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Ioannis Koutromanos

Associate Professor and Raymond G. and Madelyn Ann Curry Faculty Fellow in Structural Engineering

Ioannis Koutromanos

Ioannis  Koutromanos, Associate Professor and Raymond G. and Madelyn Ann Curry Faculty Fellow in Structural Engineering
103 Patton Hall
Blacksburg, VA, USA 24061
Mail Code: (0105)

Program Area : Structural Engineering and Materials

Areas 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
  • CEE 5444: Stability 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.