Description
Research activities develop along the following main areas:
Soil mechanics
The topic concerns the geotechnical characterization of natural soils from site and laboratory tests, with special reference to the execution and advanced interpretation of CPTU tests.
Foundations
The research is mainly aimed at the physical and numerical modelling of the behavior of shallow foundations under general load conditions, with application to the protection of historic buildings as well as to the development of innovative solutions for offshore structures.
Earth structures
In the context of flood risk mitigation, the research is aimed to the stability analyses of embankments relevant to various possible collapse mechanisms. The research concerns specifically the site monitoring of saturated and unsaturated soil conditions and the development of advanced numerical models.
Risk mitigation from landslides
The research involves the study of the response of rockfall barriers and their contribution to rockfall risk mitigation. It is carried out using advanced numerical modelling and innovative meta-modelling techniques.
ERC Sectors
PE8_3 Civil engineering, maritime/hydraulic engineering, geotechnics, waste treatment
PE8_9 Materials engineering (biomaterials, metals, ceramics, polymers, composites, …)