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Dr. Konstantinos Gkoumas
European Commission - Joint Research Center - Institute of Environment and Sustainability, Ispra, Italy

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Journal article
Published: 30 July 2021 in Research in Transportation Economics
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Numerous transport innovations promise to improve how people and goods move, while simultaneously decreasing the externalities that transport imposes on society. Public institutions offer large amounts of funding to make these concepts become reality. Yet fragmented and partial insights into technology development impede the efficient allocation of funds and may slow down innovation. This study contributes to a holistic and coordinated understanding of transport research and innovation by evaluating 3381 European Union-funded projects between 2007 and 2020. A technology taxonomy is built through a Grounded Theory approach, comprising 867 technologies that fall under 45 technology themes. Information is provided on funding characteristics and the technology development phase for each technology. The paper expands our understanding on the role of funding to innovate transport and offers suggestions to further improve research funding allocation.

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Konstantinos Gkoumas; Mitchell van Balen; Anastasios Tsakalidis; Ferenc Pekar. Evaluating the development of transport technologies in European research and innovation projects between 2007 and 2020. Research in Transportation Economics 2021, 101113 .

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Konstantinos Gkoumas, Mitchell van Balen, Anastasios Tsakalidis, Ferenc Pekar. Evaluating the development of transport technologies in European research and innovation projects between 2007 and 2020. Research in Transportation Economics. 2021; ():101113.

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Konstantinos Gkoumas; Mitchell van Balen; Anastasios Tsakalidis; Ferenc Pekar. 2021. "Evaluating the development of transport technologies in European research and innovation projects between 2007 and 2020." Research in Transportation Economics , no. : 101113.

Review
Published: 26 June 2021 in Applied Sciences
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Hyperloop is a proposed very high-speed ground transportation system for both passenger and freight that has the potential to be revolutionary, and which has attracted much attention in the last few years. The concept was introduced in its modern form relatively recently, yet substantial progress has been made in the past years, with research and development taking place globally, from several Hyperloop companies and academics. This study examined the status of Hyperloop development and identified issues and challenges by means of a systematic review that analyzed 161 documents from the Scopus database on Hyperloop since 2014. Following that, a taxonomy of topics from scientific research was built under different physical and operational clusters. The findings could be of help to transportation academics and professionals who are interested in the developments in the field, and form the basis for policy decisions for the future implementation of Hyperloop.

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Konstantinos Gkoumas. Hyperloop Academic Research: A Systematic Review and a Taxonomy of Issues. Applied Sciences 2021, 11, 5951 .

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Konstantinos Gkoumas. Hyperloop Academic Research: A Systematic Review and a Taxonomy of Issues. Applied Sciences. 2021; 11 (13):5951.

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Konstantinos Gkoumas. 2021. "Hyperloop Academic Research: A Systematic Review and a Taxonomy of Issues." Applied Sciences 11, no. 13: 5951.

Journal article
Published: 13 March 2021 in Infrastructures
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Europe’s aging transportation infrastructure requires optimized maintenance programs. However, data and monitoring systems may not be readily available to support strategic decisions or they may require costly installations in terms of time and labor requirements. In recent years, the possibility of monitoring bridges by indirectly sensing relevant parameters from traveling vehicles has emerged—an approach that would allow for the elimination of the costly installation of sensors and monitoring campaigns. The advantages of cooperative, connected, and automated mobility (CCAM), which is expected to become a reality in Europe towards the end of this decade, should therefore be considered for the future development of iSHM strategies. A critical review of methods and strategies for CCAM, including Intelligent Transportation Systems, is a prerequisite for moving towards the goal of identifying the synergies between CCAM and civil infrastructures, in line with future developments in vehicle automation. This study presents the policy framework of CCAM in Europe and discusses the policy enablers and bottlenecks of using CCAM in the drive-by monitoring of transport infrastructure. It also highlights the current direction of research within the iSHM paradigm towards the identification of technologies and methods that could benefit from the use of connected and automated vehicles (CAVs).

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Konstantinos Gkoumas; Kyriaki Gkoktsi; Flavio Bono; Maria Galassi; Daniel Tirelli. The Way Forward for Indirect Structural Health Monitoring (iSHM) Using Connected and Automated Vehicles in Europe. Infrastructures 2021, 6, 43 .

