Natural Hazards Thrust
| Lizárraga, J. J., & Buscarnera, G. (2020). A geospatial model for the analysis of time-dependent land subsidence induced by reservoir depletion. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 129, 104272. |
| Chen, Y., Marinelli, F., & Buscarnera, G. (2019). Mathematical interpretation of delayed instability in viscous unsaturated soil. Geotechnique Letters, 9(3), 165-172. |
| Lizárraga, J. J., & Buscarnera, G. (2019). Spatially distributed modeling of rainfall-induced landslides in shallow layered slopes. Landslides, 16(2), 253-263. |
| Marinelli, F., Pisanò, F., Di Prisco, C., & Buscarnera, G. (2018). Model-based interpretation of undrained creep instability in loose sands. Géotechnique, 68(6), 504-517. |
| Lizárraga, J. J., & Buscarnera, G. (2018). Safety factors to detect flowslides and slips in unsaturated shallow slopes. Géotechnique, 68(5), 442-450. |
| Lizárraga, J. J., Frattini, P., Crosta, G. B., & Buscarnera, G. (2017). Regional-scale modelling of shallow landslides with different initiation mechanisms: Sliding versus liquefaction. Engineering Geology, 228, 346-356. |
| Buscarnera, G., & Whittle, A. J. (2013). Model prediction of static liquefaction: influence of the initial state on potential instabilities. Journal of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering, 139(3), 420-432. |
| Buscarnera, G., & Di Prisco, C. (2013). Soil stability and flow slides in unsaturated shallow slopes: Can saturation events trigger liquefaction processes?. Géotechnique, 63(10), 801-817. |
| Buscarnera, G., & Whittle, A. J. (2012). Constitutive modelling approach for evaluating the triggering of flow slides. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 49(5), 499-511. |
| • Hambleton, J. P., Makhnenko, R., & Budge, A. S. (Eds.). (2020). Geo-Congress 2020: Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Special Topics. GSP 318. Reston, VA: ASCE. https://ascelibrary.org/doi/book/10.1061/9780784482810 |
| • Shi, Z., Hambleton, J. P., & Buscarnera, G. (2019). Bounding surface elasto-viscoplasticity: A general constitutive framework for rate-dependent geomaterials. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 145(3), 04019002. (Editor’s Choice) |
| • Zhao, L., Gaudin, C., O’Loughlin, C. D., Hambleton, J. P., Cassidy, M. J., & Herduin, M. (2019). Suction caisson capacity in sand under inclined loading. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 145(2), 04018107. |
| • Suchowerska, A. M., Carter, J. P., & Hambleton, J. P. (2016). Geomechanics of subsidence above single and multi-seam coal mining. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 8(3), 304-313. |
| • Hambleton, J. P., Buzzi, O., Giacomini, A., Spadari, M., & Sloan, S. W. (2013). Perforation of flexible rockfall barriers by normal block impact. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 46(3), 515-526. |
Construction Automation
| • Jin, Z., Shi, Z., & Hambleton, J. (2020, July 20). Small-scale geotechnical testing using a six-axis robot, (under review). https://doi.org/10.31224/osf.io/jqytk |
| • Jin, Z., Tang, J., Umbanhowar, P. B., & Hambleton, J. P. (2019, June 14). Preparation of sand beds using fluidization, (under review). https://doi.org/10.31224/osf.io/u78t9 |
| • Jin, Z., & Hambleton, J. P. (2019). Simulation of the cutting process in softening and hardening soils. Proc. GeoCongress 2019, Philadelphia, USA, March 24-27, pp. 11-19. |
| • Hambleton, J. P. (2017). Earthmoving through the lens of geotechnical engineering. Proc. 6th International Young Geotechnical Engineers’ Conference (iYGEC6), Seoul, Korea, Sept. 17-22, pp. 88-89. (iYGEC6 Best Paper Award) |
| • Hambleton, J. P., & Stanier, S. A. (2017). Predicting wheel forces using bearing capacity theory for general planar loads. International Journal of Vehicle Performance, 3(1), 71-88. |
| • Stanier, S. A., Dijkstra, J., Leśniewska, D., Hambleton, J. P., White, D. J., & Muir Wood, D. (2016). Vermiculate artefacts in image analysis of granular materials. Computers and Geotechnics, 72, 100-113. |
| • Hambleton, J. P., Stanier, S. A., White, D. J., & Sloan, S. W. (2014). Modelling ploughing and cutting processes in soils. Australian Geomechanics, 49(4), 147-156. |
