PhD program in Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Curriculum in Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Materials and Structures
Theme: Geotechnical Engineering
The topics covered are:
- Soil and Rock Mechanics
- Foundations and Embedded Retaining Walls
- Ground improvement and reinforcement of soils and interacting structures
- Geotechnical engineering for the preservation of monuments and historic sites
- Slope stability and landslide triggering and propagation mechanisms
- Landslide hazard and risk assessment methodologies
- Soil -structure interaction
- Constitutive modelling of the hydro-mechanical behaviour of soils
The researchers involved in this theme are:
Riccardo Berardi,
Rossella Bovolenta,
Agostino Walter Bruno,
Domenico Gallipoli,
Luigi Gambarotta,
Leonardo Maria Lalicata.
Relevant publications (reverse chronological order)
- Bovolenta, R., Brencich, A. (2021). Effect of deep excavation and defromable retaining structures on neigboring buildings: a case study. Engineering Failure Analysis. Volume 122, April 2021, Article number 105269, Pages 1-19
- Bovolenta, R., Bianchi, D. (2020). Geotechnical analysis and 3d fem modeling of ville san pietro (Italy). Geosciences (Switzerland) Open Access. Volume 10, Issue 11, November 2020, Article number 473, Pages 1-23
- Campora M., Palla A., Gnecco I., Bovolenta R., Passalacqua R. (2020): The laboratory calibration of a soil moisture capacitance probe in sandy soils. Soil & Water Res., 15: 75-84.
- Berardi, R., Cambiaggi, L. (2019). Prediction of slope movement effects on churches for the development of a fragility curve approach. Proc. CNRIG 2019 - VII Convegno Nazionale dei Ricercatori di Ingegneria Geotecnica “La Ricerca Geotecnica per la Protezione e lo Sviluppo del Territorio”. Springer Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering - ISSN 2366-2557.
- Bruno A.W., Gallipoli D. (2019). A coupled hydromechanical bounding surface model predicting the hysteretic behaviour of unsaturated soils. Computers and Geotechnics, 110: 287–295 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2019.02.025
- Mendes J., Gallipoli D., Tarantino A., Toll D.G. (2019). On the development of an Ultra-High Capacity Tensiometer capable of measuring water tensions to 7 MPa. Géotechnique, 69(6): 560–564 - https://doi.org/10.1680/jgeot.18.T.008
- Bovolenta R., MazzuoliI M., Berardi R. (2018) Soil bio-engineering techniques to protect slopes and prevent shallow landslides. Rivista Italiana di Geotecnica/Italian Geotechnical Journal, Anno LII, N.3 - ISSN 0557-1405, 44-65, DOI:10.19199/2018.3.0577-1405.44., 44-65.
- Gallipoli D., Grassl P., Wheeler S.J., Gens A. (2018). On the choice of stress–strain variables for unsaturated soils and its effect on plastic flow. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, 15: 3–9 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gete.2018.02.002
- Pepe G., Cevasco A., Gaggero L., Berardi R. (2017) Variability of intact rock mechanical properties for some metamorphic rock types and its implications on the number of test specimens - Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment. Springer Verlag. Vol. 76, Issue 2, 629-644 - https: //doi.org/10.1007/s10064-016-0912-4. Print ISSN1435-9529, Online ISSN1435-9537
- Bacigalupo A., Gambarotta L. (2014)Computational dynamic homogenization for the analysis of dispersive waves in layered rock masses with periodic fractures, Computers&Geotechnics, 56, 61-68, 2014. DOI10.1016/j.compgeo.2013.11.0014.
- Dalerci, G., Bovolenta R. (2013), "A New Method for the Evaluation of the Ultimate Load of Piles by Tests not Carried to Failure"Geotech Geol Eng - Spinger - DOI 10.1007/s10706-013-9673-z
