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Sanchez Castilla, Marcelo Javier Professor
Positions
- Professor, Civil Engineering, College of Engineering
- Faculty Affiliate, Energy Institute, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)
My research group effort focuses on advanced geomechanics, considering engineering problems involving mechanical, hydraulic, thermal, geochemical, and biological couplings. Problems in geotechnical engineering and geomechanics are generally strongly coupled with mutual interactions between different physics. Specific challenges include: the design of nuclear waste disposal, modeling the THMC behavior of gas hydrate sediments, the design of energy piles (and other forms of energy exchange with the ground), understanding the degradation of geomaterials due to climate change (including desiccation cracks), advancing the design of geological CO2 sequestration, improving our scientific understanding of hydraulic fracturing, and assisting energy production from existing and new sources.
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Publications
selected publications
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academic article
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Tran, K. M., Bui, H. H., Kodikara, J., & Snchez, M.
(2020).
Soil curling process and its influencing factors. 57(3), 408-422.
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Loveridge, F., McCartney, J. S., Narsilio, G. A., & Sanchez, M.
(2020).
Energy geostructures: A review of analysis approaches, in situ testing and model scale experiments. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment.
22, 100173-100173.
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Cleto, P. R., Manzoli, O. L., Snchez, M., Maedo, M. A., Beserra, L., & Guimares, L.
(2020).
Hydro-mechanical coupled modeling of hydraulic fracturing using the mesh fragmentation technique. Computers and Geotechnics.
124, 103591-103591.
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Akrouch, G. A., Snchez, M., & Briaud, J.
(2020).
Thermal performance and economic study of an energy piles system under cooling dominated conditions. Renewable Energy.
147, 2736-2747.
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Wang, D., Sanchez, M., & Briaud, J.
(2019).
Numerical study on the effect of rigid inclusions on existing railroads. 43(18), 2772-2796.
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Romero, E., Snchez, M., Gai, X., Barrera, M., & Lloret, A.
(2019).
Mechanical behavior of an unsaturated clayey silt: an experimental and constitutive modelling study. Canadian Geotechnical Journal.
56(10), 1461-1474.
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Bi, G., Briaud, J., Sanchez, M., & Kharanaghi, M. M.
(2019).
Power Law Model to Predict Creep Movement and Creep Failure. JOURNAL OF GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING.
145(9), 04019044.
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Gai, X., & Snchez, M.
(2019).
An elastoplastic mechanical constitutive model for microbially mediated cemented soils. 14(3), 709-726.
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Al-Jeznawi, D., Sanchez, M., Al-Taie, A. J., & Zielinski, M.
(2019).
Experimental studies on curling development of artificial soils. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.
11(6), 1264-1273.
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Tran, H. T., Wang, Y., Nguyen, G. D., Kodikara, J., Sanchez, M., & Bui, H. H.
(2019).
Modelling 3D desiccation cracking in clayey soils using a size-dependent SPH computational approach. Computers and Geotechnics.
116, 103209-103209.
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Manzoli, O. L., Cleto, P. R., Snchez, M., Guimares, L., & Maedo, M. A.
(2019).
On the use of high aspect ratio finite elements to model hydraulic fracturing in deformable porous media. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering.
350, 57-80.
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Le, T., Sanchez, M., Gallipoli, D., & Wheeler, S.
(2019).
Probabilistic Study of Rainfall-Triggered Instabilities in Randomly Heterogeneous Unsaturated Finite Slopes. 126(1), 199-222.
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Manzoli, O., Sanchez, M., Maedo, M., Hajjat, J., & Guimaraes, L.
(2018).
An orthotropic interface damage model for simulating drying processes in soils. 13(5), 1171-1186.
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Rodrigues, E. A., Manzoli, O. L., Bitencourt, L., Bittencourt, T. N., & Snchez, M.
(2018).
An adaptive concurrent multiscale model for concrete based on coupling finite elements. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering.
328, 26-46.
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Snchez, M., Santamarina, C., Teymouri, M., & Gai, X.
(2018).
Coupled Numerical Modeling of Gas HydrateBearing Sediments: From Laboratory to FieldScale Analyses. Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Solid Earth.
123(12), 10-348.
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Sun, J., Ning, F., Lei, H., Gai, X., Snchez, M., Lu, J., ... Wu, M.
(2018).
