Seismic Testing of 3D Printed Miniature Masonry in a Geotechnical Centrifuge

Project Information

MiniMasonryTesting

Grant agreement ID: 803908

DOI

10.3030/803908

EC signature date 13 September 2018

Start date 1 April 2019

End date 31 March 2027

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 999 477,00

EU contribution

€ 1 999 477,00

Coordinated by

ETHNICON METSOVION POLYTECHNION
Greece

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Publications

Conference proceedings (13)

Preliminary Centrifuge Tests on Unreinforced Masonry Buildings Built Using a Sand-Based 3D Printer

Author(s): Elmorsy, Medhat; Katsamakas, Antonios; id_orcid0000-0001-9428-1787; Jones, Liam Alexander; id_orcid0000-0002-2509-8660; Brunschweiler, Eva; Anastasopoulos, Ioannis; Vassiliou, Michalis F.
Published in: 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics (ACPMG2024), 2024
Publisher: International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
DOI: 10.3929/ethz-b-000716945

Re-using tennis balls as low-cost seismic isolation devices: Experimental Investigation

Author(s): Katsamakas, Antonios A.; Chollet, Miro; Eyyi, Stefan; Vassiliou, Michalis F.
Published in: 3rd International Conference on Natural Hazards & Infrastructure (ICONHIC 2022), Athens, Greece, July 5–7, 2022, 2022
Publisher: 3rd International Conference on Natural Hazards & Infrastructure (ICONHIC 2022), Athens, Greece, July 5–7, 2022
DOI: 10.3929/ethz-b-000557261

Shake-table testing of resilient rolling seismic isolators based on deformable rubber spheres

Author(s): Katsamakas, Antonios; Vassiliou, Michalis F.
Published in: SECED 2023 Conference Proceedings, 2023
Publisher: SECED
DOI: 10.3929/ethz-b-000632014

Shake-table testing of resilient, low-cost seismic isolators based on rolling rubber spheres

Author(s): Katsamakas, Antonios A.; Vassiliou, Michalis F.
Published in: Proceedings of the 2023 New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering Annual Technical Conference, Issue 1, 2023
Publisher: New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering
DOI: 10.3929/ethz-b-000610505

Experimental investigation of spherical rubber seismic isolation bearings

Author(s): Katsamakas, Antonios A.; Belser, Gabriel; Vassiliou, Michalis F.; Blondet, Marcial; Stojadinovic, Bozidar; id_orcid0000-0002-1713-1977
Published in: COMPDYN 2021 8th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, streamed from Athens, Greece, 27–30 June 2021, Issue 1, 2021
Publisher: COMPDYN 2021
DOI: 10.3929/ethz-b-000491978

Lateral cyclic response of deformable rolling seismic isolators for low-income countries

Author(s): Katsamakas, Antonios A.; Vassiliou, Michalis F.
Published in: Proceedings of the Third European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology – 3ECEES, 2022
Publisher: 3ECEES
DOI: 10.3929/ethz-b-000570039

SHAKE-TABLE TESTING OF LOW-COST, HIGH-PERFORMANCE SEISMIC ISOLATORS BASED ON ROLLING RUBBER SPHERES

Author(s): Antonios A. Katsamakas; Michalis F. Vassiliou
Published in: COMPDYN Proceedings, 2023
Publisher: COMPDYN
DOI: 10.7712/120123.10620.20718

Finite element modeling of the shake-table response of a bridge-like model comprising rocking columns

Author(s): Katsamakas, Antonios A.; Vassiliou, Michalis F.
Published in: COMPDYN 2023, 2023
Publisher: COMPDYN
DOI: 10.3929/ethz-b-000615846

Experimental Investigation of a Sustainable Seismic Isolation System Based on Used Tennis Balls

Author(s): Katsamakas, Antonios A.; Bosshart, Delia; Flury, Cédric; Schär, Raphael; Vassiliou, Michalis F.
Published in: 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE 2020-21), Sendai, Japan, September 27 - October 2, 2021, 2021
Publisher: 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE 2020-21), Sendai, Japan, September 27 - October 2, 2021
DOI: 10.3929/ethz-b-000507042

Finite element modeling of the seismic response of a bridge-like model with restrained rocking piers

Author(s): Katsamakas, Antonios; id_orcid0000-0001-9428-1787; Vassiliou, Michalis F.
Published in: 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE 2024)., 2024
Publisher: 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE 2024)

Experimental study of grout-filled, reused tennis balls as seismic isolation bearings for lightweight structures

Author(s): Katsamakas, Antonios; id_orcid0000-0001-9428-1787; Del Giudice, Lorenzo; id_orcid0000-0002-1565-0538; Vassiliou, Michalis F.
Published in: 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE 2024), 2024
Publisher: 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE 2024)

