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Soil Mechanics Laboratory
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Director, Doctoral Programme |
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Doctoral Program in Solid and Fluid Mechanics
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Lyesse Laloui
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Soil Mechanics Laboratory
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Director of the Laboratory of Soil Mechanics
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office(s):
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phone(s): [+41 21 69] 32314,37363,32315
fax: +41216934153
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MISSION
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Professor - School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering - ENAC - EPFL
Director of the Doctoral programme in Mechanics
Adjunct Full Professor - Pratt School of Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
Duke University, Durham, USA
http://www.cee.duke.edu/fds/pratt/cee/faculty/lyesse.laloui
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BIOGRAPHY
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164 papers: 62 refereed journal papers, 12 special refereed publications and 88 conference proceedings papers (including: 7 Keynote lectures – 3 Invited papers – 1 Theme paper)
Guest editorship of 5 special journal issues (+ 1 in progress)
5 refereed chapters in books, 2 contributions in books
4 Course notes and 1 doctoral thesis
More than 30 research reports.
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EDITED BOOKS AND JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUES
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Geomechanics of structured materials. Guest Editors: L. Laloui, V. de Genarro. Special issue, Soils and Foundations, Vol. 49, N°3, 2009.
Water in Pavements. Guest Editors: L. Laloui, J. Baena. Special issue, International Journal of Road Materials and Pavement Design, Vol. 8/4, 2007.
Computer applications in geotechnical engineering. Editors: Siegel TC, R. Luna, T. Hueckel, L. Laloui. ASCE Geotechnical special publication N°157, 2007.
Coupled Multi-Physics Processes in Geomechanics. Guest Editors: L. Laloui, R. Charlier, G. Pijaudier-Cabot. Special issue. European Journal of Civil Engineering, Volume 9, N°5-6, 280 pages, 2005.
Environmental Geomechanics. Editors: L. Vulliet, L. Laloui & B. Schrefler, Publisher EPFL-Press. 423 pages ; ISBN 2-88074-515-2. 2002.
Tests de réponse géothermique/Geothermische response tests. Editors : W.J. Eugster & L. Laloui. Proceddings of the European Workshop on Geothermal Test Responses. Lausanne - 25 & 26 octobre 2001, 130 pages. Publisher GTV; ISBN 3-932570-43-X. 2002.
Hydrology and Mechanical Coupling in Earth Sciences and Engineering: interdisciplinary perspectives. Guest Editors: D. Or, L. Laloui, E. Alonso. Special section of the Water Resources Research, 2008 (in progress).
The mechanics and velocity of large landslides. Guest Editors: C. Scavia, M. Castelli L. Laloui, C. Bonnard. Special issue, Engineering Geology, 2008 (in progress).
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AWARD
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"Excellent Contributions Award 2008" presented by the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG) for excellent contributions in the areas of computational geomechanics, environmental geomechanics and mechanics of multiphase porous materials and their applications for innovative engineering solutions.
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CURRENT RESEARCH GRANTS
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Current grants (as principal applicant)
o European programme FP7 - ENV. SafeLand - Living with landslide risk in Europe: Assessment, effects of global change, and risk management strategies.
o National Science Foundation - Assessment of soil damage induced by drying.
o Swiss Competence Center Environment and Sustainability - Coupled GeoHazards in Alpine Regions.
o Euratom Research And Training Programme On Nuclear Energy (European Union). Thermal Impact on the Damaged Zone Around a Radioactive Waste Disposal in Clay Host Rocks.
o Swisselectric research. Energetic geostructures: a sustainable technology for heating and cooling of buildings.
o Swiss Federal Office of Roads. Thermo-Prefabricated Vertical Drain for in-situ consolidation of soils.
o Marie Curie Actions - Research Training Network (European Union). Mountain risks.
http://cordis.europa.eu/mc-opportunities/index.cfm?fuseaction=dataForm.showDataDetail&obj_id=12948&obj_type=PRJ
o Swiss Competence Center Environment and Sustanibility. Triggering of Rapid Mass Movements in Steep Terrain. http://www.cces.ethz.ch/research/hazri/hazri_projects/approved_hazri_projects
Current grant (as co-applicant)
o Swiss National Science Foundation FNRS
Dynamic Properties of Granular Soils and Behavior of Earth Structures under Strong Earthquake Motion.
