Laurent Vulliet
Full Professor
laurent.vulliet@epfl.ch +41 21 693 23 11 http://lms.epfl.ch/en
EPFL ENAC IIC LMS
GC C1 407 (Bâtiment GC)
Station 18
CH-1015 Lausanne
Web site: Web site: https://lms.epfl.ch/
Fields of expertise
- Design and testing of geostructures
- Behaviour of geomaterials: Constitutive modeling, unsaturated soils, thermo-hydro-mechanical coupling effects, creep of clayey soils, multiphase flow in deformable porous media, cyclic loading, elasto-visco-plasticity, numerical modeling
- Risk Management: Landslides, debris flow, vulnerability, probabilistic approaches, neural networks, integral risk management.
Mission
Laurent Vulliet is Full Professor, Soil Mechanics Laboratory (LMS)Biography
EDUCATION 2016 Board Member Certificate, Swiss Board School, Switzerland 2008 AMP (Advanced Management Program), INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France 1986 PhD (Dr sc. tech.), EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland 1980 Ms, Civil Engineering (Dipl. Bauing. ETH), ETHZ, Zurich, Switzerland PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 1994 - Present Professor, EPFL. Director of the Soil Mechanics Laboratory (1994-2008). Promoted from Associate to Full Professor in 1996. Part-time position since 2008 2008 - 2015 CEO, BG Consulting Engineers, Lausanne, Switzerland. 2001 - 2008 Dean, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC), Ecole polytechnique fédérale, Lausanne (EPFL) 1999 - 2001 Head, Civil Engineering Department, EPFL 1989 - 1993 Senior Engineer, De Cérenville Géotechnique SA, Ecublens, Switzerland 1987 - 1989 Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA 1986 Invited Researcher, Laboratoire central des ponts et chaussées (LCPC), Paris, France 1981 - 1986 Research assistant, and PhD student, Soil Mechanics Laboratory (LMS), EPFL. Thesis on the modeling of natural creeping slopes. Co-advisors Prof. E. Recordon (EPFL) and Prof. K. Hutter (TU Darmstadt) BOARDS / COUNCILS - Member of the Board of Directors, Implenia, Dietlikon, Switzerland (2016 - present) - Member of the Board of Directors, BG Consulting Engineers, Lausanne (2006 - 2015) - Vice-President, Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects (SIA). 2009-2013. - Member, Foundation Council, Foundation Les Bois Chamblard, financing research in Environmental Sciences at EPFL (focusing on bio-diversity). 2003-present - Member, Foundation Council of the Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes (PPUR), Lausanne. 1995-present - Member, Stiftungsrat der Präventionsstiftung der KGV (a Swiss foundation for the financing of applied research in the domain of natural risks from Cantonal Building Insurances). 2003-2008 - Member of the Board of Directors, Stump Bohr AG, Nänikon. 1998 2001 PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES - Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects (SIA) - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) - International Association for Computer Meth. and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG) - International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) - International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM) - Swiss Society for Soil and Rock Mechanics (SSMSR) - Swiss Society for Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics (SGEB) SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEES - Swiss National Science Foundation (NSF): member of the Foundation Council and of the Electoral Commission (1996-2003) - Extra-Parliamentary National Commission on Natural Disasters (PLANAT): member of the Commission 1997-2007 (member of the Executive Board from 1997 to 2000) - Natural Hazards Competence Centre CENAT (ETH Domain): founder member and member of the Board of Directors (1995-2007) - Alliance of European Research Laboratories (ALERT), member of the Board of Directors (1995-2009) - Beratende Kommission Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL): member (2000-2004) - Centro Stefano Franscini (CSF, Monte Verità): member of the Scientific Advisory Committee (1997-2007) - EPFL Press and Information Commission (CPI). Member 1994-94, President 1995-2000 EDITORIAL BOARDS - Adjunct Editor-in-Chief, Revue française de génie civil (Hermès); founder member (1996-Present). Cette revue est devenue "European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering" - Editorial Advisory Board, Int. J. Num. Analyt. Meth. in Geomech., John Wiley (1997-2009). - Editorial Board, Int. J. of Geomechanics (2000-2009). - Editorial Board, Computer & Geotechnics, Elsevier (2001-2009). - Editorial Board, Rivista Italiana di Geotecnica (1997-2009).Publications
