Pereira Jean-Michel - NAVIER laboratory

Biography

Academic Experience

2017 – now: Professor of Geomechanics, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech
2015 – 2019: Deputy President of the Department of Civil Engineering, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech
2014 (3 months): Visiting Professor, School of Civil Engineering, The University of Sydney, Australia
2005 – now: Research Scientist, Laboratoire Navier, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech
2006 (1 year): Post-doctoral researcher, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, Spain

Education

2014 : HDR in Geotechnics (Habilitation à diriger des recherches), Université Paris-Est, Marne-la-Vallée
2005: PhD in Civil Engineering, ENTPE / INSA de Lyon
2001: MSc in Civil Engineering, ENTPE, Lyon
2001: Ingénieur des Travaux Publics de l’État, ENTPE, Lyon

Research topics

Thermo-Hydro-Chemo-Mechanical couplings in fluids-filled geomaterials
Time effects in geomaterials
Finite Element modelling of coupled geomechanical problems
Geomechanics of CO2 sequestration
Methane hydrates bearing sediments
Geothermal piles
Offshore geotechnics (behaviour of deep marine sediments)
Nuclear waste disposals (THM modelling)
Embankments in areas liable to floodings (soil-atmosphere interactions)
Chalk carries (time effects and partial saturation)

Teaching

Geotechnical engineering, École des Ponts ParisTech
Mechanics of Soils and Rock, École des Ponts ParisTech
Advanced geotechnics and Geomechanics, École des Ponts ParisTech

Research group

PhD students

Pablo Eizaguirre García: Hydromechanical-gaz behaviour of clay materials, with Dr M. Bornert, Dr. P. Dangla and Dr A. M. Tang, started in 2021.

Maxime Delvoie: Landslide triggering in volcanic soils, with Dr H. Rattez (UCLouvain), Prof. P. Delmelle (UCLouvain) and Dr A. M. Tang, started in 2021.

Christian Martin: Behaviour of lightweight cements in the context of carbon dioxide geological storage, with Dr D. Manzanal (UPM), Dr M. T. Pique (UBA) and Dr S. Ghabezloo, started in 2021.

Guillaume Flood Page: Behaviour of quasi-saturated soils, started in 2020.

Tatiana Richa: Uncertainty reduction in tunnel excavation, co-supervised with Prof J. Sulem and Dr L. Guayacan-Carrillo, started in 2020.

Ana Loyola Caetanos Rios: Coupled multiscale simulation of fractured reservoir, co-supervised with Prof Manoel Profírio Cordão Neto (UnB), started in 2019.

Henri Mas-Mézéran: Monitoring of slope stability, co-supervised with Dr A. Pouya, started in 2019.

Quoc-Hung Vu: Behaviour of frozen soils, with Dr A. M. Tang, started in 2019.

Former PhD students

Hussein Bakri: Dynamic soil-structure interaction: application to deep foundations of wind turbines, co-supervised with Dr J. Canou, Dr G. Cumunel & Dr J.-C. Dupla (2018-2021).

Juan Cruz Barria: Behaviour of modified cements with biopolymers in the context of carbon dioxide geological storage, co-supervised with Dr D. Manzanal (UNPSJB) and Dr S. Ghabezloo (2018-2021).

Zhongzheng Wang: Multiphase flow in disordered porous media, co-supervised with Dr Y. Gan (U. Sydney) (2018-2021)

Axelle Alavoine: Behaviour of hydrate bearing sediments, co-supervised with Dr P. Dangla (2016-2020).

Benjamin Dardé: Hydromechanical behaviour of bentonite pellets and powder mixtures, co-supervised with Dr P. Dangla, Dr. J.-N. Roux & Dr. A. M. Tang (2016-2019).

Hafsa Rahoui: Mechanisms of action of shrinkage reducing admixtures, co-supervised with Dr M. Vandamme (2015-2018).

Hubert Habib: Behaviour of laterally-loaded deep foundations in soft soils, started in 2014.

Laura Kerner: Dynamic soil-structure interaction : application to deep foundations of wind turbines, co-supervised with Dr P. Argoul, Dr. J. Canou, Dr G. Cumunel & Dr. J.-C. Dupla (2014-2017).

Hugo Troupel: Creep of geomaterials subjected to varying environ- mental variables, co-supervised with Dr M. Vandamme (2014-2017).

