| Specialisation |
Geotechnics |
| Research interests |
Mechanical characterization, even thorugh complex innovative
experimental procedures, of structurally complex geomaterials
and pyroclastic soils. Landslides and slope stabilization and
control procedures. Soil-structure interaction, with particolar
reference to tunnels |
| Short curriculum vitae |
1974: Civil Engineering graduate; 1976: Research grant. 1980:
Assistant Professor. 1985: Associate Professor. 1988: Member
of the Council of Professors in the PhD in Geotechnical Engineering,
University of Rome. 1994 Full Professor. 1995: Coordinator of
PIC (Erasmus project) includine the Universities of Naples,
Rome, Barcelona, Glasgow and Lyon. 1996 and 2004: Chairman of
the Council of Professors in Civil and Environmental Engineering.
1999: member of the Board of the Italian Geotechnical Association.
2003: member of the Academic Council of the Advanced School
and Study Center of the Umbria Region for Maintenance and Conservation
of Historic Centres in Unstable Lands. Also: member of competion
commissions for PhD and for professor appointments in Italy
and abroad; of national and international technical committees;
of scientific committees of national and international conferences,
of the Rivista Italiana di Geotecnica and of the journal Landslides
(Springer); general reporter in national and international conferences;
Referee of national and international journals and research
centers; advisor of national Civil Protection; of the Campania
and Molise Regions.
Advisor of the National Department of Civil Protection. Advisor
of the team of the National Research Council which managed the
catastrophic 1998 landslide events. Advisor of the Campania
and Molise Regions for landslide mitigation.
- CNR-GNDCI: Mechanical characterization of pyroclastic soils
susceptible to flowsliding
- MIUR-PRIN: National project “Living with landslides:
effects on infrastructures and urban settlements. Strategies
for risk mitigation” (coordinator of the research team
of the Universities of Ancona, Bari, Basilicata, Napoli Federico
II, Parma, Roma La Sapienza, Roma Tor Vergata, Seconda Università
di Napoli).
- GOVERNMENT COMMISSION FOR HYDROGEOLOGICAL PROTECTION IN CAMPANIA:
Guidelines for assessment of areas susceptible to flowsliding
in pyroclastic soils and evaluation criteria.
- CIPE: Landslides in Campania and introduction of technological
innovations for slope stabilization
1994-1996: Chairman of the Council of Professors in Civil Engineering,
Seconda Università di Napoli; 2004 to present: Chairman
of the Council of Professors in Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Seconda Università di Napoli
1998: Editor of the International Conference on “The Geotechnics
of Hard Soils-Soft Rocks”; 2003: Editor of the International
Conference on ”Fast Slope Movements – Prediction
and Prevention for Risk Mitigation; 2003: Editor of the International
Symposium “Occurrence and Mechanisms of Flow-Like Landslides
in Natural Slopes and Earthfills”; 2004: Editor of the
International Symposium “Living with landslides: effects
on infrastructures and urban settlements. Strategies for risk
mitigation” |
| Publications |
Leroueil S., Locat J., Sève, G., Picarelli L., Faure
R. (2000). Slopes and Mass Movements. Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental
Engineering Handbook, Chapter 14, K. Rowe Editor. Kluwer publisher
Olivares L., Picarelli L. (2003). Shallow flowslides triggered
by intense rainfalls on natural slopes covered by loose unsaturated
pyroclastic soils. Géotechnique, vol. 53, n. 2: pagg.
283-288
Picarelli L., Russo C. (2004). Mechanics of slow active landslides
and interaction with man-made works. Key Note Lecture, 9th International
Symposium on Landslides, Rio de Janeiro, vol. 2
Picarelli L., Urciuoli G., Russo C. 2004. The role of groundwater
regime on behaviour of clayey slopes. Canadian Geotechnical
Journal, vol. 41: pagg. 467-484
Picarelli L., Oboni F., Evans S.G., Mostyn G., Fell, R. (2005).
Hazard characterization and quantification. State of the Art
Paper no 2, Int. Workshop on “Landslide Risk Mitigation”.
Vancouver, 31 Maggio-3 Giugno: pagg. 27-61 |
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