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Gioacchino Viggiani

Gioacchino Viggiani

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
47
Citations
9716
World Ranking
4807
National Ranking
96

Earth Science

D-Index
47
Citations
9292
World Ranking
3968
National Ranking
286

Overview

Gioacchino Viggiani is affiliated with Grenoble Alpes University in France and has contributed extensively to the fields of engineering and environmental science. Their work primarily spans civil and structural engineering, management, monitoring, policy and law, mechanics of materials, computational mechanics, and mechanical engineering.

The main topics that characterize Viggiani's research include landslides and related hazards, geotechnical engineering and soil mechanics, granular flow and fluidized beds, soil and unsaturated flow, rock mechanics and modeling, geotechnical engineering and underground structures, and hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis.

Several recent papers illustrate the breadth of their research output:

  • Bio-inspired geotechnical engineering: principles, current work, opportunities and challenges, 2021, published in Géotechnique
  • NeXT-Grenoble, the Neutron and X-ray tomograph in Grenoble, 2020, published in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
  • Image-based calibration of rolling resistance in discrete element models of sand, 2021, published in Computers and Geotechnics
  • Neutron imaging for geomechanics: A review, 2020, published in Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment
  • Can friction replace roughness in the numerical simulation of granular materials?, 2020, published in Granular Matter

Viggiani collaborates frequently with several co-authors, with notable collaborations including Edward Andò, Alessandro Tengattini, Gustavo Pinzón, Nicolas Lenoir, and Jacques Desrues.

The researcher has published multiple papers in several specialized scientific venues, with frequent publications found in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Granular Matter
  • Acta Geotechnica
  • IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science
  • Géotechnique Letters

Viggiani's research spans fundamental and applied aspects of geotechnical engineering and mechanics, contributing to understanding complex phenomena in soil behavior, granular material simulations, and imaging techniques for geomechanics.

Best Publications

  • Strain localization in sand: an overview of the experimental results obtained in Grenoble using stereophotogrammetry

    Jacques Desrues;Gioacchino Viggiani

  • Discrete and continuum analysis of localised deformation in sand using X-ray mu CT and volumetric digital image correlation

    S.A. Hall;Michel Bornert;Jacques Desrues;Yannick Pannier

  • Volumetric Digital Image Correlation Applied to X-ray Microtomography Images from Triaxial Compression Tests on Argillaceous Rock

    Nicolas Lenoir;Nicolas Lenoir;Michel Bornert;Jacques Desrues;Pierre Bésuelle

  • Grain-scale experimental investigation of localised deformation in sand: a discrete particle tracking approach

    Edward Andò;Stephen A. Hall;Gioacchino Viggiani;Jacques Desrues

  • An investigation of single sand particle fracture using X-ray micro-tomography

    B. Zhao;G. Viggiani;M. Jiang

  • All you need is shape: Predicting shear banding in sand with LS-DEM

    Reid Kawamoto;Edward Andò;Gioacchino Viggiani;José E. Andrade

  • Shear bands in plane strain compression of loose sand

    R J Finno;W W Harris;Michael A Mooney;G Viggiani

  • Level set discrete element method for three-dimensional computations with triaxial case study

    Reid Kawamoto;Edward Andò;Gioacchino Viggiani;José E. Andrade

  • Multiscale modeling and characterization of granular matter: From grain kinematics to continuum mechanics

    J.E. Andrade;C.F. Avila;S.A. Hall;Nicolas Lenoir

  • Strain Localization and Undrained Steady State of Sand

    Richard J. Finno;Wendell W. Harris;Michael A. Mooney;Gioacchino Viggiani

  • Fracture mechanisms in soft rock: Identification and quantification of evolving displacement discontinuities by extended digital image correlation

    Tuong Lam Nguyen;Stephen A. Hall;Pierre Vacher;Gioacchino Viggiani

  • The soilmodels.info project

    Gerd Gudehus;Angelo Amorosi;Antonio Gens;Ivo Herle

  • X-ray microtomography for studying localized deformation in fine-grained geomaterials under triaxial compression

    Gioacchino Viggiani;Nicolas Lenoir;Nicolas Lenoir;Pierre Bésuelle;Marco Di Michiel

  • Experimental micro-mechanics of granular media studied by x-ray tomography: Recent results and challenges

    Edward Andò;Gioacchino Viggiani;Stephen Hall;Jacques Desrues

  • Characterization of shear and compaction bands in a porous sandstone deformed under triaxial compression

    Elli-Maria Charalampidou;Elli-Maria Charalampidou;Stephen A. Hall;Sergei Stanchits;Helen Lewis

  • Bio-inspired Geotechnical Engineering: Principles, Current Work, Opportunities and Challenges

    Alejandro Martinez;Jason DeJong;Idil Akin;Ali Aleali

  • Strain localisation and grain breakage in sand under shearing at high mean stress: insights from in situ X-ray tomography

    R. Alikarami;R. Alikarami;E. Andò;E. Andò;M. Gkiousas-Kapnisis;M. Gkiousas-Kapnisis;A. Torabi

  • Use of Stereophotogrammetry to Analyze the Development of Shear Bands in Sand

    Wendell W. Harris;Gioacchino Viggiani;Michael A. Mooney;Richard J. Finno

  • Localised deformation patterning in 2D granular materials revealed by digital image correlation

    Stephen A. Hall;David Muir Wood;Erdin Ibraim;Gioacchino Viggiani

  • A numerical investigation of the incremental behavior of granular soils

    Francesco Calvetti;G. Viggiani;C. Tamagnini

  • NeXT-Grenoble, the Neutron and X-ray tomograph in Grenoble

    Alessandro Tengattini;Nicolas Lenoir;Edward Andò;Benjamin Giroud

  • Towards a more accurate characterization of granular media: extracting quantitative descriptors from tomographic images

    Ivan Vlahinić;Edward Andò;Gioacchino Viggiani;José E. Andrade

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen Hall
Stephen Hall Lund University
Philippe Roux
Philippe Roux Grenoble Alpes University
Richard J. Finno
Richard J. Finno Northwestern University
Michael A. Mooney
Michael A. Mooney Colorado School of Mines
János Urai
János Urai RWTH Aachen University
Michel Bornert
Michel Bornert École des Ponts ParisTech
Itai Einav
Itai Einav University of Sydney
Antonio Gens
Antonio Gens Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Giang D. Nguyen
Giang D. Nguyen University of Adelaide
Philip Ringrose
Philip Ringrose Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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