steel Structures, Ioannina, Greece, October 2008.

[73] Karamanos, S. A., Dama, E., Giakoumatos, E. and Gresnigt, A. M., “Fatigue of Locally Buckled Pipelines”, 6th National Conference on Metal Structures, Ioannina, Greece, October 2008.

[74] Dakoulas, P., Vazouras, P., and Karamanos, S. A., “Stress State and Limit Strength of Underground Steel Pipelines in Active Faults”, 3rd National Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology, Paper No. 2029, Athens, Greece, November 2008 (in Greek).

[75] Gresnigt, A. M., and Karamanos, S. A., “Local Buckling Strength and Deformation Capacity of Pipes.”, Nineteenth International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE09, Osaka, Japan, June 2009.


[76] Vazouras, P., Dakoulas, P., and Karamanos, S. A., “Finite Element Analysis of Buried Pipelines Under Seismic-Fault Displacement”, COMPDYN 2009 Conference, paper CD441, Rhodos, Greece, June 2009.

[77] Varelis, G., Vathi, M., Houliara, S., and Karamanos, S. A., “Effect of UOE Manufacturing Process on Pressure Buckling of Thick-walled Pipes.”, 2nd South-East European Conference on Computational Mechanics, SEECCM, paper SE151, Rhodos, Greece, June 2009.

[78] Houliara, S., and Karamanos, S. A., “Buckling of Thin-Walled Steel Cylinders under Bending Loads.”, Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference, ASME, PVP2009-77979, Prague, Czech Rep., July 2009.

[79] Vasilikis, D., and Karamanos, S. A., “Buckling Design of Confined Steel Cylinders Under External Pressure.”, Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference, ASME, PVP2009-77216, Prague, Czech Rep., July 2009 [3rd Prize in Student Paper Competition, ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference (PVP2009), Prague, Czech Rep.].

[80] Varelis, G., Vathi, M., Houliara, S., and Karamanos, S. A., “Effect of UOE Manufacturing Process on Pressure Buckling of Thick-walled Pipes.”, 10th International Conference on Computational Plasticity, COMPLAS X, Barcelona, Spain, September 2009.

[81] Pappa, P., and Karamanos, S. A., “Numerical Implementation Of J2 Non-Associative Flow Plasticity Models For Inelastic Buckling Computations.”, 10th International Conference on Computational Plasticity, COMPLAS X, Barcelona, Spain, September 2009.

[82] Vasilikis, D., and Karamanos, S. A., “Buckling of Double-Wall Elastic Tubes Under Bending.”, 9th HSTAM International Congress on Mechanics, Limassol, Cyprus, July 2010.

[83] Vazouras, P., Karamanos, S. A., and Dakoulas, P., “Behavior of Underground Steel Gas Pipelines Passing Through Active Faults”, 6thNational Conference on Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Volos, Greece, September 2010 (in Greek).

[84] Gresnigt, A. M., Willemse, C. A., and Karamanos, S. A., “Local buckling limits of tubular sections in bending and compression.”, 13th International Symposium on Tubular Structures (ISTS 13), Hong-Kong, China, December 2010.

[85] Varelis, G. E., Pappa, P. and Karamanos, S. A., “Simulation of Industrial Elbow Response Under Strong Cyclic Loading.”, COMPDYN 2011 Conference, Corfu, Greece, May 2011.

[86] Vazouras, P., Karamanos, S. A., and Dakoulas, P., “Finite Element Analysis of Buried Steel Pipelines Under Strike-Slip Fault Displacements.”, COMPDYN 2011 Conference, Corfu, Greece, May 2011.

[87] Pappa, P., Vasilikis, D., Vazouras, P., and Karamanos, S. A., “On the Seismic Behaviour and Design of Liquid Storage Tanks”, COMPDYN 2011 Conference, Corfu, Greece, May 2011.

