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Tomasz A. Hueckel, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Director of Graduate Studies Tomasz Hueckel received his master's degree in civil engineering
from the University of Technology in Gdansk, Poland, in 1968, his
Ph.D. in applied mechanics from the Polish Academy of Sciences in
Warsaw, in 1974, and the D.Sc. in physical sciences from the University
of Grenoble, France, in 1985. He started his research career at
the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, then taught at the University
of Rome and the University of Technology in Milan before joining
ISMES, a research institute in Bergamo, Italy, where he was responsible
for research on geomechanical aspects of nuclear waste disposal
in clays, a subject in which he continues to be strongly involved.
He came to Duke in 1987.
Dr. Hueckel's research interest is in theoretical soil mechanics,
rock mechanics, and environmental geomechanics, as well as in theory
of plasticity. His current projects deal with thermo-plasticity
and chemo-plasticity of clays, and in general in mechanics of materials
composed of chemically reacting solids and liquids. He is interested
in fundamental aspects of soil drying and cracking, and processes
of soil aging and healing. The above subjects involve mathematical
modeling and model driven laboratory experiments. He also is interested
in basic aspects of theory of plasticity, such as stability
and localization. His research is applied to hydraulic geo-barriers
affected either by chemically hazardous liquids or nuclear waste
heat, to prediction of petroleum production induced compaction
and subsidence, as well as desiccation damage.
Dr. Hueckel has published in International Journal of Solids
and Structures, International Journal of Engineering Science,
Pure and Applied Geophysics, Surveys in Geophysics, Engineering
Geology, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, International Journal
of Rock Mechanics and Mining Engineering, International Journal
of Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Computers
and Geotechnics, International Journal of Soils and Foundations,
Journal de Mecanique, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Meccanica,
Ingenieur- Archiv, and the ASCE Journal of Geotechnical Engineering.
He has also contributed to numerous books on the state of the
art. Dr. Hueckel is heavily involved in international research
cooperation, collaborating and co-authoring with Belgian, Italian, French,
Polish, Spanish and Swiss researchers. He is or was a member of the
editorial board of the Journal of Numerical and Analytical Methods
in Geomechanics, the Archive of Applied Mechanics and of the International
Journal of Mechanics of Cohesive and Frictional Materials, ASCE
Journals of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering and ASCE
International Journal of Geomechanics, Italian Geotechnical Journal
and Studia Geotechnica et Mechanica (Polish). - Contact Info:
- Education:
| D.Sc. | University and National Politechnique Institute, Grenoble, France | 1985 |
| PhD | Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw | 1974 |
| MS | University of Technology (Politechnika), Gdansk, Poland | 1968 |
- Specialties:
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Geophysics
Computational Mechanics
Materials
- Research Interests: mechanics of materials, geomechanics, environmental geomechanics
Current projects:
chemo-mechanics of geomaterials, desiccation damage of geomaterials, AFM study of chemo-mechanics of intergranular contact, Chemically induced landslides, Long term strength of geomaterials and dissolution of minerals Theoretical soil mechanics, rock mechanics, and environmental geomechanics, as well as theory of plasticity
- Areas of Interest:
- environmental geomechanics
mechanics of materials
soil mechanics
- Keywords:
- geomaterials • plasticity • nuclear waste disposal • petroleum engineering • reservoir geomechanics • chemo-mechanics
- Representative Publications
(More Publications)
- L.B. Hu and T. Hueckel, Coupled Chemo-mechanics of Intergranular Contact, Special Issue on “Chemo-mechanical Interaction in Geomaterials”, edited by T. Hueckel, guest editor,
Computers and Geotechnics, vol. 34 no. 4
(2007),
pp. 306-327
- L.B. Hu and T. Hueckel, Creep of saturated materials as a chemically enhanced rate-dependent damage process,
International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, vol. 31 no. 14
(2007),
pp. 1537 - 1566
- Peron, Herve and Hueckel, Tomasz and Laloui, Lyesse, An improved volume measurement for determining soil water retention curves,
Geotechnical Testing Journal, vol. 30 no. 1
(2007),
pp. 1 - 8 [abs]
- Peron, H. and Laloui, L. and Hueckel, T. and Hu, L., Experimental study of desiccation of soil,
Geotechnical Special Publication no. 147
(2006),
pp. 1073 - 1084, Carefree, AZ, United States [40802(189)87] [abs]
- Hu, LiangBo and Peron, Herve and Hueckel, Tomasz and Laloui, Lyesse, Numerical and phenomenological study of desiccation of soil,
Geotechnical Special Publication no. 148
(2006),
pp. 166 - 173, Shanghai, China [40860(192)17] [abs]