Mohamed Hassan Khalili: Micromechanics of creep in granular materials, co-supervised with Dr M. Bornert, Dr Brisard & Dr J.-N. Roux (2013-2016).

Van Tri Nguyen: Behaviour of energy piles, co-supervised with Dr. A. M. Tang (2013-2017).

Vinh Du Than: Mechanical behavior of bonded granular soils : experiments and discrete element modeling, co-supervised with Dr. A. M. Tang and Dr. J.-N. Roux (2013-2017).

Nam Nghia Bui: Study of swelling of porous media induced by sursaturation and cristal growth, co-supervised with Dr. M. Vandamme (2012-2016).

Linh Quyen Dao: Laboratory and numerical investigation of the anisotropic behaviour of natural Boom Clay, co-supervised with Dr. Y. J. Cui, Dr. A. M. Tang & Dr. P. Delage (2011-2015).

Neda Yavari: Geotechnical aspects of foundation energy piles, co-supervised with Dr. A. M. Tang & Dr. G. Hassen (2011-2014).

Valérie Vallin: Multiphysical approach of the perenity of CO2 geological storage — Influence of the behaviour of geomaterials and discontinuities, co-supervised with Dr T. Fen-Chong & Dr H. Wong (2010-2014).

Jean-François Bruchon: Hydro-mechanical couplings in granular materials — X-ray microtomography approach, co-supervised with Dr M. Vandamme, Dr M. Bornert & Dr P. Delage (2010-2014).

Florian Osselin: Sequestration of supercritical CO2 in deep saline aquifers : evolution of the petrophysical properties of the constitutive rock, co-supervised with Dr. P. Dangla, Dr T. Fen-Chong & Dr A. Fabbri, (2010-2013).

Pengyun Hong: Thermo-hydro-mechanical behaviour of stiff clays accounting for salinity effects, with Prof. Cui Y.J. & Dr. Tang A.M. (2009-2013).

José Muñoz-Castelblanco: Hydro-mechanical behaviour of a natural soil, with Profs. Delage P. & Cui Y.J. (2007-2011).

Post-doc fellows – Visiting Scholars

Dr Sergio Samat: Numerical modelling in geomechanics & ANR TWIST project, 11/2019 – 11/2021.

Dr Anna Ramon: Multiscale modelling of multiphysics processes in geomaterials, visiting scholar from UPC (Barcelona, Spain), 04/2018 – 10/2018, co-supervised with Dr I. Stefanou

Dr Nam Nghia Bui: Swelling of porous media induced by cristallisation, 02-2016 — 08/2017, co-supervised with Dr M. Vandamme.

Dr Linlin Wang: Modelling the anisotropic hydromechanical behaviour of coal during CO2 injection, 09-2014 — 08/2015, co-supervised with Dr M. Vandamme.

Dr. D. Nicolas Espinoza: Study of the hydromechanical properties of coal during CO2 injection, 01/2012 — 07/2013, co-supervised with Dr M. Vandamme.

Dr. Norma Patricia López Acosta: Stability analyses of flood-protecting dykes submitted to rapid drawdowns, 04/2011 — 09/2011 (visiting scholar funded by EC-FP7-PEOPLE GEO-EXCEL project)

Dr. Diego Manzanal: Numerical modelling of the effects of supercritical CO2 injection on the poromechanical properties of geomaterials & Numerical modelling of gassy soils, 02/2011 — 01/2013.

Dr. Zemenu Yigzaw: Experimental characterisation of the effects of supercritical CO2 injection on the poromechanical properties of geomaterials, 02/2010 — 06/2012.

Dr. Seda Sendir-Torisu: Mechanical behaviour of ocean sediments and offshore geohazards, 07/2009 — 06/2010

