Publications by Alessio Ferrari

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Early-stage thermal performance design of thermo-active walls implemented in underground infrastructures

Lyesse Laloui, Alessio Ferrari, Jacopo Zannin

Energy geostructures (EGs) represent an innovative technology in the sustainable energy agenda and are useful for satisfying the energy needs of the built environment. They are usually involving geostructures such as piles, walls, tunnels, shafts, and sewe ...

ELSEVIER2022

Gas Shales Testing in Controlled Partially Saturated Conditions

Lyesse Laloui, Alessio Ferrari, Alberto Minardi

Laboratory measurement of mechanical properties of gas shales represents a challenging topic in geomechanics due to their peculiar features such as heterogeneity, anisotropy, low permeability, and complex physical phenomena related to the hydro-mechanical ...

2018

Pore structure evolution of compacted granular bentonite during wetting and drying cycles

Lyesse Laloui, Alessio Ferrari, Ali Seiphoori

Deep geological repositories are considered as suitable solutions for the disposal of high level nuclear wastes. In several repository concepts (e.g. in Spain and Switzerland), bentonites are selected as the main component of the engineered barrier to be p ...

2014

Shear strength and shear stiffness analysis of compacted Wyoming-type bentonite

Alessio Ferrari

Wyoming-type bentonite is one of the materials to be used as part of the Engineered Barrier System (EBS) in deep geological disposal facilities for the safe disposal of spent nuclear fuel.In the KBS-3 type repository, the canisters containing the spent fue ...

ELSEVIER2023

Measurement of the CKM angle gamma using B-+/- -> DK +/- with D -> K-S(0)pi(+)pi(-), (KSK+K-)-K-0 decays

Jian Wang, Mingkui Wang, Olivier Schneider, Zhirui Xu, Yi Zhang, Lei Zhang, Aurelio Bay, Yi Wang, Guido Haefeli, Tatsuya Nakada, Frédéric Blanc, Minh Tâm Tran, Maurizio Martinelli, Donal Patrick Hill, Liang Sun, Jean Wicht, Liupan An, Elena Graverini, Plamen Hristov Hopchev, Renato Quagliani, Hang Yin, Maria Vieites Diaz, Olivier Göran Girard, Axel Kuonen, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Michel De Cian, Maria Elena Stramaglia, Vladimir Macko, Federico Leo Redi, Luis Miguel Garcia Martin, Vitalii Lisovskyi, Tara Nanut, Alessio Ferrari, Violaine Bellée, Guillaume Max Pietrzyk, Pavol Stefko, Pietro Marino, Matthieu Philippe Luther Marinangeli, François Fleuret, Vladislav Balagura, Guido Andreassi, Luca Pescatore, Preema Rennee Pais, Maxime Schubiger, Christoph Frei, Chitsanu Khurewathanakul, Greig Alan Cowan, Mirco Dorigo, Sebastiana Gianì, Vincenzo Battista, Conor Thomas Fitzpatrick, Tommaso Colombo, Brice Emile Maurin, Ian William Marison, Arnaud Merlin Gauthey, Daniel Gallichan, Marilisa Neri, Michael Thompson McCann, Mai Tu Xuan, Matteo Fontana, Simon Van Mulders, Valérie Jeanne Thérèse Renaudin-Schouler, Severin Stähly, Craig Matthew Smith, Alexandra Bondarenko, Léonard Yannick Maurice Eymann, Adriano Pastore, Nathalie Sophie Adeline Serra, Xiao Yuan, Laia Castilla Amorós, Luc Henry, Juan Federico Esteban Müller, Giovanni Veneziano, Basile Schäli, Nandita Aggarwal, Benedikt Sebastian Braun, Sattar Akbari Nakhjavani, Thomas Jean Julien Fussinger

A binned Dalitz plot analysis of B-+/- -> DK +/- decays, with D -> K-S(0)pi(+)pi(-) and D -> (KSK+K-)-K-0, is used to perform a measurement of the CP-violating observables x(+/-) and y(+/-), which are sensitive to the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa angle gamma. ...

Springer Nature2018

An experimental and constitutive investigation on the chemo-mechanical behaviour of a clay

Lyesse Laloui, Alessio Ferrari, Paul Joost Witteveen

Engineering issues for which the understanding of the chemo-mechanical behaviour of soils is relevant include wellbore stability problems, the sali-nification of groundwater and nuclear waste storage, etc. However, despite the vast number of situations in ...