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Konstantinos Gkoumas, Kyriaki Gkoktsi, Flavio Bono, Maria Galassi, Daniel Tirelli. The Way Forward for Indirect Structural Health Monitoring (iSHM) Using Connected and Automated Vehicles in Europe. Infrastructures. 2021; 6 (3):43.

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Konstantinos Gkoumas; Kyriaki Gkoktsi; Flavio Bono; Maria Galassi; Daniel Tirelli. 2021. "The Way Forward for Indirect Structural Health Monitoring (iSHM) Using Connected and Automated Vehicles in Europe." Infrastructures 6, no. 3: 43.

Journal article
Published: 06 December 2020 in Sustainability
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The European Commission’s Strategic Transport Research and Innovation Agenda (STRIA) outlines future transport research and innovation (R&I) priorities towards the decarbonization of European transport. Seven STRIA roadmaps focus on crosscutting research areas. In order to support and monitor their implementation, the Transport Research and Innovation Monitoring and Information System (TRIMIS) was developed. It is an integrated transport policy-support tool with a modular design, serving as a knowledge management system that offers open-access information, as well as an inventory of transport technologies and innovations. TRIMIS provides a holistic assessment of current and emerging technologies and trends and R&I capacities in the European transport sector incorporating foresight capabilities based on transport R&I data collection, innovation capacity mapping, technological status assessment, horizon scanning, and identification of new and emerging technologies and trends. This paper presents an overview of TRIMIS and its benefits as an integrated analytical tool that provides support to sustainable transport governance and decision-making. Moreover, it provides insights on current technology trends in the road transport domain with a focus on smart innovation and identifies emerging trends with a potential future impact through a dedicated case study, combining a techno-economic assessment with findings of a horizon scanning exercise.

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Anastasios Tsakalidis; Konstantinos Gkoumas; Monica Grosso; Ferenc Pekár. TRIMIS: Modular Development of an Integrated Policy-Support Tool for Forward-Oriented Transport Research and Innovation Analysis. Sustainability 2020, 12, 10194 .

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Anastasios Tsakalidis, Konstantinos Gkoumas, Monica Grosso, Ferenc Pekár. TRIMIS: Modular Development of an Integrated Policy-Support Tool for Forward-Oriented Transport Research and Innovation Analysis. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (23):10194.

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Anastasios Tsakalidis; Konstantinos Gkoumas; Monica Grosso; Ferenc Pekár. 2020. "TRIMIS: Modular Development of an Integrated Policy-Support Tool for Forward-Oriented Transport Research and Innovation Analysis." Sustainability 12, no. 23: 10194.

Journal article
Published: 23 September 2020 in Sustainability
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Hyperloop is a proposed high-speed surface mode of passenger and freight transport that has gained much visibility in recent years. Since its introduction in modern form in 2013, progress on Hyperloop has been thriving, with several companies involved in research and development of Hyperloop systems and subsystems. Some of them have planned testing tracks in Europe, anticipating what could be the start of commercial routes. Nevertheless, there are concerns that need to be addressed regarding the safety and serviceability performance, and further steps are necessary for the standardization and certification of the system. This study leverages the state of play of Hyperloop development, identifies issues and challenges from a European perspective, and provides policy insights towards testing and commercialization. To this end, it follows a two-tier approach that (i) addresses safety concerns related to the implementation of Hyperloop as a key enabler of the proposed technology and (ii) analyses Hyperloop technology developments using a triple-helix innovation approach, using a structured methodology based on consolidated data sources (i.e., the Scopus database of peer-reviewed literature and the Patstat patent database). The performed analyses highlight the significant amount of research and patent activity on several aspects of Hyperloop, while the mapping of activities carried out by industry in Europe, as well as from European Services, highlights the progress made towards the future Hyperloop implementation in Europe. Altogether, these findings provide factual information regarding the necessary research, policy, and industry steps taken so far that can help bring Hyperloop into the market. To the authors’ knowledge this represents a very systematic and extensive literature review on Hyperloop’s scientific and technological developments.

