Publications

Peer-reviewed Journals

Chung-Che Chou,  Huang-Zuo Lin,  Alvaro Córdova,  Jian-Ming Chen,  Daniel Yen-Hsun Chou,  Shu-Hsien Chao,  Shih-Ho Chao,  Georgios Tsampras,  Chia-Ming Uang,  Hsin-Yang Chung,  Chin-Hsiung Loh,  Hsuan-Teh Hu, "Earthquake simulator testing of a three-story steel building for evaluating built-up box column performance and effect of sliding slab". Earthquake Engng Struct Dyn.  2024; 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1002/eqe.4130

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Mayorga CF,  Tsampras G.  "Reinforced concrete wall buildings with force-limiting connections: Modeling effects and uncertainty propagation". Earthquake Engng Struct Dyn.  2024; 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1002/eqe.4073

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Chen, K., G. Tsampras, and K. Lee. 2023. “Structural connection with predetermined discrete variable friction forces.” Resilient Cities and Structures, Resilience of Structures to Earthquakes, 2 (1): 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcns.2023.02.006.

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Tsampras, Georgios, Richard Sause (2022), “Force-Based Design Method for Force-Limiting Deformable Connections in Earthquake-Resistant Buildings.” Journal of Structural Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0003456.

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Van Den Einde Lelli, Conte Joel P., Restrepo José I., Bustamante Ricardo, Halvorson Marty, Hutchinson Tara C., Lai Chin-Ta, Lotfizadeh Koorosh, Luco J. Enrique, Morrison Machel L., Mosqueda Gilberto, Nemeth Mike, Ozcelik Ozgur, Restrepo Sebastian, Rodriguez Andrés, Shing P. Benson, Thoen Brad, Tsampras Georgios, NHERI@UC San Diego 6-DOF Large High-Performance Outdoor Shake Table Facility, Frontiers in Built Environment, doi: 10.3389/fbuil.2020.580333   

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Zhi Zhang, Robert B. Fleischman, José I. Restrepo, Gabrielle Guerrini, Arpit Nema, Dichuan Zhang, Ulina Shakya, Georgios Tsampras, Richard Sause (2018), Shake table test performance of an inertial force-limiting floor anchorage system, Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 47 (10), 1987-2011, doi: 10.1002/eqe.3047 

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Georgios Tsampras, Richard Sause, Robert B. Fleischman, José I. Restrepo (2017) Experimental study of deformable connection consisting of friction device and rubber bearings to connect floor system to lateral force resisting system, Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 47 (4), 1032-1053, doi: 10.1002/eqe.3004

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Georgios Tsampras, Richard Sause, Robert B. Fleischman, José I. Restrepo (2016), Experimental study of deformable connection consisting of buckling-restrained brace and rubber bearings to connect floor system to lateral force resisting system, Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 46 (8), 1287-1305, DOI:10.1002/eqe.2856

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Georgios Tsampras, Richard Sause, Dichuan Zhang, Robert B. Fleischman, José I. Restrepo, David Mar, Joseph Maffei (2016), Development of deformable connection for earthquake-resistant buildings to reduce floor accelerations and force responses, Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 45 (9), 1473–1494, doi:10.1002/eqe.2718

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Georgios Tsampras (2009), Retrofit of existing reinforced concrete structures by using steel bracings, Newsletter of the Hellenic Society of Civil Engineers, Issue 377, pg. 46-51

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Conference Proceedings, Presentations, and Abstracts

C. Franco Mayorga, Georgios Tsampras, (2023) Progress Report: Validation of Seismic Design Provisions for Diaphragms and Assessment of Higher-Mode Responses on Earthquake-Resistant Buildings, SMIP23 Seminar on Utilization of Strong-Motion Data, California Strong Motion Instrumentation Program, Sacramento, USA

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Chung-Che Chou, Alvaro Córdova, Huang-Zuo Lin, Jian-Ming Chen, Yen-Hsun Chou, Shu-Hsien Chao, Shih-Ho Chao, Georgios Tsampras, Chia-Ming Uang, Hsin-Yang Chung, Hsuan-Teh Hu, Chin-Hsiung Loh, (2022) Analysis and test plan for a three-story steel BRBF with a sliding slab to reduce seismic lateral force in shake table tests, 8th Asia Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan


