Lyesse Laloui
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Domaines de compétences
Enseignement en Génie Civil (mécanique des sols, écoulements souterrains, géomécanique) et en Mécanique (mécanique des milieux poreux, théories de mélange, écoulements multiphasiques).
Recherches en Géomécanique environmentale, en Géotechnique, et en Mécanique des processus multiphysiques dans les milieux poreux multiphasiques.
Recherches en Géomécanique environmentale, en Géotechnique, et en Mécanique des processus multiphysiques dans les milieux poreux multiphasiques.
Biography
Lyesse Laloui is Full Professor at EPFL in Lausanne Switzerland where he is Director of the Soil Mechanics Laboratory and the Civil Engineering Section. He also is honorary director of the International Joint Research Center for Energy Geotechnics in China.Laloui is a leading scientist in the field of environmental geomechanics, geotechnical and environmental engineering and the mechanics of multiphase, porous materials. He is the recipient of an Advance ERC grant for his BIO-mediated GEO-material Strengthening project. He has written and edited 13 books and published more than 360 peer reviewed papers; his work is cited more than 9000 times. Two of his papers are among the top 1% in the academic field of Engineering. Laloui has received multiple awards, delivered keynote lectures at over 40 international conferences and is a frequent source of expertise for Swiss and international news outlets.
He is the European Vice President of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering and Editor in Chief of the Elsevier Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment journal, as well as a founding partner of the international engineering companys Geoeg, Nesol and the start-ups MeduSoil and Enerdrape.
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Publications Infoscience
Infoscience
Mechanics, Modeling, and Upscaling of Biocemented Soils: A Review of Breakthroughs and Challenges
International Journal Of Geomechanics. 2023-09-01. DOI : 10.1061/IJGNAI.GMENG-8446.Addressing the challenges of homogeneity, quality control and waste handling in soil bio-cementation: A large-scale experiment
Soils And Foundations. 2023-08-01. DOI : 10.1016/j.sandf.2023.1013320038-0806.Thermo-hydro-mechanical behavior of energy barrettes: Field experiments and numerical simulations
Geomechanics For Energy And The Environment. 2023-06-07. DOI : 10.1016/j.gete.2023.100451.Caractéristiques Structurelles des Chaussées Routières
2023Pore-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. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9919.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. 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. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-022-24124-6.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.Characterizing the Deformation Evolution with Stress and Time of Biocemented Sands
Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 2022-07-20. 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. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-022-14793-8.Numerical Simulation and Modeling of Complex Geomechanical Problems
2022-05-02Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment: Current Developments
Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 2022-04-06. DOI : 10.1016/j.gete.2022.100345.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.Swelling and shrinkage of partially saturated gas shales: from laboratory tests to an effective stress framework
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10149.Investigation of the effect of mineral dissolution on the geomechanical behaviour of geomaterials
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9989.Mechanical performance and upscaling of bio-improved soils
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9990.Failure mechanism of fine-grained soil-structure interface for energy piles
Soils and Foundations. 2022. 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. DOI : 10.1007/s00603-021-02654-1.Controlling the calcium carbonate microstructure of engineered living building materials
Journal Of Materials Chemistry A. 2021-10-29. DOI : 10.1039/d1ta03990c.Experimental analysis of a thermoactive underground railway station
Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 2021-10-19. DOI : 10.1016/j.gete.2021.100275.Coupled hydro-mechanical analysis of compacted bentonite behaviour during hydration
Computers and Geotechnics. 2021-09-15. 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. DOI : 10.1016/j.gete.2020.100214.Tunnel in urban site - Lausanne Metro m3 Section Casernes – Blécherette
2021-07-13Microstructure observations in compacted clays subjected to thermal loading
