CEE Faculty Profile

Research Interests

• Constitutive Modeling: damage and healing in rock, influence of microstructure on macroscopic rock properties, thermo-hydro-chemo-mechanical couplings in porous media
• Numerical Modeling: Finite Element code development in laboratory-owned programs (in Fortran), implementation of new subroutines in commercial software (ANSYS, ABAQUS, PFC3D), algorithms for the validation and calibration of damage models (MATLAB)
• Geomechanical Applications: deep geological storage (nuclear waste disposals, carbon dioxide sequestration, high-pressure gas storage), shallow geothermal systems, hydraulic fracturing, ground improvement by jet-grouting, scour and erosion, ballast particle crushing
• Other Applications: retention properties of cracked cement paste, strength properties of damaged teeth repaired by resin injection

Education

• 2006-2009: Ph.D. studies in the geotechnical group of Navier Laboratory (CERMES), at École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC, France). Ph.D. Advisor: Professor B. Gatmiri.
• 2005-2006: Master of Science in Soil and Rock Mechanics and Environmental Geomechanics, from École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC), Ecole Centrale Paris and Paris VI University (P. & M. Curie University).
• 2002-2006: Civil Engineering degree from École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC), leading Engineering school in Europe.
• Spring 2003: Three-month research training internship at the Lehrstuhl für Baustatik und Baudynamik in the Rheinish Westfälischen Technischen Hochschule Aachen (LBB, RWTH, Aachen, Germany).
• 2002-2003: Second-year academic degree of philosophy, Paris I University (Diplôme d’Études Universitaires Générales).

Awards

1. July 2012: ASCE ExCEEd 2012 Teaching Fellowship (Excellence in Civil Engineering Education)
2. October 2010: ALERT Geomaterials Ph.D. Prize (Alliance of Laboratories in Europe for Research and Technology)
3. June 2010: Ph.D. Special Prize awarded by Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC, France)

Articles

1. J.-M. Pereira, C. Arson, 2012. Retention and Permeability Properties of Damaged Porous Rocks, Computers & Geotechnics, DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2012.08.003
2. C. Arson, J.-M. Pereira, 2012. Influence of Damage on Pore Size Distribution and Permeability of Rocks, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, DOI:10.1002/nag.1123
3. C. Arson, H. Xu, F.M. Chester, 2012. On The Definition Of Damage In Time-Dependent Healing Models For Salt Rock, Géotechnique Letters, vol.2, pp.67-71
4. N. Dufour, H. Wong, C. Arson, F. Deleruyelle, J.-M. Pereira, 2012. A thermodynamically consistent framework for saturated viscoplastic rock-materials subject to damage, Mechanics Research Communications, vol.45, pp.15-21
5. C. Arson, 2012. Using a geo-mechanical damage model to assess permeability in cracked porous media: internal length parameter issues, Special Topics & Reviews in Porous Media, vol.3, n.1, pp.69-77
6. C. Arson, B. Gatmiri, 2012. Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Modeling of Damage in Unsaturated Porous Media: Theoretical Framework and Numerical Study of the EDZ, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, vol.36, pp.272-306
7. C. Arson, B. Gatmiri, 2011. Numerical Study of Damage in Unsaturated Geological and Engineered Barriers, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, vol.36, pp.1981-1989
8. B. Gatmiri, S. Hemmati, C. Arson, E. Emirzehni, 2010. A Multiphase Analysis for Environmental Impact Assessment with Theta-Stock Finite Element Program, Journal of Multiscale Modelling, vol.2, n.1-2, pp. 23-68
9. C. Arson, B. Gatmiri, 2010. Numerical study of a thermo-hydro-mechanical damage model for unsaturated porous media, Annals of Solid and Structural Mechanics, vol.1, n.2, pp. 59-78
10. C. Arson, B. Gatmiri, 2009. A mixed damage model for unsaturated porous media, Comptes-Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris, section Mécanique, vol. 337, pp.68-74
11. B. Gatmiri, P. Maghoul, C. Arson, 2009. Site-specific Spectral Response of Seismic Movement due to Geometrical and Geotechnical Characteristics of Sites, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, vol.29, n.1, pp.51-70
12. C. Arson, B. Gatmiri, 2008. Excavation damage in unsaturated porous media, Key Engineering Materials, Advances in Fracture and Damage Mechanics VII., vol.385-387, pp.137-140
13. C. Arson, B. Gatmiri, 2008. On damage modelling in unsaturated clay rocks, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, vol.33, pp. S407–S415
14. B. Gatmiri, C. Arson, 2008. Theta-Stock, a powerful tool for thermohydromechanical behaviour and damage modelling of unsaturated porous media, Computers and Geotechnics, vol.35, n.6, pp. 890-915
15. B. Gatmiri, C. Arson, 2008. Seismic site effects by an optimized 2D BE/FE method. II. Quantification of site effects in two-dimensional sedimentary valleys, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, vol.28, n.8, pp.646-661
16. B. Gatmiri, C. Arson, K.V. Nguyen, 2008. Seismic site effects by an optimized 2D BE/FE method. I. Theory, numerical optimization and application to topographical irregularities, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, vol.28, n.8, pp.632-645

