Recent publications
Laboratory of soil mechanics
Recent publications:
2024
Impact of CO2-rich seawater injection on the flow properties of basalts
International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. 2024-04-19. Vol. 134, p. 104128. DOI : 10.1016/j.ijggc.2024.104128.Insights from an extensive triaxial testing campaign on a shale for comparative site characterization of a deep geological repository
Geomechanics For Energy And The Environment. 2024-02-01. Vol. 38, p. 100508. DOI : 10.1016/j.gete.2023.100508.Evolution of water content and suction of Opalinus Clay from recovery at the drilling site to handling in the laboratory
International Journal Of Rock Mechanics And Mining Sciences. 2024-01-13. Vol. 174, p. 105643. DOI : 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2024.105643.A bio-chemo-hydro-mechanical model of transport, strength and deformation for bio-cementation applications
Acta Geotechnica. 2024-01-18. DOI : 10.1007/s11440-023-02172-0.Performance of complex energy geostructures
Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 2024. p. 100536. DOI : 10.1016/j.gete.2024.100536.Assessing and exploiting the interaction between ventilation and geothermal systems in an underground data centre
Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. 2024. Vol. 144, p. 105563. DOI : 10.1016/j.tust.2023.105563.Performance of energy piles foundation in hot-dominated climate: A case study in Dubai
Renewable Energy. 2024. Vol. 220, p. 119632. DOI : 10.1016/j.renene.2023.119632.2023
Thermal performance of energy barrettes in an urban environment
2023. SEG 2023: Symposium on Energy Geotechnics. Accelerating the energy transition, Delft, the Netherland, October 3-5, 2023. DOI : 10.59490/seg.2023.503.Geotechnical Engineering in the Digital and Technological Innovation Era
2023. 8th Italian National Conference of the Researchers of Geotechnical Engineering CNRIG23.On the Post-peak Behaviour of Remoulded and Jointed Clay Samples During Triaxial Compression Tests
2023. the 8th Italian National Conference of the Researchers of Geotechnical Engineering CNRIG23, Palermo, Italy, July 5-7, 2023. p. 127-134. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-031-34761-0_16.On the Fabric of a 3D Printed Soil
2023. 8th Italian National Conference of the Researchers of Geotechnical Engineering CNRIG23, Palermo, Italy, 5-7,07,2023. p. 135-142. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-031-34761-0_17.On Multiphysical Couplings in Energy Geotechnics: Relevance and Applications
2023. National Conference of the Researchers of Geotechnical Engineering, Palermo, Italy, 5-7,07,2023. p. 20-27. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-031-34761-0_3.Hydro-Mechanical Characterization of a Shale by Unusually High-Pressure Oedometric Tests
2023. p. 119-126. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-031-34761-0_15.Experimental and Numerical Investigation on Water Exchange of Opalinus Clay Samples
2023. p. 335-342. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-031-34761-0_41.Energy geotechnology: A new era for geotechnical engineering practice
2023. 17th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Astana, Kazakhstan, 14-18 August, 2023. DOI : 10.1201/9781003299127.Etude géotechnique de la section Plaines du Loup Blécherette du métro m3 de Lausanne
2023-06-23.Pore-pressure coefficients for unsaturated soils: generalized effective stress approach
Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 2023-09-19. DOI : 10.1139/cgj-2022-0164.3-D contact and pore network analysis of MICP cemented sands
Granular Matter. 2023-11-01. Vol. 25, num. 4, p. 62. DOI : 10.1007/s10035-023-01347-6.Addressing the challenges of homogeneity, quality control and waste handling in soil bio-cementation: A large-scale experiment
Soils And Foundations. 2023-08-01. Vol. 63, num. 4, p. 101332. DOI : 10.1016/j.sandf.2023.1013320038-0806.Mechanics, Modeling, and Upscaling of Biocemented Soils: A Review of Breakthroughs and Challenges
International Journal Of Geomechanics. 2023-09-01. Vol. 23, num. 9, p. 03123004. DOI : 10.1061/IJGNAI.GMENG-8446.Shear strength and shear stiffness analysis of compacted Wyoming-type bentonite