Engineering Geology. 2021-06-20. DOI : 10.1016/j.enggeo.2020.105928.Pile interaction effects and environmental impacts of refrigerant on the performance of an energy pile foundation
2021-06-11Energy Funding Programme 2013–2020, Final Report
2021-06-01Effect of the mineralogical composition on the elastoplastic hydromechanical response of Opalinus Clay shale
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences. 2021-05-23. 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. DOI : 10.1016/j.geothermics.2021.102132.Hydrothermal interactions in energy walls
Underground Space. 2021-04-01. DOI : 10.1016/j.undsp.2020.02.001.Soil-structure interaction of surface footings
Computers and Geotechnics. 2021-03-21. DOI : 10.1016/j.compgeo.2021.104103.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. 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. DOI : 10.1016/j.gete.2020.100208.Thermo-hydraulic behaviour of Energy barrettes
2021-02-09Energy performance of a high BHEs density at district scale
2021-02-09Experimental assessment of the hydro-mechanical behaviour of a shale caprock during CO2 injection
International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. 2021-01-19. 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
2021On 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.Method and system for producing a carbonate-containing species-rich, nitrogen-containing species-free solution
US2023203374 ; EP4136245 ; CN115552024 ; WO2021234434 . 2021.Cyclic thermomechanical behaviour of pile-soil interface and design methods for energy pile foundations
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9300.Studies on the mechanical evolution of compacted bentonite subjected to environmental actions
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9111.Advances in the Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis -- from Surface Footings to Thermoactive Deep Foundations
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8240.Effective stress for unsaturated active clays and in-situ effective stress estimation methodology
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8291.Generalized effective stress concept for saturated active clays
Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 2021. DOI : 10.1139/cgj-2020-0390.A generalised water retention model with soil fabric evolution
Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 2021. DOI : 10.1016/j.gete.2020.100205.Thermal stress analysis of energy piles
Géotechnique. 2021. DOI : 10.1680/jgeot.19.p.208.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. 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. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-020-73926-z.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. DOI : 10.1016/j.compgeo.2020.103618.ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS (EGS) - NUMERICAL PREDICTION OF THE MODE AND LOCATION OF FRACTURE INITIATION
2020-09-17District scale prediction of subsurface waste heat flows
2020-09-16Vertical deformation and interaction of energy barrettes subjected to mechanical and thermal loads
2020-09-16Etude géotechnique et géothermique de la station et du tunnel de Beaulieu pour le m3
2020-07-14Hydraulic soil failure due to artesian ground conditions during the construction of a hydro electrical power plant on Sakarya river
2020-07-02GIS-based hazard and risk assessment of transportation infrastructure
2020-07-02Prediction and experimental evaluation of soil-water retention behavior of skeletal calcareous soils
Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment. 2020-07-01. DOI : 10.1007/s10064-019-01695-9.Load Transfer Method for Energy Piles in a Group with Pile–Soil–Slab–Pile Interaction
Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 2020-04-06. DOI : 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002258.Microfluidic-Based Study on the Activation and Evolution of Calcite Bio-Mineralization for Geotechnical Applications
2020-02-21. Geo-Congress on Biogeotechnics, Minneapolis, MN, US, February 25-28. p. 74-82. DOI : 10.1061/9780784482834.009.Thermo-mechanical behaviour of energy geostructures subjected to bending thermal actions
2020-01-23Thermo-hydro-mechanical behavior of energy tunnels
2020-01-23Laboratory Testing on Hydraulic Fracturing of Barre Granite: Studying Visual Observations, Acoustic Emissions and Radiated Energy related to Fracture Mechanisms
2020-01-23District scale influence of waste heat on the subsurface conditions: a numerical investigation for Chicago
2020-01-23Evaluation of failure criteria for rock under various stress states
2020-01-23TBO Bülach-1-1, Dossier IX: Rock mechanical and geomechanical laboratory testing (No. NAB 20-08)
2020System and method for ground consolidation
EP3976886 ; EP3976886 ; US2022228340 ; EP3976886 ; WO2020240263 . 2020.Bentonite clay barriers in nuclear waste repositories