Proceedings

1. H. Xu, C. Arson, F. Chester, 2012. Stiffness and Deformation of Rock Subjected to Anisotropic Damage and Temperature-Dependent Healing, 46th U.S. Rock Mechanics and Geomechanics Symposium, Chicago, Illinois, USA, June 24-27, 2012, Paper 12-316, 8 p.
2. H. Xu, C. Arson, 2012. Thermo-Mechanical Damage in Porous Rocks: Theoretical Framework and Modeling Considerations, GeoCongress 2012, State of the Art and Practice in Geotechnical Engineering, Oakland, California, USA, 
March 25-29, 2012, p.2332-2341
3. C. Arson, B. Juge, 2012. A Hollow Sphere Model to Dimension Soilcrete Columns, GeoCongress 2012, State of the Art and Practice in Geotechnical Engineering, Oakland, California, USA, 
March 25-29, 2012, p.1006-1015
4. M. Mozayan, C. Arson, B. Gatmiri, 2011. Thermal damage in unsaturated geomaterials, Unsaturated Soils – Proc. of the Fifth International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Barcelona, Spain, 6-8 September 2010, Taylor & Francis Group, Alonso & Gens eds, pp.585-588
5. M. Mozayan, C. Arson, B. Gatmiri, 2010. Study of tensorial damage in a porous geomaterial, 7th Eur. Conf. on Num. Methods in Geotech. Engineering, Trondheim, Norway, 2-4 June 2010, 6p.
6. C. Arson, B. Gatmiri, 2009. Numerical study of a new THM damage model for unsaturated geomaterials, in Unsaturated Soils – Theoretical and Numerical Advances in Unsaturated Soil Mechanics, proc. 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils, New-Castle, Australia, 23-25 November 2009, CRC Press, Buzzi et al. editors, p.635-640
7. C. Arson, B. Gatmiri, 2009. Damage in unsaturated porous media: theory, algorithm and numerical application, in Poromechanics IV, Proceedings of the 4th Biot Conference on Poromechanics, Columbia University, New-York, USA, 8 - 10 June, 2009, Ling, Smyth and Betti eds, DESTech Publications, p. 214-219
8. C. Arson, B. Gatmiri, 2009. Parametric study on the performance of a THM damage model for unsaturated porous media, 1st International Symposium on Computational Geomechanics, Juan-les-Pins, France, 29 April - 1st May 2009, pp. 553-562
9. C. Arson, B. Gatmiri, 2008. Outline of the modelling of the excavated damaged zone in geological barriers, First European Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Durham, United Kingdom, 2 - 4 July 2008, Unsaturated Soils, Advances in Geo-Engineering, CRC Press, eds: D.G. Toll, C.E. Augarde, D. Gallipoli, S.J. Wheeler, pp. 695-701
10. C. Arson, B. Gatmiri, 2007. Quantitative prediction of 2D topographical and sedimentary site effects by an optimised hybrid numerical technique, 7ème Colloque National de l'Association Française du Génie Para-Sismique, Paris, France, 4 - 6 July 2007, communication n. A005, 8 p.
11. C. Arson, B. Gatmiri, 2007. Quantification of seismic site effects in two-dimensional irregular configurations, 4th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece, 25 - 28 June 2007, communication n. 1195, 12 p.
12. C. Arson, B. Gatmiri, 2007. Quantitative prediction of site effects in sedimentary valleys by an optimised 2D hybrid method, 5th International Conference on Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Tehran, Iran, 13 - 16 May 2007, session SE, n.3, 9 p.

