Chrysanthos Maraveas
AREAS OF specialization
Structural Engineering:
- Structural Analysis and Design
- Bridge Engineering
- Structures under Extreme Loading (Earthquake, fire, blast etc)
- Tanks
Project experience
- RC Structures (buildings): more than 80
- Steel Structures (buildings and industrial structures): more than 100
- Steel-Concrete Composite Structures: more than 10
- Retrofit of Structures (buildings and industrial structures): more than 25
- RC Bridges: more than 75
- Pre-Stressed / Post-Tensioned Bridges: more than 75
- Balanced Cantilever Bridges: 3
- Steel - Concrete Composite Bridges: 3
- Retrofit of bridges: 4
STUDIES
Imperial College, London, UK,
Dept. of Civil Engineering,
M.Sc. in Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics 1996-1997
Swansea University, UK,
Dept. of Civil Engineering,
M.Sc. in Finite Elements in Engineering Mechanics 1995-1996
Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Dept. of Civil Engineering,
Diploma in Civil Engineering 1990-1995
OTHER POSITIONS
- Member of the executive board of the Greek Association of Civil Engineers (1998-2006)
- Second Vice President of the Greek Association of Civil Engineers (2001-2003)
- Member of the Civil Engineering Scientific Committee of the Technical Chamber of Greece (2004-2012)
- Member of the Earthquake Engineering Committee of the Technical Chamber of Greece (2007-2011)
- Member of the Engineering Consultants Committee of the Technical Chamber of Greece (2007-today)
- Member of the Committee Professional Liability - European Federation of Consulting Engineers (EFCA) (2009-2011).
PUBLICATIONS
A. Papers in Journals
A12. Maraveas, C., Fasoulakis, Z., and Tsavdaridis, K.D., T., Post-fire assessment guide and reinstatement of steel structures, Achieves in Civil and Mechanical Engineering, 2015.
A11. Maraveas, C., Wang, Y.C. and Swailes, T., Elevated temperature bahaviour and fire resistance of cast iron columns, Constructional Steel Research, 2015.
A10. Maraveas, C., Tsavdaridis, K.D.,Fire resistance of unprotected Ultra Shallow Floor Beams, Fire Technology, 2015.
A9. Maraveas, C., Wang, Y.C. and Swailes, T., Moment capacity of cast iron beams in jack arched construction exposed to fire, Constructional Steel Research, 2015.
A8. Maraveas, C., Tasiouli, K., Assessment and Restoration of the first Greek Power Plant - Registered Monument of Industrial Heritage, Case Studies in Structural Engineering, Vol. 3, 2015, pp 1-10. DOI: 10.1016/j.csse.2014.12.001
A7. Maraveas, C., Wang, Y.C., Swailes, T. and Sotiriadis, G., An Experimental Investigation of Mechanical Properties of Structural Cast Iron at Elevated Temperatures and after Cooling Down, Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 71, pp 340-352, January 2015. DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2014.11.026
A6. Maraveas, C., Wang, Y.C. and Swailes, T., Fire resistance of 19th century fireproof flooring systems: a sensitivity analysis, Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 55, pp 69-81, March 2014. DOI:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2014.01.022
A5. Maraveas, C., Miamis, K. and Mathew, C.E., Performance of Timber Connections Exposed to Fire: A Review, Fire Technology. (Special Issue on Engineered Timber Structures in Fire), DOI: 10.1007/s10694-013-0369-y
A4. Maraveas, C., Vrakas, A.A., Design of concrete tunnel linings for fire safety, Structural Engineering International, Vol. 24, Issue 3, pp 319-329, 2014. DOI: 10.2749/101686614X13830790993041
A3. Maraveas, C., Wang, Y.C. and Swailes, T., Thermal and Mechanical properties of 19th century fireproof flooring systems at elevated temperatures, Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 48, pp 248-264, November 2013. DOI:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2013.06.084
A2. Maraveas, C., Miamis, K. and Vrakas, A.A., Fiber Reinforced Polymer -Strengthened / Reinforced Concrete Structures exposed to fire: A review, Structural Engineering International, Vol. 22, Issue 4, pp 500-513, 2012. (Special Issue on Structural Fire Engineering). DOI: 10.2749/101686612X13363929517613
A1. Maraveas, C., Swailes, T. and Wang, Y.C., A Detailed Methodology for the Finite Element Analysis of Asymmetric Slim floor beams in Fire, Steel Construction, Vol. 5, Issue 3, pp 191-198, 2012. DOI: 10.1002/stco.201210024.
B. Conference (Peer-Reviewed) Papers
B21. Maraveas, C., Wang, Y.C. and Swailes, T., Probabilistic determination of material safety factor for cast iron beams in jack arched construction exposed to fire, CONFAB 2015-The First International Conference on Structural Safety under Fire & Blast, Glasgow, UK.
B20. Maraveas, C., Tasiouli, K., Fasoulakis, Z., Assessment of the New Faliron Steam-Electric Station in Greece, 14th International Conference on Studies, Repairs and Maintenance of Heritage Architecture, A Coruña, Spain, 2015.