Kaixin Chen, Georgios Tsampras, Kyoungyeon Lee, C. Franco Mayorga, (2022) Reusable force-limiting connection with variable friction force for high-performance buildings, 8th Asia Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan

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C. Franco Mayorga, Georgios Tsampras, (2022) Progress Report: Validation of Seismic Design Provisions for Diaphragms and Assessment of Higher-Mode Responses on Earthquake-Resistant Buildings, SMIP22 Seminar on Utilization of Strong-Motion Data, California Strong Motion Instrumentation Program, Sacramento, USA

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Kyoungyeon Lee, Kaixin Chen, Georgios Tsampras, (2022) Seismic Response of Core Wall Building with Friction-Based Force-Limiting Connections, 3rd European Conference on Earthquake Engineering & Seismology, Bucharest, Romania.

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Tsampras G., Sause R., Fleischman R. B., Restrepo J. I., Nema A., Zhang Z., Practical force-limiting deformable connections in buildings with rocking base mechanism and limited higher-mode responses. Proceedings of the 12th National Conference in Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Salt Lake City, UT. 2022.

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C. Franco, Mayorga, Kyoungyeon Lee, and Georgios Tsampras. “Effect of the Structural Wall Modeling in the Seismic Response of Buildings with Force-Limiting Connections between Diaphragm-to-Wall Joints.” In ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute Proceedings, 2022. 

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Tsampras, Georgios, and Richard Sause. “Design of Force-Limiting Deformable Connections in High-Performance Earthquake-Resilient Buildings.” In ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute Proceedings, 2022.

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Georgios Tsampras, José I. Restrepo, Richard Sause, Robert Fleischman, Zhi Zhang (2020) Floor-diaphragm anchorage system for seismic resistant buildings with enhanced reliability, 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, Japan

Georgios Tsampras, Richard Sause, Robert Fleischman, José I. Restrepo, Zhi Zhang, Ulina Shakya, Dichuan Zhang, Joseph Maffei, David Mar (2018), Experimental study of connection between floor system and lateral force resisting system, 11th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, CA, USA

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Zhi Zhang, Arpit Nema, Gabrielle Guerrini, Ulina Shakya, Georgios Tsampras, Robert Fleischman, José I. Restrepo, Richard Sause, Dichuan Zhang, Joseph Maffei, David Mar, Giorgio Monti (2018), An inertial force limiting floor anchorage system for low-damage building structures, 11th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, CA, USA

Georgios Tsampras, Richard Sause, Robert B. Fleischman, José I. Restrepo, Dichuan Zhang (2015) Deformable connection for earthquake-resistant building systems, JAEE International Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, Tokyo, Japan

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Georgios Tsampras, Richard Sause, Robert B. Fleischman, José I. Restrepo (2015) An earthquake-resistant building system to reduce floor accelerations, NZSEE15 Conference, New Zealand, Rotorua

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Robert B. Fleischman, José I. Restrepo, Arpit Nema, Dichuan Zhang, Ulina Shakya, Zhi Zhang, Richard Sause, Georgios Tsampras, Giorgio Monti (2015), Inertial Force-Limiting Anchorage System for Seismic Resistant Building Structures, ASCE Structures Congress, Portland, OR, USA

Technical Reports and Theses

Lee, K. 2022. “Seismic Response of Eighteen-story Core Wall Building with Force-limiting Connections and Low-damage Coupling Beams.”, Thesis, University of California San Diego.

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Georgios Tsampras (2016), Force-Limiting Deformable Floor Diaphragm Connection for Earthquake Resistant Buildings, PhD Dissertation, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA, DOI: https://preserve.lib.lehigh.edu/islandora/object/preserve%3Abp-10369972

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Georgios Tsampras, Richard Sause (2014), Full-scale, components test of Inertial Force-Limiting Floor Anchorage Systems for Seismic Resistant Building Structures using a Buckling Restrained Brace and Steel Reinforced Low Damping Rubber Bearings, DesignSafe-CI, 10.4231/D3N87311M

Robert Fleischman, Jose Restrepo, Richard Sause, Dichuan Zhang, Georgios Tsampras, Zhi Zhang, Arpit Nema, Ulina Shakya (2014), Half Scale Shake Table Test of a 4 Story Reinforced Concrete Building with Eccentric Shear Walls, DesignSafe-CI, 10.4231/D39W0908G

