Lyesse Laloui
Full Professor
lyesse.laloui@epfl.ch +41 21 693 23 14 https://www.linkedin.com/in/lyesse-laloui-6b52b6112/
LMS - Soil Mechanics Laboratory
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Fields of expertise
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.
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.
Biography
Director, EPFL Soil Mechanics Laboratory
Director, EPFL Civil Engineering Section
Editor in Chief, Elsevier
Member of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences
Founding Partner, Geoeg & MeduSoil
Active in academic research in the following institutions: Lausanne, EPFL, Durham, Duke University, Nanjing, Hohai University
Professor Lyesse Laloui teaches at EPFL, where he directs the Soil Mechanics Laboratory as well as the Civil Engineering Section. He is a founding partner of the international engineering company Geoeg, and the start-up MeduSoil. In addition, he is an adjunct professor at Duke University, USA and an advisory professor at Hohai University, China as well as honorary director of the International Joint Research Center for Energy Geotechnics in China.
He is the recipient of an Advance ERC grant for his BIO-mediated GEO-material Strengthening project. Editor in Chief of the Elsevier Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment journal, he is a leading scientist in the field of geomechanics and geo-energy. He has written and edited 13 books and published over 320 peer reviewed papers; his work is cited more than 6000 times with an h-index of 39 (Scopus). Two of his papers are among the top 1% in the academic field of Engineering. He has given keynote and invited lectures at more than 40 leading international conferences. He has received several international awards (IACMAG, RM Quigley, Roberval) and delivered honorary lectures (Vardoulakis, Minnesota; G.A. Leonards, Purdue; Kersten, Minnesota). He recently acted as the Chair of the international evaluation panel of Civil and Geological Engineering R&D Units of Portugal.
Nov. 2019
For further information visit www.epfl.ch/labs/lms/ ; geoeg.net ; medusoil.com
Director, EPFL Civil Engineering Section
Editor in Chief, Elsevier
Member of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences
Founding Partner, Geoeg & MeduSoil
Active in academic research in the following institutions: Lausanne, EPFL, Durham, Duke University, Nanjing, Hohai University
Professor Lyesse Laloui teaches at EPFL, where he directs the Soil Mechanics Laboratory as well as the Civil Engineering Section. He is a founding partner of the international engineering company Geoeg, and the start-up MeduSoil. In addition, he is an adjunct professor at Duke University, USA and an advisory professor at Hohai University, China as well as honorary director of the International Joint Research Center for Energy Geotechnics in China.
He is the recipient of an Advance ERC grant for his BIO-mediated GEO-material Strengthening project. Editor in Chief of the Elsevier Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment journal, he is a leading scientist in the field of geomechanics and geo-energy. He has written and edited 13 books and published over 320 peer reviewed papers; his work is cited more than 6000 times with an h-index of 39 (Scopus). Two of his papers are among the top 1% in the academic field of Engineering. He has given keynote and invited lectures at more than 40 leading international conferences. He has received several international awards (IACMAG, RM Quigley, Roberval) and delivered honorary lectures (Vardoulakis, Minnesota; G.A. Leonards, Purdue; Kersten, Minnesota). He recently acted as the Chair of the international evaluation panel of Civil and Geological Engineering R&D Units of Portugal.
Nov. 2019
For further information visit www.epfl.ch/labs/lms/ ; geoeg.net ; medusoil.com
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Publications
Infoscience publications
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
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.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.A generalised water retention model with soil fabric evolution
Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 2021. DOI : 10.1016/j.gete.2020.100205.Generalized effective stress concept for saturated active clays
Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 2020-12-21. DOI : 10.1139/cgj-2020-0390.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
2020-07-14Experimental and numerical investigation of the thermo-mechanical behavior of an energy sheet pile wall
Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 2020-07-08.Hydraulic 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
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
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.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.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.Modelling Volume Change Behaviour of Compacted Bentonite Using a Hydro – Mechanical Coupled Framework
DECOVALEX Symposium on Coupled Processes in Radioactive Waste Disposal and Subsurface Engineering, Brugg, Switzerland, November 4-5, 2019.Analysis and Design of Energy Geostructures
Elsevier.A double-structure hydromechanical constitutive model for compacted bentonite.