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Konstantinos Gkoumas; Michalis Christou. A Triple-Helix Approach for the Assessment of Hyperloop Potential in Europe. Sustainability 2020, 12, 7868 .

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Konstantinos Gkoumas, Michalis Christou. A Triple-Helix Approach for the Assessment of Hyperloop Potential in Europe. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (19):7868.

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Konstantinos Gkoumas; Michalis Christou. 2020. "A Triple-Helix Approach for the Assessment of Hyperloop Potential in Europe." Sustainability 12, no. 19: 7868.

Original research article
Published: 15 September 2020 in Frontiers in Built Environment
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This study focuses on multi-hazard analysis for bridges, following a two-tier approach. First, it identifies relevant open issues and recent literature developments in the field, presenting data in a meaningful manner, with specific focus on the issues related with the analysis of hazard chain scenario treated as low probability–high consequence events. Second, it describes a practically useful and sufficiently generic approach for efficient computational investigation of hazard chain scenarios in highway bridges. Following that, the applicability of the approach is exemplified in an appealing and commonly encountered in real-life hazard chain scenario, in which a multilevel modeling strategy is adopted to assess the structural response under hazard chain scenarios of a highway viaduct. Among the considered scenarios is the impact of a heavy vehicle (tank truck) on the bridge pier, and the fire spread following the collision due to the presence of inflammable materials. The bridge structure is a typical 189-m-long multi-span composite highway viaduct. The impact is modeled with a non-linear transient dynamic analysis that accounts the inertial effect of the global structure, while the fire modeling is performed with non-linear quasi static dynamic analysis focusing on local behavior with a substructured model. Then different impact and fire scenarios are considered, including different impact velocities of the truck.

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Francesco Petrini; Konstantinos Gkoumas; Claudio Rossi; Franco Bontempi. Multi-Hazard Assessment of Bridges in Case of Hazard Chain: State of Play and Application to Vehicle-Pier Collision Followed by Fire. Frontiers in Built Environment 2020, 6, 1 .

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Francesco Petrini, Konstantinos Gkoumas, Claudio Rossi, Franco Bontempi. Multi-Hazard Assessment of Bridges in Case of Hazard Chain: State of Play and Application to Vehicle-Pier Collision Followed by Fire. Frontiers in Built Environment. 2020; 6 ():1.

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Francesco Petrini; Konstantinos Gkoumas; Claudio Rossi; Franco Bontempi. 2020. "Multi-Hazard Assessment of Bridges in Case of Hazard Chain: State of Play and Application to Vehicle-Pier Collision Followed by Fire." Frontiers in Built Environment 6, no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 15 September 2020 in Transportation Research Procedia
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Evaluating the future impacts of transport innovation on society is notoriously difficult. Yet foresight and monitoring tools are important to anticipate on possible futures so that research funding and policy making efforts can be guided. This paper presents a comprehensive two-tiered approach to 1) identify new and emerging technologies and trends in transport and 2) leverage a transport research database and analysis tool to assess the status of transport research and innovation. The approach is applied to the field of Connected and Automated Transport (CAT). The level of public investment is identified and the geographical distribution of research organizations shown. We argue that this approach can aid policy makers to support the future development of CAT technologies and help researchers to forge collaborations and identify research gaps.

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Konstantinos Gkoumas; Mitchell van Balen; Anastasios Tsakalidis; Ferenc Pekar. Connected and Automated Transport: Research and Innovation Capacity in Europe. Transportation Research Procedia 2020, 48, 1778 -1788.

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Konstantinos Gkoumas, Mitchell van Balen, Anastasios Tsakalidis, Ferenc Pekar. Connected and Automated Transport: Research and Innovation Capacity in Europe. Transportation Research Procedia. 2020; 48 ():1778-1788.

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Konstantinos Gkoumas; Mitchell van Balen; Anastasios Tsakalidis; Ferenc Pekar. 2020. "Connected and Automated Transport: Research and Innovation Capacity in Europe." Transportation Research Procedia 48, no. : 1778-1788.