[88] Diamanti K., Doukas I., and Karamanos, S. A., “Seismic Analysis and Design of Industrial Pressure Vessels.”, COMPDYN 2011 Conference, Corfu, Greece, May 2011.

[89] Vasilikis, D., and Karamanos, S. A, “Buckling of Clad Pipes Under Bending and External Pressure.”, Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering Conference, ASME, OMAE 2011, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 2011.

[90] Vazouras, P., Karamanos, S. A., and Dakoulas, P., “Buried Steel Pipelines Under Tectonic Fault Displacements”, Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering Conference, ASME, OMAE 2011, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 2011.

[91] Varelis, G. E., and Karamanos, S. A., “J2 Bounding-Surface Plasticity Models for Simulation of Strong Cyclic Loading of Structural Steel Components.”, 7th GRACM International Congress on Computational Mechanics, Athens, Greece, June 2011.

[92] Pappa, P., and Karamanos, S. A., “Numerical Implementation of J2 Non-Associative Flow Plasticity Models for Inelastic Buckling Computations.”, 7th GRACM International Congress on Computational Mechanics, Athens, Greece, June 2011.


[93] Vasilikis, D. and Karamanos, S. A., “Buckling of Clad Pipes Under Bending and External Pressure.”, 7th GRACM International Congress on Computational Mechanics, Athens, Greece, June 2011.

[94] Varelis, G. E., Pappa, P. and Karamanos, S. A., “Finite Element Analysis of Industrial Steel Elbows Under Strong Cyclic Loading.”, Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference, ASME, PVP2011-57260, Baltimore, Maryland, July 2011.

[95] Vazouras, P., Karamanos, S. A., and Dakoulas, P., “Numerical Simulation of Buried Steel Pipelines Under Strike-Slip Fault Displacements”, International Conference on Pipeline Engineering & Construction, ASCE, Seattle, WA, July 2011.

[96] Varelis, G. E., Pournara, A. E., and Karamanos, S. A., “Strength and Stability of High-Strength Steel Tubular Beam-Columns Under Static and Cyclic Loads.”, 6th Eurosteel Conference, Budapest, Hungary, August 2011.

[97] Varelis, G. E., Papatheocharis, Ch., Perdikaris, P. C., Karamanos, S. A., “Experimental and Numerical Investigation of High-Strength Steel Welded Tubular Connections Under Monotonic and Cyclic Loading.”, 6th Eurosteel Conference, Budapest, Hungary, August 2011.

[98] Pappa, P., and Karamanos, S. A., “Non-Associative Constitutive Model and Numerical Implementation for Buckling Calculations in Cylindrical Steel Shells.”, 6th International Conference on Thin-Walled Structures, Timisoara, Romania, September 2011.

[99] Pappa, P., Varelis, G. E. and Karamanos, S. A., “Effects of Material Variability on the Seismic Performance of Steel Buildings.”, 7th National Conference on Metal Structures, Volos, Greece, September 2011.

[100] Pournara, A. E., Pappa, P., and Karamanos, S. A., “Strength and Stability of High-Strength Steel Tubular Beam-Columns.”, 7th National Conference on Metal Structures, Volos, Greece, September 2011.

[101] Papatheocharis, Ch., Perdikaris, P. C., Varelis, G. E., Karamanos, S. A., “High-Strength Steel Welded Tubular Connections Under Extreme Loading Conditions.”, 7th National Conference on Metal Structures, Volos, Greece, September 2011.

[102] Vasilikis, D. and Karamanos, S. A., “Buckling Design of Confined Steel Cylinders Under External Pressure.”, 7th National Conference on Metal Structures, Volos, Greece, September 2011.

[103] Vathi, M. and Karamanos, S. A., “Finite Element Modelling of UOE Pipe Manufacturing Process”, 7th National Conference on Metal Structures, Volos, Greece, September 2011.