Comptuters and Geotechnics. 2019-11-01. DOI : 10.1016/j.compgeo.2019.103173.Three-dimensional finite element analysis of piled rafts with energy piles
Computers and Geotechnics. 2019-10. DOI : 10.1016/j.compgeo.2019.103115.Geomechanical response of carbonate-rich Opalinus clay to carbonated water
DECOVALEX 2019 SYMPOSIUM, Brugg, Switzerland, November 4-5, 2019.Numerical investigation of the convection heat transfer driven by airflows in underground tunnels
Applied Thermal Engineering. 2019-08-01. DOI : 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2019.113844.Long-term performance and life cycle assessment of energy piles in three different climatic conditions
Renewable Energy. 2019-07-05. DOI : 10.1016/j.renene.2019.07.035.Thermal design and full-scale thermal response test on Energy Walls
2019-06-25. 7th International Symposium on Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials (IS-Glasgow 2019), Glasgow (UK), 26-28/06/2019. DOI : 10.1051/e3sconf/20199218011.An experimental investigation on the water retention behaviour of a silty soil for the computation of the lateral earth thrust on a retaining wall
2019-06-25. 7th International Symposium on Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials (IS-Glasgow 2019), Glasgow UK, 25-06, 2019. p. 07011. DOI : 10.1051/e3sconf/20199207011.Géo Ingénierie : la promesse de Prométhée
2019-05-25.Increasing understanding and confidence in THM simulations of Engineered Barrier Systems.
Environmental Geotechnics. 2019-05-09. DOI : 10.1680/jenge.18.00078.Impact of Mineralogical Composition on Geotechnical Properties of Opalinus Clay
2019-04-28. Sixth EAGE Shale Workshop, Bordeaux, 28 April – 1 May 2019. DOI : 10.3997/2214-4609.201900278.On the definition of an effective stress for shales
2019-04-28. Sixth EAGE Shale Workshop, Bordeaux, France, 29 April - 2 May, 2019.Experimental Assessment of the Impact of Partial Saturation On the Mechanical Properties of Gas Shales
2019-04-28. Sixth EAGE Shale Workshop, Bordeaux, France, April 29 - May 2, 2019. DOI : 10.3997/2214-4609.201900289.A decade of progress and turning points in the understanding of bio-improved soils: A review
Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 2019-03-04. DOI : 10.1016/j.gete.2019.03.001.Pourquoi négliger une énergie indigène, renouvelable et durable et neutre en carbone?
2019-02-25.Hydro-mechanical behaviour of shallow Opalinus Clay shale
Engineering Geology. 2019-01-24. DOI : 10.1016/j.enggeo.2019.01.016.Subsurface Energy Applications and the Importance of Coupled Processes in Shales
DECOVALEX 2019 Symposium, Brugg, Suisse, November 4-5, 2019.An Effective Stress Framework for Clayey Geomaterials Including a Chemical-Dependent Variable
2019. XVI Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (XVI PCSMGE), Cancun, Mexico, 17-20, 2019.Energy geostructures: anew era for geotechnical engineering practice.
