Research Interests for Tomasz A. Hueckel

Theoretical soil mechanics, rock mechanics, and environmental geomechanics, as well as theory of plasticity

Keywords:

geomaterials , plasticity, nuclear waste disposal , petroleum engineering, reservoir geomechanics, chemo-mechanics

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

Areas of Interest:

environmental geomechanics
mechanics of materials
soil mechanics

Representative Publications

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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]
4. 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]
5. 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]
6. 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]
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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]
11. 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]