[104] Varelis, G. E., Gresnigt, A. M., and Karamanos, S. A., “Steel Elbow Response Under Strong Cyclic Loading.”, 22nd International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE12, Rhodos, Greece, June 2012.

[105] Vazouras, P., Karamanos, S. A., and Dakoulas, P., “Finite Element Analysis of Buried Steel Pipelines Under Strike-Slip Fault Displacements”, 22nd International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE12, Rhodos, Greece, June 2012.

[106] Vasilikis, D., and Karamanos, S. A., “Wrinkling of Lined Steel Pipes”, 22nd International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE12, Rhodos, Greece, June 2012.

[107] Varelis, G. E., Gresnigt, A. M., and Karamanos, S. A., “Steel Elbow Response Under Strong Cyclic Loading.” Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference, ASME, PVP2012-78346, Toronto, Canada, July 2012.

[108] Vathi, M., and Karamanos, S. A., “Uplifting of Unanchored Liquid storage Tanks under Seismic Loading; Mechanics & Design”, Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference, ASME, PVP2012-78031, Toronto, Canada, July 2012.


[109] Pournara, A. E. and Karamanos, S. A., “Structural integrity of steel hydrocarbon pipelines with local wall distortions”, Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference, ASME, PVP2012-78131, Toronto, Canada, July 2012.

[110] Varelis, G. E., Papatheocharis, T., Perdikaris P.C. and Karamanos, S. A., “Structural Performance of High-Strength Steel Welded Joints Under Out-of-Plane Extreme Loading Conditions - Experimental And Numerical Investigation.”, 14th International Symposium on Tubular Structures (ISTS 14), Paper No. 98, London, UK, September 2012.

[111] Pournara, A. E., Karamanos, S. A., Ferino, J., Lucci, A., “Strength and stability of high-strength steel tubular beam-columns under compressive loading.”, 14th International Symposium on Tubular Structures (ISTS 14), Paper No. 103, London, UK, September 2012.

[112] Pappa, P. and Karamanos, S. A., “Buckling of High-Strength Steel CHS Tubular Members Under Axial Compression and Bending.”, 14th International Symposium on Tubular Structures (ISTS 14), Paper No. 104, London, UK, September 2012.

[113] Pappa, P. and Karamanos, S. A., “Non-associative J2 Plasticity Model for Finite Element Shell Buckling Analysis.”, 10th HSTAM International Congress on Mechanics, Chania, Crete, Greece, May 2013.

[114] Vasilikis, D. and Karamanos, S. A., “Wrinkling of Lined Steel Pipes Under Bending.”, Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering Conference, ASME, OMAE2013-11122, Nantes, France, June 2013.

[115] Vathi, M, and Karamanos, S. A., “Modelling of Uplifting Mechanism In Unanchored Liquid Storage Tanks Subjected to Seismic Loading”, COMPDYN 2013 Conference, Kos, Greece, June 2013 (abstract only – presentation).

[116] Varelis, G. E., Karamanos S. A., Gresnigt, A. M., Papatheocharis, T., Perdikaris, P. C., Diamanti, K., Pappa, P., Ferino, J., “Steel Pipe Fittings Under Strong Cyclic Loading.”, COMPDYN 2013 Conference, Kos, Greece, June 2013 (abstract only – presentation).

[117] Varelis, G. E., and Karamanos, S. A., “Numerical Simulation of Plastic Buckling in Steel Cylinders Subjected to Cyclic Bending.”, 3rd South-East European Conference on Computational Mechanics, SEECCM, Kos, Greece, June 2013 (abstract only – presentation).

[118] Varelis, G. E., Pappa, P., Karamanos, S. A., and Gresnigt, A. M., “Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Pressurized Pipe Elbows under Strong Cyclic Loading.”, Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference, ASME, PVP2013-97977, Paris, France, July 2013.

[119] Varelis, G. E., Karamanos, S. A., Ferino, J., and Lucci, A., “Low cycle fatigue tests and simulations on pressurized steel elbows”, Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference, ASME, PVP2013-97903, Paris, France, July 2013.

