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Contact info
Department of
Mechanical Engineering
University of Thessaly
Pedion Areos, Volos 38334, Greece
Phone: +30 - 24210 - 74086
FAX :    +30 - 24210 - 74012
Email: skara@mie.uth.gr
 
Research Projects
Principal Investigator
 
No. Period Title
1999 - 2001 Development of Structural Identification and Health Monitoring System for Structures of Crucial Importancece
2000 - 2002 Design Guidelines for the Seismic Design of Industrial Equipment Structures
2001 - 2002 Development of a Monitoring and Structural Diagnosis System for Important Bridges of Egnatia Odos
2002 - 2003 Finite element analysis of fatigue crack growth in welded tubular connections
2007 - 2010 Optimizing the Seismic Performance of Steel and Steel-Concrete Structures by Standardizing Material Quality Control (OPUS)
2007 - 2010 Prefabricated Steel Structures for Low-Rise Buildings in Seismic Areas (PRECASTEEL)
2007 - 2010 Steel Solutions for Seismic Retrofit and Upgrade of Existing Constructions (STEELRETRO)
2008 - 2011 Design and Integrity Assessment of High Strength Tubular Structures for Extreme Loading Conditions (HITUBES)
2008 - 2011 Performance-based approaches for high strength tubular columns and connections under earthquake and fire loadings (ATTEL)
2008 - 2009 Structural assessment and strengthening of a liquid storage tank
2009 - 2012 Structural safety of industrial steel tanks, pressure vessels and piping systems under seismic loading (INDUSE).
2010 - 2013 Structural Integrity of Steel Hydrocarbon Pipelines with Local Wall Distortions.
2011-2014 Bending Resistance of Steel Tubes in Combiwalls (COMBITUBE)
2011-2014 Safety of Buried Steel Pipelines Under Ground-Induced Deformations– (GIPIPE)
2011-2014 Ultra low cycle fatigue of steel under cyclic high-strain loading Conditions (ULCF)
 
Participation
 
No. Period Title
1989 - 1991 Structural Integrity of Offshore Pipelines
1991 - 1993 Stability of Tubes Under External Pressure and Structural Loads
1995 - 1996 Fatigue Design Guide for Circular and Rectangular Hollow Section Multiplanar Joints
1999 - 2002 Optimization of microstructure in multi-phase steels containing retained austenite
2001 - 2003 Development of a Monitoring System for Assessing Structural Integrity of Bridges under Earthquake Loads
2003 - 2006 Earthquake Protection of Bridges (ASPROGE)
2005 - 2008 Fatigue behaviour of high strength steels welded joints in offshore and marine systems (FATHOMS)
2012-2015 Risk Assessment for the Seismic Protection of Industrial Facilities (RASOR)
2012-2015 Contemporary Evaluation Methodology of Seismic Vulnerability and Upgrade of Port Facilities (UPGRADE)

 
 
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