Georgios Tsampras (2011), Parametric Inelastic Response and Performance-Based Seismic Response Modification Factors of Planar Steel Moment Resisting Frames, M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Patras, Greece [Greek], https://nemertes.library.upatras.gr/items/3d12fde6-dc93-4e95-96e5-469d5608ba1b/full

Data

Fleischman, Robert; Restrepo, Jose; Sause, Richard; Zhang, Dichuan; Tsampras, Georgios; Zhang, Zhi; Nema, Arpit; Shakya, Ulina, (2014), "Half Scale Shake Table Test of a 4 Story Reinforced Concrete Building with Eccentric Shear Walls", DesignSafe-CI [publisher], doi: 10.4231/D39W0908G https://www.designsafe-ci.org/data/browser/public/nees.public/NEES-2011-1083.groups/Experiment-1

Tsampras, Georgios; Sause, Richard, (2014), "Full-scale, components test of Inertial Force-Limiting Floor Anchorage Systems for Seismic Resistant Building Structures using a Buckling Restrained Brace and Steel Reinforced Low Damping Rubber Bearings", DesignSafe-CI [publisher], doi: 10.4231/D3N87311M https://www.designsafe-ci.org/data/browser/public/nees.public/NEES-2011-1083.groups/Experiment-2

Tsampras, Georgios; Sause, Richard, (2014), "Full-scale, components test of Inertial Force-Limiting Floor Anchorage Systems for Seismic Resistant Building Structures using a Friction Device and Carbon Fiber Reinforced Low Damping Rubber Bearings", DesignSafe-CI [publisher], doi: 10.4231/D3HH6C68B https://www.designsafe-ci.org/data/browser/public/nees.public/NEES-2011-1083.groups/Experiment-3

Media

C. Franco Mayorga, Georgios Tsampras, (2023) Validation of Seismic Design Provisions for Diaphragms and Assessment of Higher-Mode Responses on Earthquake-Resistant Buildings, SMIP23 Seminar on Utilization of Strong-Motion Data, California Strong Motion Instrumentation Program, Sacramento, USA

Kaixin Chen, Georgios Tsampras, Kyoungyeon Lee, C. Franco Mayorga, (2022) Reusable force-limiting connection with variable friction force for high-performance buildings, 8th Asia Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan


Recording of presentation: https://www.ncree.org/conference/InvitedSpeakers.aspx?n=I20221109A0#Tsampras

C. Franco Mayorga, Georgios Tsampras, (2022) Validation of Seismic Design Provisions for Diaphragms and Assessment of Higher-Mode Responses on Earthquake-Resistant Buildings, SMIP22 Seminar on Utilization of Strong-Motion Data, California Strong Motion Instrumentation Program, Sacramento, USA

Georgios Tsampras, Richard Sause, Robert B. Fleischman, José I. Restrepo (2016), Experimental study of deformable connection consisting of buckling-restrained brace and rubber bearings to connect floor system to lateral force resisting system, Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 46 (8), 1287-1305, DOI:10.1002/eqe.2856

Georgios Tsampras, Richard Sause, Robert B. Fleischman, José I. Restrepo (2017) Experimental study of deformable connection consisting of friction device and rubber bearings to connect floor system to lateral force resisting system, Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 47 (4), 1032-1053, doi: 10.1002/eqe.3004

Zhi Zhang, Robert B. Fleischman, José I. Restrepo, Gabrielle Guerrini, Arpit Nema, Dichuan Zhang, Ulina Shakya, Georgios Tsampras, Richard Sause (2018), Shake table test performance of an inertial force-limiting floor anchorage system, Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 47 (10), 1987-2011, doi: 10.1002/eqe.3047 

Part 1: Introduction, acknowledgements, development

Part 2: Mitigation of higher mode seismic responses

Part 3: Experiments

Part 4: Force-based design method for force-limiting deformable connections 

Georgios Tsampras (2016), Force-Limiting Deformable Floor Diaphragm Connection for Earthquake Resistant Buildings, PhD Dissertation, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA, DOI: https://preserve.lib.lehigh.edu/islandora/object/preserve%3Abp-10369972