Vassilios Lekidis

Ph.D. in earthquake resistant structures (Finite Element Analysis) in 1994. Since 1984 researcher of the Institute of Engineering Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (ITSAK). Member of the board of Directors of  ITSAK (1987, 1988, 1997,1998, 2003). Director of the Institute from 1989-1991 and 1999-2007. President of the Permanent Committee of Technical Chamber of Greece for Earthquake Planning and Protection. Member of the Committee of Civil Engineers in Greece. Research interests include: Earthquake resistance design for special structures in Greece; Parametric analysis for seismic Codes; Design Spectra in Greece  and Balkan region; Earthquake Risk Reduction in Greece; Parametric analysis of the inelastic behaviour of reinforced concrete frames; Development of shell and core Finite elements suitable for elastoplastic analysis  of earthquake resistant Structures; Experimental analysis of special structures. Author/co-author of more than 100 papers published in Intern. Journals or Intern. & National Conferences. Participation in more than 30 research programmes.

Selected publications:

1.Kappos Α., Lekidis V., Panagopoulos G., Sous I., N. Theodulidis, Karakostas Ch., Anastasiadis Τ., Salonikios T., and B. Margaris, Estimation of economic loss for buildings in the area struck by the 1999 Athens earthquake and comparison with actual repair costs, Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 23, 333-355, 2007. 

2.Karakostas Ch.,  V. Lekidis, Τ. Makarios, Τ. Salonikios, S. Issam & M. Dimosthenous “Seismic Response of Structures and Infrastructure Facilities during the Lefkada, Greece Earthquake of 14/8/2003”, Engineering Structures, Vol. 27 (2), 2005, pp. 213-227.

3.Karakostas C. Z., C.J. Athanassiadou, A.J. Kappos, and V.A. Lekidis “ Site-Dependent Design Spectra and Strength Modification Factors, Based οn Records from Greece ” Soil Dyn. & Earthquake Engin., Volume 27, Issue 11, 2007, pp. 1012-1027.

4. T. Makarios, V. Lekidis, A. Kappos, Ch., Karakostas, and J. Mochonas “Development of seismic vulnerability curves for a bridge with elastomeric bearings ”, Proceedings of Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (COMPDYN2007), Rethymno, Greece, 13-16 June 2007, paper No. 1516.