Infoscience publications
Infoscience
Enterprise Risk Management & Civil Engineering Consulting Firms in Switzerland
2020-01-24Analyse et gestion des risques dans la planification d’un projet de Génie Civil
2020-01-24Integration of geological data into the BIM process in infrastructure projects
2020-01-23Numerical modeling and neural networks to identify model parameters from piezocone tests: II. Multi-parameter identification from piezocone data
International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. 2012. DOI : 10.1002/nag.1028.Numerical modeling and neural networks to identify model parameters from piezocone tests: I. FEM analysis of penetration in two-phase continuum
International Journal For Numerical And Analytical Methods In Geomechanics. 2011. DOI : 10.1002/nag.972.Analytical and numerical analyses of the load-bearing capacity of retaining walls laterally supported at both ends
International Journal for numerical and analytical methods in geomechanics. 2011. DOI : 10.1002/nag.942.Instability of soil masses
Environmental Geomechanics; London: ISTE-Wiley, 2010. p. 73-91.Structural characterization of unsaturated aggregated soil
Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 2010. DOI : 10.1139/T09-089.Constitutive modeling of unsaturated aggregated soils
International Journal of Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. 2010. DOI : 10.1002/nag.888.Cyclic properties of sand
Lausanne, EPFL, 2009. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-4546.Identification of mechanisms for landslide type initiation of debris flows
Engineering Geology. 2009. DOI : 10.1016/j.enggeo.2009.06.007.Characterization of natural sand under complex dynamic loading
2009. International Conference on Performance-Based Design in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering — from case history to practice —, Tsukuba, Japan, June 15-18, 2009. p. 1505-1513.Numerical modeling and neural networks to identify constitutive parameters from in situ tests
Lausanne, EPFL, 2009. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-4457.Behavior of Unsaturated Aggregated Soil in Oedometric Condition
Soils and Foundations. 2009. DOI : 10.3208/sandf.49.369.A combined neural network/gradient-based approach for the identification of constitutive model parameters using self-boring pressuremeter tests
International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. 2009. DOI : 10.1002/nag.750.Optimization framework for calibration of constitutive models enhanced by neural networks
International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. 2009. DOI : 10.1002/nag.707.Assessment of structural evolution of aggregated soil using neutron tomography
Water Resources Research. 2008. DOI : 10.1029/2007WR006297.Advanced Constitutive Model for Unsaturated Structured Soil with Double Porosity.
2008. 12th IACMAG Conference, Goa, India, Oct. 1-6, 2008. p. 709-715.New basis for constitutive modelling of unsaturated aggregated soil with structure degradation
2008. First European Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Durham, UK, July 2-4, 2008. p. 641-646.New basis for the constitutive modelling of aggregated soils
Acta geotechnica. 2008. DOI : 10.1007/s11440-007-0052-x.Mechanical behaviour of unsaturated aggregated soils
Lausanne, EPFL, 2008. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-4011.Automated Digital Image Processing for Volume Change Measurement in Triaxial Cells
Geotechnical Testing Journal. 2007. DOI : 10.1520/GTJ100309.Étude expérimentale du dégel d'un limon argileux
Lausanne, EPFL, 2007. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-3792.Soil structure evolution : experimental and constitutive consideration.
2007. NUMOG X, Rhodes, Greece, 25-27 Avril 2007. p. 133-138.Water flow between soil aggregates
Transport in Porous Media. 2007. DOI : 10.1007/s11242-006-9041-z.Interaction sol-structure dans le domaine des tranchées couvertes
Lausanne, EPFL, 2007. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-3714.Comportement, calcul et dimensionnement des tranchées couvertes
2006Considerations on the design of cut-and-cover tunnels
2006. ELU-ULS 2006 - Symposium international sur les états limites ultimes des ouvrages géotechniques. p. 379-386.Structure degradation of dry aggregated soils: experimental evidence and model formulation.