| • Kashizadeh, E., Hambleton, J. P., & Stanier, S. A. (2014). A numerical approach for modelling the ploughing process in sands. Proc. 14th International Conference of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, Kyoto, Japan, Sept. 22-25, pp. 159-164. |
Bioinspired Engineering
| Natarajan, A. Krishnamurthy, X. Qin, C.D. Emiroglu, A. Forster, E.J. Foster, C. Weder, D. M. Fox, S. Keten, J. Obrzut, J.W. Gilman, “Binary Cellulose Nanocrystal Blends for Bioinspired Damage Tolerant Photonic Films”, 2018, Advanced Functional Materials, 28, 1800032. |
| K. C. Dansuk, S. Keten, A Simple Mechanical Model for Synthetic Catch Bond, 2019, Matter, 1 (4), pp. 911-925. |
| Hong-Cin Liou, Fabrizio Sabba, Aaron I. Packman, Alex Rosenthal, George Wells and Oluwaseyi Balogun. Towards mechanical characterization of granular biofilms by optical coherence elastography measurements of circumferential elastic waves. Soft Matter 15, 5562–5573 (2019). |
| Liou, H.-C., Sabba, F., Packman, A. I., Wells, G. & Balogun, O. Nondestructive characterization of soft materials and biofilms by measurement of guided elastic wave propagation using optical coherence elastography. Soft Matter (2019) http://doi.org/10.1039/C8SM01902A. |
| Alex F. Rosenthal James S. Griffin Michael Wagner Aaron I. Packman Oluwaseyi Balogun George F. Wells. Morphological analysis of pore size and connectivity in a thick mixed‐culture biofilm. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 115, 2268–2279 (2018). |
| Rosenthal, A. F., Balogun, O. & Wells, G. F. Morphological examination of nitrifying biofilms in a moving bed biofilm reactor using optical coherence tomography and fluorescence in situ hybridization. (2016) doi:info:doi/10.2175/193864716819713123. |
| Rosenthal, A., Yi, J., Zhang, H. F., Balogun, O. & Wells, G. Quantitative Image Analysis of Mesoscale Biofilm Structure with Optical Coherence Tomography. (2015) doi:info:doi/10.2175/193864715819540793. |
| • Kavazanjian, E., Hambleton, J. P., Makhnenko, R., & Budge, A. S. (Eds.). (2020). Geo-Congress 2020: Biogeotechnics. GSP 320. Reston, VA: ASCE. https://ascelibrary.org/doi/book/10.1061/9780784482834 |
Adaptive Functional Materials
| N. Hansoge, T. Huang, R. Sinko, W. Xia, W. Chen, S. Keten, “Materials by Design for Stiff and Tough Hairy Nanoparticle Assemblies”, ACS NANO, 2018, 12 (8), pp 7946–7958. |
| Zhu, J., Chen, H., Wu, B., Chen, W. & Balogun, O. Tunable band gaps and transmission behavior of SH waves with oblique incident angle in periodic dielectric elastomer laminates. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 146–147, 81–90 (2018). |
| Kirikera, G. R., Balogun, O. & Krishnaswamy, S. Adaptive Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor Network for Structural Health Monitoring: Applications to Impact Monitoring. Structural Health Monitoring 10, 5–16 (2011). |
| Shen, L., Ren, Q., Zhang, L., Han, Y. and Cusatis, G., 2017. Experimental and numerical study of effective thermal conductivity of cracked concrete. Construction and Building Materials, 153, pp.55-68. |
| Cusatis, G. and Zhou, X., 2014. High-order microplane theory for quasi-brittle materials with multiple characteristic lengths. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 140(7), p.04014046. |
| Zhang, Y. D., Buscarnera, G., & Einav, I. (2016). Grain size dependence of yielding in granular soils interpreted using fracture mechanics, breakage mechanics and Weibull statistics. Géotechnique, 66(2), 149-160. |
| Zhang, Y. D., & Buscarnera, G. (2017). A rate-dependent breakage model based on the kinetics of crack growth at the grain scale. Géotechnique, 67(11), 953-967. |
| Seo, D., Sohn, C., Cil, M. B., & Buscarnera, G. (2020). Evolution of particle morphology and mode of fracture during the oedometric compression of sand. Géotechnique, 1-13. |
Energy Resources and Management
| W. Xia, N. K. Hansoge, W. Xu, F. R. Phelan, S. Keten, J. F. Douglas, Energy renormalization for coarse-graining polymers having different segmental structures, 2019, Science Advances, 5 eaav4683. |
| Laloui, L. and Rotta Loria, A. F. (2019) Analysis and design of energy geostructures: theoretical essentials and practical application. Elsevier Academic Press. pp. 1098, ISBN: 9780128206232 |
| Rotta Loria, A. F. and Coulibaly, J. B. (2020) Thermally induced deformation of soils: a critical overview of phenomena, challenges and opportunities. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gete.2020.100193. |
