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Mr. Wojciech T. Sołowski

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Professor (associated, tenured) / Professori 1 - Aalto University

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Geotechnical Engineer

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Expertise

Deep Excavations Retaining Walls Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Walls Contaminant Transport Soil Structure Interaction Deep Dynamic Compaction Stabilization

Deep Soil Mixing Ground Freezing Seepage Laboratory Testing Landslides Constitutive Modeling / Soil Behavior Finite Element / Finite Difference Railway Geotechnics Cone Penetration Testing (CPT) Slope Stabilization Slope Stability Analysis Soil Dynamics In-Situ Soil Dynamics Testing in the Laboratory Settlements Shear Strength of Underground Materials Soil Behavior Modeling Road Embankments Visualization

Educational Background

PhD or Equivalent
- PhD - University of Durham : 01/08/2004 - 01/06/2008

Honors & Awards

Scott Sloan Best Paper Award 2022 Computers & Geotechnics, 2022
Scott Sloan Best Paper Award 2022 Computers & Geotechnics, 2022

Work Experience

Aalto University : ( 01/08/2014 - Present )
- Professor (associated, tenured) / Professori 1
- Associate professor in geotechnical engineering, responsible for teaching geotechnical design with numerical methods.
  I specialise in computational simulations of soils, granular materials and constitutive modelling. My research focuses on:
  1) numerical Modelling with Finite Element Method and Material Point Method
  2) advancing Material Point Method and applying it to large deformation problems, mainly in geotechnics
  3) thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical behaviour of saturated and unsaturated soils and associated coupling processes and implementation of those into numerical software (currently in-house developed Finite Element Code Thebes)
  4) constitutive modelling of soils and granular materials, in particular influence of clay microstructure on its behaviour, soft soil modelling and THMC modelling of soils
  5) soil improvement, including dynamic compaction and dynamic replacement
  6) modelling soil freezing and thawing, assessing frost susceptibility and mitigation methods for frost susceptible soils
  7) observational method, reducing the cost of construction based on observations during the construction phase
  8) vibrations in the ground and methods to mitigate the vibrations
  9) laboratory testing of soils, triaxial tests, dynamic triaxial tests, oedometric tests
  10) establishing soil parameters based on testing results
  Chair of ERTC7 group EC 7 - based design by means of numerical methods

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GENERALIZED INTERPOLATION MATERIAL POINT METHOD REPLICATION OF VIBRATIONS CAUSED BY DYNAMIC COMPACTION
Proceedings Article published 2025 in 29th European Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference
Authors: Naum SHPATA, Piotr KANTY, Wojciech T. SOŁOWSKI
https://doi.org/10.32762/eygec.2025.3
Assessment of near-surface undrained shear strength of soft seabeds with free fall cone penetrometer testing in the northern Baltic Sea
Journal Article published 2025 Feb in Engineering Geology volume 346 on page 107906
Authors: Maarit Saresma, David J. White, Debasis Mohapatra, Saeideh Mohammadi, Wojciech Sołowski, Leena Korkiala-Tanttu, Joonas J. Virtasalo, Susan Gourvenec
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2025.107906
Numerical simulation of in-situ free fall cone penetrometer tests using the material point method
Proceedings Article published 2024 Apr 25 in Proceedings of the 2024 UK Association for Computational Mechanics Conference on pages 157 to 160
Authors: Debasis Mohapatra, Saeideh Mohammadi, Maarit Saaresma, Joonas Virtasalo, Wojciech Sołowski
https://doi.org/10.62512/conf.ukacm2024.101
Multiple discrete crack initiation and propagation in Material Point Method
Journal Article published 2024 May in Engineering Fracture Mechanics volume 301 on page 109918
Authors: Tito Adibaskoro, Stéphane Bordas, Wojciech T. Sołowski, Simo Hostikka
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2024.109918
Fall cone tests on sensitive marine clay: a comprehensive experimental study and its replication with the Generalized Interpolation Material Point Method
Posted Content published 2024 Nov 25
Authors: Debasis Mohapatra, Saeideh Mohammadi, Maarit Saresma, Joonas J. Virtasalo, Wojciech T. Sołowski
https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-5500388/v1

