USC USC Logo Civil & Enviromental Engineering
University of South Carolina Currently Enrolled Undergraduate Student Information Currently Enrolled Graduate Student Information Future Students Faculty & Staff Home


Dimitris Rizios 
Phone 803.777.6166
Fax 803.777.0670

E-mail

Curriculum Vitae

Course Information



300 Main Street, Room C208
Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of South Carolina

Dimitris Rizos

Associate Professor



Education

  • Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, University of South Carolina, 1993
  • M.S. in Civil Engineering, University of South Carolina, 1989
  • Diploma in Civil Engineering, University of Patras, Greece, 1987

Selected Publications

  • D.C. Rizos J.P. Felkel and P. Ziehl “Performance of HPS 70W Girders Based on Experimental and Computer Simulations” Journal of Constructional Steel Research (in press - corrected proof, available online 30 October 2006)
  • E. Stehmeyer and D.C. Rizos “A Simplified B-Spline Impulse Response Function (BIRF) Model for the Transient SSI Analysis of Rigid Foundations” Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, pp 421-434, Vol. 26(5), 2006
  • Rizos, D.C. and S. Zhou “An Advanced Direct Time Domain BEM for 3-D Wave Propagation in Acoustic Media”, Journal of Sound and Vibration, pp 196-212, Vol. 293(1-2), 2006
  • K. Coogler, B. Wan, K.A. Harries, D.C. Rizos and M.F. Petrou, “Critical Evaluation of Strain Measurements in GFRP Bridge Decks” ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, pp 704-712, Vol. 10, 2005
  • B. Wan, D.C. Rizos, M.F. Petrou and K.A. Harries, “Computer Simulations and Parametric Studies of GFRP Bridge Deck Systems” Composite Structures, pp 103-115, Vol 69, 2005
  • J. O’Brien and D.C. Rizos “BEM-FEM Coupled Methodology for Vibration Analysis due to High Speed Trains” Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering pp 289-301, Vol 25, 2005
  • S. Zhou, D.C. Rizos and M.F. Petrou, “Effects of Superstructure Flexibility on Strength of Concrete Bridge Decks”, Computers & Structures, pp 13-23, Vol 82, No 1, 2004
  • M. K. Turner, K. A. Harries, M. F. Petrou, D.C. Rizos, “In Situ Structural Evaluation of a GFRP Bridge Deck System”, Composite Structures, Vol. 65, No 2, pp 157-165, 2004.
  • D.C. Rizos and J. Wang “Coupled BEM-FEM Solutions for Direct Time Domain Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis” Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, pp 877-888, Vol. 26, No 10, 2002
  • D.C. Rizos and K. Loya “Dynamic and Seismic Analysis of Foundations Based on Free Field B-Spline Characteristic Response Histories” ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics Vol 128, No 4, 2002
  • D.C. Rizos, “A Rigid Surface Boundary Element for 3-D Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis in the Direct Time Domain”. Computational Mechanics pp 582-591, Vol 26, No 6, 2000
  • D.L. Karabalis, G.J. Cokkinides, D.C. Rizos, and J.S. Mulliken, “Simulation of earthquake ground motions by a deterministic approach,” Advances in Engineering Software pp. 329-338 Vol. 31, No 5, 2000
  • D.C Rizos and D.L. Karabalis, ”Soil-Fluid-Structure Interaction”, Chapter 9 in: E. Kausel and G.D. Manolis (eds) Wave Motion Problems in Earthquake Engineering, WIT Press Southampton 1999 http://www.witpress.com/acatalog/7442.html
  • D.C. Rizos and D.L. Karabalis, “A time domain BEM for 3-D elastodynamic analysis using the B-Spline fundamental solutions” Computational Mechanics, pp. 108-115, Vol 22, 1998
  • D.C. Rizos and D.L. Karabalis, "An Advanced Direct Time Domain BEM Formulation for 3-D Elastodynamic Problems”, Computational Mechanics, pp. 249-269, Vol. 15, No. 3, 1994
  • D.C. Rizos and D.L. Karabalis, "Transient Solution of 2-D Flow in Unconfined Coastal Aquifers", Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, pp. 215-224, Vol. 11, 1993
  • D.L. Karabalis and D.C. Rizos, "Dynamic Analysis of 3-D Foundations", Chapter 6, pp. 177-208 in: G.D. Manolis and T.G. Davis, (eds), Boundary Element Techniques in Geomechanics, Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton, 1993.
  • D.C. Rizos and D.L. Karabalis, "An Integrated BEM Algorithm for Transient 2-D Flow in Unconfined Aquifers", Microcomputers in Civil Engineering. , pp. 333-340, Vol. 7, 1992











Return to top USC Links Directory Map Events VIP
Swearingen Engineering Annex Center | 300 Main St., Columbia, SC 29208 | TELE: 803.777.3614 | FAX: 803.777.0670 | cee@cec.sc.edu