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OTHER TOPICS
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o Environmental Geomechanics
Thermo-hydro-mechanics of saturated and unsaturated porous materials; Thermo-plasticity of soils; Geological disposal of nuclear and hazardous waste; Energetic geostructures (including thermal piles).
o Mechanics of geomaterials
Constitutive modelling of geomaterial behaviour, plasticity and viscoplasticity, mechanics of porous media and mixtures, cemented, fissured and structured soils; thermodynamics of dissipative processes in porous materials.
o Engineering problems
Numerical optimisation of the thermo-hydro-mechanical modelling of geostructures; Numerical analysis of debris flows and landslides; Cyclic hydro-mechanical modelling of unbound granular materials in road pavements and embankments; Mathematical and analytical modelling of multiphase flow in deformable porous material.
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MAIN PUBLICATIONS
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J. Planchat, C. Bonnard, H. Peron, and L. Laloui.
After 10’000 years of movements, is the La Frasse landslide
stabilized? numerical modeling of the crises of a large landslide and of its
mitigation measures.
In E. Alonso, J. Corominas, and M. Hürlimann, editors,
proceedings of the VII Simposio Nacional sobre Taludes y Laderas
Inestables, volume 1, pages 95-126, Barcelona, 2009. CIMNE.
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H. Péron, T. Hueckel, L. Laloui, and L. Hu.
Fundamentals of desiccation cracking of fine-grained soils:
experimental characterisation and mechanisms identification.
Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 46:1177-1201, 2009.
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R. Charlier, A. Dizier, L. Laloui, and F. Collin.
Multi-physical processes in geomechanics. an introduction to
constitutive modeling and coupling aspects.
European Journal of Environmental and Civil
Engineering, 13(7-8):803-830, 2009.
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H. Péron, L. Laloui, T. Hueckel, and L. Hu.
Desiccation cracking of soils.
European Journal of Environmental and Civil
Engineering, 13(7-8):869-888, 2009.
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C. Marta, S. Claudio, B. Christophe, and L. Lyesse.
Mechanics and velocity of large landslides.
Engineering Geology, 109:1-4, 2009.
Preface of the special issue: Mechanics and velocity of large
landslides. Guest Editors: C. Bonnard, L. Laloui, S. Scavia, M. Castelli.
Special issue, Engineering Geology, Vol. 109, 2009.
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M. Rizzi, S. Salager, P. Marschall, and L. Laloui.
Design of a complete characterization of bentonite behaviour under
high pressure and high temperature.
In Proceedings of the 2nd Int. Conf. on Fault and top
seals, pages 68-71, Houten, 2009. European Association of Geoscientists &
Engineers (EAGE).
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H. Péron, S. Salager, M. Nuth, P. Marschall, and L. Laloui.
Analysis of the swelling pressure development in opalinus clay –
experimental and modelling aspects.
In Proceedings of the 2nd Int. Conf. on Fault and top
seals, pages 56-58, Houten, 2009. European Association of Geoscientists &
Engineers (EAGE).
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C. Cekerevac and L. Laloui.
Experimental analysis of the cyclic behaviour of Kaolin at high
temperature.
Geotechnique, 2009.
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L. Laloui, S. Leroueil, and S. Chalindar.
Reply to the discussion by G. qu on Modelling of the combined
effect of strain rate and temperature on one-dimensional compression of
soils.
Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 46(9):1102-1102, 2009.
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L. Laloui and M. Nuth.
Response to Comment on on the use of generalised effective stress
in the constitutive modelling of unsaturated soils.
Computer and Geotechnics, 36:1362-1363, 2009.
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N. Shokri.
Pore scale analyses of evaporation from porous media.
PhD thesis, Lausanne, 2009.
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G. Klubertanz, L. Laloui, and L. Vulliet.
Identification of mechanisms for landslide type initiation of debris
flows.
Engineering Geology, 109:114-123, 2009.
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L. Laloui and V. De Gennaro.
GEOMECHANICS OF STRUCTURED MATERIALS.
Soils and Foundations, 49(3):351-390, 2009.
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B. François and L. Laloui.