Wellbore stability analysis during drilling through marine gas hydrate-bearing sediments in Shenhu area: A case study. JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING.
170, 345-367.
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Gai, X., & Snchez, M.
(2017).
A geomechanical model for gas hydrate-bearing sediments. Environmental Geotechnics.
4(2), 1-14.
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Snchez, M., Falco, F., Mack, M., Pereira, J., Narsilio, G. A., & Guimares, L.
(2017).
Salient comments from an expert panel on energy geotechnics. Environmental Geotechnics.
4(2), 1-8.
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Lloret-Cabot, M., Wheeler, S. J., & Sanchez, M.
(2017).
A unified mechanical and retention model for saturated and unsaturated soil behaviour. 12(1), 1-21.
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Snchez, M., Gai, X., & Santamarina, J. C.
(2017).
A constitutive mechanical model for gas hydrate bearing sediments incorporating inelastic mechanisms. Computers and Geotechnics.
84, 28-46.
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Narsilio, G. A., Snchez, M., Alvarellos, J., & Guimares, L.
(2017).
Editorial: XV Pan-American Conference: Selected papers on energy geotechnics. Environmental Geotechnics.
4(2), 67-69.
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Sanchez, M., Gens, A., Victoria Villar, M., & Olivella, S.
(2016).
Fully Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Double-Porosity Formulation for Unsaturated Soils. 16(6), d4016015.
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Akrouch, G. A., Briaud, J., Sanchez, M., & Yilmaz, R.
(2016).
Thermal Cone Test to Determine Soil Thermal Properties. JOURNAL OF GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING.
142(3), 04015085.
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Akrouch, G. A., Sanchez, M., & Briaud, J.
(2016).
An experimental, analytical and numerical study on the thermal efficiency of energy piles in unsaturated soils. Computers and Geotechnics.
71, 207-220.
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Sanchez, M., Arson, C., Gens, A., & Aponte, F.
(2016).
Analysis of unsaturated materials hydration incorporating the effect of thermo-osmotic flow. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment.
6, 101-115.
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McCartney, J. S., Sanchez, M., & Tomac, I.
(2016).
Energy geotechnics: Advances in subsurface energy recovery, storage, exchange, and waste management. Computers and Geotechnics.
75, 244-256.
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Sanchez, M., & Romero, E.
(2016).
Themed Issue on Selected Papers SEG2015 Part I. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment.
6, 1-3.
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Romero, E., & Snchez, M.
(2016).
Themed Issue on Selected Papers SEG2015 Part II. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment.
8, i-ii.
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Akrouch, G. A., Briaud, J. L., Sanchez, M., & Yilmaz, R.
(2016).
Thermal cone test to determine soil thermal properties. JOURNAL OF GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING.
142(3),
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Pereira, L. C., Sanchez, M., & do Nascimento Guimaraes, L. J.
(2016).
Uncertainty quantification for reservoir geomechanics. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment.
8, 76-84.
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Le, T., Snchez, M., Gallipoli, D., & Wheeler, S.
(2015).
Probabilistic modelling of auto-correlation characteristics of heterogeneous slopes. Geomechanics and Geoengineering: an international journal.
10(2), 95-108.
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D'Onza, F., Wheeler, S. J., Gallipoli, D., Barrera Bucio, M., Hofmann, M., Lloret-Cabot, M., ... Vassallo, R.
(2015).
Benchmarking selection of parameter values for the Barcelona basic model. Engineering Geology.
196, 99-118.
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Thi, M., Gallipoli, D., Sanchez, M., & Wheeler, S.
(2015).
Stability and failure mass of unsaturated heterogeneous slopes. Canadian Geotechnical Journal.
52(11), 1747-1761.
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Akrouch, G. A., Sanchez, M., & Briaud, J.
(2014).
Thermo-mechanical behavior of energy piles in high plasticity clays. 9(3), 399-412.
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El Mountassir, G., Sanchez, M., & Romero, E.
(2014).
An experimental study on the compaction and collapsible behaviour of a flood defence embankment fill. Engineering Geology.
179, 132-145.
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Pereira, L. C., Guimaraes, L., Horowitz, B., & Sanchez, M.
(2014).
Coupled hydro-mechanical fault reactivation analysis incorporating evidence theory for uncertainty quantification. Computers and Geotechnics.
56, 202-215.
