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Giovanni Grasselli

Giovanni Grasselli

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
44
Citations
9576
World Ranking
5727
National Ranking
229

Overview

Giovanni Grasselli is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research spans multiple areas within engineering and earth sciences, focusing notably on rock mechanics and related fields. The main fields of study include Engineering with 82 publications and Earth and Planetary Sciences with 27 publications.

The subfields where Grasselli's work is concentrated include Mechanics of Materials, Geophysics, Ocean Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, and topics related to Management, Monitoring, Policy, and Law. These subfields support a broad exploration of materials behavior under various mechanical and environmental conditions.

Their research topics cover a range of specialized areas such as Rock Mechanics and Modeling, Landslides and related hazards, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Drilling and Well Engineering, Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques, Geophysical Methods and Applications, and Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis.

Giovanni Grasselli has published in numerous scholarly venues, with frequent contributions to the following journals and conference proceedings:

  • Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
  • Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
  • Computers and Geotechnics
  • International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Among recent papers authored by Grasselli, the following are notable examples along with their year and publication venue:

  • The role of discontinuities in rock slope stability: Insights from a combined finite-discrete element simulation (2022, Computers and Geotechnics)
  • Simulating the entire progressive failure process of rock slopes using the combined finite-discrete element method (2021, Computers and Geotechnics)
  • An enhanced tool for probing the microscopic behavior of granular materials based on X-ray micro-CT and FDEM (2021, Computers and Geotechnics)
  • Understanding hydraulic fracture mechanisms: From the laboratory to numerical modelling (2022, ADVANCES IN GEO-ENERGY RESEARCH)
  • Investigate the Mode I Fracture Characteristics of Granite After Heating/-LN2 Cooling Treatments (2022, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering)

Frequent collaborators include Aly Abdelaziz, Lei Sun, Quansheng Liu, Xuhai Tang, and Kareem Ramzy Aboayanah, indicating a collaborative approach across multiple research projects.

Best Publications

  • A review of discrete modeling techniques for fracturing processes in discontinuous rock masses

    A. Lisjak;G. Grasselli

  • Constitutive law for the shear strength of rock joints based on three-dimensional surface parameters

    G. Grasselli;P. Egger

  • Y-Geo: New Combined Finite-Discrete Element Numerical Code for Geomechanical Applications

    O. K. Mahabadi;A. Lisjak;A. Munjiza;G. Grasselli

  • Quantitative three-dimensional description of a rough surface and parameter evolution with shearing

    G. Grasselli;J. Wirth;P. Egger

  • A new 2D discontinuity roughness parameter and its correlation with JRC

    Bryan S.A. Tatone;Giovanni Grasselli

  • 3D Behaviour of bolted rock joints: experimental and numerical study

    G. Grasselli

  • ISRM Suggested Method for Laboratory Determination of the Shear Strength of Rock Joints: Revised Version

    José Muralha;Giovanni Grasselli;Bryan Tatone;Manfred Blümel

  • Continuum–discontinuum analysis of failure mechanisms around unsupported circular excavations in anisotropic clay shales

    A. Lisjak;G. Grasselli;T. Vietor

  • A calibration procedure for two-dimensional laboratory-scale hybrid finite–discrete element simulations

    B.S.A. Tatone;G. Grasselli

  • Manuel Rocha Medal Recipient Shear Strength of Rock Joints Based on Quantified Surface Description

    G. Grasselli

  • Numerical simulation of acoustic emission in brittle rocks by two-dimensional finite-discrete element analysis

    A. Lisjak;Q. Liu;Q. Zhao;O. K. Mahabadi

  • A method to evaluate the three-dimensional roughness of fracture surfaces in brittle geomaterials.

    Bryan S. A. Tatone;Giovanni Grasselli

  • Shear strength of rock joints based on quantified surface description

    Giovanni Grasselli

  • The excavation of a circular tunnel in a bedded argillaceous rock (Opalinus Clay): Short-term rock mass response and FDEM numerical analysis

    A. Lisjak;B. Garitte;G. Grasselli;H.R. Müller

  • An Investigation of Discontinuity Roughness Scale Dependency Using High-Resolution Surface Measurements

    Bryan S. A. Tatone;Giovanni Grasselli

  • An Example of Realistic Modelling of Rock Dynamics Problems: FEM/DEM Simulation of Dynamic Brazilian Test on Barre Granite

    O. K. Mahabadi;B. E. Cottrell;G. Grasselli

  • Trapping zones: The effect of fracture roughness on the directional anisotropy of fluid flow and colloid transport in a single fracture

    David F. Boutt;David F. Boutt;Giovanni Grasselli;Giovanni Grasselli;Joanne T. Fredrich;Benjamin K. Cook

  • Numerical Modelling of the Anisotropic Mechanical Behaviour of Opalinus Clay at the Laboratory-Scale Using FEM/DEM

    Andrea Lisjak;Bryan S. A. Tatone;Giovanni Grasselli;Tim Vietor

  • Influence of microscale heterogeneity and microstructure on the tensile behavior of crystalline rocks

    O. K. Mahabadi;B. S. A. Tatone;G. Grasselli

  • A 2D, fully-coupled, hydro-mechanical, FDEM formulation for modelling fracturing processes in discontinuous, porous rock masses

    A. Lisjak;P. Kaifosh;L. He;B.S.A. Tatone

  • A novel approach for micro‐scale characterization and modeling of geomaterials incorporating actual material heterogeneity

    O. K. Mahabadi;N. X. Randall;Z. Zong;G. Grasselli

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Egger
Peter Egger ETH Zurich
Quansheng Liu
Quansheng Liu Wuhan University
Qinghui Jiang
Qinghui Jiang Wuhan University
Lei He
Lei He University of California, Los Angeles
Robert W. Zimmerman
Robert W. Zimmerman Imperial College London
R. P. Young
R. P. Young University of Toronto
Erik H. Saenger
Erik H. Saenger Ruhr University Bochum
Giulio Di Toro
Giulio Di Toro University of Padua

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