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GENERALIZED INTERPOLATION MATERIAL POINT METHOD REPLICATION OF VIBRATIONS CAUSED BY DYNAMIC COMPACTION Proceedings Article published 2025 in 29th European Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference Authors: Naum SHPATA, Piotr KANTY, Wojciech T. SOŁOWSKI https://doi.org/10.32762/eygec.2025.3
Assessment of near-surface undrained shear strength of soft seabeds with free fall cone penetrometer testing in the northern Baltic Sea Journal Article published 2025 Feb in Engineering Geology volume 346 on page 107906 Authors: Maarit Saresma, David J. White, Debasis Mohapatra, Saeideh Mohammadi, Wojciech Sołowski, Leena Korkiala-Tanttu, Joonas J. Virtasalo, Susan Gourvenec https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2025.107906
Numerical simulation of in-situ free fall cone penetrometer tests using the material point method Proceedings Article published 2024 Apr 25 in Proceedings of the 2024 UK Association for Computational Mechanics Conference on pages 157 to 160 Authors: Debasis Mohapatra, Saeideh Mohammadi, Maarit Saaresma, Joonas Virtasalo, Wojciech Sołowski https://doi.org/10.62512/conf.ukacm2024.101
Multiple discrete crack initiation and propagation in Material Point Method Journal Article published 2024 May in Engineering Fracture Mechanics volume 301 on page 109918 Authors: Tito Adibaskoro, Stéphane Bordas, Wojciech T. Sołowski, Simo Hostikka https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2024.109918
Fall cone tests on sensitive marine clay: a comprehensive experimental study and its replication with the Generalized Interpolation Material Point Method Posted Content published 2024 Nov 25 Authors: Debasis Mohapatra, Saeideh Mohammadi, Maarit Saresma, Joonas J. Virtasalo, Wojciech T. Sołowski https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-5500388/v1
Laboratory‐Scale Free Fall Cone Penetrometer Test on Marine Clay: A Numerical Investigation Using the Generalized Interpolation Material Point Method Journal Article published 2024 Dec 30 in International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics volume 49 issue 4 on pages 1299 to 1318 Authors: Debasis Mohapatra, Saeideh Mohammadi, Maarit Saresma, Joonas J. Virtasalo, Wojciech T. Sołowski https://doi.org/10.1002/nag.3929
Impact of a spacing reduction in a fall cone test Book Chapter published 2024 Sep 17 in Geotechnical Engineering Challenges to Meet Current and Emerging Needs of Society on pages 1679 to 1683 Authors: R. Khalili, C. Jommi, W.T. Sołowski https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003431749-312
Comparison of collapse loads obtained in 2D and 3D slope stability limit analysis Book Chapter published 2024 Sep 17 in Geotechnical Engineering Challenges to Meet Current and Emerging Needs of Society on pages 1992 to 1995 Authors: W.T. Sołowski, L.-A. Marchadour, L.A. Ikonen https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003431749-375
Combined Geophysical, Geological and Geotechnical Study of Offshore Soft Sediments at a Planned Wind farm Area Proceedings Article published 2024 in NSG 2024 30th European Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics on pages 1 to 5 Authors: M. Saresma, D. Mohapatra, S. Mohammadi Hasanbarough, W. Sołowski, J.J. Virtasalo https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.202420143
Combined study of the geological and geotechnical measurements of fine-grained sediments at a planned offshore wind farm extension area in Finland Posted Content published 2024 Mar 9 Authors: Maarit Saresma, Debasis Mohapatra, Saeideh Mohammadi Hasanbarough, Wojciech Solowski, Joonas Virtasalo https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-15517
Granular Material Point Method: unsaturated soil modelling Journal Article published 2023 Jun in Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment volume 34 on page 100471 Authors: Wojciech T. Sołowski, Seyedmohammadjavad Seyedan https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gete.2023.100471
Implementation and validation of pressure-dependent gas permeability model for bentonite in FEM code Thebes Journal Article published 2023 in E3S Web of Conferences volume 382 on page 02005 Authors: Abhishek Gupta, Ayman Abed, Wojciech T. Sołowski https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202338202005
Measurement of three-dimensional shrinkage deformations and volumes of stabilised soft clay during drying with Structure from Motion photogrammetry Journal Article published 2023 May 11 in Acta Geotechnica volume 18 issue 10 on pages 5319 to 5339 Authors: Zhong-Sen Li, Leena Korkiala-Tanttu, Wojciech Sołowski https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-023-01898-1
