Sols, solides, structures, risques

Enseignement

UGA Phitem GC

Ouvrages geotechniques (Master M1 GC, Phitem)
Mecanique des sols (Licence L3 GC, Phitem)
Advanced soil mechanics (Master GCER, Phitem)
Outils numeriques (TP Plaxis)

Research

Mécanique des sols, geostructures énergétiques (pieux, parois, tunnel), géothermie, effet de la température sur les sols, couplages THM

Encadrement de theses:

CASARELLA Angela (10/2018-10/2021), "Comportement thermique des argiles", encadrants: B. Loret, A. Di Donna.
ZALAMEA Nicolás (10/2019-10/2022), "Multi-scale modelling of the thermo-hydromechanical behaviour of argillaceous rocks", encadrants: P. Bésuelle, S. Dal Pont, A. Di Donna.
MA Chunjing (10/2019-10/2022), "Numerical assessement of the behaviour of energy tunnels", encadrants: D. Dias, A. Di Donna.
COHONER Sebatien (11/2019-11/2022), "Effect of thermal cycling and mechanical impacts on the regolith formation", encadrants: R. Peyroux, D. Britt, M. Delbo, A. Di Donna, B. Harthong.

Production

Articles de journal

1. Di Donna, A., Emeriault, F., Demongodin, L., Gobichon, J.F., Aspects géotechniques et énergétiques des géostructures thermoactives : application à un cas d’étude reel. Revue Française de Géotechnique, 164, 4, 2020, 10.1051/geotech/2021001, (in french).
2. Di Donna, A., Loveridge, F., Piemontese, M., Barla, M., The role of ground conditions on the heat exchange potential of energy walls, Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, doi.org/10.1016/j.gete.2020.100199, 2020.
3. Avdellidou, C., Di Donna, A., Schltz, C., Harthong, B., Price, M., Peyroux, R., Britt, D., Cole, M., Delbo, M., Mechanical properties of very weak carbonaceous asteroid analogues I: response to hypervelocity impacts, ICARUS, 341, 2020.
4. Barla, M., Di Donna, A., Santi, A. Energy and mechanical aspects on the thermal activation of diaphragm walls for heating and cooling, Renewable Energy, 147 (2), 2654-2663, 2020.
5. Tarantino, A., and Di Donna, A., Mechanics of unsaturated soils: simple approaches for routine engineering practice, Rivista Italiana di Geotecnica, RIG, 4, 2019.
6. Barla, M., Di Donna, A., Insana, A., A novel real-scale experimental prototype of energy tunnel, Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 87, 1-14, 2019.
7. Barla, M., Di Donna, A.,Energy tunnels: concept and design aspects, Underground Space, doi.org/10.1016/j.undsp.2018.03.003, 2018, in press.
8. Baralis, M., Barla, M., Di Donna, A., Ryzynski, G. and Zerun, M., A study on the potential for thermal activation of the lining for II line North Eastern extension of Warsaw metro, Environmental Geotechnics, 10.1680/jenge.18.00042, 2018, in press.
9. Barla, M., Di Donna, A. and Baralis, M., City scale analysis of subsoil thermal conditions due to geothermal exploitation, Environmental Geotechnics, 10.1680/jenge.17.00087, 2018, in press.
10. Di Donna, A., Cecinato, F., Loveridge, F. and Barla, M. Energy performance of diaphragm walls used as heat exchangers, Proceeding of the ICE, Geotechnical Engineering, 170 (3): 232-245, 2017.
11. Barla, M., Di Donna, A. and Perino, A., Application of energy tunnels to an urban environment, Geothermics, 61, 104-113, 2016.
12. Barla, M., Di Donna, A., Editorial: Special Issue on Energy geostructures. In: Environmental geotechnics, ICE, vol. 3 n. 4, ISSN 2051-803X, 2016.
13. Di Donna, A., and Barla, M., The role of ground conditions on energy tunnels’ heat exchange, Environmental geotechnics, ICE, 3 (4): 214-224, 2016.
14. Di Donna, A., Rotta Loria, A. and Laloui, L., Numerical study of the response of a group of energy piles under different combinations of thermos-mechanical loads, Computers and Geotechnics, 72: 126-142, 2016.
15. Di Donna, A., Ferrari, A. and Laloui, L., Experimental investigations on soil-concrete interface: physical mechanisms, cyclic mobilisation and non-isothermal conditions, Canadian Geotechnical journal, 53: 1-14, 2016.
16. Rotta Loria A., Di Donna A., Laloui L., Numerical Study on the Suitability of Centrifuge Testing for Capturing the Thermal-Induced Mechanical Behavior of Energy Piles. Journal of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering, 141 (10), 2015.
17. Di Donna, A. and Laloui, L., Response of soils subjected to thermal cyclic loading: experimental and constitutive study, Engineering Geology, 190: 65-76, 2015.
18. Di Donna, A. and Laloui, L., Numerical analysis of the geotechnical behaviour of energy piles, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 39: 861-888, 2014.
19. Laloui, L. and Di Donna, A., “Understanding the Thermo-Mechanical Behaviour of Energy Piles: Discussion", Proceedings of ICE Civil Engineering, 165, CE2, 57-58, 2012.
20. Laloui, L. and Di Donna, A., “Understanding the Thermo-Mechanical Behaviour of Energy Piles: Discussion", Proceedings of ICE Civil Engineering, 165, CE1, 14, 2012.
21. Laloui, L. and Di Donna, A., Understanding the Thermo-Mechanical Behaviour of Energy Piles, Proceedings of ICE - Civil Engineering 164, 184-191, 2011.

Livres

1. Laloui, L. and Di Donna, A., Energy geostructures: innovation in underground engineering: ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2013, ISBN: 978-1848215726, 320 pages, 2013.