[120] Varelis, G. E., and Karamanos, S. A., “Buckling of Steel Cylinders Under Cyclic Bending in the Inelastic Range.”, Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference, ASME, PVP2013-98159, Paris, France, July 2013 [3rd Prize in Student Paper Competition, ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference (PVP2013), Paris, France].

[121] Vathi, M, Pappa, P., and Karamanos, S. A., “Seismic Response Of Unanchored Liquid Storage Tanks.”, Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference, ASME, PVP2013-97700, Paris, France, July 2013.

[122] Varelis, G. E., Papatheocharis, T., Diamanti, K., Karamanos, S. A., and Perdikaris P. C. “Experimental and numerical investigation of pipe Tee junctions.”, Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference, ASME, PVP2013-97626, Paris, France, July 2013.


[123] Demofonti, G., Ferino, J., Karamanos, S. A., Vazouras, P., and Dakoulas, P., “An integrated experimental – numerical approach to predict strain demand for buried steel pipelines in geo-hazardous areas”, Rio Pipeline Conference & Exposition, Rio, Brazil, September 2013.

[124] Ferino, J., Fonzo, A., Demofonti, G., Lucci, A., Karamanos, S. A., “Bending-Strain Capacity of Large-Diameter Steel Pipes”, Rio Pipeline Conference & Exposition, Rio, Brazil, September 2013.

[125] Varelis, G. E., Karamanos, S. A., Papatheocharis, T., Perdikaris, P. C., Diamanti, K., Pappa, P., Gresnigt, A. M., Ferino, J., “Steel pipe fittings under strong cyclic loading.”, 5th National Conference of Metallic Materials, Volos, Greece, November 2013.

[126] Varelis, G. E., Papatheocharis, T., Perdikaris, P. C., Karamanos, S. A., “Mechanical behavior of high-strength steel welded connections under extreme loading conditions.”, 5th National Conference of Metallic Materials, Volos, Greece, November 2013.

[127] Coppola, T., Fonzo, A., Di Vito, L., Varelis, G. E., Chatzopoulou, G., and Karamanos, S. A., “Numerical modelling of steel pipelines subjected to severe monotonic and cyclic straining”, 24th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE 2014-TPC-0200, Busan, Korea, June, 2014.

[128] Ferino, J., Fonzo, A., Di Biagio, M., Demofonti, G., Spinelli, C. M. and Karamanos, S. A., “Onshore pipeline high grade steel for challenge utilization”, 24th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE 2014-TPC-1087, Busan, Korea, June, 2014.

[129] Chatzopoulou, G., Varelis, G. E. and Karamanos, S. A., “Finite Element Analysis of UOE Pipes under External Pressure and Bending.”, 24th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE 2014-TPC-1102, Busan, Korea, June, 2014.

[130] Papatheocharis, T., Diamanti, K., Perdikaris, P. C., Varelis, G. E., and Karamanos, S. A., “Structural Performance of Steel Pipe Tee-Junctions.”, Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference, ASME, PVP2014-28846, Anaheim, California, USA, July 2014.

[131] Chatzopoulou, G., Coppola, T., Campanelli, F., Varelis, G. E. and Karamanos, S. A., “Numerical Modelling of Steel Pipelines Subjected to Severe Monotonic and Cyclic Straining”, 11th World Conference on Computational Mechanics (11WCCM), Barcelona, Spain, July 2014.

[132] Karamanos, S. A., Keil, B. and Card, R. J., “Seismic Design of Buried Steel Water Pipelines.”, ASCE Pipelines Conference, Paper No. 268, Portland, Oregon, USA, August 2014.

[133] Vathi, M. and Karamanos, S. A., “Modelling of Uplifting Mechanism in Unanchored Liquid Storage Tanks Subjected to Seismic Loading.”, 15th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering (15ECEE), Istanbul, Turkey, August, 2014.

