School Seminars, Events and Open Lectures
DSSP: Earthquake resilient precast structures: Learn from the past; Prepare for the future
Earthquake resilient precast structures: Learn from the past; Prepare for the future
Dr Georgia Kremmyda, Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Warwick
ABSTRACT
Since mid-20th century, the share of industrial prefabrication of concrete structures has been
increasing continuously in the construction market worldwide. A structure can be composed
solely by precast structural members or precast structural members can be partially introduced
to structures which are primarily constructed in-situ. The main structural challenge that arises in
seismic design is related to the behaviour of the connections between the structural members
under cyclic loading and their influence on the total behaviour of the structure. In this seminar,
experience from the performance of precast structures in praxis under severe earthquake
events will be discussed. Comprehensive research projects of the last decade which yielded
important results on the behaviour of precast structures will be presented. The seminar
highlights the importance of integrating advanced numerical micro-modelling and large-scale
experimental evaluation towards the development of structural details and associated design
rules for the future versions of codes of practice.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dr Georgia Kremmyda completed her undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD studies at the
National Technical University of Athens, Greece. She was a member of the Laboratory for
Earthquake Engineering for more than 10 years where she worked on the experimental and
numerical assessment of the seismic behaviour of precast reinforced concrete (RC) structures.
Meanwhile, she was Design Coordinator and Head of R&D groups in construction and
consulting companies leading in the field of precast RC structures. Between 2010 and 2014 she
was Lecturer at the School of Pedagogical and Technological Education of Athens in the
Laboratory of Earthquake Engineering. She joined Warwick at the School of Engineering in April
2015 as Discipline Degree Leader of the Civil Engineering Stream .