2006. p. 2174-2185.Experimental study of flow and deformation in aggregated soils using neutron tomography.
2006. p. 341-348.Management of risks from large landslides : the problems of acceptable and residual risks
2006. p. 191-201.Advances in volume measurement in unsaturated triaxial tests
Soils and Foundations. 2006. DOI : 10.3208/sandf.46.341.Experimental and numerical investigations of the behaviour of a heat exchanger pile
International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. 2006. DOI : 10.1002/nag.499.Suction induced effects on the fabric of a structured soil
Transport in Porous Media Journal. 2006. DOI : 10.1007/s11242-005-3656-3.Elasto-plasticity of unsaturated soils : laboratory test results on a remoulded silt
Soils and Foundations. 2006. DOI : 10.3208/sandf.46.545.Attrition and particle breakage under monotonic and cyclic loading
Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, C. R. Mecanique. 2006. DOI : 10.1016/j.crme.2005.11.001.RISK21 - Coping with Risk due to Natural Hazards in the 21st Century
2006. RISK21 Workshop.Elastic plastic damage laws for cortical bone
Lausanne, EPFL, 2006. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-3435.Experimental and numerical investigations of the behaviour of a heat exchanger pile
Ground Improvement - Case Histories; Elsevier, 2005.Numerical analysis of natural slopes
2005. p. 657-670.Attrition and particle breakage under monotonic and cyclic loading
2005. p. 409-412.Non-isothermal modelling of the cyclic mechanical behaviour of MC clay
2005. p. 377-383.Interactive computer-aided learning of landslide identification and monitoring process
2005. p. 2781-2784.Point de vue : Une culture du risque face aux forces de la nature
Route et Trafic. 2005.Effective stress in double porous media with two immiscible fluids
Geophysical research letters. 2005. DOI : 10.1029/2005GL023766.Stochastic analysis of single particle segregational dynamics
Physics Letters A. 2005. DOI : 10.1016/j.physleta.2005.01.019.A Novel Triaxial Apparatus for Thermo-Mechanical Testing of Soils
Geotechnical Testing Journal. 2005. DOI : 10.1520/GTJ12311.Plasticity in soil-structure interaction applied to cut-and-cover tunnels
2004. 5th International PhD Symposium in civil engineering. p. 989-995.Mechanik ungesättigter Böden und deren Anwendung auf Hangbewegungen (Mechanics of unsaturated soils and their application on slope stability).
2004. BAW-Workshop : Boden-und Sohl-Stabilität-Betrachtungen an der Schnittstelle zwischen Geotechnik und Wasserbau, Karlsruhe, Sept. 2004, Karlsruhe, Sept. 2004. p. 19-1 / 19-10.Unsaturated structured soil with multi-porosity = Multi-poröse Strukturen in teilgesättigten Böden
2004. p. 4-1/4-8.Modelling suction increase effects on the fabric of a structured soil
2004. p. 83-94.Mathematical analysis of the hydric behaviour of structured soils
2004. p. 31-36.Vulnerability and risk assessment of a mountain road crossing landslides
Rivista italiana di geotecnica. 2004.Behavior of a dual-purpose pile as foundation and heat exchanger [Comportement d'un pieu bi-fonction, fondation et échangeur de chaleur]
Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 2003. DOI : 10.1139/T02-117.Effects of obstacles and jets on reservoir sedimentation due to turbidity currents
Lausanne, EPFL, 2003. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-2684.Heat exchanger pile : in situ testing and constitutive modelling
2003. p. 1-14.A new temperature controlled triaxial apparatus
2003. p. 133-137.Classification of debris-flow deposits for hazard assessment in alpine areas
2003.Methodology of debris flows diagnosis on an alpine watershed
2003. p. 23-27.Solid - air coupling in multiphase porous media
International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. 2003. DOI : 10.1002/nag.269.Miscible and immiscible multiphase flow in deformable porous media
