2026 Jean-Louis Briaud: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	40	7302	7048	1994	1848	278	6683
Earth Science	38	6408	5933	2282	2023	240	6421

Overview

Jean-Louis Briaud is primarily affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research spans various aspects of engineering and environmental science, with a particular focus on geotechnical engineering and related disciplines.

The major fields of study for Jean-Louis Briaud include:

Engineering
Environmental Science

The subfields of study associated with their work encompass:

Civil and Structural Engineering
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Ecology
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Environmental Engineering

Key topics researched by Jean-Louis Briaud cover areas such as:

Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures
Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis
Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization
Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
Landslides and related hazards
Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics
Soil erosion and sediment transport

Jean-Louis Briaud has coauthored works with a number of frequent collaborators, including:

Anna Shidlovskaya
Zenon Medina-Cetina
A. I. Timchenko
Mostafa Bahmani
Hamn-Ching Chen

Their publications have been featured in various academic venues, such as:

ISSMGE International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories
Geo-Congress 2022
Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Canadian Geotechnical Journal
Geo-Congress 2020

Some recent papers by Jean-Louis Briaud include:

"Relationship between Soil Erodibility and Soil Properties" (2022), Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
"Analysis of a database of open pit mine slope failures to predict travel distance, setback distance, and geometric properties" (2023), Canadian Geotechnical Journal
"Numerical Simulation of Scour Hole Backfilling in Unidirectional Flow" (2022), Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
"Modulus to SPT Blow Count Correlation for Settlement of Footings on Sand" (2020), Geo-Congress 2020
"Large-Scale Direct Shear Test on Railroad Ballast" (2020), Geo-Congress 2020

Additionally, Jean-Louis Briaud has contributed to book publications, including a title published by Transportation Research Board eBooks:

"Design Guidelines for Test Level 3 through Test Level 5 Roadside Barrier Systems Placed on Mechanically Stabilized Earth Retaining Walls" (2022)

Best Publications

Erosion function apparatus for scour rate predictions

Jean-Louis Briaud;Francis Ting;H. C. Chen;Yiwen Cao

633
Citations
SRICOS: Prediction of Scour Rate in Cohesive Soils at Bridge Piers

Jean-Louis Briaud;Francis C. K. Ting;H. C. Chen;Rao Gudavalli

543
Citations
MEASURED AND PREDICTED AXIAL RESPONSE OF 98 PILES

Jean‐Louis Briaud;Larry M. Tucker

313
Citations
Geotechnical Engineering: Unsaturated and Saturated Soils

Jean-Louis Briaud

308
Citations
Case Histories in Soil and Rock Erosion: Woodrow Wilson Bridge, Brazos River Meander, Normandy Cliffs, and New Orleans Levees

Jean-Louis Briaud

249
Citations
Behavior of Five Large Spread Footings in Sand

Jean-Louis Briaud;Robert Gibbens

226
Citations
Levee Erosion by Overtopping in New Orleans during the Katrina Hurricane

J.-L. Briaud;H.-C. Chen;A. V. Govindasamy;R. Storesund

192
Citations
Thermo-mechanical behavior of energy piles in high plasticity clays

Ghassan Anis Akrouch;Marcelo Sánchez;Jean-Louis Briaud

178
Citations
SHRINK TEST--WATER CONTENT METHOD FOR SHRINK AND SWELL PREDICTIONS

Jean-Louis Briaud;Xiong Zhang;Sangho Moon

151
Citations
Piles in Sand: A Method Including Residual Stresses

Jean‐Louis Briaud;Larry Tucker

149
Citations
Flume tests for scour in clay at circular piers

Francis C. K. Ting;Jean-Louis Briaud;H. C. Chen;Rao Gudavalli

124
Citations
Tieback walls in sand : Numerical simulation and design implications

Jean-Louis Briaud;Yujin Lim

116
Citations
Full Scale Cyclic Lateral Load Tests on Six Single Piles in Sand

Robert L. Little;Jean-Louis Briaud

115
Citations
Investigation of the Performance of the New Orleans Flood Protection Systems in Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005

Remon I. Abdelmalak;Adda G. Athanasopoulos;Robert G. Bea;Gordon P. Boutwell

114
Citations
Predicted and Measured Behavior of Five Spread Footings on Sand

Jean-Louis Briaud;Robert M. Gibbens

113
Citations
Multiflood and Multilayer Method for Scour Rate Prediction at Bridge Piers

J. L. Briaud;H. C. Chen;K. W. Kwak;S. W. Han

113
Citations
Spread Footings in Sand: Load Settlement Curve Approach

Jean-Louis Briaud

111
Citations
Realtime Monitoring of Bridge Scour Using Remote Monitoring Technology

Jean-Louis Briaud;Stefan Hurlebaus;Kuang-An Chang;Congpu Yao

108
Citations
Statistical, risk, and reliability analyses of bridge scour

Jean Louis Briaud;Paolo Gardoni;Congpu Yao

85
Citations
An experimental, analytical and numerical study on the thermal efficiency of energy piles in unsaturated soils

Ghassan Anis Akrouch;Marcelo Sánchez;Jean-Louis Briaud

83
Citations
Hydrate melting in soil around hot conductor

Jean-Louis Briaud;Adel Chaouch

82
Citations
Probability of scour depth exceedance owing to hydrologic uncertainty

J.-L. Briaud;L. Brandimarte;J. Wang;P. D'Odorico

78
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Hurlebaus Texas A&M University

Paolo Gardoni University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Raymond B. Seed University of California, Berkeley

Joseph Wartman University of Washington

Karlene H. Roberts University of California, Berkeley

Daniel A. Farber University of California, Berkeley

Brian D. Collins United States Geological Survey

Seth D. Guikema University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Sangseom Jeong Yonsei University

Paolo D'Odorico University of California, Berkeley

External Links

Personal website of Jean-Louis Briaud

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