Project: Structural Investigation of Soil materials
Framework: GSRT –Reward
Duration: 2/4/2018 – 20/1/2019
Budget: 187.000,00€
EDML Budget: 15.000,00€
Project Partners:
- National Technical University of Athens
- Electronic Devices and Materials Lab, University of Wes Attica
Project Coordinator: Prof. emm. Ioannis Dafalias
Description:
The anisotropy of soil materials due to their internal structure orientation influences significantly their mechanical properties. A new anisotropy theory of critical status is developed and involves the impact of the structure on the definition of the critical conditions that can be used to develop models for sands and soils using the plasticity theory.
The project focuses on the following topics:
- Further Development of constitutive models in the anisotropy theory of critical status for various loading protocols that have not been studied yet.
- Experimental investigation of the influence of the structure of soil specimens during triaxial, and axial loading.
- Investigation of the correlation between structural tensors using discrete elements and mode of development.
- Investigations of the correlation between the tensors with physical parameters like the electrical conductivity.
Research Group:
- Ilias Stavrakas, Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of West Attica, Team Coordinator
- Dimos Triantis, Professor , Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of West Attica,
- Andronikos Loukidis, MSc Student,
- Theologos Migkos, Undergraduate student, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of West Attica,