2020. 2nd International Conference on Energy Geotechnics (ICEGT 2020) , California, USA, Septembre 20-23, 20202. DOI : 10.1051/e3sconf/202020501003.A coupled hydro – mechanical approach for modelling the volume change behaviour of compacted bentonite
2020. 4th European Conference on Unsaturated Soils (E-UNSAT 2020), Lisboa, Portugal, Octobre 19-21, 2020. DOI : 10.1051/e3sconf/202019504006.A numerical study on the coupled hydro-mechanical behaviour of compacted bentonite
2020. 2nd International Conference on Energy Geotechnics (ICEGT 2020) , California, USA, Septembre 20-23, 2020. DOI : 10.1051/e3sconf/202020510001.Temperature preconditioning for EGS
Swiss Geoscience Meeting 2020, Zurich, Switzerland, November 6-7, 2020.Heat exchanger module and methods of using thereof
US11639830 ; US2022178588 ; EP3953647 ; CA3136376 ; WO2020208456 . 2020.Performance of Energy Piles Considering Reinforced Concrete Non-Linearity
2020-01-01. 1st Session on Foundations, Soil Improvement, And Erosion at Geo-Congress on Vision, Insight, Outlook, Minneapolis, MN, Feb 25-28, 2020. p. 45-54. DOI : 10.1061/9780784482780.005.Experimental studies of hydro-mechanical couplings in Enhanced Geothermal Reservoirs
Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7706.Thermomechanical behavior of underground energy infrastructures
Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8450.Geotechnical and environmental performance of retaining structures in unsaturated soils
Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8514.A Full-Scale Application of Slope Stabilization via Calcite Bio-Mineralization Followed by Long-Term GIS Surveillance
2020. Geo-Congress 2020, Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, February 25-28, 2020. p. 65-73. DOI : 10.1061/9780784482834.008.Stress management in the context of induced seismicity in subsurface reservoirs
Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8512.Equivalent pier analysis of full-scale pile groups subjected to mechanical and thermal loads
Computers and Geotechnics. 2020. DOI : 10.1016/j.compgeo.2019.103410.Increasing understanding and confidence in THM simulations of Engineered Barrier Systems
Environmental Geotechnics. 2020. DOI : 10.1680/jenge.18.00078.Long-term performance and life cycle assessment of energy piles in three different climatic conditions
Renewable Energy. 2020. DOI : 10.1016/j.renene.2019.07.035.Un livre veut favoriser le développement des géostructures énergétiques
2019-11-05.Laboratory Study on the Volumetric Response of Gas Shale Samples with Controlled Pore Fluid Pressures
Symposium on Coupled Processes in Radioactive Waste Disposal and Subsurface Engineering Applications (DECOVALEX 2019), Brugg, Switzerland, November 4-5, 2019.PUBLICATIONS RECENTES
Mechanics, Modeling, and Upscaling of Biocemented Soils: A Review of Breakthroughs and Challenges
International Journal Of Geomechanics. 2023-09-01. DOI : 10.1061/IJGNAI.GMENG-8446.Addressing the challenges of homogeneity, quality control and waste handling in soil bio-cementation: A large-scale experiment
Soils And Foundations. 2023-08-01. DOI : 10.1016/j.sandf.2023.1013320038-0806.Thermo-hydro-mechanical behavior of energy barrettes: Field experiments and numerical simulations
Geomechanics For Energy And The Environment. 2023-06-07. DOI : 10.1016/j.gete.2023.100451.Caractéristiques Structurelles des Chaussées Routières
2023Pore-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. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9919.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. 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. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-022-24124-6.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.Characterizing the Deformation Evolution with Stress and Time of Biocemented Sands
Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 2022-07-20. 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. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-022-14793-8.Numerical Simulation and Modeling of Complex Geomechanical Problems
2022-05-02Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment: Current Developments
Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 2022-04-06. DOI : 10.1016/j.gete.2022.100345.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.Swelling and shrinkage of partially saturated gas shales: from laboratory tests to an effective stress framework
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10149.Investigation of the effect of mineral dissolution on the geomechanical behaviour of geomaterials
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9989.Mechanical performance and upscaling of bio-improved soils
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9990.Failure mechanism of fine-grained soil-structure interface for energy piles