| Rotta Loria, A. F. (2018). Performance-based design of energy pile foundations. Journal of the Deep Foundations Institute (Young Professor Paper Competition Award: 43 rd Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, Anaheim, California, United States of America) 12(2):94-107. |
| Rotta Loria, A. F., Gunawan, A., Shi, C., Laloui, L. and Ng, C. W. W. (2015) Numerical modelling of energy piles in saturated sand subjected to thermo-mechanical loads. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment 1(1):1-15. |
| Rotta Loria, A. F. and Laloui, L. (2017) Thermally induced group effects among energy piles. Géotechnique 67(5):374-393. |
| Rotta Loria, A. F. and Laloui, L. (2016) The interaction factor method for energy pile groups. Computers and Geotechnics 80:121-137. |
| Peltier, M., Rotta Loria, A. F., Lepage L., Garin E. and Laloui, L. (2019) Numerical modelling of convection heat transfer driven by airflows. Applied Thermal Engineering 159:113844. |
| Rotta Loria, A. F. and Laloui, L. (2017) The equivalent pier method for energy pile groups. Géotechnique 67(8):691-702. |
| Batini, N., Rotta Loria, A. F., Conti, P., Testi, D., Grassi, W. and Laloui, L. (2015) Energy and geotechnical behaviour of energy piles for different design solutions. Applied Thermal Engineering 86(1):199-213. |
| Zannin, J., Rotta Loria, A. F., Labjani, Q. and Laloui, L. (2020) Extension of Winkler’s solution to non-isothermal conditions for the modelling of plane energy geostructures. Computers and Geotechnics In print. |
| G. Cusatis, and C. Jin (Eds). New Frontiers in Oil and Gas Exploration, Springer. 2016. ISBN 978-3-319-40124-9. |
| M. Troemner, G. Cusatis. “Martian Material Sourcing Challenges Propel Earth Construction Opportunities”. Matter. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2019.07.023 |
| Marinelli, F., & Buscarnera, G. (2019). Anisotropic breakage mechanics: From stored energy to yielding in transversely isotropic granular rocks. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 129, 1-18. |
| Zhang, Y., & Buscarnera, G. (2018). Breakage mechanics for granular materials in surface-reactive environments. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 112, 89-108. |
| Shahin, G., Marinelli, F., & Buscarnera, G. (2019). Viscoplastic interpretation of localized compaction creep in porous rock. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124(10), 10180-10196. |
| Shahin, G., Papazoglou, A., Marinelli, F., & Buscarnera, G. (2019). Simulation of localized compaction in Tuffeau de Maastricht based on evidence from X-ray tomography. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 121, 104039. |
| in, Z., Li, W., Jin, C., Hambleton, J. P., & Cusatis, G. (2018). Anisotropic elastic, strength, and fracture properties of Marcellus shale. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 109, 124-137. |
| • Gaudin, C., O’Loughlin, C. D., Randolph, M. F., Cassidy, M. J., Wang, D., Tian, Y., Hambleton, J. P., & Merifield, R. S. (2014). Advances in offshore and onshore anchoring solutions. Australian Geomechanics, 49(4), 59-71. |
Intelligent Infrastructure Systems
| Cousin, B., Rotta Loria, A. F., Bourget, A., Rognon, F. and Laloui, L. (2019) Energy performance and economic feasibility of energy segmental linings for subway tunnels. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology 91:102997. |
| Alnaggar, M., Cusatis, G. and Di Luzio, G., 2013. Lattice discrete particle modeling (LDPM) of alkali silica reaction (ASR) deterioration of concrete structures. Cement and Concrete Composites, 41, pp.45-59. |
| • Hambleton, J. P., Makhnenko, R., & Budge, A. S. (Eds.). (2020). Geo-Congress 2020: Engineering, Monitoring, and Management of Geotechnical Infrastructure. GSP 316. Reston, VA: ASCE. https://ascelibrary.org/doi/book/10.1061/9780784482797 |
| • Jin, Z., Li, W., Jin, C., Hambleton, J. P., & Cusatis, G. (2018). Anisotropic elastic, strength, and fracture properties of Marcellus shale. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 109, 124-137. |
Internal Reports
Micaela Mercuri, Madura Pathirage, Amedeo Gregori, Gianluca Cusatis (2021). On the Collapse of the Medici Masonry Tower: An Integrated Discrete-Analytical Approach. SPREE INTERNAL REPORT No. 21-6/001S