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Laboratory of soil mechanics
Recent publications:
2023
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
2023. 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
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.Insights into the interaction of a shale with CO2
Solid Earth EGUsphere. 2022-12-05. DOI : 10.5194/se-13-1823-2022.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.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.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.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.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.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.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.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
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.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.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.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.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.Mechanical performance and upscaling of bio-improved soils
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022.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.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
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.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.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.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.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.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
Runout of landslides in quick clay zones
2021-07-13.Tunnel in urban site – Lausanne Metro m3 Section Casernes – Blécherette
2021-07-13.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.Pile interaction effects and environmental impacts of refrigerant on the performance of an energy pile foundation
2021-06-11.Energy Funding Programme 2013–2020, Final Report
2021-06-01
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.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.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.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.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.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.Thermo-hydraulic behaviour of Energy barrettes
2021-02-09.Energy performance of a high BHEs density at district scale
2021-02-09.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.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.Cyclic thermomechanical behaviour of pile-soil interface and design methods for energy pile foundations
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021.Studies on the mechanical evolution of compacted bentonite subjected to environmental actions
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021.Advances in the Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis — from Surface Footings to Thermoactive Deep Foundations
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021.Effective stress for unsaturated active clays and in-situ effective stress estimation methodology
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021.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
Séquestration du CO2: remettre le carbone à sa place
2020-12-04.Analytical solution for describing the thermo-mechanical behavior of plane energy geostructures
2020-11-18. 2nd International Conference on Energy Geotechnics (ICEGT 2020), La Jolla, USA, September 20-23, 2020. DOI : 10.1051/e3sconf/202020506009.Load transfer approach for the geotechnical analysis of energy piles in a group with slab
2020-11-18. 2nd International Conference on Energy Geotechnics (ICEGT 2020), California, USA, April 10-13, 2020. DOI : 10.1051/e3sconf/202020505008.Cyclic thermomechanical response of fine-grained soil-concrete interface for energy piles applications
Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 2020-10-23. Vol. 58, num. 8, p. 1216-1230. DOI : 10.1139/cgj-2020-0437.Benefits and drawbacks of applied direct currents for soil improvement via carbonate mineralization
2020-10-16. 4th European Conference on Unsaturated Soils (E-UNSAT 2020), Lisboa, Portugal, October 19-21, 2020. DOI : 10.1051/e3sconf/202019505007.Developing a high capacity axis translation apparatus for gas shale testing
2020-10-16. 4th European Conference on Unsaturated Soils, E-UNSAT 2020, Lisboa, Portugal, October 19-21th, 2020. DOI : 10.1051/e3sconf/202019503020.A physical model for the interaction between unsaturated soils and retaining structures
2020-10-16. 4th European Conference on Unsaturated Soils, E-UNSAT 2020, Lisboa, Portugal (Virtual event), October 19-21, 2020. p. 1-6, 03013. DOI : 10.1051/e3sconf/202019503013.An extended generalized effective stress for active clays
2020-10-16. 4th European Conference on Unsaturated Soils, E-UNSAT 2020, Lisboa, Portugal (Virtual event), 19-21st October 2020. p. 4p.. DOI : 10.1051/e3sconf/202019502004.Direct currents stimulate carbonate mineralization for soil improvement under various chemical conditions
Scientific Reports. 2020-10-12. Vol. 10, p. 17014. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-020-73926-z.Biodegradation and Antimicrobial Properties of Zinc Oxide-Polymer Composite Materials for Urinary Stent Applications
Coatings. 2020-10-01. Vol. 10, num. 10, p. 1002. DOI : 10.3390/coatings10101002.Extension of Winkler’s solution to non-isothermal conditions for capturing the behaviour of plane geostructures subjected to thermal and mechanical actions
Computers and Geotechnics. 2020-09-18. Vol. 128, p. 103618. DOI : 10.1016/j.compgeo.2020.103618.ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS (EGS) – NUMERICAL PREDICTION OF THE MODE AND LOCATION OF FRACTURE INITIATION
2020-09-17.District scale prediction of subsurface waste heat flows
2020-09-16.Vertical deformation and interaction of energy barrettes subjected to mechanical and thermal loads
2020-09-16.Microbial-induced carbonate precipitation applicability with the methane hydrate-bearing layer microbe
Journal Of Natural Gas Science And Engineering. 2020-09-01. Vol. 81, p. 103490. DOI : 10.1016/j.jngse.2020.103490.Etude géotechnique et géothermique de la station et du tunnel de Beaulieu pour le m3
2020-07-14.Station de Beaulieu et tunnel entre Beaulieu et Casernes pour le M3
2020-07-14
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