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Ioannis Koutromanos

Associate Professor
Ioannis Koutromanos
103 Patton Hall
Blacksburg, VA, USA 24061
Mail Code: (0105)

Program Area : Structural Engineering and Materials

Area of Interest

Finite element methods in solid mechanics, constitutive modeling of materials, seismic repair and retrofit techniques, performance-based earthquake engineering, experimental testing of concrete and masonry structures, geotechnical earthquake engineering.

  • Diploma in Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece, 2005
  • M. Sc. in Structural Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 2010
  • Ph.D. in Structural Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 2011
  • CEE 3404 : Introduction to Structural Engineering
  • CEE 5414 : Finite Element Analysis of Structures
  • Sample animation pertaining to recent research on computational simulation of RC structures
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKwNv7flusk
  • Sample animation pertaining to recent research on computational simulation of RC structures (2)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TD5DWH8DxM
  • Koutromanos, I., Fundamentals of Finite Element Analysis: Linear Finite Element Analysis, Wiley, 2017 (714pp). http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1119260086.html
  • Moharrami, M., and Koutromanos, I., "Finite element analysis of damage and failure of reinforced concrete members under earthquake loading," Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 46(15), pp. 2811–2829, 2017
  • Kim, S., and Koutromanos, I., "Constitutive Model for Reinforcing Steel under Cyclic Loading," ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, 142(12):04016133, 2016
  • Koutromanos, I., and Bowers, J., "Enhanced Strain Beam Formulation Resolving Several Issues of Displacement-Based Elements for Nonlinear Analysis," ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 142(9):04016059, 2016.
  • Moharrami, M., and Koutromanos, I., "Triaxial Constitutive Model for Concrete under Cyclic Loading," ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, 142(7):04016039, 2016
  • Koutromanos, I., and Shing, P.B., "Numerical Study of Masonry-Infilled RC Frames Retrofitted With ECC Overlays," ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, 140(7):04014045, 2014.
  • Koutromanos, I., Kyriakides, M., Stavridis, A., Billington, S., and Shing, P.B., "Shake-table tests of a three-story masonry-infilled RC frame retrofitted with composite materials," ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering 139(8), pp. 1340-1351, 2013.
  • Stavridis, A., Koutromanos, I., and Shing, P.B., "Shake-table tests of a three-story reinforced concrete frame with masonry infill walls," Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics 41 (6), pp. 1089-1108, 2012.
  • Koutromanos, I., Shing, P.B., "A cohesive crack model to simulate cyclic response of concrete and masonry structures," ACI Structural Journal 109, pp. 349-358, 2012
  • Koutromanos, I., Stavridis, A., Shing, P.B., and Willam, K., "Numerical modeling of masonry-infilled RC frames subjected to seismic loads," Computers and Structures 89, pp. 1026-1037, 2011.