Mathematical and Computer Modelling Journal. 2003. DOI : 10.1016/S0895-7177(03)00050-5.Interface behavior of unsaturated soil with small-scale models and use of image processing techniques
Geotechnical Testing Journal. 2003.Thermal effects on the mechanical behaviour of saturated clays
Lausanne, EPFL, 2003. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-2828.Identification of a multiaxial failure criterion for human trabecular bone
Lausanne, EPFL, 2003. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-2812.Déformations des couches bitumineuses au passage d'une charge de trafic
Lausanne, EPFL, 2003. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-2786.The effect of seasonal soil frost on the alpine groundwater recharge including climate change aspects
Lausanne, EPFL, 2003. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-2709.Environmental Geomechanics
Lausanne: PPUR.Environmental geomechanics : an introduction
2002. p. 3-12.Simplified constitutive modelling of the behaviour of unsaturated soil
2002. p. 299-305.Volume measurement in unsaturated triaxial test using liquid variation and image processing
2002. p. 441-445.Effect of wetting process on the yield limit of a remoulded silt
2002. p. 159-165.Thermo-mechanical behaviour of a heat exchanger pile
2002. p. 403-412.Thermomechanisches Verhalten von Böden mit Anwendung auf Energiepfähle
2002. p. 1-18.Thermo-plasticity of clays : a simple constitutive approach
2002. p. 45-58.Experimental validation of the hydro-mechanical modeling of unsaturated soils
2002. p. 223-230.Dependency law for thermal evolution of preconsolidation pressure
2002. p. 687-692.Injection of a micro-fine cement into a porous medium : modelling and experimentation
2002. p. 655-656.Nouveautés dans l’analyse des mouvements de terrain
Publications de la SSMSR. 2002.Neural networks for slope movement prediction
International Journal of Geomechanics. 2002. DOI : 10.1061/(ASCE)1532-3641(2002)2:2(153).Mechanical testing and modelling of an unsaturated silt, with engineering applications
Lausanne, EPFL, 2002. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-2612.Comportement mécanique des milieux granulaires sous sollicitations cycliques
Lausanne, EPFL, 2002. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-2488.Méthodologie de diagnostic des laves torrentielles sur un bassin versant alpin
Lausanne, EPFL, 2002. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-2479.Géomécanique; Notes de cours, Département de génie civil, EPFL
2001.Instabilité des massifs de sol.
Géomécanique environnementale risques naturels et patrimoine .; Hermes Science, 2001.Mechanics of Multiphase Porous Media — Application to Unsaturated Soils
Continuum mechanics and applications in geophysics and environment; Springer, 2001. p. 153-180.Unsaturated Soil Mechanics : Constitutive Modelling and Coupling Effects
2001. p. 765-774.Thermo-mechanical behaviour of a heat exchanger pile
2001. p. 965-969.Thermo-Mechanical Modelling of the Behaviour of MC Clay
2001. p. 829-835.Constitutive modelling of unsaturated soils
Revue française de génie civil. 2001.Mathematical and Numerical Filtration-Advection-Dispersion Model of Miscible Grout Propagation in Saturated Porous Media
International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. 2001. DOI : 10.1002/nag.173.Real Scale Miscible Grout Injection Experiment and Performance of Advection-Dispersion-Filtration Model
International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. 2001. DOI : 10.1002/nag.171.Injection d'un coulis de microciment à travers un milieu poreux
Lausanne, EPFL, 2001. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-2433.Stabilized finite elements in geomechanics
Lausanne, EPFL, 2001. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-2391.Géotechnique et fondations; Notes de cours, Département de génie rural, EPFL Lausanne
2000.Modelling the behaviour of unsaturated silt.
2000.Natural slopes in slow movement.