A constitutive framework for the chemo-mechanical behaviour of unsaturated non-expansive clays Journal Article published 2023 in E3S Web of Conferences volume 382 on page 15004 Authors: Liliana Gramegna, Ayman A. Abed, Wojciech T. Sołowski, Guido Musso, Gabriele Della Vecchia https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202338215004
An Elastoplastic Framework Accounting for Changes in Matric and Osmotic Suction in Unsaturated Non-expansive Clays Book Chapter published 2023 in Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering on pages 311 to 318 Authors: Liliana Gramegna, Ayman A. Abed, Wojciech T. Sołowski, Guido Musso, Gabriele Della Vecchia https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34761-0_38
Identification of key thermal couplings affecting the bentonite behaviour in a deep geological nuclear waste repository Journal Article published 2023 Oct in Engineering Geology volume 324 on page 107251 Authors: Abhishek Gupta, Ayman A. Abed, Wojciech T. Solowski https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2023.107251
Numerical Simulation of a Laboratory-Scale Free Fall Cone Penetrometer Test in Marine Clay With The Material Point Method Proceedings Article published 2023 in VIII International Conference on Particle-Based Methods Authors: D. Mohapatra, M. Saresma, J. Virtasalo, W. Solowski https://doi.org/10.23967/c.particles.2023.044
Numerical Simulation of a Laboratory-Scale Free Fall Cone Penetrometer Test in Marine Clay with the Material Point Method Proceedings Article published 2023 in VIII International Conference on Particle-Based Methods Authors: D. Mohapatra, M. Saresma, J. Virtalaso, W. Solowski https://doi.org/10.23967/c.particles.2023.032
In Situ Free-Fall Cone Penetrometer (FF-CPT) and Laboratory Fall Cone Characterisation of Soft Marine Sediments in the Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea Proceedings Article published 2023 Sep 12 in 9th International SUT Offshore Site Investigation Geotechnics Conference Proceedings “Innovative Geotechnologies for Energy Transition” Authors: M Saresma, J J Virtasalo, Z S Li, D Mohapatra, W Sołowski https://doi.org/10.3723/dses3939
Experimental dataset for the macro-scale compression of Norway Spruce perpendicular to grain direction Journal Article published 2022 Feb in Data in Brief volume 40 on page 107742 Authors: Tito Adibaskoro, Wojciech Sołowski, Simo Hostikka https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2021.107742
Multi-surfaced elasto-plastic wood material model in material point method Journal Article published 2022 Feb in International Journal of Solids and Structures volume 236-237 on page 111333 Authors: Tito Adibaskoro, Wojciech Sołowski, Simo Hostikka https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2021.111333
From solid to disconnected state and back: Continuum modelling of granular flows using material point method Journal Article published 2021 Jul in Computers & Structures volume 251 on page 106545 Authors: Seyedmohammadjavad Seyedan, Wojciech T. Sołowski https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruc.2021.106545
Estimation of water retention behaviour of bentonite based on mineralogy and mercury intrusion porosimetry tests Journal Article published 2021 Jun in Géotechnique volume 71 issue 6 on pages 494 to 508 Authors: Ayman A. Abed, Wojciech T. Sołowski https://doi.org/10.1680/jgeot.18.p.220
Analysis of key thermal coupled factors in modelling of bentonite barriers Journal Article published 2021 Oct 12 in Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication volume 9 issue 3 on pages 88 to 93 Authors: Abhishek Gupta, Ayman A. Abed, Wojciech T. Sołowski https://doi.org/10.3208/jgssp.v09.cpeg148
Modelling the behaviour of unsaturated non-active clays in saline environment Journal Article published 2021 Dec in Engineering Geology volume 295 on page 106441 Authors: Giulia Scelsi, Ayman A. Abed, Gabriele Della Vecchia, Guido Musso, Wojciech T. Sołowski https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2021.106441
Modelling of shear zones during quasi-static granular silo flow using material point method (MPM) Journal Article published 2021 Jan in Powder Technology volume 378 on pages 538 to 560 Authors: J. Krzyżanowski, J. Tejchman, W. Sołowski, M. Wójcik https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2020.10.001
Application of the Frozen and Unfrozen Soil model to modelling effects of freeze-thaw on low-volume roads Journal Article published 2021 Apr 1 in IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science volume 710 issue 1 on page 012067 Authors: M Tuohino, W Solowski, A Abed, K Koivisto, X Lei https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/710/1/012067
Modelling of unsaturated gas flow by Thebes code: Validation tests Journal Article published 2020 in E3S Web of Conferences volume 195 on page 02005 Authors: Ayman Abed, Wojciech Sołowski https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202019502005