Ice Publishing2013

Hydrothermal interactions in energy walls

Lyesse Laloui, Alessio Ferrari, Jacopo Zannin

Energy geostructures (EGs) employ heat exchangers embedded in concrete geostructures, such as piles, walls, tunnels, and sewers. In this study, energy walls (EWs) are studied with an emphasis on the following objectives: (1) to understand the fundamentals ...

2021

Water retention and swelling behaviour of granular bentonites for application in Geosynthetic Clay Liner (GCL) systems

Lyesse Laloui, Alessio Ferrari, Ali Seiphoori

Geosynthetic Clay Liner (GCL) systems are used as efficient hydraulic barriers in landfills for the disposal of hazardous municipal wastes. Along with geotextiles, bentonite materials are chosen as one of the primary components of GCLs due to their high re ...

Japanese Geotechnical Soc2016

Measurement of CP asymmetries in two-body B-(s)(0)-meson decays to charged pions and kaons

Jian Wang, Mingkui Wang, Olivier Schneider, Zhirui Xu, Yi Zhang, Lei Zhang, Aurelio Bay, Yi Wang, Guido Haefeli, Tatsuya Nakada, Frédéric Blanc, Minh Tâm Tran, Maurizio Martinelli, Donal Patrick Hill, Liang Sun, Jean Wicht, Liupan An, Elena Graverini, Plamen Hristov Hopchev, Renato Quagliani, Hang Yin, Olivier Göran Girard, Axel Kuonen, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Michel De Cian, Maria Elena Stramaglia, Vladimir Macko, Federico Leo Redi, Vitalii Lisovskyi, Alessio Ferrari, Violaine Bellée, Guillaume Max Pietrzyk, Pavol Stefko, Pietro Marino, Matthieu Philippe Luther Marinangeli, François Fleuret, Vladislav Balagura, Guido Andreassi, Luca Pescatore, Preema Rennee Pais, Maxime Schubiger, Christoph Frei, Chitsanu Khurewathanakul, Greig Alan Cowan, Mark Tobin, Jessica Prisciandaro, Mirco Dorigo, Sebastiana Gianì, Vincenzo Battista, Conor Thomas Fitzpatrick, Tommaso Colombo, Brice Emile Maurin, Arnaud Merlin Gauthey, Daniel Gallichan, Marilisa Neri, Michael Thompson McCann, Mai Tu Xuan, Matteo Fontana, Simon Van Mulders, Valérie Jeanne Thérèse Renaudin-Schouler, Severin Stähly, Craig Matthew Smith, Alexandra Bondarenko, Léonard Yannick Maurice Eymann, Adriano Pastore, Nathalie Sophie Adeline Serra, Xiao Yuan, Laia Castilla Amorós, Luc Henry, Juan Federico Esteban Müller, Giovanni Veneziano, Basile Schäli, Nandita Aggarwal, Benedikt Sebastian Braun, Sattar Akbari Nakhjavani, Thomas Jean Julien Fussinger

The time-dependent CP asymmetries in B-0 -> pi(+)pi(-) and B-(s)(0) -> K+K- decays are measured using a data sample of p p collisions corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb(-1), collected with the LHCb detector at center-of-mass energies of 7 ...

American Physical Society2018

Hydro-mechanical analysis of volcanic ash slopes during rainfall

Lyesse Laloui, Alessio Ferrari, John Eichenberger, Chao Li

Rainfall-induced landslides in volcanic ashes represent a major natural hazard in many regions around the world. Due to their loose structure, volcanic ash slopes are prone to rainfall-induced landslides. The paper presents a continuum modelling approach f ...

