Fields of research

The fields of research of the members of the Karl Terzaghi Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory include, but not limited to:

  • Stress-strain-strength of geomaterials
  • micro-to-Macro (m2M) geomechanics
  • Physical modelling
  • Energy geotechnics
    • Shallow geothermal energy
    • Thermoactive foundations
    • Thermal soil behavior
    • Buried pipelines
  • Soil reinforcement
  • Environmental geotechnics
  • Geotechnical design of foundations
    • Deep foundations
    • Shallow foundations
    • Retaining structures
  • Transportation geotechnics
  • Geotechnical earthquake engineering
  • Soil dynamics
  • Numerical modelling of geomaterials