Behaviour of an engineered clay barrier involved in a prospective
nuclear waste isolation system.
In Proceedings of the 1st international symposium Com-Geo
(Computational methods in Geomechanics), 2009.
Keynote lecture of L. Laloui.
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A. Ferrari, L. Laloui, and C. Bonnard.
GEOMECHANICAL MODELLING OF A NATURAL SLOPE AFFECTED
BY A MULTIPLE SLIP SURFACE FAILURE MECHANISM.
In Proceedings of the 1st international symposium Com-Geo
(Computational methods in Geomechanics), Proceedings, State of the Art
Books and Monographs in Engineering Sciences. INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR
COMPUTATIONAL ENGINEERING (IC 2E), 2009.
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L. Laloui, A. Ferrari, and C. Bonnard.
Geomechanical modeling of the Steinernase landslide
(Switzerland).
In Rainfall-induced landslides, pages 186-195. doppiavoce,
2009.
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L. B. Hu, T. Hueckel, H. Péron, and L. Laloui.
Desiccation shrinkage and its controlling properties: multiphysics.
In Proceedings of the Int. Conf. on Computational
Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering, Coupled
Problems’09, Barcelone, 2009. CIMNE.
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B. François and L. Laloui.
Behaviour of an engineered clay barrier for A nuclear waste
isolation system.
In Proceedings of the Int. Conf. on Computational
Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering, Coupled
Problems’09, Barcelona, 2009. CIMNE.
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C. Silvani, M. Nuth, L. Laloui, and H. Peron.
Understanding the thermo-mechanical response of heat exchanger piles.
In S. Pietruszczak, G. Pande, C. Tamagnini, and R. Wan, editors,
Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Computational
Geomechanics, State of the Art Books and Monographs in Engineering
Sciences, pages 589-596. International Centre for Computational Engineering,
2009.
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H. Peron, L. Laloui, L. B. Hu, and T. Hueckel.
Prediction of the spacing and patterns of drying cracks in soils.
In S. Pietruszczak, G. Pande, C. Tamagnini, and R. Wan, editors,
Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Computational
Geomechanics, State of the Art Books and Monographs in Engineering
Sciences, pages 623-629. International Centre for Computational Engineering,
2009.
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L. Laloui and B. François.
ACMEG-T: Soil Thermo-Plasticity Model.
Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 135(9):932-944, 2009.
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M. Nuth.
Constitutive modelling of unsaturated soils with
hydro-geomechanical couplings.
PhD thesis, Lausanne, 2009.
Prix de la Fondation Dimitris N. Chorafas - Chorafas Foundation award
(2009).
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A. Koliji, L. Laloui, and L. Vulliet.
Behavior of Unsaturated Aggregated Soil in Oedometric
Condition.
Soils and Foundations, 49(3):369-380, 2009.
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T. Hueckel, B. François, and L. Laloui.
Explaining thermal failure in saturated clays.
Géotechnique, 59(3):197-212, 2009.
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B. François, L. Laloui, and L. Clément.
Thermo-hydro-mechanical simulation of ATLAS in-situ large scale
test in Boom Clay.
Computers and Geotechnics, 36:626-640, 2009.
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H. Péron, J.-L. Delenne, L. Laloui, and S. El Youssoufi.
Discrete element modelling of drying shrinkage and cracking of soils.
Computers and Geotechnics, 36:61-69, 2009.
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L. Laloui and M. Nuth.
On the use of the generalised effective stress in the constitutive
modelling of unsaturated soils.
Computer and Geotechnics, 36(1-2):20-23, 2009.
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L. Laloui and M. Nuth.
Investigations on the mechanical behavior of a heat exchanger pile.
In 5th International Symposium on Deep Foundations on
Bored and Angered Piles (BAP V), 2008.
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H. Peron, L. Laloui, T. Hueckel, and L. B. Hu.
Numerical modelling of desiccation cracking of soils.
In J.-P. Magnan, R. Cojean, Y.-J. Cui, and P. Mestat, editors,
Proceedings of the International Symposium SEC2008 Drought and
Constructions, volume 1 of Actes des journées scientifiques du
LCPC, pages 169-175, Paris, 2008. Laboratoire Central des Ponts et
Chaussées.