Soils and Foundations. 2022. 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. DOI : 10.1007/s00603-021-02654-1.Controlling the calcium carbonate microstructure of engineered living building materials
Journal Of Materials Chemistry A. 2021-10-29. DOI : 10.1039/d1ta03990c.Experimental analysis of a thermoactive underground railway station
Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 2021-10-19. DOI : 10.1016/j.gete.2021.100275.Coupled hydro-mechanical analysis of compacted bentonite behaviour during hydration
Computers and Geotechnics. 2021-09-15. 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. DOI : 10.1016/j.gete.2020.100214.Tunnel in urban site - Lausanne Metro m3 Section Casernes – Blécherette
2021-07-13Microstructure observations in compacted clays subjected to thermal loading
Engineering Geology. 2021-06-20. DOI : 10.1016/j.enggeo.2020.105928.Pile interaction effects and environmental impacts of refrigerant on the performance of an energy pile foundation
2021-06-11Energy Funding Programme 2013–2020, Final Report
2021-06-01Effect of the mineralogical composition on the elastoplastic hydromechanical response of Opalinus Clay shale
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences. 2021-05-23. 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. DOI : 10.1016/j.geothermics.2021.102132.Hydrothermal interactions in energy walls
Underground Space. 2021-04-01. DOI : 10.1016/j.undsp.2020.02.001.Soil-structure interaction of surface footings
Computers and Geotechnics. 2021-03-21. DOI : 10.1016/j.compgeo.2021.104103.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. 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. DOI : 10.1016/j.gete.2020.100208.Thermo-hydraulic behaviour of Energy barrettes
2021-02-09Energy performance of a high BHEs density at district scale
2021-02-09Experimental assessment of the hydro-mechanical behaviour of a shale caprock during CO2 injection
International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. 2021-01-19. 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
2021On 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.Method and system for producing a carbonate-containing species-rich, nitrogen-containing species-free solution
US2023203374 ; EP4136245 ; CN115552024 ; WO2021234434 . 2021.Cyclic thermomechanical behaviour of pile-soil interface and design methods for energy pile foundations
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9300.Studies on the mechanical evolution of compacted bentonite subjected to environmental actions
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9111.Advances in the Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis -- from Surface Footings to Thermoactive Deep Foundations
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8240.Effective stress for unsaturated active clays and in-situ effective stress estimation methodology
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8291.Generalized effective stress concept for saturated active clays
Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 2021. DOI : 10.1139/cgj-2020-0390.A generalised water retention model with soil fabric evolution
Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 2021. DOI : 10.1016/j.gete.2020.100205.Thermal stress analysis of energy piles
Géotechnique. 2021. DOI : 10.1680/jgeot.19.p.208.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. 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. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-020-73926-z.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. DOI : 10.1016/j.compgeo.2020.103618.ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS (EGS) - NUMERICAL PREDICTION OF THE MODE AND LOCATION OF FRACTURE INITIATION
2020-09-17District scale prediction of subsurface waste heat flows
2020-09-16Vertical deformation and interaction of energy barrettes subjected to mechanical and thermal loads
2020-09-16Etude géotechnique et géothermique de la station et du tunnel de Beaulieu pour le m3
2020-07-14Hydraulic soil failure due to artesian ground conditions during the construction of a hydro electrical power plant on Sakarya river
2020-07-02GIS-based hazard and risk assessment of transportation infrastructure
2020-07-02Prediction and experimental evaluation of soil-water retention behavior of skeletal calcareous soils
Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment. 2020-07-01. DOI : 10.1007/s10064-019-01695-9.Load Transfer Method for Energy Piles in a Group with Pile–Soil–Slab–Pile Interaction
Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 2020-04-06. DOI : 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002258.Microfluidic-Based Study on the Activation and Evolution of Calcite Bio-Mineralization for Geotechnical Applications
2020-02-21. Geo-Congress on Biogeotechnics, Minneapolis, MN, US, February 25-28. p. 74-82. DOI : 10.1061/9780784482834.009.Thermo-mechanical behaviour of energy geostructures subjected to bending thermal actions
