E3S Web of Conferences (Jan 2020)

TERRE project: interplay between unsaturated soil mechanics and low-carbon geotechnical engineering

  • Tarantino Alessandro,
  • El Mountassir Grainne,
  • Wheeler Simon,
  • Gallipoli Domenico,
  • Russo Giacomo,
  • Augarde Charles,
  • Urciuoli Gianfranco,
  • Pirone Marianna,
  • Stokes Alexia,
  • van de Kuilen Jan Willem,
  • Gard Wolfgang,
  • Fourcaud Thierry,
  • Romero Enrique,
  • Priegue Angel,
  • Smith Colin C,
  • Larrey-Lassalle Pyrène,
  • Becker Patrick,
  • Ferrari Alessio,
  • Dainese Roberta,
  • Salifu Emmanuel,
  • Beber Raniero,
  • Scarfone Riccardo,
  • Cuccurullo Alessia,
  • Coudert Elodie,
  • Dias Sofia,
  • Mmuguda-Viswanath Sravan,
  • Rossi Lorenzo MW,
  • Kamath Abhijith,
  • Fraccica Alessandro,
  • Karagianni Pavlina,
  • González Castejón Javier,
  • Ouakka Slimane,
  • Zannin Jacopo,
  • Speranza Gianluca

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202019501002
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 195
p. 01002

Abstract

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The geotechnical construction industry is a major component of the overall construction sector and is strategically important in infrastructure development (transportation, flood and landslide protection, building foundations, waste disposal). Although industry and research in the overall construction sector have been investing significantly in recent years to produce innovative low-carbon technologies, little innovation has been created in geotechnical construction industry, which is lagging behind other construction industry sectors. This paper discusses the interplay between low-carbon geotechnical engineering and unsaturated soil mechanics based on the research carried out within the project TERRE (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks funded by the European Commission, 2015-2019,H2020-MSCA-ITN-2015-675762).