Geomechanics For Energy And The Environment. 2023-06-07. Vol. 34, p. 100468. DOI : 10.1016/j.gete.2023.100468.Thermo-hydro-mechanical behavior of energy barrettes: Field experiments and numerical simulations
Geomechanics For Energy And The Environment. 2023-06-07. Vol. 34, p. 100451. DOI : 10.1016/j.gete.2023.100451.Hydro-mechanichal characterisation of bentonite/steel interfaces
Applied Clay Science. 2023-06-29. Vol. 242, num. 107046. DOI : 10.1016/j.clay.2023.107046.Caractéristiques Structurelles des Chaussées Routières
2023.Application of random fields in geotechnical reliabilty analysis
2023.Pore-pressure coefficients for unsaturated soils: Generalised effective stress approach
Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 2023.Modelling the density homogenisation of a block and granular bentonite buffer upon non-isothermal saturation
International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. 2023. Vol. 47, num. 11, p. 1979-2002. DOI : 10.1002/nag.3547.Thermo-hydro-mechanical analysis of the complete lifetime of the bentonite barrier in the FEBEX in-situ test
Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 2023. DOI : 10.1016/j.gete.2023.100472.Influence of pore-scale heterogeneity on the precipitation patterns in Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation (MICP)
Lausanne, EPFL, 2023.2022
A coupled hydro-mechanical approach for modelling the behaviour of bentonites
2nd International conference on energy geotechnics (ICEGT 2020)., La Jolla, California, USA, April 10-13, 2022.Insights into the hydro-mechanical behaviour of Opalinus Clay subjected to gas transport
8th International Conference on Clays in Natural and Engineered Barriers for Radioactive Waste Confinement (Clay Conference 2022), Nancy, France., June 13-16.The impact of the compaction and mineralogical composition on the water retention behavior of Opalinus Clay
10th Euratom Conference on Reactor Safety & 10th Euratom Conference Radioactive Waste Management (FISA 2022 & EURADWASTE ’22), Lyon, France, May 30 – June 3.The impact of the compaction and mineralogical composition on the retention behaviour of Opalinus Clay
2022. 2nd International conference on energy geotechnics (ICEGT 2020)., La Jolla, California, USA, September 20-23, 2022.Triaxial tests for buffer bentonite on rock shear for A-Insinöörit Civil Oy (AINS Group): Results of the third test set (PRS 10 g/L)
2022-02-10
Impact of water saturation on the bulk modulus of gas shales and its stress dependency
16th International Conference of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics IACMAG, Torino, Italy, August 30, 2022 – September 2, 2022.Swelling and shrinkage of gas shales due to suction variations
2022-01-10. 2nd International Conference on Energy Geotechnics (ICEGT 2020), La Jolla, California, USA, April 10-13, 2022.Behaviour of energy pile-soil interface in frozen conditions: a design for robustness
16th International Conference for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), Torino, Italy, 2022.Analysis of barrette foundations subjected to mechanical and thermal loads
Geomechanics For Energy And The Environment. 2022-12-01. Vol. 32, p. 100333. DOI : 10.1016/j.gete.2022.100333.Fine-scale dynamics of calcite precipitation in a large hardwater lake
Science Of The Total Environment. 2022-12-22. Vol. 864, p. 160699. DOI : 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160699.Microstructural characterization of a 3D-printed soil
Soils and Rocks. 2022. Vol. 45, num. 4. DOI : 10.28927/SR.2022.005422.Swelling and shrinkage of partially saturated gas shales: from laboratory tests to an effective stress framework
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022.Investigation of the effect of mineral dissolution on the geomechanical behaviour of geomaterials
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022.Insights into the interaction of a shale with CO2
Solid Earth EGUsphere. 2022-12-05. DOI : 10.5194/se-13-1823-2022.Mechanical performance and upscaling of bio-improved soils