2019. ECSMGE 2019 - XVII European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering., Reykjavík, Iceland, Septembre, 1 –6, 2019. DOI : 10.32075/17ECSMGE-2019-1106.Thermal stress analysis of energy piles
Géotechnique. 2019. DOI : 10.1680/jgeot.19.p.208.The role of thermal loads in the performance-based design of energy piles
Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 2019. DOI : 10.1016/j.gete.2019.100153.Hydro-mechanical response of Opalinus Clay shale: dependency on composition and burial depth
Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7421.Analysis of the interaction factor method for energy pile groups with slab
Computers and Geotechnics. 2019. DOI : 10.1016/j.compgeo.2019.103294.Energy performance and economic feasibility of energy segmental linings for subway tunnels
Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. 2019. DOI : 10.1016/j.tust.2019.102997.Induced seismicity in geologic carbon storage
Solid Earth. 2019. DOI : 10.5194/se-10-871-2019.Compaction-induced permeability loss's effect on induced seismicity during reservoir depletion
Pure and Applied Geophysics. 2019. DOI : 10.1007/s00024-019-02198-0.Cyclic Load-Transfer Approach for the Analysis of Energy Piles
Journal Of Geotechnical And Geoenvironmental Engineering. 2019-01-01. DOI : 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001992.Cell-free soil bio-cementation with strength, dilatancy and fabric characterization
Acta Geotechnica. 2019. DOI : 10.1007/s11440-019-00764-3.Anisotropic behaviour of shallow opalinus clay
2019. International Symposium on Energy Geotechnics, SEG 2018, Lausanne, Switzerland, 25-28 September, 2018. p. 442-448. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-319-99670-7_55.Thermo-mechanical schemes for energy piles
2019. International Symposium on Energy Geotechnics, SEG 2018, Lausanne, Switzerland, 25-28 September, 2018. p. 218-225. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-319-99670-7_28.NAGRA Project Order 16’189 EBS – Task Force: Gas Transport in Bentonite
2018-12-20GEOTEXTILE
EPFL: US10895054 ; JP2020528975 ; BR112019024734 ; US2020157757 ; EP3631094 ; CN110770400 ; AU2017417126 ; WO2018219431 . 2018-12-06.Les géostructures énergétiques: une énergie renouvelable sous nos pieds
2018-11-07.The influence of different hydro-mechanical paths on final properties of saturated MX80 bentonite samples
2018-11-01. International Symposium on Energy Geotechnics (SEG-2018), Lausanne, Switzerland, 25-28 September 2018.Load-Transfer Approach for Modeling the Cyclic Thermo-Mechanical Behaviour of Energy Piles
2018-11-01. International Symposium on Energy Geotechnics (SEG-2018), Lausanne, Switzerland, 25-28 September 2018.Performance of a geothermal energy deicing system for bridge deck using a pile heat exchanger
International Journal of Energy Research. 2018-10-24. DOI : 10.1002/er.4266.Mechanical anisotropy of Opalinus Clay shale: a multiscale approach
2018-09-28. International Symposium on Energy Geotechnics (SEG) 2018, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 25-28, 2018.La géothermie, ce potentiel inexploité: interview de Lyesse Laloui, professeur à l'EPFL
2018-09-20.Étude géotechnique des ouvrages souterrains de l'extension de la centrale hydroélectrique de Lavey
2018-09-03Energy Geotechnics
Springer, Cham.On the swelling behavior of shallow Opalinus Clay shale
2018-08-23. 7th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, HKUST, Hong Kong, August, 3-5, 2018.Hydro-mechanical modeling of tunnel excavation in anisotropic shale with coupled damage-plasticity and micro-dilatant regularization
Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 2018-08-23. DOI : 10.1007/s00603-018-1569-z.Decision Aids for Tunneling - A CATALOGUE FOR APPLICATION TO SMALL TUNNELS
2018-08-17Experimentation on hydraulic fracturing of Barre granite: from hydrofracturing to hydroshearing
2018-08-17Decision Aids for Tunneling A CATALOGUE FOR APPLICATION TO SMALL TUNNELS
2018-08-14Washboard effect of unpaved roads
2018-07-27Étude géotechnique et géothermique d’une tranchée couverte en site urbain
2018-07-12Evaluation du potentiel thermique de la ligne de métro m3 de Lausanne
2018-06-22Infoscience
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.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.A generalised water retention model with soil fabric evolution
Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 2021. DOI : 10.1016/j.gete.2020.100205.Generalized effective stress concept for saturated active clays
Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 2020-12-21. DOI : 10.1139/cgj-2020-0390.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
2020-07-14Experimental and numerical investigation of the thermo-mechanical behavior of an energy sheet pile wall
Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 2020-07-08.Hydraulic 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
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
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.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.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.Modelling Volume Change Behaviour of Compacted Bentonite Using a Hydro – Mechanical Coupled Framework
DECOVALEX Symposium on Coupled Processes in Radioactive Waste Disposal and Subsurface Engineering, Brugg, Switzerland, November 4-5, 2019.Analysis and Design of Energy Geostructures
Elsevier.A double-structure hydromechanical constitutive model for compacted bentonite.
