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4427
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138

Overview

Heinz Konietzky is affiliated with TU Bergakademie Freiberg in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, with a particular focus on rock mechanics, material behavior, and structural engineering disciplines.

The primary fields of study in Konietzky's work include:

  • Engineering

With specialization in several subfields, Konietzky's research spans:

  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

The main topics covered in the research are:

  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Geophysical Methods and Applications
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering
  • Tunneling and Rock Mechanics

Konietzky has a significant publication record in several academic venues, including:

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

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Konietzky include:

  • Mechanical behavior of marble exposed to freeze-thaw-fatigue loading, 2021, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
  • Influence of repeated heating on physical-mechanical properties and damage evolution of granite, 2020, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
  • Rock mass watering for rock-burst prevention: some thoughts on the mechanisms deduced from laboratory results, 2021, Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment
  • Drawing mechanism of fractured top coal in longwall top coal caving, 2020, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
  • Mechanical behaviour of medium-grained sandstones exposed to differential cyclic loading with distinct loading and unloading rates, 2022, Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

Frequent collaborators working with Konietzky include:

  • Zhengyang Song
  • Fei Wang
  • Thomas Frühwirt
  • Martin Herbst
  • Qingsheng Bai

Best Publications

  • Discrete element modelling of geogrid-reinforced aggregates

    G. R. McDowell;O. Harireche;H. Konietzky;S. F. Brown

  • Failure of transversely isotropic rock under Brazilian test conditions

    André Vervoort;Ki-Bok Min;Heinz Konietzky;Jung-Woo Cho

  • Brazilian Tests on Transversely Isotropic Rocks: Laboratory Testing and Numerical Simulations

    Xin Tan;Heinz Konietzky;Thomas Frühwirt;Dinh Quoc Dan

  • Brazilian tensile strength tests on some anisotropic rocks

    Dinh Quoc Dan;Heinz Konietzky;Martin Herbst

  • Discrete element simulation of ballast and gravel under special consideration of grain-shape, grain-size and relative density

    Michael Stahl;Heinz Konietzky

  • Modelling of blast-induced fractures in jointed rock masses

    Z.L. Wang;Z.L. Wang;H. Konietzky

  • Numerical Simulation of Heterogeneous Rock Using Discrete Element Model Based on Digital Image Processing

    Xin Tan;Heinz Konietzky;Wei Chen

  • Simulation of heterogeneity, creep, damage and lifetime for loaded brittle rocks

    Wei Chen;Heinz Konietzky

  • Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Granite at Elevated Temperatures and Numerical Simulation of Thermal Cracking

    Fei Wang;Heinz Konietzky

  • Bonded-particle model-based simulation of artificial rock subjected to cyclic loading

    Zhengyang Song;Heinz Konietzky;Martin Herbst

  • Effect of shear-induced aperture evolution on fluid flow in rock fractures

    Wengang Dang;Wei Wu;Heinz Konietzky;Jinyuan Qian

  • Three-dimensional particle model based numerical simulation on multi-level compressive cyclic loading of concrete

    Zhengyang Song;Heinz Konietzky;Martin Herbst

  • Use of DEM to model the interlocking effect of geogrids under static and cyclic loading

    H. Konietzky;L. te Kamp;C. Jenner

  • Mechanical behavior of marble exposed to freeze-thaw-fatigue loading

    Zhengyang Song;Yu Wang;Heinz Konietzky;Xin Cai

  • Characteristics of dissipated energy of concrete subjected to cyclic loading

    Zhengyang Song;Thomas Frühwirt;Heinz Konietzky

  • The Modeling of Time-Dependent Deformation and Fracturing of Brittle Rocks Under Varying Confining and Pore Pressures

    Tao Xu;Tao Xu;Guanglei Zhou;Guanglei Zhou;Michael J. Heap;Shengqi Yang

  • Inhomogeneous mechanical behaviour of concrete subjected to monotonic and cyclic loading

    Zhengyang Song;Thomas Frühwirt;Heinz Konietzky

  • Deformation characteristics of rock salt with mudstone interbeds surrounding gas and oil storage cavern

    Guijun Wang;Kangmei Guo;Kangmei Guo;Mark Christianson;Heinz Konietzky

  • Direct shear behavior of a plane joint under dynamic normal load (DNL) conditions

    Wengang Dang;Heinz Konietzky;Thomas Frühwirt

  • Cyclic fatigue characteristics of strong burst-prone coal: Experimental insights from energy dissipation, hysteresis and micro-seismicity

    Min Zhang;Min Zhang;Linming Dou;Heinz Konietzky;Zhengyang Song

  • Elastic-plastic-hydrodynamic analysis of crater blasting in steel fiber reinforced concrete

    Z.L. Wang;Z.L. Wang;H. Konietzky;R.Y. Huang

  • Pre-failure damage analysis for brittle rocks under triaxial compression

    Wei Chen;Wei Chen;Heinz Konietzky;Xin Tan;Thomas Frühwirt

Frequent Co-Authors

Olaf Kolditz
Olaf Kolditz TU Dresden
Xibing Li
Xibing Li Central South University
Andrea Förster
Andrea Förster Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Hans-Jürgen Förster
Hans-Jürgen Förster University of Potsdam
Wancheng Zhu
Wancheng Zhu Northeastern University
Baotang Shen
Baotang Shen Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Ove Stephansson
Ove Stephansson University of Potsdam
Erol Tutumluer
Erol Tutumluer University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Patrick Baud
Patrick Baud University of Strasbourg
Marie-Anne Félix
Marie-Anne Félix École Normale Supérieure

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