[134] Pournara, A. E., Karamanos, S. A., Papatheocharis, T., Perdikaris, P. C., “Structural Integrity of Steel Hydrocarbon Pipelines with Local Wall Distortions.”, International Pipeline Conference, IPC2014-33210, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September, 2014.

[135] Vasilikis, D., Karamanos, S. A., Van Es, S. H. J., Gresnigt, A. M., “Bending Deformation Capacity of Large-Diameter Spiral-Welded Tubes.”, International Pipeline Conference, IPC2014-33231, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September, 2014.

[136] Chatzopoulou, G., Karamanos, S. A. and Varelis, G. E., “Effects of UOE Manufacturing Process on Pressurized Bending Response of Offshore Pipes.”, International Pipeline Conference, IPC2014-33321, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September, 2014.

[137] Vazouras, P., Dakoulas, P. and Karamanos, S. A., “Structural Performance of Buried Steel Pipelines Crossing Strike-Slip Faults.”, International Pipeline Conference, IPC2014-33323, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September, 2014.


[138] Pournara, A. E., Papatheocharis, T., Karamanos, S. A., Perdikaris, P. C., “Structural Integrity of Buckled Steel Pipes.”, Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering Conference, ASME, OMAE2015-41386, St. John's, NL, Canada, June 2015.

[139] Chatzopoulou, G., Karamanos, S. A. and Varelis, G. E., “Numerical Simulation of UOE Pipe Process and its Effect on Pipe Mechanical Behavior in Deep-Water Applications.”, Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering Conference, ASME, OMAE2015-41457, St. John's, NL, Canada, June 2015.

[140] Vathi, M. and Karamanos, S. A., “Simplified model for the seismic response of unanchored liquid storage tanks.”, Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference, ASME, PVP2015-45695, Boston, Massachusets, USA, July 2015.

[141] Vathi, M. and Karamanos, S. A., Kapogiannis, I. A., and Spiliopoulos, K. V., “Performance criteria for liquid storage tanks and piping systems subjected to seismic loading.”, Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference, ASME, PVP2015-45700, Boston, Massachusets, USA, July 2015.

[142] Chatzopoulou, G., Karamanos, S. A. and Varelis, G. E., “Finite Element analysis of cyclically-loaded steel pipes during deep water reeling installation.”, Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference, ASME, PVP2015-45771, Boston, Massachusets, USA, July 2015.

[143] Karamanos, S. A., Koritsa, E., Keil, B. and Card, R. J., “Analysis and behavior of steel pipe welded lap joints in geohazard areas.”, ASCE Pipelines Conference, Paper No. 413, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, August 2015.

[144] Vathi, M. and Karamanos, S. A., “Elephant’s Foot Buckling and Imperfection Sensitivity of Internally Pressurized Thin-Walled Metal Cylinders Subjected to Bending”, The International Colloquium on Stability and Ductility of Steel Structures, Timisoara, Romania, paper No. 21, May 2016.

[145] Van Es, S. H. J., Gresnigt, A. M., Vasilikis, D., Karamanos, S. A., “Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Bending Capacity of Spiral-Welded Steel Tubes”, The International Colloquium on Stability and Ductility of Steel Structures, Timisoara, Romania, paper No. 96, May 2016.

[146] Gresnigt, A. M., Van Es, S. H. J., Vasilikis, D., Karamanos, S. A., “Strain-Based Design Procedures for Spiral-Welded Steel Tubes in Combined Walls”, The International Colloquium on Stability and Ductility of Steel Structures, Timisoara, Romania, paper No. 97, May 2016.

[147] Chatzopoulou, G., Sarvanis, G. C., Papadaki, C. I., Karamanos, S. A., “Modelling of Spiral-Welded Pipe Manufacturing and its Effect on Pipeline Structural Performance”, 26th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, TPC-0226, ISOPE, Rhodos, Greece, June 2016.