B19. Maraveas, C., Fasoulakis, Z., Capacity assessment and strengthening of pre-stressed concrete girders: A case study, Paper CC405_202, In C.K. Choi (Ed), Proceedings of Advances in Civil, Environmental and Materials Research (ACEM14), Korea, 2014.
B18. Maraveas, C., Thermal buckling analysis of thin-wallet steel oil tanks exposed to an adjacent fire, In S.T. Smith (Ed), Proceedings of 23rd Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials (ACMSM23), Byron Bay, Australia, 2014, Vol. II, pp 1089-1094.
B17. Maraveas, C., Miamis, K., Tasiouli, K., Fasoulakis, Z., Structural analysis and retrofitting of “Tzotza” building in Kastoria, Greece, In R. Meli, F. Peña, M.Chávez (Eds), Proceedings of9th International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historical Construction, Mexico City, Mexico, paper 13_003, 2014.
B16. Maraveas, C., Miamis, K.,Foundation of a lightweight steel road bridge on peat, In G.T. Michaltsos, K.V. Spiliopoulos, I.G. Raftoyiannis (Eds), Proceedings of 2nd International Conference “Innovations on Bridges and Soil-Bridge interaction”, Athens, Greece, 2014, pp 345-352.
B15. Maraveas, C., Fasoulakis, Z.,Post-fire mechanical properties of structural steel, paper 106, In G. Ioannidis (Ed), Proceedings of 8th National Steel Structures Conference, Tripoli, Greece, 2014.
B14. Maraveas, C., Tasiouli, K.,Fasoulakis, Z.,RC balanced cantilever vs incremental launching steel-concrete composite bridge deck: the case study of Acheloos Bridge, paper 043, In G. Ioannidis (Ed), Proceedings of 8th National Steel Structures Conference, Tripoli, Greece, 2014. (in Greek)
B13. Maraveas, C., Numerical analysis of DELTA composite beams in fire, In R. Landolfo, F.M. Mazzolani (Eds), Proceedings of 7th European Conference on Steel and Composite Structures – Eurosteel 2014, Napoli, Italy, 2014.
B12. Maraveas, C., Swailes, T. and Wang, Y.C., Modeling of insulation in 19th century metal framed structures, In F.M. Mazzolani, G. Altay (Eds), Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Protection of Historical Constructions, Antalya, Turkey, 2014, pp 257-261.
B11. Maraveas, C., Swailes, T. and Wang, Y.C., Sensitivity of fire resistance of 19th century fireproof flooring systems to thermal and mechanical properties of masonry, In F.M. Mazzolani, G. Altay (Eds), Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Protection of Historical Constructions, Antalya, Turkey, 2014, pp 475-481.
B10. Maraveas, C., A. Papagiannakis, K., Miamis and K., Tasiouli, Optimum design of pass through steel bridges, In W.P.De Wilde, S. Hernandez, C.A. Brebbia, (Eds), Proceedings of The 2014 International Conference on High Performance and Optimum Design of Structures and Materials, Ostend, Belgium, 2014, pp 465-476, DOI: 10.2495/HPSM140431.
B9. Maraveas, C., Tasiouli, K., Miamis, K., Assessment and rehabilitation of the Volos Municipal Theater according to the Greek Retrofitting Code, In C.A. Brebbia, S. Hernandez (Eds), Proceedings of 9th International Conference on Earthquake Resistant Engineering Structures, pp 405-420, A Coruña, Spain, 2013.DOI: 10.2495/ERES130331 .
B8. Maraveas, C., Tasiouli, K., Miamis, K., The new, balanced cantilever, bridge over Acheloos river in Greece, Paper No. 76, In V. Dao, P. Dux (Eds), Proceedings of Concrete 2013 – 26th Conference of Concrete Institute of Australia, Queensland, Australia, 2013.
B7. Maraveas, C., Miamis, K., Retrofit of thin-walled steel tanks for low liquid level operation, In R.J.Y. Liew, S.C. Lee (Eds), Proceedings of 10th Pacific Structural Steel Conference, pp 1132-1137, Singapore, 2013. DOI:10.3850/978-981-07-7137-9-004.
B6. Maraveas, C., Miamis, K., Shell buckling evaluation of thin-walled steel tanks filled at low liquid level according to current design codes, 2013 Structural Stability Research Council Conference, pp 710-724, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, 2013.
B5. Maraveas, C., Miamis, K., Structural appraisal of two steel tanks filled at low liquid level according to current codes, In K. Jarmai, J. Farkas (Eds), Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Design, Fabrication and Economy of Metal Structures, pp 211-216, Miskolc, Hungary, 2013. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-36691-8_32.
B4. Maraveas, C., Swailes, T. and Wang, Y.C., A Detailed Methodology for the Finite Element Analysis of Asymmetric Slim floor beams in Fire, Nordic Steel Construction Conference 2012, pp 753-762, Oslo, Norway, 2012.
B3. Maraveas, C., Miamis, K., Adequacy of Cylindrical Steel Tanks under Seismic Action, In I. Ermopoulos, E. Mistakidis, S. Karamanos (Eds), Proceedings of 7th National Steel Structures Conference, pp 350-357, Volos, Greece, 2011 (in Greek).