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022.Microfluidic study in a meter-long reactive path reveals how the medium’s structural heterogeneity shapes MICP-induced biocementation
Scientific Reports. 2022-11-15. Vol. 12, p. 19553. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-022-24124-6.Drained Axial Pipe-Soil Resistance at Low Confinement Using Tilt Table and Direct Shear Tests
Journal Of Geotechnical And Geoenvironmental Engineering. 2022-11-01. Vol. 148, num. 11, p. 04022086. DOI : 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002903.Role of Stress History on the Swelling-Shrinkage Behavior of Compacted Scaly Clay
International Journal Of Geomechanics. 2022-09-01. Vol. 22, num. 9, p. 04022135. DOI : 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0002481.Characterizing the Deformation Evolution with Stress and Time of Biocemented Sands
Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 2022-07-20. Vol. 148, num. 10, p. 1-12, 04022074. DOI : 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002871.Life cycle environmental assessment of retaining walls in unsaturated soils
Geomechanics For Energy And The Environment. 2022-06-01. Vol. 30, p. 100241. DOI : 10.1016/j.gete.2021.100241.Visualising the coupled mechanics of CO2 breakthrough
2022-01-10. 2nd International Conference on Energy Geotechnics (ICEGT 2020), California, USA, September 20-23, 2020. p. 13003. DOI : 10.1051/e3sconf/202020513003.Evaluating CO2 breakthrough in a shaly a caprock material: a multi-scale experimental approach
Scientific Reports. 2022-06-23. Vol. 12, num. 10706. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-022-14793-8.Failure mechanism of fine-grained soil-structure interface for energy piles
Soils and Foundations. 2022. Vol. 62, num. 3, p. 101152. DOI : 10.1016/j.sandf.2022.101152.Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment: Current Developments
Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 2022-04-06. p. 100345. DOI : 10.1016/j.gete.2022.100345.Volume change response and fabric evolution of granular MX80 bentonite along different hydro-mechanical stress paths
Acta Geotechnica. 2022-02-12. Vol. 17, p. 3719–3730. DOI : 10.1007/s11440-022-01481-0.Effective stress concept for mechanical modeling of clays under different environmental conditions
2022. 2nd International Conference on Energy Geotechnics (ICEGT 2020), La Jolla, California, US, September 20-23, 2020. p. 13015. DOI : 10.1051/e3sconf/202020513015.Discussion on “Experimental Deformation of Opalinus Clay at Elevated Temperature and Pressure Conditions: Mechanical Properties and the Influence of Rock Fabric” of Schuster, V., Rybacki, E., Bonnelye, A., Herrmann, J., Schleicher, AM, Dresen, G.
Rock Mechanics And Rock Engineering. 2022. Vol. 55, p. 463–465. DOI : 10.1007/s00603-021-02654-1.2021
Triaxial tests for buffer bentonite on rock shear for A-Insinôôrit Civil Oy (AINS Group): Results of the second test set (PRS 70 g/L)
2021-08-27
The interface failure mechanism of energy piles
2021. 7th International Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference, Sydney, Australia, 29 May – 1 July, 2022.Scale effects in Opalinus Clay: experimental investigations and theoretical analyses
2021
On predicting pore fluid pressure changes in unsaturated porous media subject to undrained processes
InterPore 2021 – 13th annual Meeting, Online, 31 May 2021 – 4 June 2021.On the mechanical behavior of expansive porous media with consideration on chemical effects
InterPore 2021 – 13th annual Meeting, Online, 31 May 2021 – 4 June 2021.Energy Funding Programme 2013–2020, Final Report
2021-06-01
Monitoring innovation metrics in construction and civil engineering: Trends, drivers and laggards
Developments in the Built Environment. 2021-12-02. Vol. 9, p. 100064. DOI : 10.1016/j.dibe.2021.100064.Controlling the calcium carbonate microstructure of engineered living building materials
Journal Of Materials Chemistry A. 2021-10-29. Vol. 9, num. 43, p. 24438-24451. DOI : 10.1039/d1ta03990c.Experimental analysis of a thermoactive underground railway station
Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 2021-10-19. p. 100275. DOI : 10.1016/j.gete.2021.100275.Seismic vulnerability assessment of free-standing massive masonry columns by the 3D Discrete Element Method