Finite element method algorithm for geotechnical applications based on Runge-Kutta scheme with automatic error control Journal Article published 2020 Dec in Computers and Geotechnics volume 128 on page 103841 Authors: Ayman A. Abed, Wojciech T. Sołowski https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2020.103841
Applications of the new thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical coupled code ‘Thebes’ Journal Article published 2020 Feb 1 in Environmental Geotechnics volume 7 issue 1 on pages 3 to 16 Authors: Ayman A Abed, Wojciech T Sołowski https://doi.org/10.1680/jenge.18.00083
Generalized Interpolation Material Point Method modelling of large deformation problems including strain-rate effects – Application to penetration and progressive failure problems Journal Article published 2019 Feb in Computers and Geotechnics volume 106 on pages 249 to 265 Authors: Quoc-Anh Tran, Wojciech Sołowski https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2018.10.020
Temporal and null‐space filter for the material point method Journal Article published 2019 Jun 18 in International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering volume 120 issue 3 on pages 328 to 360 Authors: Quoc‐Anh Tran, Wojciech Sołowski https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.6138
A convected particle least square interpolation material point method Journal Article published 2019 Nov 28 in International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering volume 121 issue 6 on pages 1068 to 1100 Authors: Quoc Anh Tran, Wojciech Sołowski, Martin Berzins, James Guilkey https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.6257
Enhancing Constitutive Models for Soils: Adding the Capability to Model Nonlinear Small Strain in Shear Journal Article published 2019 Jan in Advances in Civil Engineering volume 2019 issue 1 Authors: S. Seyedan, W. T. Sołowski https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/6016350
Material Microstructure Effects in Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Modelling of Bentonite Proceedings Article published 2018 Jun 20 in PanAm Unsaturated Soils 2017 on pages 330 to 339 Authors: Ayman A. Abed, Wojciech T. Sołowski https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784481684.034
Experimental Study on Effects of NaCl Solutions on Soil-Water Characteristic Curves of Expansive Soil Book Chapter published 2018 in Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering on pages 1328 to 1331 Authors: Xiujuan Yang, Wojciech T. Sołowski, Henghui Fan, Jinqian Dang https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97115-5_94
A coupled constitutive model for modelling small strain behaviour of soils Book Chapter published 2018 Jun 22 in Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering IX, Volume 1 on pages 637 to 642 Authors: S. Seyedan, W.T. Sołowski https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429446931-79
A coupled constitutive model for modelling small strain behaviour of soils Book Chapter published 2018 Jun 19 in Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering IX on pages 637 to 642 Authors: S. Seyedan, W.T. Sołowski https://doi.org/10.1201/9781351003629-79
A study on how to couple thermo-hydro-mechanical behaviour of unsaturated soils: Physical equations, numerical implementation and examples Journal Article published 2017 Dec in Computers and Geotechnics volume 92 on pages 132 to 155 Authors: Ayman A. Abed, Wojciech T. Sołowski https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2017.07.021
Modelling of the Quickness Test of Sensitive Clays Using the Generalized Interpolation Material Point Method Book Chapter published 2017 in Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research on pages 323 to 336 Authors: Quoc Anh Tran, Wojciech Solowski, Vikas Thakur, Minna Karstunen https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56487-6_29
Modelling of Fall-cone Tests with Strain-rate Effects Journal Article published 2017 in Procedia Engineering volume 175 on pages 293 to 301 Authors: Quoc-Anh Tran, Wojciech Solowski, Minna Karstunen, Leena Korkiala-Tanttu https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2017.01.029
Explicit stress integration with streamlined drift reduction Journal Article published 2016 Sep in Advances in Engineering Software volume 99 on pages 189 to 198 Authors: W.T. Sołowski, S.W. Sloan https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advengsoft.2016.05.011
Hydro-mechanical modelling of MX-80 bentonite: one dimensional study Journal Article published 2016 in E3S Web of Conferences volume 9 on page 18005 Authors: Ayman A. Abed, Mika Laitinen, Joni Lämsä, Tero Harjupatana, Wojciech T. Sołowski, Markku Kataja https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160918005