Ice Publishing2016

Study of Gamma production in pPb collisions at root(s)(NN) (=)8.16 TeV

Jian Wang, Mingkui Wang, Olivier Schneider, Zhirui Xu, Yiming Li, Yi Zhang, Lei Zhang, Aurelio Bay, Yi Wang, Guido Haefeli, Tatsuya Nakada, Frédéric Blanc, Minh Tâm Tran, Maurizio Martinelli, Donal Patrick Hill, Liang Sun, Jean Wicht, Liupan An, Elena Graverini, Plamen Hristov Hopchev, Renato Quagliani, Hang Yin, Maria Vieites Diaz, Olivier Göran Girard, Axel Kuonen, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Michel De Cian, Maria Elena Stramaglia, Vladimir Macko, Federico Leo Redi, Luis Miguel Garcia Martin, Vitalii Lisovskyi, Tara Nanut, Alessio Ferrari, Violaine Bellée, Guillaume Max Pietrzyk, Pavol Stefko, Pietro Marino, Matthieu Philippe Luther Marinangeli, François Fleuret, Vladislav Balagura, Guido Andreassi, Luca Pescatore, Preema Rennee Pais, Maxime Schubiger, Katharina Müller, Christoph Frei, Chitsanu Khurewathanakul, Greig Alan Cowan, Mark Tobin, Jessica Prisciandaro, Mirco Dorigo, Vincenzo Battista, Conor Thomas Fitzpatrick, Tommaso Colombo, Brice Emile Maurin, Ian William Marison, Arnaud Merlin Gauthey, Daniel Gallichan, Marilisa Neri, Michael Thompson McCann, Mai Tu Xuan, Matteo Fontana, Simon Van Mulders, Valérie Jeanne Thérèse Renaudin-Schouler, Severin Stähly, Craig Matthew Smith, Alexandra Bondarenko, Léonard Yannick Maurice Eymann, Adriano Pastore, Nathalie Sophie Adeline Serra, Xiao Yuan, Laia Castilla Amorós, Luc Henry, Juan Federico Esteban Müller, Giovanni Veneziano, Basile Schäli, Nandita Aggarwal, Benedikt Sebastian Braun, Sattar Akbari Nakhjavani, Thomas Jean Julien Fussinger, Gang Yu, Kévin Müller, Jordy Daniel Müller

The production of (nS) mesons (n = 1; 2; 3) in p Pb and Pb p collisions at a centre-of-mass energy per nucleon pair p sNN = 8 : 16TeV is measured by the LHCb experiment, using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 31.8 nb. The (nS) mes ...

Springer Nature2018

Hydro-mechanical behaviour of shallow Opalinus Clay shale

Lyesse Laloui, Alessio Ferrari, Eleonora Crisci

In Switzerland, Opalinus Clay shale has been selected as the host formation for radioactive waste disposal. The minimum required depth of the repository is related to the long-lasting isolation required for the disposal (1 million years). During this perio ...

2019

Elastic behavior of partially saturated gas shales during unloading - reloading cycles in uniaxial compression

Lyesse Laloui, Alessio Ferrari, Alberto Minardi

Elastic properties of gas shales are of utmost importance for the exploitation of shale gas reservoirs. Static elastic properties are usually measured by performing unloading-reloading cycles in uniaxial or triaxial compressive tests. The response of gas s ...

2018

Measurement of Z -> tau(+)tau(-) production in proton-proton collisions at root s=8 TeV

Jian Wang, Mingkui Wang, Olivier Schneider, Zhirui Xu, Yi Zhang, Lei Zhang, Aurelio Bay, Yi Wang, Guido Haefeli, Tatsuya Nakada, Frédéric Blanc, Minh Tâm Tran, Maurizio Martinelli, Donal Patrick Hill, Liang Sun, Jean Wicht, Liupan An, Elena Graverini, Plamen Hristov Hopchev, Renato Quagliani, Hang Yin, Maria Vieites Diaz, Olivier Göran Girard, Axel Kuonen, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Michel De Cian, Maria Elena Stramaglia, Vladimir Macko, Federico Leo Redi, Luis Miguel Garcia Martin, Vitalii Lisovskyi, Tara Nanut, Alessio Ferrari, Violaine Bellée, Guillaume Max Pietrzyk, Pavol Stefko, Pietro Marino, Matthieu Philippe Luther Marinangeli, François Fleuret, Vladislav Balagura, Guido Andreassi, Luca Pescatore, Preema Rennee Pais, Maxime Schubiger, Christoph Frei, Chitsanu Khurewathanakul, Greig Alan Cowan, Jessica Prisciandaro, Mirco Dorigo, Sebastiana Gianì, Vincenzo Battista, Conor Thomas Fitzpatrick, Tommaso Colombo, Brice Emile Maurin, Ian William Marison, Arnaud Merlin Gauthey, Daniel Gallichan, Marilisa Neri, Michael Thompson McCann, Mai Tu Xuan, Matteo Fontana, Simon Van Mulders, Valérie Jeanne Thérèse Renaudin-Schouler, Severin Stähly, Craig Matthew Smith, Alexandra Bondarenko, Léonard Yannick Maurice Eymann, Adriano Pastore, Nathalie Sophie Adeline Serra, Xiao Yuan, Laia Castilla Amorós, Luc Henry, Juan Federico Esteban Müller, Giovanni Veneziano, Basile Schäli, Nandita Aggarwal, Benedikt Sebastian Braun, Sattar Akbari Nakhjavani, Thomas Jean Julien Fussinger, Stéphane Serge Arsène Tourneur

A measurement of Z -> tau(+)tau(-) production cross-section is presented using data, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2 fb(-1), from pp collisions at root s = 8 TeV collected by the LHCb experiment. The tau(+)tau(-)candidates are reconstructed ...

