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Geert Degrande

Geert Degrande

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
52
Citations
9590
World Ranking
3651
National Ranking
45

Overview

Geert Degrande is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and is active in the field of engineering with a focus on mechanical and civil disciplines. Their work encompasses several subfields, including mechanical engineering, civil and structural engineering, general engineering, mechanics of materials, and biomedical engineering.

The main topics covered by their research include:

  • Railway Engineering and Dynamics
  • Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Research
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures
  • Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis
  • Numerical methods in engineering
  • Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research
  • Vibration and Dynamic Analysis

Degrande has contributed to a number of recent papers, highlighting their active engagement in engineering research. Notable publications include:

  • Phase-field modeling of fatigue coupled to cyclic plasticity in an energetic formulation, 2020, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • Stabil: An educational Matlab toolbox for static and dynamic structural analysis, 2021, Computer Applications in Engineering Education
  • A micromechanics-based variational phase-field model for fracture in geomaterials with brittle-tensile and compressive-ductile behavior, 2022, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  • Variational modeling of hydromechanical fracture in saturated porous media: A micromechanics-based phase-field approach, 2022, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • On the variational modeling of non-associative plasticity, 2020, International Journal of Solids and Structures

Their publication record shows frequent appearances in venues such as:

  • Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • Journal of Physics Conference Series
  • Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
  • Engineering Structures
  • Transportation Geotechnics

Geert Degrande has collaborated extensively with several researchers, including Pieter Reumers, Geert Lombaert, Stijn François, Jacinto Ulloa, and David Thompson. These co-authorships highlight a collaborative approach to advancing research in engineering and applied mechanics.

In addition to journal publications, Degrande has authored books, including a work published by Springer Nature titled Noise and Vibration Mitigation for Rail Transportation Systems (2024).

Best Publications

  • An augmented Kalman filter for force identification in structural dynamics

    E. Lourens;E. Reynders;G. De Roeck;G. Degrande

  • The experimental validation of a numerical model for the prediction of railway induced vibrations

    Geert Lombaert;Geert Degrande;J Kogut;Stijn François

  • A numerical model for ground-borne vibrations from underground railway traffic based on a periodic finite element–boundary element formulation

    Geert Degrande;Didier Clouteau;Ramzi Othman;Maarten Arnst

  • A 2.5D coupled FE-BE methodology for the dynamic interaction between longitudinally invariant structures and a layered halfspace

    Stijn François;Mattias Schevenels;Pedro Galvín;Pedro Galvín;Geert Lombaert

  • FREE FIELD VIBRATIONS DURING THE PASSAGE OF A THALYS HIGH-SPEED TRAIN AT VARIABLE SPEED

    Geert Degrande;L Schillemans

  • Ground-borne vibration due to static and dynamic axle loads of InterCity and high-speed trains

    Geert Lombaert;Geert Degrande

  • Freefield vibrations due to dynamic loading on a tunnel embedded in a stratified medium

    Didier Clouteau;Maarten Arnst;Tahmeed Al-Hussaini;Geert Degrande

  • The control of ground-borne vibrations from railway traffic by means of continuous floating slabs

    Geert Lombaert;Geert Degrande;B Vanhauwere;B Vandeborght

  • A 2.5D coupled FE-BE model for the prediction of railway induced vibrations

    Pedro Galvin;Pedro Galvin;Stijn François;Mattias Schevenels;Estelle Bongini

  • Prediction of vibrations induced by underground railway traffic in Beijing

    S. Gupta;W.F. Liu;G. Degrande;G. Lombaert

  • Numerical modelling of ground-borne noise and vibration in buildings due to surface rail traffic

    P Fiala;P Fiala;Geert Degrande;F Augusztinovicz

  • Numerical modelling of free field traffic-induced vibrations

    Geert Lombaert;Geert Degrande;D Clouteau

  • A comparison of two numerical models for the prediction of vibrations from underground railway traffic

    Shashank Gupta;M.F.M Hussein;Geert Degrande;H.E.M Hunt

  • Ground-Borne Vibration due to Railway Traffic: A Review of Excitation Mechanisms, Prediction Methods and Mitigation Measures

    G. Lombaert;G. Degrande;S. François;D. J. Thompson

  • The fictitious force method for efficient calculation of vibration from a tunnel embedded in a multi-layered half-space

    M.F.M. Hussein;Stijn François;Mattias Schevenels;H.E.M. Hunt

  • Wave propagation in layered dry, saturated and unsaturated poroelastic media

    G. Degrande;G.De Roeck;P.Van Den Broeck;D. Smeulders

  • Experimental validation of a numerical model for subway induced vibrations

    Shashank Gupta;Geert Degrande;Geert Lombaert

  • Reducing railway-induced ground-borne vibration by using open trenches and soft-filled barriers

    D.J. Thompson;J. Jiang;M.G.R. Toward;M.F.M. Hussein

  • Short Note: EDT: An ElastoDynamics Toolbox for MATLAB

    Mattias Schevenels;Stijn François;Geert Degrande

  • Vibrations due to a test train at variable speeds in a deep bored tunnel embedded in London clay

    G. Degrande;M. Schevenels;P. Chatterjee;W. Van de Velde

  • Prediction of vibrations induced by underground railway traffic in Beijing

    Shashank Gupta;W Liu;Geert Degrande;Geert Lombaert

Frequent Co-Authors

G. De Roeck
G. De Roeck KU Leuven
David Thompson
David Thompson University of Southampton
Jan Vierendeels
Jan Vierendeels Ghent University
Jens C. O. Nielsen
Jens C. O. Nielsen Chalmers University of Technology
Herman Ramon
Herman Ramon KU Leuven
Joel P. Conte
Joel P. Conte University of California, San Diego
Kai-Uwe Bletzinger
Kai-Uwe Bletzinger Technical University of Munich

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