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Sanchez, M., Shastri, A., & Le, T.
(2014).
Coupled hydromechanical analysis of an underground compressed air energy storage facility in sandstone. Geotechnique Letters.
4(2), 157-164.
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Sanchez, M., Manzoli, O. L., & Guimaraes, L.
(2014).
Modeling 3-D desiccation soil crack networks using a mesh fragmentation technique. Computers and Geotechnics.
62, 27-39.
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Zielinski, M., Sanchez, M., Romero, E., & Atique, A.
(2014).
Precise observation of soil surface curling. Geoderma.
226, 85-93.
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Sanchez, M., Wang, D., Briaud, J., & Douglas, C.
(2014).
Typical geomechanical problems associated with railroads on shrink-swell soils. Transportation Geotechnics.
1(4), 257-274.
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Lloret-Cabot, M., Wheeler, S. J., & Sanchez, M.
(2014).
Unification of plastic compression in a coupled mechanical and water retention model for unsaturated soils. Canadian Geotechnical Journal.
51(12), 1488-1493.
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Lloret-Cabot, M., Sanchez, M., & Wheeler, S. J.
(2013).
Formulation of a three-dimensional constitutive model for unsaturated soils incorporating mechanical-water retention couplings. 37(17), 3008-3035.
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Sanchez, M., Atique, A., Kim, S., Romero, E., & Zielinski, M.
(2013).
Exploring desiccation cracks in soils using a 2D profile laser device. 8(6), 583-596.
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Le, T., Gallipoli, D., Sanchez, M., & Wheeler, S.
(2013).
Rainfall-induced differential settlements of foundations on heterogeneous unsaturated soils. Geotechnique: international journal of soil mechanics.
63(15), 1346-1355.
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Guimaraes, L., Gens, A., Sanchez, M., & Olivella, S.
(2013).
A chemo-mechanical constitutive model accounting for cation exchange in expansive clays. 63(3), 221-234.
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Sanchez, M., & Roesset, J. M.
(2013).
Evaluation of models for laterally loaded piles. Computers and Geotechnics.
48, 316-320.
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Gens, A., Vallejn, B., Zandarn, M. T., & Snchez, M.
(2013).
Homogenization in clay barriers and seals: Two case studies. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.
5(3), 191-199.
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Sanchez, M., Gens, A., & Guimaraes, L.
(2012).
Thermal-hydraulic-mechanical (THM) behaviour of a large-scale in situ heating experiment during cooling and dismantling. 49(10), 1169-1195.
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Thi, M., Gallipoli, D., Sanchez, M., & Wheeler, S. J.
(2012).
Stochastic analysis of unsaturated seepage through randomly heterogeneous earth embankments. 36(8), 1056-1076.
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Sanchez, M., Gens, A., & Olivella, S.
(2012).
THM analysis of a large-scale heating test incorporating material fabric changes. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics.
36(4), 391-421.
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Gens, A., Vallejan, B., Sanchez, M., Imbert, C., Villar, M. V., & Van Geet, M.
(2011).
Hydromechanical behaviour of a heterogeneous compacted soil: experimental observations and modelling. 61(5), 367-386.
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Zielinski, M., Sanchez, M., Romero, E., & Sentenac, P.
(2011).
Assessment of water retention behaviour in compacted fills. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Geotechnical Engineering.
164(2), 139-148.
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El Mountassir, G., Sanchez, M., Romero, E., & Soemitro, R.
(2011).
Behaviour of compacted silt used to construct flood embankment. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Geotechnical Engineering.
164(3), 195-210.
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Kim, J., Kwon, S., Sanchez, M., & Cho, G.
(2011).
Geological Storage of High Level Nuclear Waste. KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering.
15(4), 721-737.
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Snchez, M., Gens, A., & Olivella, S.
(2010).
Effect of thermo-coupled processes on the behaviour of a clay barrier submitted to heating and hydration. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias.
82(1), 153-168.
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Gens, A., do N. Guimares, L., Olivella, S., & Snchez, M.
(2010).
Modelling thermo-hydro-mechano-chemical interactions for nuclear waste disposal. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.
2(2), 97-102.
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Gens, A., Sanchez, M., Guimaraes, L., Alonso, E. E., Lloret, A., Olivella, S., Villar, M. V., & Huertas, F.
(2009).
