MARIA STAVROPOULOU

Maria Stavropoulou

Position: Faculty Member
Rank: Professor
Section of: Dynamic, Tectonic and Applied Geology
Scientific Topic: Engineering Geology

Tel: +30 2107274778
e-mail: mstavrop@geol.uoa.gr
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Research Interests

Geomechanics (Rock and Soil Mechanics), Engineering Geology, Computational Geomechanics

Indicative Teaching Topics

Undegraguate Program

Engineering Geology
Soil and Rock Mechanics
Geotechnical Projects

Postgraguate Program

Advanced Elements of Engineering Geology
Geology of Construction Works
Advanced Elements of Soil and Rock Mechanics

Indicative Publications

Vardoulakis, I., Stavropoulou, M. and Papanastasiou, P. (1996). Hydromechanical aspects of sand production problem. Transport in Porous Media 22 (2), 225-244.

Stavropoulou, M., Papanastasiou, P. and Vardoulakis, I. (1997). Coupled wellbore erosion and stability analysis. Int. J. for Numerical and Analytical Μethods in Geomechanics, 22 (2), 749-769.

Exadaktylos, G.E., and Stavropoulou, M. (2002). A closed-form elastic solution for stresses and displacements around tunnels. Int. J. Rock Mech. & Min. Sci. Vol. 39 (7), 905-916.

Stavropoulou, M., Exadaktylos, G., Papamichos, E., Larsen, I. , Ringstad, C. (2003). Rayleigh wave propagation in intact and damaged geomaterials. Int. J. Rock Mech. & Min. Sci Vol. 40 (3), 377-387.

Exadaktylos, G., Vardoulakis, I., Stavropoulou, M., Tsombos, P. (2003). Analogue and numerical modeling of normal fault patterns produced due to slip along a detachment zone. Tectonophysics Vol. 376, 117-134.

Stavropoulou, M. (2006). Modeling of small-diameter rotary drilling tests on marbles. Int. J. Rock Mech. & Min. Sci Vol. 43 (7), 1034-1051.

Stavropoulou, M., Exadaktylos, G. and Saratsis, G. (2007). A Combined Three-Dimensional Geological-Geostatistical-Numerical Model of Underground Excavations in Rock. Rock Mech. Rock Eng,Vol. 40 (3), 213-243.

Exadaktylos, G , Stavropoulou, M. (2008). A specific upscaling theory of rock mass parameters exhibiting spatial variability: Analytical relations and computational scheme. Int. J. Rock Mech. & Min. Sci 45 (7), 1102-1125.

Stavropoulou, M. (2014). Discontinuity frequency and block volume distribution in rock masses. Int. J. Rock Mech. & Min. Sci., 65, 62–74.

Stavropoulou, M., Xiroudakis, G. (2020). Fracture Frequency and Block Volume Distribution in Rock Masses. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 53 (10), 4673-4689.