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L. Laloui, R. Charlier, C. Chazallon, S. Erlingsson, P. Hornych, P. Pavai
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Water Influence on Mechanical Behaviour of Pavements:
Constitutive Modelling.
Springer, 2008.
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4020-8562-8_9.
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R. Charlier, L. Laloui, M. Bren
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Modelling Coupled Mechanics, Moisture and Heat in Pavement
Structures.
Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering. Springer, 2008.
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4020-8562-8_11.
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� Hermansson, R. Charlier, F. Collin, S. Erlingsson, L. Laloui, and M. Sraen.
Heat transfer in Soils.
Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering. Springer, 2008.
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L. Laloui, S. Leroueil, and S. Chalindar.
Modelling of the combined effect of strain rate and temperature on
one-dimensional compression of soils.
Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 12(45):1765-1777, 2008.
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A. Koliji, P. Lehmann, L. Vulliet, L. Laloui, A. Carminati, P. Vontobel, and
R. Hassanein.
Assessment of structural evolution of aggregated soil using neutron
tomography.
Water Resources Research, 44(W00C07), 2008.
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L. B. Hu, T. Hueckel, H. Péron, and L. Laloui.
Modeling Evaporation, Shrinkage and Cracking of Desiccating
Soils.
In Proceedings of the 12th IACMAG Conference, pages
1083-1090, 2008.
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A. Koliji, L. Vulliet, and L. Laloui.
Advanced Constitutive Model for Unsaturated Structured Soil
with Double Porosity.
In Proceedings of the 12th IACMAG Conference, pages
709-715, 2008.
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B. François, C. Bonnard, and L. Laloui.
Investigation of the Geomechanical Aspects of a Large
Landslide by Means of a Finite-element Method : A Case Study.
In Proceedings of the 12th IACMAG Conference, 1-6 Oct.
2008, India, pages 4577-4585, 2008.
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L. Laloui and B. François.
Numerical Simulation of an In-Situ underground Experiment for
Nuclear Waste Storage.
In Proceedings of the 12th IACMAG Conference, pages
2345-2355, 2008.
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L. Laloui and S. Chalindar.
Enhanced viscoplastic modelling of soft soils.
In Geotechnics of Soft Soil – Focus on Ground
Improvement, volume 1, pages 55-64, None, 2008. Taylor & Francis.
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M. Nuth and L. Laloui.
Advances in modelling hysteretic water retention curve in deformable
soils.
Computers and Geotechnics, 35(6):835-844, 2008.
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B. François.
Thermo-plasticity of fine-grained soils at various saturation
states.
PhD thesis, Lausanne, 2008.
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B. François and L. Laloui.
Thermo-plasticity in unsaturated soils, a constitutive approach.
In Unsaturated soils: Advances in Geo-Engineering, pages
539-545, None, 2008. None.
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L. B. Hu, T. Hueckel, H. Peron, and L. Laloui.
Desiccation shrinkage of unconstrained soil in the saturated phase.
In D. Toll, C. Augarde, D. Gallipoli, and S. Wheeler, editors,
Unsaturated Soils: Advances in Geo-Engineering, pages 653-658. CRC
Press, 2008.
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A. Koliji, L. Vulliet, and L. Laloui.
New basis for constitutive modelling of unsaturated aggregated soil
with structure degradation.
In D. Toll, C. Augarde, D. Gallipoli, and S. Wheeler, editors,
Unsaturated Soils: Advances in Geo-Engineering, pages 641-646. CRC
Press, 2008.
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L. Laloui, B. François, M. Nuth, H. Péron, and A. Koliji.
A thermo-hydro-mechanical stress-strain framework for modeling the
performance of clay barriers in deep geological repositories for radioactive
waste.
In 1st European Conference on Unsaturated Soils. CRC
Press, 2008.
Keynote paper.
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L. Sanavia, B. François, R. Bortolotto, L. Luison, and L. Laloui.
Finite element modelling of thermo-elasto-plastic water saturated
porous materials.
Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 38:7-24,
2008.
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M. Nuth, H. Peron, and L. Laloui.
Intelligent realisation of ground energy.
GeoDrilling International, 141(April):28-29, 2008.
