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Mergos, P. E. ORCID: 0000-0003-3817-9520 & Yang, X-S. (2025). Structural Optimization of Reinforced Concrete Frames with a Modified Flower Pollination Algorithm. In: Yang, X-S. (Ed.), Springer Tracts in Nature-Inspired Computing. Springer Tracts in Nature-Inspired Computing. (pp. 33-50). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-97-5979-8_2

Mergos, P. E. ORCID: 0000-0003-3817-9520 (2024). Structural design of reinforced concrete frames for minimum amount of concrete or embodied carbon. Energy and Buildings, 318, article number 114505. doi: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2024.114505

Mergos, P. E. ORCID: 0000-0003-3817-9520 (2024). Benchmark problems in optimum structural design of 3D reinforced concrete frames. Journal of Building Engineering, 91, article number 109554. doi: 10.1016/j.jobe.2024.109554

Cholostiakow, S., McKinley, B., Mergos, P. ORCID: 0000-0003-3817-9520 , Hall, C., Kappos, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-5566-5021 & Ayoub, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-2670-9662view all authors (2024). Seismic retrofitting of URM masonry piers with helical steel reinforcement. Construction and Building Materials, 431, article number 136499. doi: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.136499

Mergos, P.E. ORCID: 0000-0003-3817-9520 (2023). Sustainable and resilient seismic design of reinforced concrete frames with rocking isolation on spread footings. Engineering Structures, 292, article number 116605. doi: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2023.116605

Mergos, P. E. ORCID: 0000-0003-3817-9520 (2022). Surrogate-based optimum design of 3D reinforced concrete building frames to Eurocodes. Developments in the Built Environment, 11, article number 100079. doi: 10.1016/j.dibe.2022.100079

Zimos, D., Mergos, P. E. ORCID: 0000-0003-3817-9520, Papanikolaou, V. & Kappos, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-5566-5021view all authors (2022). Analysis of Shear-critical Reinforced Concrete Columns under Variable Axial Load. Magazine of Concrete Research, 74(14), pp. 715-726. doi: 10.1680/jmacr.21.00034

Mergos, P. E. ORCID: 0000-0003-3817-9520 & Yang, X-S. (2022). Flower Pollination Algorithm with Pollinator Attraction. Evolutionary Intelligence, 16(3), pp. 873-889. doi: 10.1007/s12065-022-00700-7

Mergos, P.E. ORCID: 0000-0003-3817-9520 & Yang, X-S. (2021). Flower Pollination Algorithm Parameters Tuning. Soft Computing, 25(22), pp. 14429-14447. doi: 10.1007/s00500-021-06230-1

Mergos, P.E. ORCID: 0000-0003-3817-9520 (2021). Optimum design of 3D reinforced concrete building frames with the flower pollination algorithm. Journal of Building Engineering, 44, article number 102935. doi: 10.1016/j.jobe.2021.102935

Zimos, D.K., Papanikolaou, V. K., Kappos, A. J. ORCID: 0000-0002-5566-5021 & Mergos, P.E. ORCID: 0000-0003-3817-9520view all authors (2020). Shear-Critical Reinforced Concrete Columns under Increasing Axial Load. ACI Structural Journal, 117(5), pp. 29-39. doi: 10.14359/51725886

Mergos, P.E. ORCID: 0000-0003-3817-9520 & Mantoglou, F. (2020). Optimum design of reinforced concrete retaining walls with the flower pollination algorithm. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 61(2), pp. 575-585. doi: 10.1007/s00158-019-02380-x

Zimos, D.K., Papanikolaou, V.K., Kappos, A. J. ORCID: 0000-0002-5566-5021 & Mergos, P.E. ORCID: 0000-0003-3817-9520view all authors (2020). Shear critical R/C columns under increasing axial load. ACI Structural Journal, 117(5), pp. 29-40. doi: 10.14359/51725886

Mergos, P.E. ORCID: 0000-0003-3817-9520 (2019). Minimum cost performance-based seismic design of reinforced concrete frames with pushover and nonlinear response-history analysis. Structural Concrete, 21(2), pp. 599-609. doi: 10.1002/suco.201900211

Mergos, P.E. ORCID: 0000-0003-3817-9520 (2019). Sustainable seismic design of RC frames with structural optimisation techniques. Paper presented at the ociety for Earthquake and Civil Engineering Dynamics (SECED) 2019 Conference, 9-10 Sep 2019, London, UK.