Journal article
Published: 06 May 2020 in Sustainability
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The European Commission’s Communication on a European Green Deal sets out the objective of achieving climate neutrality by 2050, which will require a reduction in transport emissions. To this aim, digital technologies, together with connectivity and automation, are transforming traditional concepts of mobility, with a potential impact towards transport decarbonisation. New business models are emerging and giving rise to innovative mobility services including new online platforms for car-pooling, car or bicycle sharing services, freight operations, or smartphone applications offering real-time travel information and other analytics. This study provides an overview of the European Union (EU) funded research and innovation (R&I) and related technologies that are influencing the uptake of digital transformation in transport and identifies issues and challenges from a European perspective. To that end, it follows a two-tier approach that examines policy and legislative initiatives from the European Commission, highlighting possible challenges and enablers. Moreover, it analyses transport technology developments in Europe, focusing on the technology maturity from EU R&I framework programmes, using the European Commission’s Transport Research and Innovation Monitoring and Information System (TRIMIS). The technology analysis provides insights that aid policy decisions related to funding allocation in future R&I framework programmes.

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Anastasios Tsakalidis; Konstantinos Gkoumas; Ferenc Pekár. Digital Transformation Supporting Transport Decarbonisation: Technological Developments in EU-Funded Research and Innovation. Sustainability 2020, 12, 3762 .

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Anastasios Tsakalidis, Konstantinos Gkoumas, Ferenc Pekár. Digital Transformation Supporting Transport Decarbonisation: Technological Developments in EU-Funded Research and Innovation. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (9):3762.

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Anastasios Tsakalidis; Konstantinos Gkoumas; Ferenc Pekár. 2020. "Digital Transformation Supporting Transport Decarbonisation: Technological Developments in EU-Funded Research and Innovation." Sustainability 12, no. 9: 3762.

Journal article
Published: 15 April 2020 in Sustainability
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Transport contributes significantly to economic growth and higher quality of life, but its associated externalities have an environmental, economic and social impact and are the main impetus to support innovation towards sustainable transport. The European Commission’s Communication on a European Green Deal sets out the objective of achieving climate neutrality by 2050, for which transport emissions will need to be further reduced. Innovation within the transport sector gains greater prominence, with some anticipating an innovation revolution that would completely transform the sector. In this paper, the barriers that impede such a transition from happening are examined and a tool that aids policymakers and researchers with shaping transport innovation actions is presented; The Transport Research and Innovation Monitoring and Information System (TRIMIS) is an integrated transport policy-support tool with a modular design serving as an open-access information and knowledge management system. This paper provides an overview of its main features and includes a case study on transport electrification and alternative fuels, showing how monitoring efforts can aid transport research and innovation (R&I) policymaking and governance. TRIMIS contributes to identifying evolutionary and revolutionary technologies, their funding and associated policy initiatives, so the anticipated transport revolution can be better monitored, evaluated and shaped.

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Anastasios Tsakalidis; Mitchell Van Balen; Konstantinos Gkoumas; Ferenc Pekar. Catalyzing Sustainable Transport Innovation through Policy Support and Monitoring: The Case of TRIMIS and the European Green Deal. Sustainability 2020, 12, 3171 .

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Anastasios Tsakalidis, Mitchell Van Balen, Konstantinos Gkoumas, Ferenc Pekar. Catalyzing Sustainable Transport Innovation through Policy Support and Monitoring: The Case of TRIMIS and the European Green Deal. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (8):3171.

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Anastasios Tsakalidis; Mitchell Van Balen; Konstantinos Gkoumas; Ferenc Pekar. 2020. "Catalyzing Sustainable Transport Innovation through Policy Support and Monitoring: The Case of TRIMIS and the European Green Deal." Sustainability 12, no. 8: 3171.

Review article
Published: 23 July 2019 in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
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This paper represents an expert view from Europe of future emerging technologies within the wind energy sector considering their potential, challenges, applications and technology readiness and how they might evolve in the coming years. These technologies were identified as originating primarily from the academic sector, some start-up companies and a few larger industrial entities. The following areas were considered: airborne wind energy, offshore floating concepts, smart rotors, wind-induced energy harvesting devices, blade tip-mounted rotors, unconventional power transmission systems, multi-rotor turbines, alternative support structures, modular high voltage direct current generators, innovative blade manufacturing techniques, diffuser-augmented turbines and small turbine technologies. The future role of advanced multiscale modelling and data availability is also considered. This expert review has highlighted that more research will be required to realise many of these emerging technologies. However, there is a need to identify synergies between fundamental and industrial research by correctly targeting public and private funding in these emerging technology areas as industrial development may outpace more fundamental research faster than anticipated.

