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Torsten Wichtmann

Torsten Wichtmann

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Earth Science

D-Index
33
Citations
4312
World Ranking
8337
National Ranking
607

Overview

Torsten Wichtmann is affiliated with Ruhr University Bochum in Germany. Their primary field of study is Engineering, with a strong focus on Civil and Structural Engineering. Their research spans several subfields, including Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Computational Mechanics, and Mechanics of Materials.

The research topics frequently addressed by Wichtmann include:

  • Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics
  • Landslides and related hazards

Wichtmann has published extensively in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Computers and Geotechnics
  • Acta Geotechnica
  • Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
  • International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics
  • Bautechnik

Among notable recent papers, the following are representative of their research output:

  • Soil-structure interaction: A state-of-the-art review of modeling techniques and studies on seismic response of building structures (2023), published in Frontiers in Built Environment
  • Investigation of three sophisticated constitutive soil models: From numerical formulations to element tests and the analysis of vibratory pile driving tests (2021), published in Computers and Geotechnics
  • Long-term deformations of monopile foundations for offshore wind turbines studied with a high-cycle accumulation model (2020), published in Computers and Geotechnics
  • Vibratory pile driving in water-saturated sand: Back-analysis of model tests using a hydro-mechanically coupled CEL method (2020), published in SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS
  • Impact of the installation on the long-term cyclic behaviour of piles in sand: A numerical study (2020), published in Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Wichtmann collaborates regularly with several co-authors, contributing jointly to multiple publications. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Merita Tafili
  • Patrick Staubach
  • Jan Macháček
  • Meisam Goudarzy
  • Luis Felipe Prada-Sarmiento

Best Publications

  • A high-cycle accumulation model for sand

    A. Niemunis;T. Wichtmann;Th. Triantafyllidis

  • Influence of the Grain-Size Distribution Curve of Quartz Sand on the Small Strain Shear Modulus Gmax

    T. Wichtmann;T. Triantafyllidis

  • Strain accumulation in sand due to cyclic loading: drained triaxial tests

    T. Wichtmann;A. Niemunis;Th. Triantafyllidis

  • An experimental database for the development, calibration and verification of constitutive models for sand with focus to cyclic loading: part I—tests with monotonic loading and stress cycles

    Torsten Wichtmann;Theodoros Triantafyllidis

  • On the influence of a non-cohesive fines content on small strain stiffness, modulus degradation and damping of quartz sand

    T. Wichtmann;M.A. Navarrete Hernández;T. Triantafyllidis

  • Effect of Uniformity Coefficient on G/Gmax and Damping Ratio of Uniform to Well-Graded Quartz Sands

    T. Wichtmann;T. Triantafyllidis

  • Soil-structure interaction: A state-of-the-art review of modeling techniques and studies on seismic response of building structures

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  • Comparison of Cyclic Triaxial Behavior of Unbound Granular Material under Constant and Variable Confining Pressure

    H. A. Rondón;Torsten Wichtmann;T. Triantafyllidis;A. Lizcano

  • Influence of a cyclic and dynamic loading history on dynamic properties of dry sand, part I: cyclic and dynamic torsional prestraining

    T. Wichtmann;Th. Triantafyllidis

  • Prediction of Permanent Deformations in Pavements Using a High-Cycle Accumulation Model

    T. Wichtmann;H. Rondón;A. Niemunis;Theodoros Triantafyllidis

  • VALIDATION AND CALIBRATION OF A HIGH-CYCLE ACCUMULATION MODEL BASED ON CYCLIC TRIAXIAL TESTS ON EIGHT SANDS

    T. Wichtmann;A. Niemunis;T.H. Triantafyllidis

  • On the influence of the polarization and the shape of the strain loop on strain accumulation in sand under high-cyclic loading

    T. Wichtmann;A. Niemunis;Th. Triantafyllidis

  • Inspection of three sophisticated constitutive models based on monotonic and cyclic tests on fine sand: Hypoplasticity vs. Sanisand vs. ISA

    T. Wichtmann;W. Fuentes;T. Triantafyllidis

  • An experimental database for the development, calibration and verification of constitutive models for sand with focus to cyclic loading: part II—tests with strain cycles and combined loading

    Torsten Wichtmann;Theodoros Triantafyllidis

  • Investigation of three sophisticated constitutive soil models: From numerical formulations to element tests and the analysis of vibratory pile driving tests

    J. Machaček;J. Machaček;P. Staubach;P. Staubach;M. Tafili;H. Zachert

  • Strain accumulation in sand due to drained cyclic loading: On the effect of monotonic and cyclic preloading (Miner's rule)

    T. Wichtmann;A. Niemunis;Theodoros Triantafyllidis

  • Strain accumulation in sand due to cyclic loading: drained cyclic tests with triaxial extension

    T. Wichtmann;A. Niemunis;Th. Triantafyllidis

  • Correlation of cyclic preloading with the liquefaction resistance

    T. Wichtmann;A. Niemunis;Th. Triantafyllidis;M. Poblete

  • Influence of a cyclic and dynamic loading history on dynamic properties of dry sand, part II: cyclic axial preloading

    T. Wichtmann;Th. Triantafyllidis

  • Improved simplified calibration procedure for a high-cycle accumulation model

    T. Wichtmann;A. Niemunis;T. Triantafyllidis

  • ISA-Hypoplasticity accounting for cyclic mobility effects for liquefaction analysis

    William Fuentes;Torsten Wichtmann;Melany Gil;Carlos Lascarro

  • On the determination of a set of material constants for a high-cycle accumulation model for non-cohesive soils

    T. Wichtmann;A. Niemunis;Theodoros Triantafyllidis

Frequent Co-Authors

Ching S. Chang
Ching S. Chang University of Massachusetts Amherst

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