Selected papers

Pereira, J. M., Wong, H., Dubujet, P., & Dangla, P. (2005). Adaptation of existing behaviour models to unsaturated states: application to CJS model. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 29(11), 1127–1155. https://doi.org/10.1002/nag.453
Coussy, O., Pereira, J. M., & Vaunat, J. (2010). Revisiting the thermodynamics of hardening plasticity for unsaturated soils. Computers and Geotechnics, 37(1–2), 207–215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2009.09.003
Alonso, E. E., Pereira, J. M., Vaunat, J., & Olivella, S. (2010). A microstructurally based effective stress for unsaturated soils. Géotechnique, 60(12), 913–925. https://doi.org/10.1680/geot.8.P.002
Sendir-Torisu, S., Pereira, J. M., De Gennaro, V., Delage, P., & Puech, A. (2012). Strain-rate effects in deep marine clays from the Gulf of Guinea. Géotechnique, 62(9), 767–775. https://doi.org/10.1680/geot.12.OG.015
Muñoz-Castelblanco, J. A., Pereira, J. M., Delage, P., & Cui, Y. J. (2012). The water retention properties of a natural unsaturated loess from northern France. Géotechnique, 62(2), 95–106. https://doi.org/10.1680/geot.9.P.084
Vallin, V., Pereira, J. M., Fabbri, A., & Wong, H. (2013). Numerical modelling of the hydro-chemo-mechanical behaviour of geomaterials in the context of CO2 injection. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 37(17), 3052–3069. https://doi.org/10.1002/nag.2192
De Gennaro, V., & Pereira, J. M. (2013). A viscoplastic constitutive model for unsaturated geomaterials. Computers and Geotechnics, 54(October), 143–151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2013.06.005
Bruchon, J.-F., Pereira, J. M., Vandamme, M., Lenoir, N., Delage, P., & Bornert, M. (2013). Full 3D investigation and characterisation of capillary collapse of a loose unsaturated sand using X-ray CT. Granular Matter, 15(6), 783–800. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10035-013-0452-6
Pereira, J. M., & Arson, C. (2013). Retention and permeability properties of damaged porous rocks. Computers and Geotechnics, 48, 272–282. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2012.08.003
Yavari, N., Tang, A. M., Pereira, J. M., & Hassen, G. (2014). Experimental study on the mechanical behaviour of a heat exchanger pile using physical modelling. Acta Geotechnica, 9(3), 385–398. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-014-0310-7
Dangla, P., & Pereira, J. M. (2014). A thermodynamic approach to effective stresses in unsaturated soils incorporating the concept of partial pore deformations. Vadose Zone Journal, 13(5), 2136. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2013.06.0110
Espinoza, D. N., Pereira, J. M., Vandamme, M., Dangla, P., & Vidal-Gilbert, S. (2015). Desorption-induced shear failure of coal bed seams during gas depletion. International Journal of Coal Geology, 137, 142–151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2014.10.016
Than, V. Du, Khamseh, S., Tang, A. M., Pereira, J. M., Chevoir, F., & Roux, J.-N. (2017). Basic Mechanical Properties of Wet Granular Materials: A DEM Study. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 143(1), C4016001. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0001043
Khalili, M. H., Brisard, S., Bornert, M., Aimedieu, P., Pereira, J. M., & Roux, J.-N. (2017). Discrete Digital Projections Correlation: A Reconstruction-Free Method to Quantify Local Kinematics in Granular Media by X-ray Tomography. Experimental Mechanics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11340-017-0263-5
Todisco, M. C., Coop, M. R., & Pereira, J. M. (2018). Fabric characterisation in transitional soils. Granular Matter, 20(2), 20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10035-018-0786-1
Darde, B., Tang, A. M., Pereira, J. M., Roux, J.-N., Dangla, P., Talandier, J., & Vu, M. N. (2018). Hydro-mechanical behaviour of high-density bentonite pellet on partial hydration. Géotechnique Letters, 8(4), 330–335. https://doi.org/10.1680/jgele.18.00114
Wang, Z., Chauhan, K., Pereira, J. M., & Gan, Y. (2019). Disorder characterization of porous media and its effect on fluid displacement. Physical Review Fluids, 4(3), 034305. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.4.034305
Wang, Z., Pereira, J.-M., & Gan, Y. (2020). Effect of wetting transition during multiphase displacement in porous media. Langmuir, acs.langmuir.9b03780. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b03780
Alavoine, A., Dangla, P., & Pereira, J.-M. (2020). FFT-based homogenisation of the effective mechanical response of gas hydrate bearing sediments. Géotechnique Letters, 10(2), 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1680/jgele.19.00252
Atig, D., Broseta, D., Pereira, J.-M., & Brown, R. (2020). Contactless probing of polycrystalline methane hydrate at pore scale suggests weaker tensile properties than thought. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16628-4

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