2020-01-23Thermo-hydro-mechanical behavior of energy tunnels
2020-01-23Laboratory Testing on Hydraulic Fracturing of Barre Granite: Studying Visual Observations, Acoustic Emissions and Radiated Energy related to Fracture Mechanisms
2020-01-23District scale influence of waste heat on the subsurface conditions: a numerical investigation for Chicago
2020-01-23Evaluation of failure criteria for rock under various stress states
2020-01-23TBO Bülach-1-1, Dossier IX: Rock mechanical and geomechanical laboratory testing (No. NAB 20-08)
2020System and method for ground consolidation
EP3976886 ; EP3976886 ; US2022228340 ; EP3976886 ; WO2020240263 . 2020.Bentonite clay barriers in nuclear waste repositories
2020. 2nd International Conference on Energy Geotechnics (ICEGT 2020) , California, USA, Septembre 20-23, 20202. DOI : 10.1051/e3sconf/202020501003.A coupled hydro – mechanical approach for modelling the volume change behaviour of compacted bentonite
2020. 4th European Conference on Unsaturated Soils (E-UNSAT 2020), Lisboa, Portugal, Octobre 19-21, 2020. DOI : 10.1051/e3sconf/202019504006.A numerical study on the coupled hydro-mechanical behaviour of compacted bentonite
2020. 2nd International Conference on Energy Geotechnics (ICEGT 2020) , California, USA, Septembre 20-23, 2020. DOI : 10.1051/e3sconf/202020510001.Temperature preconditioning for EGS
Swiss Geoscience Meeting 2020, Zurich, Switzerland, November 6-7, 2020.Heat exchanger module and methods of using thereof
US11639830 ; US2022178588 ; EP3953647 ; CA3136376 ; WO2020208456 . 2020.Performance of Energy Piles Considering Reinforced Concrete Non-Linearity
2020-01-01. 1st Session on Foundations, Soil Improvement, And Erosion at Geo-Congress on Vision, Insight, Outlook, Minneapolis, MN, Feb 25-28, 2020. p. 45-54. DOI : 10.1061/9780784482780.005.Experimental studies of hydro-mechanical couplings in Enhanced Geothermal Reservoirs
Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7706.Thermomechanical behavior of underground energy infrastructures
Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8450.Geotechnical and environmental performance of retaining structures in unsaturated soils
Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8514.A Full-Scale Application of Slope Stabilization via Calcite Bio-Mineralization Followed by Long-Term GIS Surveillance
2020. Geo-Congress 2020, Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, February 25-28, 2020. p. 65-73. DOI : 10.1061/9780784482834.008.Stress management in the context of induced seismicity in subsurface reservoirs
Lausanne, EPFL, 2020. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8512.Equivalent pier analysis of full-scale pile groups subjected to mechanical and thermal loads
Computers and Geotechnics. 2020. DOI : 10.1016/j.compgeo.2019.103410.Increasing understanding and confidence in THM simulations of Engineered Barrier Systems
Environmental Geotechnics. 2020. DOI : 10.1680/jenge.18.00078.Long-term performance and life cycle assessment of energy piles in three different climatic conditions
Renewable Energy. 2020. DOI : 10.1016/j.renene.2019.07.035.Un livre veut favoriser le développement des géostructures énergétiques
2019-11-05.Laboratory Study on the Volumetric Response of Gas Shale Samples with Controlled Pore Fluid Pressures
Symposium on Coupled Processes in Radioactive Waste Disposal and Subsurface Engineering Applications (DECOVALEX 2019), Brugg, Switzerland, November 4-5, 2019.Enseignement & Phd
Enseignement
Civil Engineering
Doctorants
Babiy Svetlana, Fuselier Héloïse Manon, Llabjani Qazim, Sahlab Ziad Nabil Elsayed Mohamed, Wojnarowicz Matthias Timothee Stanislas, ten Bosch Sofie Elaine,A dirigé les thèses EPFL de
Bosch Llufriu Jose Antonio , Crisci Eleonora , Di Donna Alice , Eichenberger John , Elmaloglou Ariadni , Fauriel Suzanne , Favero Valentina , François Bertrand , Fryer Barnaby Padraig , Garbellini Cristiano , Harran Ray , Kim Jinwoo , Kim Taeheon , Li Chao , Manca Donatella , Mimouni Thomas , Minardi Alberto , Nuth Mathieu , Parisio Francesco , Péron Hervé , Ravera Elena , Rotta Loria Alessandro Francesco , Seiphoori Ali , Shokri Nima , Speranza Gianluca , Terzis Dimitrios , Tuttolomondo Angelica , Zannin Jacopo , Zou Yang ,Cours
Geomechanics
Le cours vise à fournir aux futurs ingénieurs civils les connaissances en géomécanique pour la pratique professionnelle. Il traite, entre autres, des principaux modèles constitutifs contraintes-déformations dans le contexte de l'élasticité et de l'élasticité-plasticité.
Energy geostructures
Les géostructures énergétiques sont une technologie innovante qui associent les rôles de la structure des fondations et de chauffage/refroidissement des échangeurs de chaleur géothermique.
Ce cours apporte une compréhension complète du comportement structural, géotechnique et énergétique.