Geotechnical Seminar at Aalto, 11th of June and two new journal papers published

Photo by Aalto University/Mikko Raskinen

Please come and join us at Aalto on the 11th of June. We start at 9.45 am in R3. See the programme and details here: https://sgy.fi/tapahtumat/geotechnical-seminar-at-aalto/

Chenjie Ruan, a doctoral student in my group, is the first author in a very nice paper on soil freezing. The new thermodynamically compliant framework may predict soil freezing and frost heave quite well, with a limited amount of input data. Check it here:

A two-system heat transfer approach to soil freezing: Numerical simulation of frost heave considering local thermal non-equilibrium effects

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165232X26000972

Reza Khalili, another doctoral student in my group, is the first author of a paper where we calculated settlements of an underwater embankment securing a cable. Soil data comes from the Geomeasure project, with settlements computed with Soft Soil Creep and Creep S-Clay1S. The results are very interesting, and we still do not fully understand why the creep component of settlements depends so much on the permeability of soil. If you have any thoughts on this issue, please email me at wojciech.solowski@aalto.fi

Submarine power cables on soft structured clay seabed: gravel berm to reduce cable settlements and enhance protection

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0029801826003306

Congratulations Reza and Chenjie! Great work!