Mergos, P.E. ORCID: 0000-0003-3817-9520 & Sextos, A. (2019). Selection of earthquake ground motions for multiple objectives using genetic algorithms. Engineering Structures, 187, pp. 414-427. doi: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2019.02.067

Mergos, P. E. ORCID: 0000-0003-3817-9520 (2018). Efficient optimum seismic design of reinforced concrete frames with nonlinear structural analysis procedures. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 58(6), pp. 2565-2581. doi: 10.1007/s00158-018-2036-x

Mergos, P.E. ORCID: 0000-0003-3817-9520 & Sextos, A. (2018). Multi-objective optimum selection of ground motion records with genetic algorithms. Paper presented at the 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering- 16ECEE, 18 - 21 June 2018, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Zimos, D.K., Mergos, P.E. & Kappos, A. J. (2018). Modelling of R/C members accounting for shear failure localisation: Hysteretic shear model. Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 47(8), pp. 1722-1741. doi: 10.1002/eqe.3037

Mergos, P.E. (2018). Seismic design of reinforced concrete frames for minimum embodied CO2 emissions. Energy and Buildings, 162, pp. 177-186. doi: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.12.039

Zimos, D.K., Mergos, P.E. & Kappos, A. J. (2018). Modelling of R/C members accounting for shear failure localisation: Finite element model and verification. Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 47(7), pp. 1631-1650. doi: 10.1002/eqe.3033

Mergos, P.E. (2017). Contribution to sustainable seismic design of reinforced concrete members through embodied CO2 emissions optimization. Structural Concrete, 19(2), pp. 454-462. doi: 10.1002/suco.201700064

Mergos, P.E. (2016). Optimum seismic design of reinforced concrete frames according to Eurocode 8 and fib Model Code 2010. Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 46(7), pp. 1181-1201. doi: 10.1002/eqe.2851

Mergos, P.E. (2016). Optimum design of reinforced concrete frames according to EC8 and MC2010 with Genetic Algorithms. In: Proceedings of the 7th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, ECCOMAS 2016. (pp. 3505-3518). Greece: Institute of Structural Analysis and Antiseismic Research, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA).

Mergos, P.E. & Beyer, K. (2015). Displacement-based seismic design of symmetric single-storey wood-frame buildings with the aid of N2 method. Frontiers in Built Environment, 1, article number 10. doi: 10.3389/fbuil.2015.00010

Mergos, P.E. & Kappos, A. J. (2015). A combined damage index for seismic assessment of non-ductile reinforced concrete structures. Civil-Comp Proceedings, 108, article number 144. doi: 10.4203/ccp.108.144

Mergos, P.E. & Kappos, A. J. (2015). Estimating fixed-end rotations of reinforced concrete members at yielding and ultimate. Structural Concrete, 16(4), pp. 537-545. doi: 10.1002/suco.201400067

Mergos, P.E. & Beyer, K. (2014). Modelling shear-flexure interaction in equivalent frame models of slender reinforced concrete walls. Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings, 23(15), pp. 1171-1189. doi: 10.1002/tal.1114

Mergos, P.E. & Beyer, K. (2014). Modelling shear-flexure interaction in equivalent frame models of slender RC walls. The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings, 23(15), pp. 1171-1189. doi: 10.1002/tal.1114

Mergos, P.E. & Beyer, K. (2014). Loading protocols for European regions of low to moderate seismicity. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 12(6), pp. 2507-2530. doi: 10.1007/s10518-014-9603-3

Mergos, P.E. & Kappos, A. J. (2013). A combined local damage index for seismic assessment of existing RC structures. Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 42(6), pp. 833-852. doi: 10.1002/eqe.2247

Mergos, P.E. & Kappos, A. J. (2013). Analytical study on the influence of distributed beam vertical loading on seismic response of frame structures. Earthquake and Structures, 5(2), pp. 239-259. doi: 10.12989/eas.2013.5.2.239

Mergos, P.E. & Kappos, A. J. (2013). Damage Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structures with Substandard Detailing. In: Papadrakakis, M., Fragiadakis, M. & Plevris, V. (Eds.), Computational methods in earthquake engineering: Volume 2. Computational Methods in Applied Sciences, 30. (pp. 149-176). Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-6573-3_8

Mergos, P.E. (2013). The anchorage-slip effect on direct displacement-based design of R/C bridge piers for limiting material strains. Computers and Concrete, 11(6), pp. 493-513. doi: 10.12989/cac.2013.11.6.493

Mergos, P.E. & Kappos, A. J. (2010). Seismic damage analysis including inelastic shear-flexure interaction. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 8(1), pp. 27-46. doi: 10.1007/s10518-009-9161-2

Mergos, P.E. & Kappos, A. J. (2008). A distributed shear and flexural flexibility model with shear-flexure interaction for R/C members subjected to seismic loading. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 37(12), pp. 1349-1370. doi: 10.1002/eqe.812

Mergos, P.E. & Kawashima, K. (2005). Rocking isolation of a typical bridge pier on spread foundation. Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 9(SPEC. ), pp. 395-414. doi: 10.1142/S1363246905002456