B2. Maraveas, C., Miamis, K., Proposed Composite Structure for the Administrator’s Square in Thessaloniki, In I. Ermopoulos, E. Mistakidis, S. Karamanos (Eds), Proceedings of 7th National Steel Structures Conference, pp 584-591, Volos, Greece, 2011 (in Greek).
B1. Maraveas, C., Analysis and structural behavior of cylindrical steel tanks under seismic effects, In B. Gosowski, K. Rykaluk and J. Ziolko (Eds), Proceedings of The 12th International Conference on Metal Structures, pp 476-485, Wroclaw, Poland, 2011.
C. Books
C2. C. Maraveas, M. Sakellariou, B. Seferoglou, Structures Ι, Educational Institute, 2000 (ISBN 960-8138-82-5) (in Greek) (Book for Greek Technical High Schools).
C1. C. Maraveas, M. Papakonstantinou, Structures ΙII, Educational Institute, 2000 (ISBN 960-8138- 98-1) (in Greek) (Book for Greek Technical High Schools).
D. EDITOR of conference proceedings
D1. K. Mohammadian, K.G. Goulias, E. Cicek, J.J. Wang, C. Maraveas (Editors), Civil Engineering and Urban Planning III, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, London, 2014. (ISBN 978-1-138-00125-1).
E. DISSERTATIONS - THESIS
E3. C. Maraveas, Effect of Single Strong Pulses on the Inelastic Behaviour of Structures, MSc dissertation, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Imperial College, UK, 1997. (Supervisor: Prof. A. Kappos)
E2. C. Maraveas, On implementation of a nine node Enhanced Interpolation Shell Finite Element, MSc dissertation, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Wales at Swansea, UK, 1996. (Supervisor: Prof. D. Peric)
E1. C. Maraveas, Stability of Steel Structures according Eurocode 3, Diploma of Civil Engineering dissertation, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece, 1995. (Supervisor: Prof. C.A. Kalfas)
F. ARTICLES IN PROFESSIONAL (NON-PEER REViEW) MAGAZINES
F2. C. Maraveas, P. Mimoglou, Insulation of steel beams with perforated webs with intumescent coatings, Magazine of the Greek Association of Civil Engineers, No 314, 2003, pp 46-50. (in Greek)
F1. C. Maraveas, Design of steel members in torsion, Magazine of the Greek Association of Civil Engineers, No 290, 2001, pp 46-48. (in Greek)
MEMBERSHIPS
Member - Technical Chamber of Greece – Chartered Engineer
Member – Institution of Civil Engineers – Chartered Engineer
C’ level (higher) Registered Structural Engineering Consultant, Ministry of Public Works, Greece
Corporate Member - Steel Construction Institute
Member – International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering
ATTENDANCE OF SHORT COURSES
- Timber Structures, Scientific staff in charge with Prof. I. Toulianos, Athens, Greece, Oct 1998.
- Cable Supported Bridges: Design, Analysis and Construction, Short Course, Wessex Institute of Technology, UK, 2002.
- Strengthening with externally bonded FRP reinforcement - behaviour, design and applications, FIB course, Athens, 4 - 5 May, 2003.
- Post-Tensioning Design & Construction, Imperial College, Short Course, 5-6 Apr 2005 (Scientific colleague of Prof. B. Aalami).
ORGANISER OF SEMINARS
New Bridge Design Codes (DIN Fachbericht) and Computational Tools, Hotel Park, Athens, Greece, 13 Nov 2005, C. MARAVEAS PARTNERSHIP in co-operation with TDV GmbH (Austria).
SPEAKER IN SEMINARS/MEETINGS
- Fire resistance of Historical Metal Framed Structures, Steel in Fire Forum meeting, Institution of Structural Engineers, 21st of April 2015.
- Corrosion of Reinforcement in Concrete, Training Meeting of the Engineers in Education, Sector of Construction, 21st of June 2006, Technical Chamber of Greece, Athens, Greece.
SOFTWARE
Abaqus, ANSYS, RM-Bridge, SAP Nonlinear, Staad.pro, MathCad, Matlab, MS Office
Scholarships-awards
1994-Greek Scholarship Organization: Scholarship for the highest performance
Nordic Steel Construction Conference: Selection of the paper B.4 as one of the best papers and published as A.1
MEMBERSHIP OF JOURNAL’S EDITORIAL BOARDS:
International Journal of Materials Science and Applications
American Journal of Civil Engineering
American Journal of Mechanics and Applications
International Journal of Civil Engineering and Construction Science
Project Competition Prizes
- Music School of Kalamata (Greece) – A’ prize
- Archeological Museum of Thermo (Greece) – A’ prize
- Student Restaurant at the University of Thrace (Greece) – A’ prize
- 2 footbridges in Pafos (Cyprus) – C’ prize
- Shelter of the Aristotle’s Lyceum archeological area (Greece) – C’ prize
- Assessment and Retrofitting of Arethousa Structure (Greece) – C’ prize