- Liu, Z. and Boukpeti, N. and Li, X. and Collin, F. and Radu, J.-P. and Hueckel, T. and Charlier, R., Modelling chemo-hydro-mechanical behaviour of unsaturated clays: A feasibility study,
International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, vol. 29 no. 9
(2005),
pp. 919 - 940 [444] [abs]
- T. Hueckel, Using Natural Analogues in Assessing Long Term Effects of Nuclear Waste Disposal in Clays: a Case Study, Special Issue on “Coupled multiphysics processes in geomechanics”, edited by L. Laloui, R. Charlier and G. Pijaudier-Cabot, eds.,
European Review in Civil Engineering, vol. 9 no. 5-6
(2005),
pp. 791- 797
- T. Hueckel, Chemo-mechanics of geomaterials: coupled constitutive laws, Coupled multiphysics processes in geomechanics, edited by L. Laloui, R. Charlier and G. Pijaudier-Cabot, eds.,
European Review in Civil Engineering, vol. 9 no. 5-6
(2005),
pp. 689 - 712
- T. Hueckel, G. Cassiani, J.H. Prevost and D.A. Walters, Field derived compressibility of deep sediments of the Northern Adriatic,, Special Volume: Multi-disciplinary Assessment of Subsidence in the Ravenna Area, edited by F.B.J. Barends, et al.,
Land Subsidence, vol. 7
(2005),
pp. 35-51, Millpress, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Hueckel, Tomasz and Pellegrini, Rita, Reactive plasticity for clays: Application to a natural analog of longterm geomechanical effects of nuclear waste disposal,
Engineering Geology, vol. 64 no. 2-3
(2002),
pp. 195 - 215 [S0013-7952(01)00114-4] [abs]
- Loret, Benjamin and Hueckel, Tomasz and Gajo, Alessandro, Chemo-mechanical coupling in saturated porous media: Elastic-plastic behaviour of homoionic expansive clays,
International Journal of Solids and Structures, vol. 39 no. 10
(2002),
pp. 2773 - 2806 [S0020-7683(02)00151-8] [abs]
Honors and Awards
- John Booker Medal from the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, 2008, for a pioneering work in the area of Environmental Geomechanics, in particular for seminal papers on thermo-plasticity of geomaterials and on
chemo-mechanical coupling
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Fellowship, University fo Montpellier 2, 3 months
- National Science Foundation, Civil and Mechanical Systems
Program, Grant Award "Nano-metric study of inter-granular contact of minerals in Atomic Force Microscope", PI, 2006-2010
- National Science Foundation, Civil and Mechanical Systems
Program, Grant Award "Desiccation Cracks and Their Effects
on Permeability in Clays," PI, 2003-2006
- International Committee
on Land Subsidence, Eni (Italian National Board for Hydrocarbons),
member, 2002-2004
- Fellowship of Excellence for Visiting Professors
and Researchers, Government of Catalonia, Spain, 01-07/2004
- Fellowship,
Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique, Belgium, 2003,
2002
- Fellowship, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne,
2002
- Senior Resident Fellowship by the French Government, Ministry
of Research for the work on chemo-mechanics of geomaterials,
Summer 2000
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Workshop
on Environmental Geomechanics, Ascona, Switzerland, July 2002.
- Member of the Scientific Advisory Board, International Conference
on Geomechanics of Nuclear Waste Disposal, Organized by French
National Nuclear Waste Disposal Agency, Andra, Paris, France,
2000
- Senior Resident Fellowship by the French Government, Ministry
of Research for the work on chemo-mechanics of geomaterials, 2000
- Member of International Committee of 4th International Symposium
on Environmental Geotechnology and Global Sustainable Development,
Boston, Massachusetts, 1998.
- Member of Scientific Committee of 4th International Workshop
on Thermo-hydro-mechanics of Clay Barriers, McGill University,
Montreal, Canada, 1995.
- Award of the Secretary General of the Polish Academy of Sciences
for papers on cyclic behavior of soils (with Roberto Nova), 1980
- Fellow of Italian National Council of Research, 3 months, University
of Technology, Milan, Italy, 1977
- Fellow, Italian National Council of Research, 12 months, University
of Technology, Milan, Italy, 1975
- 1st prize in the National Annual Competition for "Most
Interesting Polish Paper in Mechanics, 1972" by Polish Association
for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 1972
- Scholarship of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 2 years, Institute
of Fundamental Technological Research, Warsaw, Poland, 1970-1972
Professional and Service Activities
- The Clay Minerals Society, Member (1989-present)
- American Academy of Mechanics, Member (1992- present)
- International Society of Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics,
member (2000- present)
- American Society of Civil Engineers, Member (1992- present)
(Publication Committee, Member, 1998-present)
- International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering,
Member (1992-present)
- American Geophysical Union, Member (1995- present)
- European Geophysical Society, Member (1993 - present)
- Chi Epsilon, Civil Engineers Honor Society, Member (1989-present)
- Societe' Historique et Literaire Polonais, Paris, Member (1988-present)
- Polish Association for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Member
(1972-1981)
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