Comptuters and Geotechnics. 2019-11-01. DOI : 10.1016/j.compgeo.2019.103173.Three-dimensional finite element analysis of piled rafts with energy piles
Computers and Geotechnics. 2019-10. DOI : 10.1016/j.compgeo.2019.103115.Geomechanical response of carbonate-rich Opalinus clay to carbonated water
DECOVALEX 2019 SYMPOSIUM, Brugg, Switzerland, November 4-5, 2019.Numerical investigation of the convection heat transfer driven by airflows in underground tunnels
Applied Thermal Engineering. 2019-08-01. DOI : 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2019.113844.Long-term performance and life cycle assessment of energy piles in three different climatic conditions
Renewable Energy. 2019-07-05. DOI : 10.1016/j.renene.2019.07.035.Thermal design and full-scale thermal response test on Energy Walls
2019-06-25. 7th International Symposium on Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials (IS-Glasgow 2019), Glasgow (UK), 26-28/06/2019. DOI : 10.1051/e3sconf/20199218011.An experimental investigation on the water retention behaviour of a silty soil for the computation of the lateral earth thrust on a retaining wall
2019-06-25. 7th International Symposium on Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials (IS-Glasgow 2019), Glasgow UK, 25-06, 2019. p. 07011. DOI : 10.1051/e3sconf/20199207011.Géo Ingénierie : la promesse de Prométhée
2019-05-25.Increasing understanding and confidence in THM simulations of Engineered Barrier Systems.
Environmental Geotechnics. 2019-05-09. DOI : 10.1680/jenge.18.00078.Impact of Mineralogical Composition on Geotechnical Properties of Opalinus Clay
2019-04-28. Sixth EAGE Shale Workshop, Bordeaux, 28 April – 1 May 2019. DOI : 10.3997/2214-4609.201900278.On the definition of an effective stress for shales
2019-04-28. Sixth EAGE Shale Workshop, Bordeaux, France, 29 April - 2 May, 2019.Experimental Assessment of the Impact of Partial Saturation On the Mechanical Properties of Gas Shales
2019-04-28. Sixth EAGE Shale Workshop, Bordeaux, France, April 29 - May 2, 2019. DOI : 10.3997/2214-4609.201900289.A decade of progress and turning points in the understanding of bio-improved soils: A review
Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 2019-03-04. DOI : 10.1016/j.gete.2019.03.001.Pourquoi négliger une énergie indigène, renouvelable et durable et neutre en carbone?
2019-02-25.Hydro-mechanical behaviour of shallow Opalinus Clay shale
Engineering Geology. 2019-01-24. DOI : 10.1016/j.enggeo.2019.01.016.Subsurface Energy Applications and the Importance of Coupled Processes in Shales
DECOVALEX 2019 Symposium, Brugg, Suisse, November 4-5, 2019.An Effective Stress Framework for Clayey Geomaterials Including a Chemical-Dependent Variable
2019. XVI Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (XVI PCSMGE), Cancun, Mexico, 17-20, 2019.Energy geostructures: anew era for geotechnical engineering practice.