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Simon Watson; Alberto Moro; Vera Reis; Charalampos Baniotopoulos; Stephan Barth; Gianni Bartoli; Florian Bauer; Elisa Boelman; Dennis Bosse; Antonello Cherubini; Alessandro Croce; Lorenzo Fagiano; Marco Fontana; Adrian Gambier; Konstantinos Gkoumas; Christopher Golightly; Mikel Iribas Latour; Peter Jamieson; John Kaldellis; Andrew Macdonald; Jimmy Murphy; Michael Muskulus; Francesco Petrini; Luca Pigolotti; Flemming Rasmussen; Philippe Schild; Roland Schmehl; Nafsika Stavridou; John Tande; Nigel Taylor; Thomas Telsnig; Ryan Wiser. Future emerging technologies in the wind power sector: A European perspective. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2019, 113, 109270 .

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Simon Watson, Alberto Moro, Vera Reis, Charalampos Baniotopoulos, Stephan Barth, Gianni Bartoli, Florian Bauer, Elisa Boelman, Dennis Bosse, Antonello Cherubini, Alessandro Croce, Lorenzo Fagiano, Marco Fontana, Adrian Gambier, Konstantinos Gkoumas, Christopher Golightly, Mikel Iribas Latour, Peter Jamieson, John Kaldellis, Andrew Macdonald, Jimmy Murphy, Michael Muskulus, Francesco Petrini, Luca Pigolotti, Flemming Rasmussen, Philippe Schild, Roland Schmehl, Nafsika Stavridou, John Tande, Nigel Taylor, Thomas Telsnig, Ryan Wiser. Future emerging technologies in the wind power sector: A European perspective. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 2019; 113 ():109270.

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Simon Watson; Alberto Moro; Vera Reis; Charalampos Baniotopoulos; Stephan Barth; Gianni Bartoli; Florian Bauer; Elisa Boelman; Dennis Bosse; Antonello Cherubini; Alessandro Croce; Lorenzo Fagiano; Marco Fontana; Adrian Gambier; Konstantinos Gkoumas; Christopher Golightly; Mikel Iribas Latour; Peter Jamieson; John Kaldellis; Andrew Macdonald; Jimmy Murphy; Michael Muskulus; Francesco Petrini; Luca Pigolotti; Flemming Rasmussen; Philippe Schild; Roland Schmehl; Nafsika Stavridou; John Tande; Nigel Taylor; Thomas Telsnig; Ryan Wiser. 2019. "Future emerging technologies in the wind power sector: A European perspective." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 113, no. : 109270.

Journal article
Published: 20 June 2019 in European Transport Research Review
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Rapid technological developments in autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV or drones) and an evolving legislation may soon open the way for their large-scale implementation in the last mile delivery of products. The use of drones could drastically decrease labour costs and has been hyped as a potential disruptor to the parcel delivery industry. Online retailers and delivery companies such as Amazon, are already filing up patents for the development of multi-level fulfilment centres for unmanned aerial vehicles or “drone-beehives” that would allow the deployment of this technology within built environment. A substantial amount of research has been carried out in the last years on the potential use of drones for parcel delivery, principally in the area of logistic optimisation. However, little is known about the potential market and economic viability of such services in Europe. This paper presents a modelling framework using EU-wide high-resolution population and land-use data to estimate the potential optimal location of drone-beehives based on economic viability criterion. It estimates the potential number of EU28 citizens that could potentially benefit from last mile-drone delivery services under four scenarios. The performed analyses indicates that under the scenario considered as the most technologically realistic, up to 7% of EU citizens could get access to such services. When considering technological improvements scenarios, the share reaches 30%. Furthermore, results suggest that due to the differences in population and land-use patterns in the different Member States, the potential drone coverage across Europe could be very heterogeneous, with the UK, Germany, Italy and France appearing as the most likely countries where drone-beehives may have the most efficient development.

