Journal Publications

  1. El Kortbawi, M., Moug, D. M., Ziotopoulou, K., DeJong, J., and Boulanger, R. W. (under review). Application of an axisymmetric cone penetration model to bio-cemented sands. ASCE Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering.
  2. Sinha, S. K., Ziotopoulou, K., and Kutter, B. L. (under review). Numerical modeling of liquefaction-induced downdrag on piles: validation against centrifuge model tests. ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering.
  3. Oathes, T. J., Boulanger, R. W., and Ziotopoulou, K. (under review). A viscoplastic constitutive model for plastic silts and clays for static slope stability applications. ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering.

     

  4. Carey, T. J., Chiaradonna, A., Love, N., Wilson, D. W., Ziotopoulou, K., Martinez, A., and DeJong, J. T. (in press). Effect of soil gradation on embankment response during liquefaction: a centrifuge testing program. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering.
  5. Sinha, S. K., Ziotopoulou, K., and Kutter, B. L. (in press). Centrifuge model tests of liquefaction-induced downdrag on piles in uniform liquefiable deposits. ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering.
  6. Basu, D., Pretell, R., Montgomery, J., and Ziotopoulou, K. (2022). Investigation of key parameters and issues in simulating centrifuge model tests of a sheet-pile wall retaining a liquefiable soil deposit. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Volume 156, May, 107243. [doi]
  7. Humire, F. A., Lee, M., Ziotopoulou, K., Gomez, M. G., and DeJong, J. T. (in press). Development and evaluation of pre-conditioning protocols of sand specimens in constant-volume cyclic direct simple shear tests. ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal, Volume 45, Issue 3. [doi] 
  8. Humire, F. A., and Ziotopoulou, K. (2022). Mechanisms of shear strain accumulation in laboratory experiments on sands exhibiting cyclic mobility behavior. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. [doi]
  9. Pretell, R., Ziotopoulou, K., and Abrahamson, N. A. (2022). Conducting 1D site response analyses to capture 2D VS spatial variability effects. Earthquake Spectra. [doi]
  10. Lee, M., Gomez, M. G., El Kortbawi, M., and Ziotopoulou, K. (2022). Effect of Light Bio-cementation on the Liquefaction Triggering and Post-Triggering Behavior of Loose Sands. ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 148(1) [doi]
  11. Sinha, S. K., Kutter, B. L., and Ziotopoulou, K. (2021). A new method to track settlements in centrifuge model tests using lasers. International Journal of Physical Modelling in Geotechnics, ICE, UK. [doi]
  12. Cetin, K. O., Papadimitriou, A. G., Altun, S., Pelekis, P., Unutmaz, B., Rovithis, E., Akgun, M., Klimis, N., Askan, G. A., Ziotopoulou, K., Sezer, A., Kıncal, C., Ilgaç, M., Can, G., Çakır, E., Söylemez, B., Al-Suhaily, A., Elsaid, A., Zarzour, M., Stewart, J., and Mylonakis, G. (2021). The Role of Site Effects on Elevated Seismic Demands and Corollary Structural Damage During the October 30 2020, M7.0 Samos Island (Aegean Sea) Earthquake. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. [doi]
  13. Salam, S., Xiao, M., Khosravifar, A., and Ziotopoulou, K. (2021). Seismic stability of coal tailings dams with spatially variable and liquefiable coal tailings using pore pressure plasticity models. Computers and Geotechnics, 132(2021), 104017. [doi]
  14. Pretell, R. A., Ziotopoulou, K., and Davis, C. (2021). Numerical modeling of ground deformations at Balboa Blvd. in the Northridge 1994 Earthquake. ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 147(2). [doi]
  15. Huang, Z., Ziotopoulou, K., and Filz, G. M. (2020). 3D Numerical Analyses of Column-Supported Embankments: Failure Heights, Failure Modes, and Deformations. ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 146(12). [doi]
  16. Huang, Z., Ziotopoulou, K., and Filz, G. M. (2020). Lateral Thrust Distribution of Column-Supported Embankments for Limiting Cases of Lateral Spreading. ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 146(11). [doi]
  17. Boulanger, R. W., and Ziotopoulou, K. (2019). A constitutive model for clays and plastic silts in plane-strain earthquake engineering applications. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 127. [doi]
  18. Huang, Z., Ziotopoulou, K., and Filz, G. M. (2019). 3D Numerical Limiting Case Analyses of Lateral Spreading in a Column-Supported Embankment. ASCE Journal of Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering, 145(11). [doi] 
  19. Tasiopoulou, P., Ziotopoulou, Κ., Humire, F., Giannakou, A., Chacko, J., and Travasarou, T. (2020). Development and implementation of semiempirical framework for modeling postliquefaction deformation accumulation in sands. ASCE Journal of Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering, 146(1). [doi]
  20. Garini, E., Gazetas, G., and Ziotopoulou, K. (2018). Inelastic soil amplification in three sites during the Tokachi-oki MJMA 8.0 earthquake. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Elsevier Publications. [doi]
  21. Zeghal, M., Goswami, N., Kutter, B. L., Manzari, M. T, Abdoun, T., Arduino, P., Armstrong, R. J., Beaty, M. H., Chen, Y., Ghofrani, A., Haigh, S. K., Hung, W-Y, Iai, S., Kokkali, P., Lee, C. J., Madabhushi, G. S. P., Tobita, T., Ueda, K., Zhou, Y., and Ziotopoulou, K. (2017). Stress-strain response of the LEAP centrifuge tests and numerical predictions. Special issue of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Elsevier Publications. [doi]
  22. Manzari, M. T, El Ghoraiby, M., Kutter, B. L., Zeghal, M., Abdoun, T., Arduino, P., Armstrong, R. J., Beaty, M. H., Carey, T., Chen, Y., Ghofrani, A., Gutierrez, D., Goswami, N., Haigh, S. K., Hung, W-Y, Iai, S., Kokkali, P., Lee, C. J., Madabhushi, G. S. P., Mejia, L., Sharp, M., Tobita, T., Ueda, K., Zhou, Y., and Ziotopoulou, K. (2017). Liquefaction Experiment and Analysis Projects (LEAP):  Summary of observations from the planning phase. Special issue of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Elsevier. [doi]
  23. Ziotopoulou, K. (2018). Seismic response of liquefiable sloping ground: Class A and C numerical predictions of centrifuge model responses. Special issue of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Elsevier. [doi]
  24. Ziotopoulou, K., and Boulanger, R. W. (2016). Plasticity modeling of liquefaction effects under sloping ground conditions and irregular cyclic loading. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 84, 269-283. [doi]
  25. Ziotopoulou, K., and Boulanger, R. W. (2013). Calibration and implementation of a sand plasticity plane-strain model for earthquake engineering applications. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 53, 268-280. [doi]
  26. Boulanger, R. W., and Ziotopoulou, K. (2013). Formulation of a sand plasticity plane-strain model for earthquake engineering applications. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 53, 254-267. [doi]
  27. Boulanger, R. W., Kamai, R., and Ziotopoulou, K. (2012). Liquefaction induced strength loss and deformation: simulation and design. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 12, 1107-1128. [doi]