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A. Bouazza, H. Abuel-Naga, W. P. Gates, and L. Laloui.
Temperature Effects on Volume Change and Hydraulic
Properties of Geosynthetic Clay Liners.
In The First Pan American Geosynthetics Conference &
Exhibition. Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI), 2008.
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L. Hoyos, L. Laloui, and R. Vassallo.
Mechanical testing in unsaturated soils.
Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 26(6):675-689,
2008.
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B. François and L. Laloui.
Unsaturated soils under non-isothermal conditions: Framework of a
new constitutive model.
In Characterisation, Monitoring, and Modeling of
Geosytsems, volume 179 of ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication,
pages 1077-1083, 2008.
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S. Salager, B. Francois, S. El Youssoufi, L. Laloui, and C. Saix.
EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS OF TEMPERATURE AND SUCTION
EFFECTS ON COMPRESSIBILITY AND PRE-CONSOLIDATION PRESSURE OF
A SANDY SILT.
SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS, 48(4):453-466, 2008.
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B. François and L. Laloui.
ACMEG-TS: A constitutive model for unsaturated soils under
non-isothermal conditions.
International Journal of Numerical and Analytical
Methods in Geomechanics, 32:1955-1988, 2008.
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N. Mattsson, G. Steinmann, and L. Laloui.
Advanced Compact Device for the In-situ Determination of
Geothermal Characteristics of Soils.
Energy and Buildings, 40:1344-1352, 2008.
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H. Péron.
Desiccation cracking of soils.
PhD thesis, Lausanne, 2008.
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L. Laloui and C. Cekerevac.
Numerical simulation of the non-isothermal mechanical behaviour of
soils.
Computers and Geotechnics, 35:729-745, 2008.
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M. Nuth and L. Laloui.
Effective Stress Concept in Unsaturated Soils
:Clarification and Validation of an Unified Framework.
Int. Journ. of Numerical and Analytical Methods in
Geomechanics., 32:771-801, 2008.
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L. Laloui and C. Cekerevac.
Non-isothermal plasticity model for cyclic behaviour of soils.
International Journal for Numerical and Analytical
Methods in Geomechanics, 32(5):437-460, 2008.
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L. Lyesse and B. Jose.
Water in Pavements.
Special issue, International Journal of Road Materials
and Pavement Design, 8(4):120, 2007.
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N. Mattsson, G. Steinmann, and L. Laloui.
In-situ thermal response testing - New developments.
In Proceedings European Geothermal Congress,
Unterhaching, Germany, 30 May-1June 2007, pages 1-5, 2007.
Sols.
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H. Péron, L. Laloui, . Hueckel, and L. Hu.
Modeling of desiccation cracking in engineered clay barriers for
waste disposal.
2007.
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H. Péron, L. Hu, L. Laloui, and T. Hueckel.
Mec^hanisms of desiccation cracking of soil : Validation.
In NUMOG X, 2007.
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B. François, M. Nuth, and L. Laloui.
Mechanical constitutive framework for thermal effects on unsaturated
soils.
In None, 2007.
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M. Nuth and L. Laloui.
New insight into the unified hydro-mechanical constitutive modeling
of unsaturated soils.
In 3rd Asian conference on Unsaturated Soils, volume 1,
pages 109-125, Nanjing - China, 2007.
Invited lecture of Prof. L. Laloui.
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H. Péron, L. Hu, L. Laloui, and T. Hueckel.
Numerical and experimental investigation of desiccation of soil.
In 3rd Asian Conference on Unsaturated Soils., 2007.
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M. Nuth and L. Laloui.
Unified stress framework for modelling unsaturated subsoil behaviour.
Int. Journal of Road Materials and Pavement Design,
8(4):767-781, 2007.
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H. Peron, L. Hu, T. Hueckel, and L. Laloui.
The Influence of the Pore Fluid on Desiccation of a
Deformable Porous Material.
In Experimental Unsaturated Soil Mechanics, pages
413-420, 2007.
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L. Hu, H. Peron, T. Hueckel, and L. Laloui.
Drying Shrinkage of Deformable Porous Media: Mechanisms
Induced by the Fluid Removal.
In Computer Applications in Geotechnical Engineering,
ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication, 2007.
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B. François and L. Laloui.