2019. ECSMGE 2019 - XVII European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering., Reykjavík, Iceland, Septembre, 1 –6, 2019. DOI : 10.32075/17ECSMGE-2019-1106.Thermal stress analysis of energy piles
Géotechnique. 2019. DOI : 10.1680/jgeot.19.p.208.The role of thermal loads in the performance-based design of energy piles
Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 2019. DOI : 10.1016/j.gete.2019.100153.Hydro-mechanical response of Opalinus Clay shale: dependency on composition and burial depth
Lausanne, EPFL, 2019. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7421.Analysis of the interaction factor method for energy pile groups with slab
Computers and Geotechnics. 2019. DOI : 10.1016/j.compgeo.2019.103294.Energy performance and economic feasibility of energy segmental linings for subway tunnels
Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. 2019. DOI : 10.1016/j.tust.2019.102997.Induced seismicity in geologic carbon storage
Solid Earth. 2019. DOI : 10.5194/se-10-871-2019.Compaction-induced permeability loss's effect on induced seismicity during reservoir depletion
Pure and Applied Geophysics. 2019. DOI : 10.1007/s00024-019-02198-0.Cyclic Load-Transfer Approach for the Analysis of Energy Piles
Journal Of Geotechnical And Geoenvironmental Engineering. 2019-01-01. DOI : 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001992.Cell-free soil bio-cementation with strength, dilatancy and fabric characterization
Acta Geotechnica. 2019. DOI : 10.1007/s11440-019-00764-3.Anisotropic behaviour of shallow opalinus clay
2019. International Symposium on Energy Geotechnics, SEG 2018, Lausanne, Switzerland, 25-28 September, 2018. p. 442-448. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-319-99670-7_55.Thermo-mechanical schemes for energy piles
2019. International Symposium on Energy Geotechnics, SEG 2018, Lausanne, Switzerland, 25-28 September, 2018. p. 218-225. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-319-99670-7_28.NAGRA Project Order 16’189 EBS – Task Force: Gas Transport in Bentonite
2018-12-20GEOTEXTILE
EPFL: US10895054 ; JP2020528975 ; BR112019024734 ; US2020157757 ; EP3631094 ; CN110770400 ; AU2017417126 ; WO2018219431 . 2018-12-06.Les géostructures énergétiques: une énergie renouvelable sous nos pieds
2018-11-07.The influence of different hydro-mechanical paths on final properties of saturated MX80 bentonite samples
2018-11-01. International Symposium on Energy Geotechnics (SEG-2018), Lausanne, Switzerland, 25-28 September 2018.Load-Transfer Approach for Modeling the Cyclic Thermo-Mechanical Behaviour of Energy Piles
2018-11-01. International Symposium on Energy Geotechnics (SEG-2018), Lausanne, Switzerland, 25-28 September 2018.Performance of a geothermal energy deicing system for bridge deck using a pile heat exchanger
International Journal of Energy Research. 2018-10-24. DOI : 10.1002/er.4266.Mechanical anisotropy of Opalinus Clay shale: a multiscale approach
2018-09-28. International Symposium on Energy Geotechnics (SEG) 2018, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 25-28, 2018.La géothermie, ce potentiel inexploité: interview de Lyesse Laloui, professeur à l'EPFL
2018-09-20.Étude géotechnique des ouvrages souterrains de l'extension de la centrale hydroélectrique de Lavey
2018-09-03Energy Geotechnics
Springer, Cham.On the swelling behavior of shallow Opalinus Clay shale
2018-08-23. 7th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, HKUST, Hong Kong, August, 3-5, 2018.Hydro-mechanical modeling of tunnel excavation in anisotropic shale with coupled damage-plasticity and micro-dilatant regularization
Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 2018-08-23. DOI : 10.1007/s00603-018-1569-z.Decision Aids for Tunneling - A CATALOGUE FOR APPLICATION TO SMALL TUNNELS
2018-08-17Experimentation on hydraulic fracturing of Barre granite: from hydrofracturing to hydroshearing
2018-08-17Decision Aids for Tunneling A CATALOGUE FOR APPLICATION TO SMALL TUNNELS
2018-08-14Washboard effect of unpaved roads
2018-07-27Étude géotechnique et géothermique d’une tranchée couverte en site urbain
2018-07-12Evaluation du potentiel thermique de la ligne de métro m3 de Lausanne
2018-06-22Teaching & PhD
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