[148] Sarvanis, G. C., Ferino, J., Karamanos, S. A., Vazouras, P., Dakoulas, P., and Mecozzi, E., “Soil-Pipe Interaction Models for Simulating the Mechanical Response of Buried Steel Pipelines Crossing Active Faults”, 26th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, TPC-0679, ISOPE, Rhodos, Greece, June 2016.

[149] Varelis, G. E., Papatheocharis, T., Karamanos, S. A., Perdikaris, P. C., “High-strength Steel Tubular Welded Joints under Extreme Loading Conditions”, 26th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, TPC-0788, ISOPE, Rhodos, Greece, June 2016.

[150] Skarakis, I., Chatzopoulou, G., Karamanos, S. A., Tsouvalis, N. G., and Pournara, A. E., “CFRP Strengthening of Steel Pipe Elbows Subjected to Cyclic Loading”, 26th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, TPC-1283, ISOPE, Rhodos, Greece, June 2016.

[151] Gresnigt, A. M., Van Es, S. H. J., Karamanos, S. A., Vasilikis, D., “Strain-based design rules for spiral-welded tubes using analytical modelling”, 26th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, TPC-1286, ISOPE, Rhodos, Greece, June 2016.


[152] Labbé, P., Reddy, G. R., Mathon, C., Moreau, F., Karamanos, S. A., “The OECD-NEA Programme on Metallic Component Margins Under High Seismic Loads (MECOS)”, Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference, ASME, PVP2016-63119, Vancouver, Canada, July 2016.

[153] Chatzopoulou, G., Skarakis, I., Karamanos, S. A., Tsouvalis, N. G., and Pournara, A. E., “Numerical simulation of CFRP reinforced steel pipe elbows subjected to cyclic loading”, Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference, ASME, PVP2016-63853, Vancouver, Canada, July 2016.

[154] Sarvanis, G. C. and Karamanos, S. A., “Analytical methodologies for pipeline design in geohazard areas”, Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference, ASME, PVP2016-63856, Vancouver, Canada, July 2016.

[155] McPherson, D. L., Duffy, M., Koritsa, E., Karamanos, S. A., and Plattsmier, J. R., “Improving the performance of steel pipe welded-lap joints in geohazard areas”, ASCE Pipelines Conference Paper No. 183, Kansas City, MO, July 2016.

[156] Karamanos, S. A., Antoniou, K., Keil, B. and Card, R. J., Finite element analysis of the mechanical behavior of mitered steel pipe elbows under bending and pressure”, ASCE Pipelines Conference, Paper No. 107, Kansas City, MO, July 2016.

[157] Chatzopoulou, G., Sarvanis, G. C., Papadaki, C. I., Karamanos, S. A., “The Effect of Spiral Cold-Bending Manufacturing Process on Pipeline Mechanical Behavior”, IPC 2016-64143, Proceedings of the 11th International Pipeline Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 2016.

[158] Sarvanis, G. C., Karamanos, S. A., Vazouras, P., Dakoulas, P., Mecozzi, E., Lucci, A., “Soil-pipe Interaction Models for the Simulation of Buried Steel Pipeline Behaviour Against Geohazards”, OMAE2017-61539, International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, ASME, Trondheim, Norway, June, 2017.

[159] Chatzopoulou, G,, Antoniou, K., Karamanos, S. A., “Numerical Simulation of JCO Pipe Forming Process and its Effect on the External Pressure Capacity of the Pipe”, OMAE2017-61540, International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, ASME, Trondheim, Norway, June, 2017.

[160] Kourkoulis, R., Gelagoti, F., Georgiou, I., Karamanos, S. A., Gazetas, G., “On the Adequecy of Existing Foundation Schemes for Offshore Wind Turbines Subjected to Extreme Loading”, OMAE2017-61525, International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, ASME, Trondheim, Norway, June, 2017.

