MICHAIL_KAVVADAS

Prof. MICHAIL KAVVADAS

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Publications 7

Professional Information

Geotechnical Consultant - Michael Kavvadas

  • Civil Engineer Geotechnical Engineer

Academia-Professor

  • Earth / Rockfill Dams Deep Excavations Shallow Foundations Pile Foundations Caisson Foundations Liquefaction Engineering Soil Structure Interaction
    Deep Dynamic Compaction Grouting Deep Soil Mixing Prefabricated Vertical Drains Groundwater Pumping Seepage Cone Penetration Testing (CPT) Standard Penetration Testing (SPT) Pressuremeter Landslides Levees Mining Constitutive Modeling / Soil Behavior Finite Element / Finite Difference Offshore Geotechnics Railway Geotechnics Residual Soils Risk & Reliability Rock Mass Characterization Slope Stability Analysis Settlements Shear Strength of Underground Materials Soil Behavior Modeling Pavement Road Embankments Tunneling in Rock Tunneling in Soils Underground Structures

Educational Background

  • PhD or Equivalent
    • ScD - Massachusetts Institute of Technology : 01/09/1978 - 01/07/1982
  • MSc or Equivalent
    • MSc - Massachusetts Institute of Technology : 01/09/1977 - 01/08/1978
  • MSc or Equivalent
    • Diploma in Civil Engineering - National Technical University of Athens : 01/09/1972 - 01/06/1977

Work Experience

  • Michael Kavvadas : ( 01/01/1990 - Present )
    • Geotechnical Consultant

    • Expert Geotechnical Consulting
      More details in: http://users.ntua.gr/kavvadas/
  • National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece : ( 01/09/1987 - 31/08/2021 )
    • Professor of Geotechnical Engineering

    • Teaching and funded research in numerical methods in geotechnical engineering, constitutive modelling of soils and rocks, soft ground and rock tunnelling.

Languages

Language Read Level Written Level Spoken Level
Greek High High High
English High High High
French Medium Low Low

Latest Publications

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  • The Behavioural Framework of a Lightly Cemented High Plasticity Clay Under Low Effective Stresses
    Journal Article published 2019 Apr 22 in Geotechnical and Geological Engineering volume 37 issue 5 on pages 4269 to 4283
    Authors: Smaragda Efthymiou, Michael Kavvadas
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10706-019-00906-0
  • A plasticity constitutive model for unsaturated, anisotropic, nonexpansive soils
    Journal Article published 2019 Dec 16 in International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics volume 44 issue 4 on pages 435 to 454
    Authors: Panagiotis Sitarenios, Michael Kavvadas
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nag.3028
  • A Constitutive Model for Unsaturated soils based on a Compressibility Framework dependent on Suction and Degree of Saturation
    Journal Article published 2016 in E3S Web of Conferences volume 9 on page 17010
    Authors: Panagiotis Sitarenios, Michael Kavvadas
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160917010
  • Evaluation of Various Soil-Water Characteristic Curve Models for Soils from Greece
    Book Chapter published 2012 in Unsaturated Soils: Research and Applications on pages 69 to 76
    Authors: Panagiotis Sitarenios, Michael Bardanis, Michael Kavvadas
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31343-1_9
  • An anisotropic Model for Structured Soils
    Journal Article published 2010 Sep in Computers and Geotechnics volume 37 issue 6 on pages 737 to 747
    Authors: George Belokas, Michael Kavvadas
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2010.05.001


Contact Information

4 Agias Annas Street, Kifissia 14563, Greece View on map

http://users.ntua.gr/kavvadas/

+302108084059

+306944306599

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Publications
The Behavioural Framework of a Lightly Cemented High Plasticity Clay Under Low Effective Stresses
Journal Article published 2019 Apr 22 in Geotechnical and Geological Engineering volume 37 issue 5 on pages 4269 to 4283
Authors: Smaragda Efthymiou, Michael Kavvadas
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10706-019-00906-0
A plasticity constitutive model for unsaturated, anisotropic, nonexpansive soils
Journal Article published 2019 Dec 16 in International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics volume 44 issue 4 on pages 435 to 454
Authors: Panagiotis Sitarenios, Michael Kavvadas
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nag.3028
A Constitutive Model for Unsaturated soils based on a Compressibility Framework dependent on Suction and Degree of Saturation
Journal Article published 2016 in E3S Web of Conferences volume 9 on page 17010
Authors: Panagiotis Sitarenios, Michael Kavvadas
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160917010
Evaluation of Various Soil-Water Characteristic Curve Models for Soils from Greece
Book Chapter published 2012 in Unsaturated Soils: Research and Applications on pages 69 to 76
Authors: Panagiotis Sitarenios, Michael Bardanis, Michael Kavvadas
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31343-1_9
An anisotropic Model for Structured Soils
Journal Article published 2010 Sep in Computers and Geotechnics volume 37 issue 6 on pages 737 to 747
Authors: George Belokas, Michael Kavvadas
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2010.05.001
Monitoring ground deformation in tunnelling: Current practice in transportation tunnels
Journal Article published 2005 Jun in Engineering Geology volume 79 issue 1-2 on pages 93 to 113
Authors: Michael J. Kavvadas
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2004.10.011
Symposium report
Journal Article published 1993 Dec in Geotechnical and Geological Engineering volume 11 issue 4 on pages 285 to 286
Authors: Michael Kavvadas
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf00466371
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