A full-scale in situ heating test for high-level nuclear waste disposal: observations, analysis and interpretation. Geotechnique: international journal of soil mechanics.
59(4), 377-399.
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Akesson, M., Jacinto, A. C., Gatabin, C., Sanchez, M., & Ledesma, A.
(2009).
Bentonite THM behaviour at high temperatures: experimental and numerical analysis. Geotechnique: international journal of soil mechanics.
59(4), 307-318.
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Villar, M. V., Sanchez, M., & Gens, A.
(2008).
Behaviour of a bentonite barrier in the laboratory: Experimental results up to 8 years and numerical simulation. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C.
33, S476-S485.
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Sanchez, M., Gens, A., Guimaraes, L., & Olivella, S.
(2008).
Implementation algorithm of a generalised plasticity model for swelling clays. Computers and Geotechnics.
35(6), 860-871.
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Rodriguez, R., Sanchez, M., Ledesma, A., & Lloret, A.
(2007).
Experimental and numerical analysis of desiccation of a mining waste. Canadian Geotechnical Journal.
44(6), 644-658.
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Gens, A., Sanchez, M., & Sheng, D.
(2006).
On constitutive modelling of unsaturated soils. 1(3), 137-147.
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Guimaraes, L., Gens, A., Sanchez, M., & Olivella, S.
(2006).
THM and reactive transport analysis of expansive clay barrier in radioactive waste isolation. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering.
22(8), 849-859.
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Sanchez, M., Gens, A., Guimaraes, L. D., & Olivella, S.
(2005).
A double structure generalized plasticity model for expansive materials. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics.
29(8), 751-787.
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Lloret, A., Villar, M. V., Sanchez, M., Gens, A., Pintado, X., & Alonso, E. E.
(2003).
Mechanical behaviour of heavily compacted bentonite under high suction changes. Geotechnique: international journal of soil mechanics.
53(1), 27-40.
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Lloret, A., Villar, M. V., Snchez, M., Gens, A., Pintado, X., & Alonso, E. E.
(2003).
Mechanical behaviour of heavily compacted bentonite under high suction changes. Geotechnique: international journal of soil mechanics.
53(1), 27-40.
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Tran, K. M., Bui, H. H., Kodikara, J., & Snchez, M.
(2020).
Soil curling process and its influencing factors. 57(3), 408-422.
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conference paper
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Kharanaghi, M. M., Sanchez, M., Briaud, J., & Bi, G.
(2018).
Creep Behavior of Soil Nails in High Plasticity Clay under Various Load Level. Geotechnical Special Publications.
38-48.
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Wang, D., Sanchez, M., & Briaud, J.
(2018).
Existing Railroads on Shrink-Swell Soils: Field Monitoring, Laboratory Tests, and Numerical Simulation. 1080-1089.
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Keshavarz, M. R., Sanchez, M., Akrouch, G., & Briaud, J. L.
(2018).
Field Measurements on Geothermal Foundations. Geotechnical Special Publications.
394-403.
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Wang, D., Sanchez, M., Saez, E., Ovalle, C., & Briaud, J.
(2018).
Study of a Natural Unsaturated Clay and Its Effect on Railroads. Geotechnical Special Publications.
250-259.
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Wang, D., Sanchez, M., & Briaud, J.
(2016).
Behavior of railroads on shrink-swell soils. E3S Web of Conferences.
20007-20007.
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Thi, M., Gallipoli, D., Sanchez, M., & Wheeler, S.
(2016).
Characteristics of failure mass and safety factor during rainfall of an unsaturated slope. E3S Web of Conferences.
15011-15011.
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Sanchez, M., Shastri, A., Gai, X., & Santamarina, J. C.
(2015).
Coupled modeling of gas hydrate bearing sediments. 1753-1758.
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Akrouch, G. A., Snchez, M., & Briaud, J.
(2015).
Effect of the Unsaturated Soil Condition on the Thermal Efficiency of Energy Piles. Geotechnical Special Publications.
1618-1627.
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Gai, X., & Sanchez, M.
(2015).
Mechanical Modeling of Gas Hydrate Bearing Sediments Using an Elasto-Plastic Framework. 672-679.
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Sanchez, M., Manzoli, O., & Guimaraes, L.
(2015).
Modeling drying cracks in soils using a mesh fragmentation method. 1353-1358.
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Wang, D., Sanchez, M., & Briaud, J
(2015).