[161] Karamanos, S. A., Koritsa, E., Keil, B., Card, R. J., Pappa, P. “Mechanical Response of Steel Pipe Welded Lap Joints in Seismic Areas“, ASCE Pipelines Conference, Paper No. 227, Phoenix, AZ, August 2017.

[162] Gresnigt, A. M., Van Es, S. H. J., Karamanos, S. A., Vasilikis, D., “New Design Rules for Tubes in Combined Walls in EN1993-5”, 8th Eurosteel Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2017.

[163] Papatheocharis, T. Chatzopoulou, G., Karamanos, S. A., Perdikaris, P. C., “Experimental testing and numerical simulation of the behavior of steel seismic links under strong cyclic loading”, 8th Eurosteel Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2017.

[164] Keil, B. D., Gobler, F., Mielke, R. D., Lucier, G., Sarvanis, G. C., Karamanos, S. A., “Experimental Results of Steel Lap Welded Pipe Joints in Seismic Conditions.”, ASCE Pipelines Conference, paper No. 386906, Toronto, ON, Canada, July 2018.

[165] Karamanos, S. A., Keil, B. D., Mielke, R. D., Chatzopoulou, G., Fappas, D., “Numerical Simulation of Steel Lap Welded Pipe Joint Behavior in Seismic Conditions.”, ASCE Pipelines Conference, paper No. 387141, Toronto, ON, Canada, July 2018.


[166] Antoniou M., Gelagoti, F., Kourkoulis, R., Georgiou, I., Karamanos, S. A., “Seabed foundation of jacket wind-platforms”, 2nd International Conference on Natural Hazards & Infrastructure, ICONHIC, Chania, Greece, June, 2019.

[167] Gavriilidis I., Karamanos, S. A. “Influence of lined pipe fabrication on liner wrinkling.”, 38th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, ASME, OMAE2019-95743, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, June, 2019.

[168] Chatziioannou, K., Huang Y., Karamanos S. A., “Dented externally-pressurized pipes subjected to cyclic axial loading.”, 38th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, ASME, OMAE2019-95814, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, June, 2019.

[169] Papatheocharis, T., Sarvanis, G. C., Perdikaris, P. C., Karamanos, S. A., “Fatigue of welded tubular x-joints in offshore wind platforms”, 38th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, ASME, OMAE2019-95812, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, June, 2019

[170] Chatzopoulou, G., Karamanos, S. A., “Low-cycle fatigue of base-plate-to-shell connection in uplifting liquid storage tanks under seismic loading”, Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference, ASME, PVP2019-93419, San Antonio, Texas, USA, July 2019.

[171] Chatziioannou, K., Huang Y., Karamanos S. A., “Simulation of piping ratcheting experiments using advanced plane-stress cyclic elastoplasticity models”, Pressure Vessel and Piping Conference, ASME, PVP2019-93507, San Antonio, Texas, USA, July 2019.

[172] Sarvanis, G., Chatzopoulou, G., Karamanos, S. A., Fappas, D., Lucier, G., Keil, B. D., Mielke R. D., “Finite Element Analysis of Steel Lap Welded Joint Behavior Under Severe Seismic Loading Conditions”, ASCE Pipelines Conference, paper No. 535609, Nashville, TN, USA, July 2019.

[173] Card, R. J., Karamanos, S. A., Sarvanis, G., Chatzopoulou, G., “Joint Strength or “Efficiency” Factors of Steel Lap Welded Joints for Use in Water Conveyance”, ASCE Pipelines Conference, paper No. 535636, Nashville, TN, USA, July 2019.