Estimation of water retention behaviour of MX-80 bentonite partially saturated with saline solution Journal Article published 2016 in E3S Web of Conferences volume 9 on page 11006 Authors: Auli Kuusela-Lahtinen, Gowthaman Sinnathamby, João Mendez, Wojciech T. Sołowski, Domenico Gallipoli, Xavier Pintado, Leena K. Korkiala-Tanttu https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160911006
Equivalent Stress Approach in Creation of Elastoplastic Constitutive Models for Unsaturated Soils Journal Article published 2015 Apr in International Journal of Geomechanics volume 15 issue 2 Authors: W. T. Sołowski, S. W. Sloan https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)gm.1943-5622.0000368
Material Point Method Modelling of Granular Flow in Inclined Channels Journal Article published 2014 May in Applied Mechanics and Materials volume 553 on pages 501 to 506 Authors: Wojciech Tomasz Sołowski, Scott William Sloan https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.553.501
Stress integration schemes for unsaturated soils Book Chapter published 2014 Jun 5 in Unsaturated Soils: Research & Applications on pages 463 to 469 Authors: W Sołowski, S Sloan https://doi.org/10.1201/b17034-64
Material point method simulation of triaxial shear tests Book Chapter published 2014 Sep 4 in Computer Methods and Recent Advances in Geomechanics on pages 169 to 174 Authors: W Sołowski, S Sloan, D Wang https://doi.org/10.1201/b17435-26
Evaluation of material point method for use in geotechnics Journal Article published 2014 Nov 8 in International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics volume 39 issue 7 on pages 685 to 701 Authors: W. T. Sołowski, S. W. Sloan https://doi.org/10.1002/nag.2321
Elastic or Elasto-Plastic: Examination of Certain Strain Increments in the Barcelona Basic Model Book Chapter published 2012 in Unsaturated Soils: Research and Applications on pages 85 to 91 Authors: Wojciech T. Sołowski, Scott W. Sloan https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31343-1_11
A comparative study of stress integration methods for the Barcelona Basic Model Journal Article published 2012 Jun in Computers and Geotechnics volume 44 on pages 22 to 33 Authors: Wojciech T. Sołowski, Matthias Hofmann, Günter Hofstetter, Daichao Sheng, Scott W. Sloan https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2012.03.007
Equivalent stress approach in modelling unsaturated soils Journal Article published 2011 Jul 26 in International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics volume 36 issue 14 on pages 1667 to 1681 Authors: W. T. Sołowski, S. W. Sloan https://doi.org/10.1002/nag.1077
Explicit stress integration with error control for the Barcelona Basic Model. Journal Article published 2010 Jan in Computers and Geotechnics volume 37 issue 1-2 on pages 68 to 81 Authors: Wojciech T. Sołowski, Domenico Gallipoli https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2009.07.003
Explicit stress integration with error control for the Barcelona Basic Model Journal Article published 2010 Jan in Computers and Geotechnics volume 37 issue 1-2 on pages 59 to 67 Authors: Wojciech T. Sołowski, Domenico Gallipoli https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2009.07.004
Explicit stress integration with reduced drift for Barcelona Basic Model Book Chapter published 2010 Aug 26 in Unsaturated Soils on pages 1075 to 1080 Authors: W Solowski, D Sheng, S Sloan https://doi.org/10.1201/b10526-166
A multi-cell extension to the Barcelona Basic Model Book Chapter published 2008 Jun 23 in Unsaturated Soils. Advances in Geo-Engineering on pages 727 to 733 Authors: W Solowski, R Crouch, D Gallipoli https://doi.org/10.1201/9780203884430.ch98
Numerical integration of elasto-plastic constitutive models using the extrapolation method Book Chapter published 2007 Apr 4 in Numerical Models in Geomechanics Authors: W Solowski, D Gallipoli https://doi.org/10.1201/noe0415440271.ch31
A stress-strain integration algorithm for unsaturated soil elastoplasticity with automatic error control Book Chapter published 2006 Aug 14 in Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering on pages 113 to 119 Authors: W Solowski, D Gallipoli https://doi.org/10.1201/9781439833766.ch16
Geological, geophysical and mechanical identification of marine deposits from the Gulf of Finland Proceedings Article published in 9th International SUT Offshore Site Investigation Geotechnics Conference Proceedings “Innovative Geotechnologies for Energy Transition” on pages 874 to 881 Authors: Z.S. Li, D. Mohapatra, W. Solowski, M. Saresma, J. Virtasalo, R. Khalili https://doi.org/10.3723/jdwj4235

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