A stress-strain framework for modeling the behaviour of unsaturated
soils under non-isothermal conditions.
In Theoretical and numerical unsaturated soils mechanics,
volume 113 of Springer Proceedings in Physics, pages 119-126, 2007.
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M. Nuth and L. Laloui.
Implications of a generalized effective stress on the constitutive
modelling of unsaturated soils.
In Theoretical and numerical unsaturated soils mechanics,
Springer Proceedings in Physics, pages 75-82, 2007.
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B. François, S. Salager, M. El Youssoufi, D. Ubals Picanyol, L. Laloui, and
C. Saix.
Compression Tests on a Sandy Silt at Different Suction and
Temperature Levels.
In New Peaks in Geotechnics, ASCE Geotechnical special
publication, 2007.
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B. François, L. Tacher, C. Bonnard, L. Laloui, and V. Triguero.
Numerical modelling of the hydrogeological and geomechanical
behaviour of a large slope movement: The Triesenberg landslide
(Liechtenstein).
Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 44:840-857, 2007.
Sols 02-2007.
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P. Gachet, F. Geiser, L. Laloui, and L. Vulliet.
Automated Digital Image Processing for Volume Change
Measurement in Triaxial Cells.
Geotechnical Testing Journal, 30(2):98-103, 2007.
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T. Siegel, R. Luna, T. Hueckel, and L. Laloui.
Computer applications in geotechnical engineering.
ASCE Geotechnical special publication. American Society of Civil
Engineering, 2007.
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A. Koliji, L. Vulliet, and L. Laloui.
Soil structure evolution : experimental and constitutive
consideration.
In 10th.Int. Symp. on Numerical Models in
Geomechanics., pages 133-138, 2007.
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A. Carminati, A. Kaestner, O. Ippisch, A. Koliji, P. Lehmann, R. Hassanein,
P. Vontobel, E. Lehmann, L. Laloui, L. Vulliet, and H. Flühler.
Water flow between soil aggregates.
Transport in Porous Media, 68:219-236, 2007.
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H. Péron, T. Hueckel, and L. Laloui.
An improved volume measurement for determining soil water retention
curve.
Geotechnical Testing Journal, 30(1):1-8, 2007.
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L. Laloui and B. François.
A THM stress-strain framework for modeling the performance of
argillaceous materials in deep repositories for radioactive waste.
In The 10 year anniversary workshop of the Mont Terri
Project, Swiss Geological Survey, 2006.
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J. Poppei, R. Schwarz, N. Mattsson, G. Steinmann, and L. Laloui.
Innovative Verbesserungen bei Thermal Response Tests.
In 9th Geothermal trade conference: More energy from the
ground, pages 281-292, 2006.
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B. François, C. Bonnard, L. Laloui, and V. Triguero.
Numerical modeling of the hydro-mechanical behaviour of a large slope
movement : the Triesenberg landslide.
In Numerics in geotechnics and structures. 2006.
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H. Péron, L. Laloui, T. Hueckel, and L. Hu.
Experimental study of desiccation of soil.
In ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication N° 147,
pages 1073-1084, 2006.
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L. Laloui and M. Nuth.
Numerical Modeling of Some Features of Heat Exchanger
Pile.
In ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication : Foundation
analysis and design-Innovative methods, pages 189-194, 2006.
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A. Koliji, L. Vulliet, and L. Laloui.
Structure degradation of dry aggregated soils: experimental evidence
and model formulation.
In ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication N° 147,
pages 2174-2185, 2006.
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A. Koliji, A. Carminati, A. Kaestner, L. Vulliet, L. Laloui, H. Fluehler,
P. Vontobel, and R. Hassanein.
Experimental study of flow and deformation in aggregated soils using
neutron tomography.
In International Sym. Advances in X-ray Tomography for
Geomaterials, pages 341-348, 2006.
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L. Hu, H. Péron, T. Hueckel, and L. Laloui.
Numerical and phenomenological study of desiccation of soil.
In ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication : Advances in
unsaturated soil, seepage and environmentals, pages 166-173, 2006.
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G. Steinmann and L. Laloui.
Géothermie : la réponse vient du sol.
Chantiers & Rénovation, (8):50-51, 2006.