Presentations

1. C. Arson, "Poromechanics of Damage and Healing: A Philosophy of the Mesoscale", invited lecture at the Massachussetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachussetts), December 6th, 2012
2. C. Arson, “Applications of Damage Poromechanics to Geostorage and Injection Problems”, seminar at ConocoPhillips Headquarters (Houston, Texas), July 12th, 2012
3. H. Xu, C. Arson, “Using Continuum Damage Mechanics and the Finite Element to Model Hydraulic Fracturing”, ConocoPhillips project progress report, ConocoPhillips Headquarters (Houston, Texas), July 12th, 2012
4. H. Xu, C. Arson, “Finite Element Modeling of Hydraulic Fracturing”, ConocoPhillips project progress report, Texas A&M University (College Station, Texas), May 16th, 2012
5. C. Arson, “Applications of Damage Poromechanics to Energy Geotechnics”, seminar at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Georgia), April 4th, 2012
6. C. Arson, “Applications of Damage Poromechanics to Energy Geotechnics”, seminar at Imperial College London (London, U.K.), March 27th, 2012
7. C. Arson, "Using Continuum Damage Mechanics to Relate Rock Microstructure Changes to Permeability", seminar at Texas A&M Center for Tectonophysics (College Station, Texas), February 1st, 2012
8. C. Arson, “Applications of Poromechanics to Energy Engineering”, seminar at Navier Laboratory (Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, France), January 6th, 2012
9. C. Arson, “Applications of Poromechanics to Energy Engineering”, seminar at the Texas A&M Department of Civil Engineering (College Station, Texas), November 17th, 2011
10. C. Arson, “Current Scientific Investigations”, seminar at ConocoPhillips Headquarters (Houston, Texas), September 2nd, 2011
11. B. Juge, C. Arson, “Jet-Grouting: A New Computational Tool to Determine the Grout Injection Distance”, Texas Section ASCE Spring 2011 Meeting, College Station, Texas, April 27-30, 2011
12. C. Arson, J.-M. Pereira, “Permeability in Damaged Porous Rocks”, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2010, San Francisco, California, December 13-17, 2010
13. C. Arson, “Modeling Damage in Porous Media”, seminar at the Virginia Institute of Technology seminar (Blacksburg, Virginia), November 5th, 2010
14. C. Arson, “A Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Damage Model for Unsaturated Geomaterials”, Oral Presentation in reception of the PhD Prize of ALERT Geomaterials Society (Alliance of Laboratories in Europe for Research and Technology), Aussois, France, October 5th, 2010
15. C. Arson, “Etude théorique et numérique de l’endommagement thermo-hydro-mécanique des milieu poreux non saturés” (in French), Oral Presentation in reception of the Jury’s Special PhD Prize of Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, Champs-sur-Marne, France, June 15th, 2010
16. C. Arson, “Theoretical and Numerical Study of Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Damage in Unsaturated Porous Media”, seminar at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley, California), April 15th, 2010
17. C. Arson, “Theoretical and Numerical Study of Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Damage in Unsaturated Porous Media”, seminar at the South Western Research Institute (San Antonio, Texas), March 30th, 2010
18. C. Arson, B. Gatmiri, “Theoretical and Numerical Modeling of Damage in Non-Isothermal Unsaturated Clay Rocks”, Colloquium Lagrangianum, Maratea, Italy, February 19-22, 2009
19. C. Arson, “Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Modeling of Damage in Unsaturated Geomaterials”, seminar at the Texas A&M Department of Civil Engineering (College Station, Texas), February 5th, 2009
20. C. Arson, B. Gatmiri, “THM Damage Modelling in Unsaturated Porous Geomaterials”, TIMODAZ Coordination Meeting, Université J. Fourier (Grenoble, France), January 21-23, 2009
21. C. Arson, B. Gatmiri, “EDZ in Clay Rocks: A New Damage Model for Unsaturated Porous Media and its Numerical Implementation in Theta-Stock”, TIMODAZ Coordination Meeting, EPFL (Lausanne, Switzerland), July 10-11, 2008
22. C. Arson, B. Gatmiri, “A Mixed Damage Model for Unsaturated Porous Media”, Institut Poincaré Winter School: “Fracture and Damage: Formation and Propagation of Singularities in Continuum Mechanics”, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, January 30 – February 1st, 2008

Reports

1. C. Arson, 2012. Research Group Profile: Damage Poro-Mechanics Group at GeorgiaTech (DeeP MeLT). "Poromechanics of Damage and Healing: A Philosophy of the Mesoscale", Newsletter of the ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute, December 2012
2. M. Sanchez, C. Arson, 2012. Analysis of Unsaturated Clayed Materials Hydration Incorporating the Effect of Thermo-Osmotic Flow, 5th International Meeting on Clays in Natural and Engineering Barriers for Radioactive Waste Confinement, Montpellier, France, October 22-25, 2012, 2p.
3. C. Arson, 2012. A Two-Scale Model of Stiffness for 1D Tensile Crack Opening, Closure and Healing, International US-Poland Workshop on Multiscale Computational Modeling of Cementitious Materials, Cracaw, Poland, October 18-19, 2012, 7p.
4. C. Arson, 2012. Discrete versus Continuum Modeling Of Ballast Particle Crushing, 49th Annual Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, Symposium VII.1. “Mechanics of Substructure Materials”, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, October 10-12, 2012, ID.790, 2p.
5. J.-M. Pereira, C. Arson, 2012. Study of the Influence of Pore and Crack Sizes on Unsaturated Rock Permeability by a Mechanical Damage Model, 49th Annual Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, Symposium IV.8. “Multiscale Characterization and Modeling of Geomaterials”, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, October 10-12, 2012, ID.688, 2p.
6. E. Vennat, C. Arson, 2012. Stiffness Homogenization of Damaged Teeth Repaired by Resin Injection, 49th Annual Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, Symposium II.4. “Computational Modeling in Biomechanics”, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, October 10-12, 2012, ID:662, 2p.
7. C. Arson, B. Gatmiri, 2009. Mechanical validation of a damage model for non isothermal unsaturated porous geomaterials, Conference on the Impact of the THMC Processes on the safety of underground repositories, Luxembourg, 29th September 2009, 5 p.