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Jean-Philippe Aurambout; Konstantinos Gkoumas; Biagio Ciuffo. Last mile delivery by drones: an estimation of viable market potential and access to citizens across European cities. European Transport Research Review 2019, 11, 30 .

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Jean-Philippe Aurambout, Konstantinos Gkoumas, Biagio Ciuffo. Last mile delivery by drones: an estimation of viable market potential and access to citizens across European cities. European Transport Research Review. 2019; 11 (1):30.

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Jean-Philippe Aurambout; Konstantinos Gkoumas; Biagio Ciuffo. 2019. "Last mile delivery by drones: an estimation of viable market potential and access to citizens across European cities." European Transport Research Review 11, no. 1: 30.

Journal article
Published: 10 May 2019 in Transport
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This paper focuses on the development of a taxonomy framework for new and emerging technologies and trends in the transport sector. This framework is proposed towards the assessment and monitoring of the acceptance, impact and diffusion of technologies and trends, together with a scoring system and a front–end visualisation of the outcomes. In this context, an overview of the transport technology hype over the last years and the establishment of future transport technologies and trends is provided. Issues arising from different constraints, including technological and technical, are taken into account, also considering the transport sector’s interconnection with other sectors and potentially related bottlenecks and drawbacks. The paper outcome is a methodological framework for the creation of different taxonomies for new and emerging transport technologies and trends, achieved through the quantitative assessment of the attractiveness and competitiveness, in terms of diffusion potential, of emerging transport technologies and trends, by associating explicit indices to the various elements of the taxonomies. The proposed taxonomy, assessment and monitoring framework supports innovation management through the identification and evaluation of new and emerging technologies and trends in the field of transport at various levels, thus providing insights to the sector’s stakeholders, while backing the current transport systems’ transformation through technological advances

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Konstantinos Gkoumas; Anastasios Tsakalidis. A FRAMEWORK FOR THE TAXONOMY AND ASSESSMENT OF NEW AND EMERGING TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES AND TRENDS. Transport 2019, 34, 455 -466.

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Konstantinos Gkoumas, Anastasios Tsakalidis. A FRAMEWORK FOR THE TAXONOMY AND ASSESSMENT OF NEW AND EMERGING TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES AND TRENDS. Transport. 2019; 34 (4):455-466.

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Konstantinos Gkoumas; Anastasios Tsakalidis. 2019. "A FRAMEWORK FOR THE TAXONOMY AND ASSESSMENT OF NEW AND EMERGING TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES AND TRENDS." Transport 34, no. 4: 455-466.

Journal article
Published: 02 December 2018 in Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale
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Pierluigi Olmati; Konstantinos Gkoumas; Franco Bontempi. Simplified FEM modelling for the collapse assessment of a masonry vault. Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale 2018, 13, 141 -149.

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Pierluigi Olmati, Konstantinos Gkoumas, Franco Bontempi. Simplified FEM modelling for the collapse assessment of a masonry vault. Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale. 2018; 13 (47):141-149.

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Pierluigi Olmati; Konstantinos Gkoumas; Franco Bontempi. 2018. "Simplified FEM modelling for the collapse assessment of a masonry vault." Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale 13, no. 47: 141-149.

Journal article
Published: 02 December 2018 in Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale
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Konstantinos Gkoumas; Franco Bontempi. Development of a piezoelectric energy-harvesting sensor: from concept to reality. Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale 2018, 13, 150 -160.

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Konstantinos Gkoumas, Franco Bontempi. Development of a piezoelectric energy-harvesting sensor: from concept to reality. Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale. 2018; 13 (47):150-160.

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Konstantinos Gkoumas; Franco Bontempi. 2018. "Development of a piezoelectric energy-harvesting sensor: from concept to reality." Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale 13, no. 47: 150-160.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2018 in Energy and Buildings
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This study focuses on the conceptual development, analytical modeling and experimental wind tunnel testing of a high efficiency energy harvesting (EH) device, based on piezoelectric materials, with an application for the sustainability of smart buildings. The device, harvests the airflow inside Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems, using a piezoelectric component and an appropriate customizable aerodynamic appendix (“fin”) that takes advantage of specific airflow phenomena (vortex shedding and galloping), and can be implemented for optimizing the energy consumption inside buildings. Different relevant aspects are explored in wind tunnel testing, after a thoughtful investigation using analytical methods. Two different configurations for the fin (circular and T-section) are compared. Aspects of the electrical modeling for the EH circuit are provided (including issues on the EH induced damping), and the effective energy harvesting potential of the working prototype device in close-to-real conditions is assessed

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Francesco Petrini; Konstantinos Gkoumas. Piezoelectric energy harvesting from vortex shedding and galloping induced vibrations inside HVAC ducts. Energy and Buildings 2018, 158, 371 -383.

