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D-Index
41
Citations
7858
World Ranking
6885
National Ranking
231

Tom Schanz publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tom Schanz sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 247 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Tom Schanz D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tom Schanz sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Tom Schanz was affiliated with Ruhr University Bochum in Germany. Their research primarily focused on engineering disciplines, with particular emphasis on civil and structural engineering.

The scientist's scholarly output included work in environmental science and related areas. Their contributions spanned several subfields such as management, monitoring, policy and law, computational mechanics, renewable energy and sustainability, as well as environmental engineering.

Tom Schanz's research topics included:

  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Dam Engineering and Safety
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures
  • Granular flow and fluidized beds
  • Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications

Their frequent co-authors were:

  • Wiebke Baille
  • Qasim A. Al-Obaidi
  • Meisam Goudarzy
  • Vanessa Magnanimo
  • Markus König

Tom Schanz published primarily in venues such as:

  • Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials
  • Meccanica
  • Geotechnical Testing Journal

Some notable publications by Tom Schanz included:

  • Anisotropic stress state and small strain stiffness in granular materials: RC experiments and DEM simulations, 2020, Meccanica
  • A Column-Type Experimental Device for Investigating Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Behavior of Expansive Soils, 2021, Geotechnical Testing Journal
  • Deformation of unsaturated collapsible soils under suction control, 2022, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials
  • Soil-water characteristic curve of unsaturated collapsible soils, 2023, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials
  • One dimensional normal consolidation line equation, 2022, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials

Best Publications

  • The hardening soil model: Formulation and verification

    T. Schanz;P.A. Vermeer;P.G. Bonnier

  • Angles of friction and dilatancy of sand

    T. Schanz;P. A. Vermeer

  • Swelling pressures of compacted bentonites from diffuse double layer theory

    Snehasis Tripathy;Asuri Sridharan;Tom Schanz

  • Stability and serviceability of underground energy storage caverns in rock salt subjected to mechanical cyclic loading

    Kavan Khaledi;Elham Mahmoudi;Maria Datcheva;Tom Schanz

  • Impacts of the use of the geological subsurface for energy storage: an investigation concept

    Sebastian Bauer;Christof Beyer;Frank Dethlefsen;Peter Dietrich

  • Swelling pressure of a divalent‐rich bentonite: Diffuse double‐layer theory revisited

    Tom Schanz;Snehasis Tripathy

  • Swelling pressures and one-dimensional compressibility behaviour of bentonite at large pressures

    Wiebke Baille;Snehasis Tripathy;Tom Schanz

  • Comparison of Four Methods for Measuring Total Suction

    Setianto Samingan Agus;Tom Schanz

  • A method for predicting swelling pressure of compacted bentonites

    Setianto Samingan Agus;Tom Schanz

  • Energy storage in the geological subsurface: dimensioning, risk analysis and spatial planning: the ANGUS+ project

    Alina Kabuth;Andreas Dahmke;Christof Beyer;Lars Bilke

  • Laboratory study on the liquefaction resistance of sand-silt mixtures: effect of grading characteristics

    M. Belkhatir;A. Arab;T. Schanz;H. Missoum

  • Measurements of suction versus water content for bentonite-sand mixtures

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  • Effect of fines content and void ratio on the saturated hydraulic conductivity and undrained shear strength of sand–silt mixtures

    Mostefa Belkhatir;Tom Schanz;Ahmed Arab

  • Formulation and verification of the Hardening-Soil Model

    T. Schanz

  • A probabilistic analysis of subsoil parameters uncertainty impacts on tunnel-induced ground movements with a back-analysis study

    S. Miro;M. König;D. Hartmann;T. Schanz

  • Model validation and calibration via back analysis for mechanized tunnel simulations – The Western Scheldt tunnel case

    Chenyang Zhao;Arash Alimardani Lavasan;Thomas Barciaga;Veselin Zarev

  • Swelling pressure characteristics of compacted Chinese Gaomiaozi bentonite GMZ01

    Tom Schanz;Yasir Al-Badran;Yasir Al-Badran

  • Prediction of tunnel lining forces and deformations using analytical and numerical solutions

    Chenyang Zhao;Arash Alimardani Lavasan;Thomas Barciaga;Christoph Kämper

  • Experimental Unsaturated Soil Mechanics

    Tom Schanz

  • Influence of non-plastic fines content on maximum shear modulus of granular materials

    Meisam Goudarzy;Md. Mizanur Rahman;Diethard König;Tom Schanz

Frequent Co-Authors

Olaf Kolditz
Olaf Kolditz TU Dresden
Delwyn G. Fredlund
Delwyn G. Fredlund University of Saskatchewan
Asuri Sridharan
Asuri Sridharan Indian Institute of Science
Peter Dietrich
Peter Dietrich University of Tübingen
Vijay P. Singh
Vijay P. Singh Texas A&M University
P. Martin Sander
P. Martin Sander University of Bonn
Reiner Dohrmann
Reiner Dohrmann Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
De’an Sun
De’an Sun Shanghai University
Behzad Fatahi
Behzad Fatahi University of Technology Sydney

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