Telephone: +30 2610 997655 Fax: +30 2610 997711 E-Mail: d.d.theod@upatras.gr Department of Civil Engineering, University of Patras, 265 00 Patras, Greece

Professor Dimitrios D. Theodarakopoulos was born in Athens (1948). His degrees include Diploma in Civil Engineering (1971) from the National University of Athens and Master of Science (1977) and Ph.D (1981) from the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Sheffield, England.

Since 1982 he has been working as member of the Academic staff and since 2004 he is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Patras. Dr Theodorakopoulos was employed as a visiting professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Glamorgan, Wales in 1987 (6 months) and at the University of Sheffield, England in 1995 (6 months).

He is the author or co-author of 29 articles in refereed international journals, 31 articles in referred international and national conference proceedings, 16 works of general scientific content and 10 technical reports. He has served as a member of research team or as the principal investigator of 13 research projects in Greece and European Union. He was awarded the ACI Design Award (2005). He has served as a referee of about 25 Journal and Conference Proceedings articles. His professional experience covers subjects in Highway Engineering and Pavement Design and Construction as well as subjects in the broader area of Civil Engineering.

His main research interests are in the areas of Dynamic Response of Pavements under moving loads, Transportation Infrastructure Management and Punching Shear Strength of Slabs.

Selected Publications

1. Beskou, N.D. and Theodorakopoulos, D.D. (2011). “Dynamic effects of moving loads on road pavements: A review”, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 31, pp. 547–567.
2. Chassiakos A.P., Theodorakopoulos D.D., Kokoli E. (2008). "A decision support system for planning highway life cycle investments", in Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology, Paper 63, doi:10.4203/ccp.89.63
3. Theodorakopoulos, D.D., and Swamy, R.N. (2008). “A design model for punching shear of FRP-reinforced slab-column connections”, Cement and Concrete Composites 30 (6), pp. 544-555.
4. Theodorakopoulos, D.D., and Swamy, R.N. (2007). “Analytical model to predict punching shear strength of FRP-reinforced concrete flat slabs”, ACI Structural Journal 104 (3), pp. 257-266.
5. Chassiakos, A.P., Vagiotas P. and Theodorakopoulos, D.D. (2005) “A knowledge-based system for maintenance planning of highway concrete bridges”, Advances in Engineering Software, 36, pp. 740-749.
6. Theodorakopoulos, D.D., Chassiakos, A.P. and Beskos, D.E. (2004). “Dynamic effects of moving load on a poroelastic soil medium by an approximate method”, International Journal of Solids and Structures 41 (7), pp. 1801-1822.
7. Theodorakopoulos, D.D. (2003). “Dynamic analysis of a poroelastic half-plane soil medium under moving loads”, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 23 No 7, pp. 521-533.
8. Theodorakopoulos, D.D., and Beskos, D.E. (2002). “Dynamic pressures on a pair of rigid walls experiencing base rotation and retaining poroelastic soil”, Engineering Structures, Vol.25, pp. 359-370.
9. Theodorakopoulos, D.D. (2003). “Dynamic pressures on a pair of rigid walls retaining poroelastic soil”, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 23 No 1, pp. 41-51.
10. Theodorakopoulos, D.D., Chassiakos, A.P., and Beskos, D.E. (2001). “Dynamic pressures on rigid cantilever walls retaining poroelastic soil media. Part II: Second method of solution”, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 21 No 4, pp. 339-364.
11. Theodorakopoulos, D.D., Chassiakos, A.P., and Beskos, D.E. (2001). “Dynamic pressures on rigid cantilever walls retaining poroelastic soil media. Part I: First method of solution”, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 21 No 4, pp. 315-338.
12. Theodorakopoulos, D.D. (1994). “Shrinkage behaviour of GRC thin sheets”, Journal of Cement and Concrete Composites, Vol. 17, pp. 267-279.

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