Research

Peer-reviewed journal articles

  • Athanasiou A, Tirca L, Stathopoulos T  (2024) Directional alongwind and crosswind effects on the performance of a 15-storey steel braced frame building in seismic environment. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 251:105790, doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2024.105790
  • Athanasiou A, Tirca L, Stathopoulos T  (2023) Performance-based wind and earthquake design framework for tall steel buildings with ductile detailing. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 240:105492, Special Issue “Wind intersections: extreme climate, resilience, and energy”, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2023.105492
  • Kitayama S, Morales E, Athanasiou A (2023) Inspection and repair considerations for downtime assessment of seismically isolated buildings. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 164 (2023) 107618, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2022.107618
  • Athanasiou A (2021) Trends in engineering – why is everyone talking about performance based multihazard design?, Insights article, STRUCTURE magazine:https://www.structuremag.org/?p=18118
  • Athanasiou A, Oliveto N D, Ponzo F. (2020) Identification of first and second order models for the superstructure of a base-isolated building using free vibration tests. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 135, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2020.106178
  •  Oliveto N D, Athanasiou A (2019). 2D dynamic and earthquake response analysis of hybrid base isolation systems using a convex optimization framework. Annals of Solid and Structural Mechanics, 11, p. 11–24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12356-019-00053-4
  • Oliveto ND, Markou AA, Athanasiou A (2019). Modeling of high damping rubber bearings under bidirectional shear loading. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Special Issue Base Isolation in the Southern EU: Current Status and Research Issues, 118, p. 179-190, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2018.12.017
  • Athanasiou A, Oliveto G, Ponzo F (2018). Baseline correction of digital accelerograms from field testing of a seismically isolated building. Earthquake Spectra, 34 (2), p. 915-939, https://doi.org/10.1193/022817EQS040M
  • Markou A A, Oliveto G, Athanasiou A (2016). Response simulation of hybrid base isolation systems under earthquake excitation. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 84, p. 120-133, doi:10.1016/j.soildyn.2016.02.003
  • Oliveto G, Oliveto N D, Athanasiou A (2014). Constrained optimization for 1-D dynamic and earthquake response analysis of hybrid base-isolation systems. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 67, p. 44-53, doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2014.08.010
  • Oliveto G, Athanasiou A, Oliveto N D (2012). Analytical earthquake response of 1D hybrid base isolation systems. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 43, p. 1-15, doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2012.05.021


Book chapters

  • Dakour M, Athanasiou A, Tirca L, Stathopoulos T (to appear) Inelastic seismic behaviour of torsionally sensitive steel braced frame buildings. Springer.

  • Athanasiou A, Dakour M, Tirca L, Stathopoulos T (2023) Wind hazard on earthquake damaged buildings., Proceedings in Civil Engineering, ce/papers, 6(3-4):2394-2399, Ernst&Sohn, Wiley.

  • Serras D N, Athanasiou A (2022) Performance Assessment of a Steel Wind Turbine Tower Subjected to Repeated Earthquakes. In: Mazzolani, F.M., Dubina, D., Stratan, A. (eds) Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Behaviour of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas. STESSA 2022. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 262. Springer, Cham.

  • Chen L, Wang S, Athanasiou A, Tirca L (2022). Feasibility of Strongback System in Storey Mechanism Mitigation of Steel Braced Frames. In: Mazzolani, F.M., Dubina, D., Stratan, A. (eds) Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Behaviour of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas. STESSA 2022. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 262. Springer, Cham.

  • Markou A A, Oliveto N D, Athanasiou A (2017) Modeling of high damping rubber bearings, Chapter 7, 25 pages, Ed: A G Sextos and G D Manolis. Dynamic Response of Infrastructure to Environmentally-Induced Loads: Analysis, Measurements, Testing and Design, Springer, Cham, Switzerland.

  • Pehlivan M, Athanasiou A,  Pasupuleti VDK (2014) Seismic action plan for historical city center of Lisbon,‘Lisbon in Motion Workshop’, Chapter 7, Costa AA, Ferreira MA, Carvalho A, Oliveira C, Lopes I, Gomes RC(eds) SPES (Sociedade Portuguesa de Engenharia Sismica), p.71-90, ISBN: 978-989-20-5085-0.

  • Athanasiou A,  De Felice M, Oliveto G, Oliveto P S (2013) Dynamical modeling and parameter identification of  seismic isolation systems by Evolution Strategies. In: Madani K, Dourado A, Rosa A, Filipe J (eds) Computational Intelligence. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 465. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.

  • Oliveto G, Athanasiou A (2012) Upper and lower bounds for the parameter vector in dynamic identification of hybrid base isolation systems. Lezioni dai terremoti: Fonti di Vulnerabilità, Nuove Strategie Progettuali, Sviluppi Normativi, a cura di Raffaele Nudo (editor). Firenze University Press, Florence, p. 247-256, ISBN: 978-88-6655-069-3.

Recent conference papers

  • Athanasiou A (2024) Inelastic response of bilinear sdof systems under strong wind and earthquake excitation. 18WCEE: 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Milan, Italy.

  • Athanasiou A, Tirca L, Stathopoulos T (2024) Scaling wind loads for Incremental Dynamic Analysis applications. BBAA IX:9th International Colloquium on Bluff Body Aerodynamics and Applications University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.

  • Dakour M, Tirca L, Athanasiou A, Stathopoulos T (2024) Assessment of collapse safety of torsionally sensitive steel buildings under biaxial excitation. 18WCEE: 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Milan, Italy.

  • Athanasiou A, Tirca L, Stathopoulos T (2023) The acrosswind effect on the performance-based assessment of tall steel buildings in multi-hazard environment. ICWE16: 16th International Conference on Wind Engineering, Florence, Italy.