The Laboratory of Soil Mechanics, Foundation and Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering was founded in 1955 (as Chair of Soil Mechanics, Foundations and Pavements). The main objectives of the laboratory are the teaching on undergraduate and postgraduate level and the development of research in the fields of Soil Mechanics, Geotechnical Engineering and Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering.
In particular, the Laboratory specializes in:
The Laboratory comprises of two research units:
Anagnostopoulos Christos, Professor
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Anastasiadis Anastasios, Assist. Professor
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Chatzigogos Theodoros Professor
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Georgiadis Konstantinos, Assist. Professor
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Georgiadis Michail, Professor
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Grammatikopoulos Ioannis, Assoc. Professor
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Pitilakis Dimitrios, Lecturer
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Pitilakis Kyriazis, Professor
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Raptakis Dimitrios, Associate Professor
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Stavridakis Evaggelos, Assist. Professor
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Tika-Vasilikou Theodora, Professor
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Ioannidou Theodora , Professor
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Gesiou Aspasia,
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Zachos Konstantinos,
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Argiroudis Sotirios, Dr. Civil Engineer,
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Koninis Georgios, Civil Engineer,
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Manakou Maria, Geologist, Dr. Civil Engineer,
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Veldemiri Foteini, Civil Engineer,
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http://doctorate.civil.auth.gr/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=90Itemid=203
Objectives
The research activities of the Laboratory of Soil Mechanics, Foundation and Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering consist of fundamental and applied research in the context of Phd theses and research projects funded by Greek or European Union Organizations, Establishments or private companies. The research activities per thematic unity are: the experimental behavior of soil under static, dynamic and cyclic loading, liquefaction, residual strength, seismic behaviour and design of geotechnical structures, the effect of local site conditions in seismic motion with theoretical and instrumental methods, shallow and deep foundations, excavations and retaining structures, tunnels, slope stability and landslides, analysis of geotechnical structures and soil improvement methods.
More than thirty five (35) PhD theses have been conducted in Laboratory of Soil Mechanics, Foundation and Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering. Details be found in the following link:
http://doctorate.civil.auth.gr/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=89Itemid=202
The Laboratory of Soil Mechanics, Foundation and Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering offers to the students of the Civil Engineering department a series of lectures, laboratory exercises and seminars on a graduate and post graduate level. Apart from teaching the above subjects the lectures consists of courseworks. The academic staffs also supervise final year project works. Every year, the number of the final year projects supervised is 20 to 25. The subjects of the final year projects cover all disciplines taught by the staff of the laboratory. The academic teaching and research stuff participate in the following Postgraduate Programmes : "Antiseismic Design of Structures", "Engineering Project Management", "Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development" covered by the department of Civil Engineering of A.U.Th. and in the inter-departmental postgraduate program "Protection, maintainance and restoration of cultural monuments" run by the faculty of Engineering of A.U.Th.
Compulsory subjects:
Optional subjects:
The Laboratory facilities are housed in four different locations A, B, C and D
Location A: 3rd Floor of the Main Building of School of Engineering
Location Β, C: Basement of the wing of Civil Engineering Department
Location D: 2nd Floor
The Laboratory of Soil Mechanics, Foundation and Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering equipment consists of:
Laboratory Equipment and apparatusses :
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Equipment for Geophysical Testing :
Equipment for surface seismic prospecting (refraction - reflection tests)
Equipment for borehole seismic prospecting (Cross-Hole, Down-Hole tests)
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Equipment for instrumentation and site response of structures:
High resolution and sensitivity triaxial Accelerographs suitable for shallow and deep borehole instalations
High resolution and sensitivity triaxial Accelerographs suitable for a variety of seismic and structural applications
High resolution and sensitivity sensors for noise measurement and seismic response studies
Monitoring, collection, storage and analysis of noise and strong motion recordings software
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Physical Laboratory – Test Site: http://euroseis.civil.auth.gr/:
Euroseis is a large physical laboratory only 30 km distant from Thessaloniki, in northern Greece. Established for integrated experimental and theoretical research studies in seismology, applied geophysics, engineering seismology, earthquake engineering, soil dynamics and structural engineering. More specific topics are on seismic hazard assessment, monitoring of seismicity, design of 2D and 3D soil models for site response evaluation, 2D/3D theoretical computations, site effects, SSI effects in the presence of buildings or bridges yielding, validation of retrofitting techniques, etc.
Equipment for experimental simulation of foundations – earth structures:
Scale models of foundation systems, retaining structures, earth structures and auxiliary equipment for data logging, storage and analysis of measurements.
State-of-the-art software for sophisticated numerical analyses of geotechnical structures under static and dynamic loading.
4ICEGE - 2007:
The Fourth International Conference on Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (4ICEGE) was held in Thessaloniki – Greece, from 25-28 June 2007. The Conference was organized by the Technical Committee of Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (TC4) of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), the Hellenic Scientific Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - Laboratory of Soil Mechanics, Foundation and Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering.
More than 600 participants attended the Conference from 47 countries. The attendees included a vast majority of world experts in soil dynamics, earthquake engineering, geotechnical engineering, earthquake geotechnical engineering and other related topics.
The second Ishihara Lecture was delivered by Professor Izzat M. Idriss from the University of California at Davis (UCD) on the SPT- and CPT-Based procedures for estimating residual strength of liquefied soils. Keynote lectures were given by Professors D. Muir-Wood (UK), E. Faccioli (Italy), G. Gazetas (Greece), R. Dobry (USA), S. Iai (Japan), and Professor Th. O’Rourke (USA). State of the art and theme lectures were delivered by Professors T. Kokusho (Japan), A. Ansal (Turkey), K. Stokoe (USA), F-J. Chavez-Garcia (Mexico), M. Pender (New Zealand), G. Bouckovalas (Greece), P. Dakoulas (Greece), R. Boulanger (USA), J. Bray (USA), I. Towhata (Japan), A. Kiremidjian (USA), S. Yasuda (Japan), R. Paoluci (Italy) and K. Pitilakis (Greece). Invited lectures were also given by Professor M. Jamiolkowsky (Italy) on the Behavior of the leaning Tower of Pisa after stabilization works and by Professor R.Seed (USA) on Lessons from disaster: New Orleans and hurricane Katrina.
420 papers from 40 countries have finally been accepted for publication after a thorough reviewing process. They were presented and discussed in 12 oral and poster sessions.
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Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Civil Engineering Department A.U.Th.
International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Hellenic Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (HSSMGE)
Hellenic Society of Earthquake Engineering
Mrs Aspasia GESIOU
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Address: PO Box 424,
GR 541 24 Thessaloniki -GREECE
