Federica Sandrone
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from 2007: Assistant for the courses "Tunnel Engineering" and "Underground Construction Technology"
2004-2008: PhD Student (Structure Doctoral Program) at LMR-EPFL
PhD degree: February 2008 at EPFL with a thesis entitled "Analysis of pathologies and long term behaviour of the Swiss National Road tunnels"
2003: Assistant at the Georesources and Landscape Department of Politecnico di Torino (TUSC). Main research domains: in situ surveys, monitoring measurements analysis and numerical modelling on tunnels with ageing problems and/or collapses, settling and subsiding in chalk pit, instability of slope dumps, interaction between cutting-tools of a TBM and the rock-mass
2003: Graduate at the Politecnico di Torino in Geotechnical Engineering with a Master Thesis about «Stability controls and refurbishment operations on a damaged railway tunnel»
Selected publications
Interpretation und Extrapolation der gemessenen Konvergenzen in der Karbonzone des L�tschberg-Basistunnel
F.Descoeudres, J-P.Dudt, F.Sandrone, V.Labiouse
Published in AlpTransit-Tagung 2005
Swiss Tunnel Congress
22.Juni 2005
Dokumentation D 0215 SIA in
Analysis of delayed convergences in a carbon zone of the L�tschberg Tunnel
F.Sandrone, J-P.Dudt, V.Labiouse & F.Descoeudres
Published in Eurock06 - European Regional ISRM Symposium - Multiphysics coupling and long term behaviour in rock mechanics - May 9-12, 2006 - Li�ge, Belgium in
Numerical modelling of laboratory tests for TBM cutter indentation process analysis
N.Innaurato, C.Oggeri, PP.Oreste, R.Vinai, F.Sandrone
Published in Proc. MPES 2006, Mining Planning and equipment selection, Turin, pp. 1339-1344, ISBN 88 901342 4 0 in
Data collection for Swiss road tunnels maintenance
Sandrone F., Labiouse V., Mathier J.-F.
Published in Journal Felsbau , no 1 (2007), pp. 8-14 in
Preliminary identification of Swiss road tunnels pathologies based on geotechnical G.I.S. data.
F. Sandrone, V. Labiouse, J.F. Mathier
Published in Proc. 11th ISRM, 9-13 July 2007 Lisbon, vol.2, pp. 999-1002, 2007 in
Journal Articles
2017
A GIS based approach for analysing geological and operation conditions influence on road tunnels degradation
Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.tust.2017.04.012.2016
Probabilistic simulations of TBM Tunnelling in highly fractured and faulted rocks
Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. 2016. DOI : 10.1016/j.tust.2016.02.002.Analysis and estimation of gripper TBM performances in highly fractured and faulted rocks
Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. 2016. DOI : 10.1016/j.tust.2015.11.017.2011
Identification and analysis of Swiss National Road tunnels pathologies
Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology incorporating Trenchless. 2011. DOI : 10.1016/j.tust.2010.11.008.2010
Analysis of the evolution of road tunnels equilibrium conditions with a convergence–confinement approach
Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 2010. DOI : 10.1007/s00603-009-0056-y.Conference Papers
2020
A new data set of granitic rock strength values from Yosemite Valley, California: applications to rock fall assessment
2020. 54th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Golden, Colorado, USA, 28 June-1 July 2020.2014
The analysis of tunnel excavation in difficult ground conditions with the Decision Aids for Tunnelling (DAT).
2014. 15th Australasian Tunnelling Conference, Sydney, Australia, September 17-19, 2014.A study of the TBM performance in fault zones and highly fractured rocks
2014. World Tunnel Congress 2014, Iguassu Falls, Brazil.2013
The importance of drainage system in railway tunnels and possibilities to reduce the LCC
2013. World Tunnel Congress, WTC 2013, Geneva, Switzerland, May 31st - June 7th, 2013.Tunnel conditions assessment based on image analysis: a new inspection procedure for railway tunnels
2013. World Tunnel Congress, WTC2013, Geneva, Switzerland, May 31st - June 7th, 2013.2011
Laser scanning images analysis for tunnel inspection
2011. 12th International Congress on Rock Mechanics, Bejing, China, October 18-21, 2011.2010
Investigation and analysis procedures for tunnel refurbishment
2010. Eurock 2010, Lausanne, Switzerland, June 15-18, 2010. p. 521 - 524.Theses
2015
Analysis of TBM tunnelling performance in faulted and highly fractured rocks
Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6724.2008
Analysis of pathologies and long term behaviour of the Swiss national road tunnels
Lausanne, EPFL, 2008. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-4019.Reports
2020
Rock strength properties of granitic rocks in Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California
20202012
Long Term Behaviour of the Swiss National Road Tunnels
2012Posters
2020
From elastic to anelastic properties of rocks: Role of strain amplitudes
Swiss Geoscience Meeting 2020, Zurich, Switzerland, November 6-7, 2020.Talks
2020
Influence of the initial damage on fracture toughness and subcritical crack growth in a granite rock
EGU 2020 General Assembly, EGU2020: Sharing Geoscience Online (#shareEGU20), May, 4-8 2020.Thermal influences on macroscale rock damage
EGU 2020 General Assembly, EGU2020: Sharing Geoscience Online (#shareEGU20), May, 4-8 2020.Student Projects
2024
Vérifications et Impacts d'un microtunnelier. Etude de cas dans le contexte de l'excavation d'un système de récupération des eaux d'un tunnel ferroviaire
2024Teaching & PhD
Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector
Courses
Rock mechanics
CIVIL-308
The students understand the mechanical behaviour of rock materials, joints and rock masses, and are able to determine the factors conditioning civil engineering applications. They are able to use appropriate methods for carrying out analysis and design of tunnel excavation and support.
Underground construction
CIVIL-404
This course is addressed to students who want to deepen their knowledge of underground space and works, including planning, design and management, construction techniques and methods, risk assessment and environmental considerations.