Springer Nature2018

Anisotropic Volumetric Response of Shales upon Suction Changes

Lyesse Laloui, Alessio Ferrari, Alberto Minardi

Anisotropic fabric and volumetric response to suction changes represent two main features of shales, which are involved in several engineering applications. However, a comprehensive understanding of the interaction between these two aspects is still missin ...

2016

Generalized effective stress concept for saturated active clays

Lyesse Laloui, Alessio Ferrari, Angelica Tuttolomondo

Experimental evidence shows that changes in pore-water chemistry can significantly affect the mechanical behavior of saturated active clays. Despite this evidence, how the chemical composition of the pore water can be considered in effective stress definit ...

2021

Effect of climate change on landslide behaviour

Lyesse Laloui, Alessio Ferrari, John Eichenberger

Landslides represent a major threat to human life, constructed facilities and infrastructure in most mountainous regions of the world. Considering future climate scenarios and modified precipitation patterns, the landslide activity will most probably chang ...

2010

Assessing swelling-induced damage in shale samples during triaxial testing

Alessio Ferrari

In shale testing, understanding the impact of effective stress and saturation conditions is crucial for accurate material behaviour assessment and parameter determination. In some cases, saturation in triaxial testing starts at low effective stress before ...

Elsevier BV2024

Observation of the decay B-s(0) -> (D)over-bar(0)K (+) K-

Jian Wang, Mingkui Wang, Olivier Schneider, Zhirui Xu, Yi Zhang, Lei Zhang, Aurelio Bay, Yi Wang, Guido Haefeli, Tatsuya Nakada, Minh Tâm Tran, Maurizio Martinelli, Donal Patrick Hill, Liang Sun, Jean Wicht, Liupan An, Elena Graverini, Plamen Hristov Hopchev, Renato Quagliani, Hang Yin, Maria Vieites Diaz, Olivier Göran Girard, Axel Kuonen, Aravindhan Venkateswaran, Michel De Cian, Maria Elena Stramaglia, Vladimir Macko, Federico Leo Redi, Luis Miguel Garcia Martin, Vitalii Lisovskyi, Tara Nanut, Alessio Ferrari, Violaine Bellée, Guillaume Max Pietrzyk, Pietro Marino, Matthieu Philippe Luther Marinangeli, François Fleuret, Vladislav Balagura, Guido Andreassi, Luca Pescatore, Preema Rennee Pais, Maxime Schubiger, Katharina Müller, Christoph Frei, Chitsanu Khurewathanakul, Greig Alan Cowan, Mark Tobin, Jessica Prisciandaro, Mirco Dorigo, Sebastiana Gianì, Vincenzo Battista, Conor Thomas Fitzpatrick, Tommaso Colombo, Brice Emile Maurin, Arnaud Merlin Gauthey, Daniel Gallichan, Marilisa Neri, Michael Thompson McCann, Mai Tu Xuan, Matteo Fontana, Simon Van Mulders, Valérie Jeanne Thérèse Renaudin-Schouler, Severin Stähly, Craig Matthew Smith, Alexandra Bondarenko, Léonard Yannick Maurice Eymann, Adriano Pastore, Nathalie Sophie Adeline Serra, Xiao Yuan, Laia Castilla Amorós, Luc Henry, Juan Federico Esteban Müller, Giovanni Veneziano, Basile Schäli, Nandita Aggarwal, Benedikt Sebastian Braun, Sattar Akbari Nakhjavani, Thomas Jean Julien Fussinger, Julien Lafontaine Carboni, Kévin Müller, Jordy Daniel Müller, Sébastien Emmanuel Blanc

The first observation of the B-s(0) -> (D) over bar K-0 (+) K- decay is reported, together with the most precise branching fraction measurement of the mode B-0 -> (D) over bar K-0 (+) K- The results are obtained from an analysis of pp collision data corres ...

American Physical Society2018

Laboratory testing of gas shales in unsaturated conditions

Lyesse Laloui, Alessio Ferrari, Alberto Minardi

Water uptake of gas shales is commonly considered one of the most important factors responsible for fluid loss during flowback operations after hydraulic fracturing. Imbibition experiments cover a key role in this context to analyze the impact of several f ...

2018