Engineering Structures. 2021-11-01. Vol. 246, p. 113004. DOI : 10.1016/j.engstruct.2021.113004.Cyclic thermomechanical behaviour of pile-soil interface and design methods for energy pile foundations
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021.Coupled hydro-mechanical analysis of compacted bentonite behaviour during hydration
Computers and Geotechnics. 2021-09-15. Vol. 140, p. 104447. DOI : 10.1016/j.compgeo.2021.104447.Runout of landslides in quick clay zones
2021-07-13.Tunnel in urban site – Lausanne Metro m3 Section Casernes – Blécherette
2021-07-13.Pile interaction effects and environmental impacts of refrigerant on the performance of an energy pile foundation
2021-06-11.Machine learning enhancement of thermal response tests for geothermal potential evaluations at site and regional scales
Geothermics. 2021-05-19. Vol. 95, p. 102132. DOI : 10.1016/j.geothermics.2021.102132.Microstructure observations in compacted clays subjected to thermal loading
Engineering Geology. 2021-06-20. Vol. 287, p. 105928. DOI : 10.1016/j.enggeo.2020.105928.Effect of the mineralogical composition on the elastoplastic hydromechanical response of Opalinus Clay shale
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences. 2021-05-23. Vol. 143, p. 104747. DOI : 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2021.104747.Experimental investigation of energy piles: From laboratory to field testing
Geomechanics For Energy And The Environment. 2021-09-01. Vol. 27, p. 100214. DOI : 10.1016/j.gete.2020.100214.Hydrothermal interactions in energy walls
Underground Space. 2021-04-01. Vol. 6, num. 2, p. 173-184. DOI : 10.1016/j.undsp.2020.02.001.Studies on the mechanical evolution of compacted bentonite subjected to environmental actions
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021.On a Four-Parameter Linear Failure Criterion
Rock Mechanics And Rock Engineering. 2021-03-30. Vol. 54, p. 3369–3376. DOI : 10.1007/s00603-021-02451-w.Benchmark study of undrained triaxial testing of Opalinus Clay shale: Results and implications for robust testing
Geomechanics For Energy And The Environment. 2021-03-01. Vol. 25, p. 100210. DOI : 10.1016/j.gete.2020.100210.Experimental and numerical investigation of the thermo-mechanical behaviour of an energy sheet pile wall
Geomechanics For Energy And The Environment. 2021-03-01. Vol. 25, p. 100208. DOI : 10.1016/j.gete.2020.100208.Soil-structure interaction of surface footings
Computers and Geotechnics. 2021-03-21. Vol. 134, p. 104103. DOI : 10.1016/j.compgeo.2021.104103.Shear Response of Wet Weak Carbonate Rock/Grout Interfaces Under Cyclic Loading
Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 2021-03-15. Vol. 54, p. 2791–2813. DOI : 10.1007/s00603-021-02406-1.Advances in the Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis — from Surface Footings to Thermoactive Deep Foundations
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021.Thermo-hydraulic behaviour of Energy barrettes
2021-02-09.Energy performance of a high BHEs density at district scale
2021-02-09.Effective stress for unsaturated active clays and in-situ effective stress estimation methodology
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021.Experimental assessment of the hydro-mechanical behaviour of a shale caprock during CO2 injection
International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. 2021-01-19. Vol. 106, p. 103225. DOI : 10.1016/j.ijggc.2020.103225.Generalized effective stress concept for saturated active clays
Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 2021. Vol. 58, num. 11, p. 1627-1639. DOI : 10.1139/cgj-2020-0390.A generalised water retention model with soil fabric evolution
Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 2021. Vol. h25, p. 100205. DOI : 10.1016/j.gete.2020.100205.Thermal stress analysis of energy piles
Géotechnique. 2021. Vol. 71, num. 3, p. 260-271. DOI : 10.1680/jgeot.19.p.208.2020
Triaxial tests for buffer bentonite on rock shear for A-Insinôôrit Civil Oy (AINS Group): Results of the first test set (DI)
2020-07-09