Research Activities - Charis Gantes

Evaluation of ultimate strength of steel members, connections and structures by means of advanced nonlinear numerical analyses (summary of activities)
Experimental evaluation of ultimate strength of steel members, connections and structures (summary of activities)
Miscellaneous problems of structural analysis and design (summary of activities)
Design of wind turbine towers (summary of activities)
Design of structures against exposions (summary of activities)
Structural condition assessment of old steel structures and design of strengthening measures (summary of activities)
3D printed steel structures
Evaluations of wind pressures on structures by means of CFD numerical analyses (summary of activities)
Deployable structures (doctoral research at MIT during 1987-1991 supervised by Prof. Jerry Connor and independently afterwards, in recent years only occasionally - summary of activities)

Design of buried pipelines at locations of intersection with active seismic faults or potential landslides (summary of activities)
Design of steel arches and effects of their cold curving process (summary of activities)
Design of steel structures against fire (summary of activities)
Behavior and design of bult-up columns (summary of activities)
Design of steel chimneys (summary of activities)
Behavior and design of tension structures (summary of activities)
Seismic design of mixed structures comprising reinforced concrete sub-structure and steel super-structure (summary of activities)
Control methods for the seismic protection of buildings (summary of activities)
Buckling and nonlinear behavior of steel members and structures (summary of activities)
Behavior and design of moment connections in steel frames (summary of activities)
Dynamic stability of structures (at NTUA during 1991-2004 in cooperaion with Prof. A.N. Kounadis and later independently - summary of activities)
Application of information systems for structural design and engineering education (summary of activities)
Design of retaining walls (summary of activities)
Iterative numerical algorithms to be applied in the framework of the nonlinear finite element method (Diploma thesis and then research at NTUA during 1984-1987 supervised by -then- Lecturer M. Papadrakakis - summary of activities)