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Francesco Petrini, Konstantinos Gkoumas. Piezoelectric energy harvesting from vortex shedding and galloping induced vibrations inside HVAC ducts. Energy and Buildings. 2018; 158 ():371-383.

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Francesco Petrini; Konstantinos Gkoumas. 2018. "Piezoelectric energy harvesting from vortex shedding and galloping induced vibrations inside HVAC ducts." Energy and Buildings 158, no. : 371-383.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2017 in Procedia Engineering
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This study focuses on the design and wind tunnel testing of a high efficiency Energy Harvesting device, based on piezoelectric materials, with possible applications for the sustainability of smart buildings, structures and infrastructures. The development of the device was supported by ESA (the European Space Agency) under a program for the space technology transfer in the period 2014-2016. The EH device harvests the airflow inside Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems, using a piezoelectric component and an appropriate customizable aerodynamic appendix or fin that takes advantage of specific airflow phenomena (vortex shedding and galloping), and can be implemented for optimizing the energy consumption inside buildings. Focus is given on several relevant aspects of wind tunnel testing: different configurations for the piezoelectric bender (rectangular, cylindrical and T-shaped) are tested and compared, and the effective energy harvesting potential of a working prototype device is assessed

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Konstantinos Gkoumas; Francesco Petrini; Franco Bontempi. Piezoelectric vibration energy harvesting from airflow in HVAC (Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning) systems. Procedia Engineering 2017, 199, 3444 -3449.

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Konstantinos Gkoumas, Francesco Petrini, Franco Bontempi. Piezoelectric vibration energy harvesting from airflow in HVAC (Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning) systems. Procedia Engineering. 2017; 199 ():3444-3449.

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Konstantinos Gkoumas; Francesco Petrini; Franco Bontempi. 2017. "Piezoelectric vibration energy harvesting from airflow in HVAC (Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning) systems." Procedia Engineering 199, no. : 3444-3449.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2016 in International Journal of Forensic Engineering
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In the recent years, with a globally increasing private motoring, tunnelling has gained a particular importance. After a series of dramatic accidents, the public opinion has turned its attention to tunnel fire safety. This paper focuses on the risk analysis in road tunnels, using the well-established Europe PIARC-OECD Quantitative Risk Assessment Model (QRAM). In the first part, a brief literature review - also on forensic investigations in tunnels - is performed, and the logic behind this method is briefly reassumed, focusing on the risk indicators. In the second part, a comprehensive risk analysis is performed in a long tunnel in Southern Italy, accounting for multifaceted aspects and parameters. The paper is completed with a sensitivity analysis on specific parameters that have an influence on the risk.

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Konstantinos Gkoumas; Carmine Di Santo; Franco Bontempi. Risk analysis for severe traffic accidents in long road tunnels. International Journal of Forensic Engineering 2016, 3, 106 .

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Konstantinos Gkoumas, Carmine Di Santo, Franco Bontempi. Risk analysis for severe traffic accidents in long road tunnels. International Journal of Forensic Engineering. 2016; 3 (1/2):106.

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Konstantinos Gkoumas; Carmine Di Santo; Franco Bontempi. 2016. "Risk analysis for severe traffic accidents in long road tunnels." International Journal of Forensic Engineering 3, no. 1/2: 106.