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L. Laloui, H. Péron, F. Geiser, A. Rifa'i, and L. Vulliet.
Advances in volume measurement in unsaturated triaxial tests.
Soils and Foundations Journal, 46(3):341-349, 2006.
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L. Laloui, M. Nuth, and L. Vulliet.
Experimental and numerical investigations of the behaviour of a heat
exchanger pile.
International Journal for Numerical and Analytical
Methods in Geomechanics, 30(8):763-781, 2006.
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A. Koliji, L. Laloui, O. Cuisinier, and L. Vulliet.
Suction induced effects on the fabric of a structured soil.
Transport in Porous Media Journal, 64:261-278, 2006.
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F. Geiser, L. Laloui, and L. Vulliet.
Elasto-plasticity of unsaturated soils : laboratory test results on a
remoulded silt.
Soils and Foundations, 46(5):545-556, 2006.
Modifications introduced by L. Laloui - Nov. 19, 2006.
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R. Charlier, L. Laloui, and F. Collin.
Numerical modelling of coupled poromechanics processes.
European Journal of Civil Engineering, 10(6-7):669-702,
2006.
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C. Cekerevac, S. Girardin, G. Klubertanz, and L. Laloui.
Calibration of an elastic-plastic constitutive model by an
unconstrained optimisation procedure.
Computer and Geotechnics Journal, 33(8):432-443, 2006.
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F. Mayoraz, L. Vulliet, and L. Laloui.
Attrition and particle breakage under monotonic and cyclic loading.
Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, C. R.
Mecanique, 334(1):1-7, 2006.
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L. Tacher, C. Bonnard, L. Laloui, and A. Parriaux.
Modelling the behaviour of a large landslide with respect to
hydrogeological and geomechanical parameter heterogeneity.
Landslides journal, 2(1):3-14, 2005.
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D. Pahud and L. Laloui.
Comportement thermique et mécanique des géostructures
énergétiques.
In Utilisation de la chaleur du sol par des ouvrages de
fondation et de soutènement en béton., volume 6 of Documentation
SIA, pages 27-36. SIA, Swiss society for engineers and architects, Zürich,
2005.
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G. Steinmann and L. Laloui.
Thermal response tests : in situ determination of geothermal
characteristics of soils .
Technical report, 2005.
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G. Steinmann and L. Laloui.
Détermination des caractéristiques thermiques des sols. bulletin
Geothermie CH.
Technical report, 2005.
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L. Laloui, M. Nuth, and L. Vulliet.
Experimental and numerical investigations of the behaviour of a heat
exchanger pile.
In Ground Improvement - Case Histories. Elsevier, 2005.
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L. Vulliet, C. Bonnard, L. Laloui, and F. Geiser.
Numerical analysis of natural slopes.
In 11th International Conference of IACMAG, pages
657-670. Patron Editore, 2005.
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H. Peron, L. Laloui, and T. Hueckel.
An experimental evidence in desiccation cracking in sandy silt.
In International Symp. on Advanced Experimental
Unsaturated Soil Mechanics, pages 475-481. Balkema, 2005.
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F. Mayoraz, L. Vulliet, and L. Laloui.
Attrition and particle breakage under monotonic and cyclic loading.
In 16th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Eng., pages 409-412, 2005.
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Study of natural and man-made systems with emphasis on the mechanics of various interacting phenomena.
Lecturing in Civil Engineering (soil mechanics, underground seepage, geomechanics) and Mechanics (mechanics of porous media, mixture theory, multiphase flow).
Research in Environmental Geomechanics, Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering, Mechanics of Multiphase Porous Materials.
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Civil Engineering
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| Phd programs |
- Mechanics (edoc)
- Environment
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| Phd Students |
Battiato Andrea
Eichenberger John
Fauriel Suzanne
Rizzi Marta
Past Phd students:
Cekerevac Cane
François Bertrand
Nuth Mathieu
Péron Hervé
Shokri Nima
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| Current Post-doc. |
Dr. Hervé Péron
Dr. Simon Salager
Dr. Mathieu Nuth
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| Editorial Board |
Member of the Editorial Board of the Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering
Member of the Editorial Board of the European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering
Water Resources Research (Associate editor)
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