Low-cost and sustainable seismic isolation with re-used tennis balls: Lateral cyclic tests

Author(s): Katsamakas, Antonios A.; Chollet, Miro; Eyyi, Stefan; Vassiliou, Michalis F.
Published in: Proceedings of the Third European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology – 3ECEES, 2022
Publisher: 3ECEES
DOI: 10.3929/ethz-b-000570047

Shake-table testing of low-cost seismic isolation bearings based on rolling rubber spheres

Author(s): Katsamakas, Antonios A.; Belser, Gabriel; Vassiliou, Michalis F.; Stojadinovic, Bozidar; Blondet, Marcial
Published in: 3rd International Conference on Natural Hazards & Infrastructure (ICONHIC 2022), Athens, Greece, July 5–7, 2022, 2022
Publisher: 3rd International Conference on Natural Hazards & Infrastructure (ICONHIC 2022), Athens, Greece, July 5–7, 2022
DOI: 10.3929/ethz-b-000557275

Peer reviewed articles (10)

Shake table testing and finite element modeling of a modular prefabricated concrete bridge‐like specimen accounting for geometry imperfections and additional damping

Author(s): Antonios A. Katsamakas, Michalis F. Vassiliou, Charalampos Mouzakis
Published in: Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, Issue 53, 2025, Page(s) 3607-3629, ISSN 0098-8847
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.4189

Experimental and numerical assessment of grout-filled tennis balls as seismic isolation bearings

Author(s): Antonios A. Katsamakas, Lorenzo Del Giudice, Sergio I. Reyes, Dario Candebat-Sanchez, Michalis F. Vassiliou
Published in: Engineering Structures, 2023, ISSN 0141-0296
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2023.116716

Experimental investigation of a spherical rubber isolator for use in low income countries

Author(s): Antonios A. Katsamakas, Gabriel Belser, Michalis F. Vassiliou, Marcial Blondet
Published in: Engineering Structures, Issue 250, 2022, Page(s) 113522, ISSN 0141-0296
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2021.113522

Global sensitivity analysis of 3D printed material with binder jet technology by using surrogate modeling and polynomial chaos expansion

Author(s): Lorenzo Del Giudice; Stefano Marelli; Bruno Sudret; Michalis F. Vassiliou
Published in: Progress in Additive Manufacturing, 2023, ISSN 2363-9512
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s40964-023-00459-y

A simple strategy to tune the lateral response of unbonded Fiber Reinforced Elastomeric Isolators (FREIs)

Author(s): Chris Tran, Andrea Calabrese, Michalis F. Vassiliou, Simone Galano
Published in: Engineering Structures, Issue 222, 2020, Page(s) 111128, ISSN 0141-0296
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2020.111128

Feasibility Study on Re-Using Tennis Balls as Seismic Isolation Bearings

Author(s): Antonios A. Katsamakas, Miro Chollet, Stefan Eyyi, Michalis F. Vassiliou
Published in: Frontiers in Built Environment, Issue 7, 2021, ISSN 2297-3362
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.3389/fbuil.2021.768303

Experimental Parametric Study and Phenomenological Modeling of a Deformable Rolling Seismic Isolator

Author(s): Antonios A. Katsamakas; Michalis F. Vassiliou
Published in: Journal of Earthquake Engineering, Issue 1, 2023, ISSN 1363-2469
Publisher: Imperial College Press
DOI: 10.1080/13632469.2023.2189978

Physical modelling of unreinforced masonry walls using a sand-based 3D printer

Author(s): Lorenzo Del Giudice, Antonios Katsamakas, Bowen Liu, Vasilis Sarhosis, Michalis F. Vassiliou
Published in: Engineering Structures, Issue 305, 2025, Page(s) 117665, ISSN 0141-0296
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2024.117665

Influence of Wall Thickness on Microstructure  and Mechanical Properties of Thin-Walled 316l Stainless Steel Produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion

Author(s): Rafal Wrobel, Lorenzo Del Guidice, P. Gh Ghanbari, Nerea Abando, Xavier Maeder, Michalis F. Vassiliou, Ehsan Hosseini, Ralph Spolenak, Christian Leinenbach
Published in: Materials & Design, 2023, ISSN 1873-4197
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4576849

Mechanical properties of 3D printed material with binder jet technology and potential applications of additive manufacturing in seismic testing of structures

Author(s): Lorenzo Del Giudice, Michalis F. Vassiliou
Published in: Additive Manufacturing, 2020, Page(s) 101714, ISSN 2214-8604
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.addma.2020.101714

Thesis and dissertations (1)

Physical modelling of masonry and reinforced concrete using 3D printing

Author(s): Del Giudice, Lorenzo; id_orcid0000-0002-1565-0538
Published in: Issue 1, 2023
Publisher: ETH Zurich