Invited Lectures

"Pipeline Stability in Deep Water", Institute of Structural Analysis and Seismic Research, National Technical University, Athens, Greece. (06/91)

"Stability of Tubes Under Combined Loads", The University of Texas, Structural Engineering Education Reunion, STEER '93, Austin, Texas, USA. (09/93)

"Stability of Tubes Under External Pressure and Structural Loads", Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA. (11/93)

"Tube Stability in Deep Water", Laboratory of Steel Structures, University of Patras, Greece. (12/93)

"Stability of Steel Frames", Steel Structures Seminar, Continuing Education Program, National Technical University, Athens, Greece. (12/94)

"Tubular Member Stability for Marine Applications", Mechanics Division, National Technical University, Athens, Greece. (12/95)

“Tube Stability in Ultra-Deep Water”, Section of Structural Mechanics, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands. (09/96)

"Tubular Member Stability for Marine Applications", Institute of Engineering Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece. (10/97)

“Tube Stability in Deep Water”, Department of Civil Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. (06/98)

"Ultimate Capacity of Tubular Members in Deep Water", School of Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering, National Technical University, Athens, Greece. (12/01)

"Ultimate Capacity of Tubular Members in Deep Water", Department of Civil Engineering, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece. (05/02)

"Ultimate Capacity of Cylindrical Shells under Structural Loads and Pressure”, Laboratory of Metal Structures, School of Civil Engineering, National Technical University, Athens, Greece.

(05/04)

"Ultimate Capacity of Offshore Structures: Theory and Applications”, 2 lectures in the course of the Post-Graduate Program “Naval and Offshore Technology and Science”, School of Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering, National Technical University, Athens, Greece.

(05/07)

"Ultimate Capacity of Offshore Structures: Theory and Applications”, 2 lectures in the course of the Post-Graduate Program “Naval and Offshore Technology and Science”, School of Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering, National Technical University, Athens, Greece.

(05/08)

"Structural Integrity of Onshore and Offshore Oil & Gas Pipelines”, Institute of Engineering Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece. (12/08)

“Seismic Analysis and Design of Industrial Liquid Storage Tanks and Vessels.”, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Roma III, Roma, Italy. (03/10)

“Buckling of Tubular Members and Pipes. Computational Issues and Engineering Applications.”, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Roma III, Roma, Italy. (03/10)


“Mechanical Behavior and Buckling of Elongated Cylindrical Steel Shells; Applications to Oil & Gas Pipelines.”, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyrpus. (09/11)

“Buried Pipelines Crossing Active Seismic Faults.” Symposium Integrity of Oil and Gas Pipelines, Heerema Marine Contractors, Delft, The Netherlands. (12/11)

“Structural Behavior and Buckling of Cylindrical Steel Shells; Applications to Oil & Gas Pipelines.”, University of Patras, Greece. (01/12)

“Wrinkling of Steel Lined Pipes.”, Shell Global Solutions, Rijswijk, The Netherlands. (02/13)

“Seismic Design of Buried Pipelines.”, Invited Seminar Series, Northwest Pipe Company, Saginaw, Texas, USA. (06/13)

“Recent Advances in Seismic Design; A European Perspective.”, Invited Lecture, ASCE Workshop on Seismic Design of Buried Pipelines, Fort Worth, Texas, USA. (06/13)

“The design/cost consequences of material quality in seismic applications”, Workshop on Steel for Industrial and Commercial Buildings in Earthquake Prone Regions, Technical Research Center of Finland (VTT), Tampere, Finland.

(09/15)

“Mechanical Behavior of Lined Pipes”, Institute of Energy Systems, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. (02/17)

“Mechanical behavior of lined pipes for deep offshore applications”, The 7th High-level(academician) Forum in the field of Hydraulic Engineering,and the 2nd International Symposium on Hydraulic Engineering Simulation and Safety, Tianjin, China.

(09/17)

“Structural Behavior of Offshore Hydrocarbon Pipelines”, State Key Laboratory of Hydraulic Engineering Simulation and Safety (HSSSKL), Tianjin University, China. (11/18)

“Mechanical behavior of lined pipes for deep offshore applications”, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece. (05/19)

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