Book chapter
Published: 11 October 2015 in Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering
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Cable-supported bridges; Cable-stayed bridge control; Performance-based design; Structural control; Suspension-bridge control The introduction of cable-supported bridges in modern-day bridge engineering, in the form of cable-stayed and suspension bridges, allowed to overcome spans unimagined decades ago. This was helped by advances in construction, materials, equipment, and numerical methods. Nowadays, the implementation of cable-supported structural schemes allows to span lengths in the range from 200 m to 2,000 m (and beyond), thus covering approximately 90 % of the present span range (Gimsing and Georgakis 2012). Cable-supported bridges are basically divided into two types: cable-stayed and suspension bridges. Although both have as common factor the cable support, their geometry and structural configuration are radically different. Cable-stayed bridges, in which the bridge deck is supported by straight cables directly by the pylons, emerged in their modern form init ...

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Konstantinos Gkoumas; Francesco Petrini; Franco Bontempi. Design of Cable-Supported Bridges: Control Strategies. Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering 2015, 536 -550.

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Konstantinos Gkoumas, Francesco Petrini, Franco Bontempi. Design of Cable-Supported Bridges: Control Strategies. Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering. 2015; ():536-550.

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Konstantinos Gkoumas; Francesco Petrini; Franco Bontempi. 2015. "Design of Cable-Supported Bridges: Control Strategies." Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering , no. : 536-550.

Book chapter
Published: 21 April 2015 in Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering
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Cable-supported bridges; Cable-stayed bridge control; Performance-based design; Structural control; Suspension-bridge control The introduction of cable-supported bridges in modern-day bridge engineering, in the form of cable-stayed and suspension bridges, allowed to overcome spans unimagined decades ago. This was helped by advances in construction, materials, equipment, and numerical methods. Nowadays, the implementation of cable-supported structural schemes allows to span lengths in the range from 200 m to 2,000 m (and beyond), thus covering approximately 90 % of the present span range (Gimsing and Georgakis 2012). Cable-supported bridges are basically divided into two types: cable-stayed and suspension bridges. Although both have as common factor the cable support, their geometry and structural configuration are radically different. Cable-stayed bridges, in which the bridge deck is supported by straight cables directly by the pylons, emerged in their modern form init ...

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Konstantinos Gkoumas; Francesco Petrini; Franco Bontempi. Design of Cable-Supported Bridges: Control Strategies. Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering 2015, 1 -16.

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Konstantinos Gkoumas, Francesco Petrini, Franco Bontempi. Design of Cable-Supported Bridges: Control Strategies. Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering. 2015; ():1-16.

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Konstantinos Gkoumas; Francesco Petrini; Franco Bontempi. 2015. "Design of Cable-Supported Bridges: Control Strategies." Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering , no. : 1-16.

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Published: 01 January 2015 in Periodica Polytechnica Civil Engineering
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One of the evocative structural design solutions for tall buildings is recently embraced by the diagrid (diagonal grid) structural system. Diagrid, with a perimeter structural configuration characterized by a narrow grid of diagonal members involved both in gravity and in lateral load resistance, requires less structural steel than a conventional steel frame, provides for a more sustainable structure and has emerged as a new design trend for tall-shaped complex structures due to aesthetics and structural performance. The purpose of this study is twofold. First, to assess the optimal structural design of a diagrid tall-building, also compared to a typical outrigger building, focusing on the sustainability (the use of structural steel) and the structural safety and serviceability. To this aim, dierent diagrid geometries are tested and compared. Second, to provide some insight on the residual strength of diagrid structures, also in the damaged state (modelled by the elimination of diagonal grids). Both goals are accomplished using FEM nonlinear analyses.

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Giulia Milana; Pierluigi Olmati; Konstantinos Gkoumas; Franco Bontempi. Ultimate Capacity of Diagrid Systems for Tall Buildings in Nominal Configuration and Damaged State. Periodica Polytechnica Civil Engineering 2015, 59, 381 -391.

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Giulia Milana, Pierluigi Olmati, Konstantinos Gkoumas, Franco Bontempi. Ultimate Capacity of Diagrid Systems for Tall Buildings in Nominal Configuration and Damaged State. Periodica Polytechnica Civil Engineering. 2015; 59 (3):381-391.

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Giulia Milana; Pierluigi Olmati; Konstantinos Gkoumas; Franco Bontempi. 2015. "Ultimate Capacity of Diagrid Systems for Tall Buildings in Nominal Configuration and Damaged State." Periodica Polytechnica Civil Engineering 59, no. 3: 381-391.