Problems Associated with Railroads on Shrink-Swell Soils. 322-330.
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Le, T., Gallipoli, D., Sanchez, M., & Wheeler, S. J.
(2014).
Mechanisms of rainfall induced differential settlements in unsaturated heterogeneous foundations. 1813-1819.
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Sanchez, M., Manzoli, O., & Guimaraes, L.
(2014).
Modeling the formation and propagation of desiccation cracks in soils. 569-574.
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Bai, Y., Niedzwecki, J. M., & Sanchez, M.
(2014).
NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF THERMAL FIELDS AROUND SUBSEA BURIED PIPELINES. v06bt04a061-v06bt04a061.
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Zielinski, M., Sanchez, M., Romero, E., & Atique, A.
(2014).
Observation of soil curling using 2D laser scanner. 733-738.
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Khandelwal, S., Sanchez, M., & Medina-Cetina, Z.
(2013).
Effect of Depth of Desiccation Cracks on Earth Embankments. Geotechnical Special Publications.
800-803.
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Shastri, A., Sanchez, M., & Lizcano, A.
(2013).
Unsaturated flow of unfrozen water in frozen soils. 533-537.
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McCloskey, G., Sanchez, M., & Romero, E.
(2010).
Characterisation, mechanical and microstructural behaviour of an unsaturated silt. 51-56.
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Guimaraes, L., Gens, A., Sanchez, M., & Olivella, S.
(2010).
Coupled THMC modeling of unsaturated swelling clays: Constitutive formulation and boundary value problems. 515-+.
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Lloret, M., Sanchez, M., & Wheeler, S. J.
(2010).
Generalised elasto-plastic stress-strain and modified suction-degree of saturation relations of a fully coupled model. 667-+.
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Atique, A., Sanchez, M., & Romero, E.
(2010).
Investigation of crack desiccation in soil from a flood protection embankment. 413-+.
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Cordao-Neto, M. P., Sanchez, M., Karstunen, M., & de Farias, M. M.
(2010).
Extension of the Barcelona Basic Model considering subloading concept. 679-+.
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McCloskey, G., Sanchez, M., Dyer, M., & Kenny, M.
(2008).
Behaviour of a silt used in flood embankment construction in Indonesia. 465-469.
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Gens, A., Guimaraes, L., Sanchez, M., & Sheng, D.
(2008).
Developments in modelling the generalised behaviour of unsaturated soils. 53-+.
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Lloret, M., Sanchez, M., Karstunen, M., & Wheeler, S.
(2008).
Generalised elasto-plastic stress-strain relations of a fully coupled hydro- mechanical model. 567-573.
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Kharanaghi, M. M., Sanchez, M., Briaud, J., & Bi, G.
(2018).
Creep Behavior of Soil Nails in High Plasticity Clay under Various Load Level. Geotechnical Special Publications.
38-48.
Research
principal investigator on
- Impact of Coupled Gas Migration and Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Processes on the Performance of Repositories for High Level Nuclear Waste awarded by United States Department of Energy - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) 2018 - 2021
- THCM Coupled Model For Hydrate-Bearing Sediments: Data Analysis and Design of New Field Experiments (Marine and Permafrost Settings) awarded by United States Department of Energy - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) 2013 - 2016
Teaching
teaching activities
- CVEN365 Intro To Geotech Engr Instructor
- CVEN435 Geotech Engr Design Instructor
- CVEN485 Directed Studies Instructor
- CVEN491 Hnr-research Instructor
- CVEN649 Phys & Engr Prop Soil Instructor
- CVEN666 Foundation Structures Instructor
- CVEN673 Transport Porous Media Instructor
- CVEN681 Seminar Instructor
- CVEN685 Directed Studies Instructor
- CVEN689 Sptp: Const Modeling Of Geomat Instructor
- CVEN691 Research Instructor
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Caminos, Canales y Puertos), Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya - (Barcelona, Spain) 2004
- M.S. in Numerical Methods in Engineering, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya - (Barcelona, Spain) 1996
- B.S. in Civil Engineering, National University of San Juan - (San Juan, Argentina) 1990
awards and honors
Contact
first name
- Marcelo Javier
has last name
- Sanchez Castilla
mailing address
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Texas A&M University
Civil Engineering
3136 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3136
USA
Other
- marcelo_2305@tamu.edu