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Thanasis Triantafillou

Thanasis Triantafillou

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Engineering and Technology
Greece
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
61
Citations
19223
World Ranking
1997
National Ranking
12

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Greece Leader Award

Overview

Thanasis Triantafillou is affiliated with the University of Patras in Greece and is active in the fields of engineering and earth and planetary sciences. Their research primarily focuses on civil and structural engineering, with significant contributions to related subfields such as earth-surface processes, building and construction, materials chemistry, and archeology.

The scientist's prominent research topics include masonry and concrete structural analysis, building materials and conservation, and concrete and cement materials research. Other specific areas of interest comprise innovative concrete reinforcement materials, hygrothermal properties of building materials, structural behavior of reinforced concrete, and magnesium oxide properties and applications.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Composites for Construction
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Materials and Structures
  • Journal of Composites Science
  • Preprints.org

Collaboration with other researchers is a notable aspect of their career. Frequent co-authors are:

  • Catherine G. Papanicolaou
  • Panagiotis Kapsalis
  • Andrés Arce
  • Lazar Azdejković
  • Luiz Miranda de Lima

Among their recent papers are:

  • Seismic upgrading of existing reinforced concrete buildings: A state-of-the-art review, 2021, Engineering Structures
  • Integrated seismic and energy retrofitting of existing buildings: A state-of-the-art review, 2022, Journal of Building Engineering
  • Seismic upgrading of existing masonry structures: A state-of-the-art review, 2022, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
  • Integrated Structural and Energy Retrofitting of Masonry Walls: Effect of In-Plane Damage on the Out-of-Plane Response, 2020, Journal of Composites for Construction
  • Seismic Behavior of Repaired and Externally FRP-Jacketed Short Columns Built with Extremely Low-Strength Concrete, 2021, Journal of Composites for Construction

Thanasis Triantafillou has also contributed to book publications through prominent organizations, including:

  • fib Bulletin 103. Guide for Strengthening of Concrete Structures, International Federation for Structural Concrete, 2022
  • Introduction to structural application of alkali-activated concrete - Lecture notes of the DuRSAAM training course held January 2022, European Organization for Nuclear Research

Best Publications

  • Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites for Construction—State-of-the-Art Review

    C. E. Bakis;Lawrence C. Bank;V. L. Brown;E. Cosenza

  • Shear Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Beams Using Epoxy-Bonded FRP Composites

    Thanasis C. Triantafillou

  • Strengthening of Masonry Structures Using Epoxy-Bonded FRP Laminates

    Thanasis C. Triantafillou

  • Design of Concrete Flexural Members Strengthened in Shear with FRP

    Thanasis C. Triantafillou;Costas P. Antonopoulos

  • Externally bonded FRP reinforcement for RC structures

    Thanasis Triantafillou;Stijn Matthys;Katrien Audenaert;György Balázs

  • EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF FRP-STRENGTHENED RC BEAM-COLUMN JOINTS

    Costas P. Antonopoulos;Thanasis C. Triantafillou

  • Strengthening of RC beams with epoxy-bonded fibre-composite materials

    Thanasis Triantafillou;N. Plevris

  • TEXTILE REINFORCED MORTAR (TRM) VERSUS FRP AS STRENGTHENING MATERIAL OF URM WALLS: OUT-OF-PLANE CYCLIC LOADING

    Catherine G. Papanicolaou;Thanasis C. Triantafillou;Kyriakos Karlos;Myrto Papathanasiou

  • Shear strengthening of reinforced concrete members with textile reinforced mortar (TRM) jackets

    Thanasis C. Triantafillou;Catherine G. Papanicolaou

  • Failure surfaces for cellular materials under multiaxial loads—I.Modelling

    L.J. Gibson;M.F. Ashby;J. Zhang;T.C. Triantafillou

  • Textile reinforced mortar (TRM) versus FRP as strengthening material of URM walls: out-of-plane cyclic loading

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  • Strengthening of Concrete Structures with Textile Reinforced Mortars: State-of-the-Art Review

    Lampros N. Koutas;Zoi Tetta;Dionysios A. Bournas;Thanasis C. Triantafillou

  • Concrete Confinement with Textile-Reinforced Mortar Jackets

    Thanasis C. Triantafillou;Catherine G. Papanicolaou;Panagiotis Zissimopoulos;Thanasis Laourdekis

  • FRP-REINFORCED WOOD AS STRUCTURAL MATERIAL

    Nikolaos Plevris;Thanasis C. Triantafillou

  • Textile-Reinforced Mortar versus Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Confinement in Reinforced Concrete Columns

    Dionysios A. Bournas;Panagiota V. Lontou;Catherine G. Papanicolaou;Thanasis C. Triantafillou

  • INNOVATIVE DESIGN OF FRP COMBINED WITH CONCRETE: SHORT-TERM BEHAVIOR

    Nikola Deskovic;Thanasis C. Triantafillou;Urs Meier

  • Strengthening of concrete structures with prestressed fiber reinforced plastic sheets

    Thanasis C. Triantafillou;Nikola Deskovic;Martin Deuring

  • State-of-the-art on strengthening of masonry structures with textile reinforced mortar (TRM)

    Leonidas Alexandros S. Kouris;Thanasis C. Triantafillou

  • Externally bonded grids as strengthening and seismic retrofitting materials of masonry panels

    Catherine Papanicolaou;Thanasis Triantafillou;Maria Lekka

  • Failure mode maps for foam core sandwich beams

    T.C. Triantafillou;L.J. Gibson

  • Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites for Construction—State-of-the-Art Review

    C. E. Bakis;L. C. Bank;V. L. Brown;E. Cosenza

Frequent Co-Authors

Dionysios A. Bournas
Dionysios A. Bournas European Commission Joint Research Centre
Michael N. Fardis
Michael N. Fardis University of Patras
Giorgio Monti
Giorgio Monti Sapienza University of Rome
Maria Antonietta Aiello
Maria Antonietta Aiello University of Salento
Humberto Varum
Humberto Varum University of Porto
Enrico Spacone
Enrico Spacone University of Chieti-Pescara
Charles E. Bakis
Charles E. Bakis Pennsylvania State University
Michael F. Ashby
Michael F. Ashby University of Cambridge
Christopher K.Y. Leung
Christopher K.Y. Leung Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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