HEPHAESTUS Repository
Welcome to HEPHAESTUS, the Institutional Repository of the Neapolis University in Cyrpus . HEPHAESTUS is an open source institutional repository which gathers all the digital material of Neapolis University's various activities, particularly original research studies produced by the members of the University. The HEPHAESTUS Repository demonstrates the intellectual life, research activities and publications of the University, preserving, acknowledging and promoting scientific research to benefit the local and international community.
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INVESTIGATION OF A COST-EFFICIENT RETROFITTING STRATEGY OF AN EXISTING REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDING
(WCEE ( International Association for Earthquake Engineering), 2024-07)In the decades of 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s most of the buildings in Cyprus, an island in the Mediterranean Sea which is located to a high seismicity region, were designed without seismic design criteria and ...
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SEISMIC ASSESSMENT AND INNOVATIVE STRENGTHENING OF CORRODED CANTILEVER STRUCTURES IN MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS
(COMPDYN, 2025-06)The research aims to investigate the existing design standards KANEPE (2017) [1] and EN 1998-3 (2005) [2] regarding the seismic assessment of existing reinforced concrete structures through a real case study. Also, the ...
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THEORETICAL EVALUATION AND EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION OF AN INNOVATIVE DYNAMIC ANALYSIS METHOD FOR COMBINED STRUCTURES WITH TUNED MASS DAMPERS
(COMPDYN, 2025-06)Tuned Mass Dampers (TMDs) is an effective way for mitigating vibrations and sways in engi neering structures under lateral actions, such as strong winds. Thus, TMDs can enhance safe ty and reduce design structural demands. ...
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Assessment and Retrofitting Of a Multi-Storey Reinforced Concrete Building
(Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on New Technologies (NewTech'24), 2024-08)Due to safety issues, many of the existing reinforced concrete structures in Cyprus, built 50 years ago, require immediate retrofitting. In general, a great number of structures have issues with reinforcement corrosion ...
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Πρωτεύουσες Μητροπολιτικές Περιφέρειες της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης και ο ρόλος τους στην Ευρωπαϊκή Συνοχή και Ολοκλήρωση
(Μεταπτυχιακό Πρόγραμμα Ευρωπαϊκής πολιτικής και Διακυβέρνησης, Σχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών, Τεχνών και Ανθρωπιστικών Σπουδών, Πανεπιστήμιο Νεάπολις Πάφου, 2025-06)Η μεταπτυχιακή διατριβή της Παρασκευής Ταράνη εξετάζει τον ρόλο των Πρωτευουσών Μητροπολιτικών περιφερειών (ΠΜΠ) της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης (ΕΕ) και την συμβολή τους στην ευρωπαϊκή συνοχή και ολοκλήρωση. Αναγνωρίζοντας τη ...