Modeling in Geomechanics; Wiley, 2000.Injection of micro-cement in fine-grained soil : theory, modelling and laboratory testing
2000. p. 157-175.Inverse grading in slopes
2000. p. 1514-1520.Coupling neural networks and mechanical models for a better landslide management
2000. p. 1521-1528.Performances of HiSS d1 unsat model under saturated and unsaturated conditions
2000. p. 255-260.Selected publications
| L. Vulliet, L. Laloui, J. Zhao Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes, Lausanne, 2016, 604 p. |
Mécanique des sols et des roches |
| Vulliet L., Laloui L., Schrefler B. (Eds) PPUR , 421 p., 2002 |
Environmental Geomechanics |
| Vulliet L. J. Wiley & Sons, 706 p., 2000 |
Natural slopes in slow movement. A chapter of the book Modeling in Geomechanics, Zaman, Booker & Gioda Editors |
| Klubertanz G., Bouchelaghem F., Laloui L., Vulliet L. Mathematical and Computer Modelling Journal., vol. 37, pp. 571-582, 2003 |
Miscible and immiscible multiphase flow in deformable porous media. |
| Vulliet L. Ed. Hermes Science, 334 p., 2001 |
Instabilit� des massifs de sol. Un chapitre du livre "G�om�canique environnementale risques naturels et patrimoine" . Sous la direction de B. Schrefler, P. Delage |
| Vulliet L., Laloui L. Ed. Springer, , Berlin, 393 p., 2001 |
Mechanics of multiphase porous media-application to unsaturated soils . A chapter of the book "Continuum mechanics and applications in geophysics and environment.". Editors B. Straughan et al., |
| Geiser F., Laloui L., Vulliet L. Balkema, Rotterdam, 199p., 2000 |
Modelling the behaviour of unsaturated silt. A chapter of the book "Experimental Evidence and Theoretical Approaches in Unsaturated Soils". Tarautino & Maucuso. Ed. |
| Desai C.S., Samtani N., Vulliet L. J. of Geotech. Eng., ASCE, Vol. 121, No 1, pp. 43-56, 1995 |
Constitutive modeling and analysis of creeping slopes |
| Vulliet L., Hutter K. Geotechnique, Vol.38, No.2, pp. 199-217, 1988 |
A continuum model for natural slopes in slow movement. |
| Vulliet L. Ed. Hermes Science, 334 p., 2001 |
Instabilit� des massifs de sol. Un chapitre du livre "G�om�canique environnementale risques naturels et patrimoine" . Sous la direction de B. Schrefler, P. Dalage. |
| Vulliet L., Laloui L. Ed. Springer, Berlin, 393 p., 2001 |
Mechanics of multiphase porous media-application to unsaturated soils . A chapter of the book "Continuum mechanics and applications in geophysics and environment.". Editors B. Straughan et al. |
| Geiser F., Laloui L., Vulliet L. Balkema, Rotterdam, 199p., 2000 |
Modelling the behaviour of unsaturated silt. A chapter of the book "Experimental Evidence and Theoretical Approaches in Unsaturated Soils". Tarautino & Maucuso, Editors |
Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Civil Engineering
PhD Programs
Doctoral Program in Mechanics
Past EPFL PhD Students
Bardou Eric , Bouchelaghem Fatiha , Dysli Michel , Geiser Françoise , Kern Martin , Klubertanz Georg , Koliji Azad , Mayoraz Frédéric , Obrzud Rafal Filip , Plumey Sylvain , Rascol Emilie , Rifai Ahmad ,Courses
Soil mechanics and Groundwater seepage
The course gives the basics for the Soil Mechanics and Ground Water Seepage. It covers the concept of soils experimental characterization, the relevant theories for the constitutive relations and the fluid flow. Typical geotechnical problems are also discussed.
Risk analysis and management
The course aims to give tools to treat from a scientific viewpoint the issue of the analysis and management of natural and technological risks, with a particular emphasis to the field of civil engineering.