Research

• Earthworks in road construction
  • Determination of the soil-specific application limits of continuous dynamic ccompaction control (CCC) Research funded by BASt (2006-2008)
  • Saving of high-quality dam construction materials by increasing the load-bearing capacity of directly trafficked fills with geosynthetics ; Research funded by BASt (2006-2009)
• piled foundations
  • Bending of piles in soils with low shear strength Research funded by DIBt (2004-2005)
  • Influence of soil viscosity on foundation systems at risk of stability Research funded by the DFG (2008-2010)
  • Planning and execution of static and cyclic pile test loads
  • Measurement of strains and pressures at the pile shaft
  • Numerical calculations (Plaxis 2D/3D)
• Measuring and testing technology
  • Dynamic plate load test with a medium-weight drop-weight tester Research funded by BASt (2005-2007)
  • Measurement of accelerations, speeds, paths, forces and pressures up to 20 kHz
  • Numerical and analytical simulation of dynamic effects (Plaxis 2D, Maple)
  • Development of geotechnical laboratory tests Special oedometer and triaxial cells for the investigation of soft to liquid soils

Teaching

• Lecture Building on fill (Geotechnical issues in environmental engineering)
• Lecture Geothermal energy (Ground water handling and sustainable use of geomaterials in civil construction)
• Lecture Geothermie (Umweltgeotechnik für Bauingenieure I)

Geotechnical support and consulting of construction projects in the fields of

• Compression and shear tests
• permeability tests
• Field investigations (pressure, pile driving and vane soundings, plate pressure tests, dynamic test methods)
• Investigations on geosynthetics (mechanical strength, permeability, long-term behaviour)