ZSoil Day 2025 Presentations

Numerics in Geotechnics and Structures 2025
40 years of ZSoil & Structures
29th of August 2025, HEIA, Fribourg in Switzerland
| Session 1: 9:00-10:30, chair M. | Preisig | Th. |
| Zimmermann, Zace | ZSoil, forever young | GW. |
| Byun, EG soft consulting Seoul, South Korea | 3D modeling practice of tunnels and verification | M. |
| Borgers, Austria Modelling jointed rock masses using ZSoil |
| Session 2: 11:00-12:10, chair S. | Commend | K. |
| Dziedzic, R. Obrzud, GeoDev | Towards integrating a spatial analysis of geotechnical data into FE model creation | M. |
| Preisig, GeoMod | Quantification of energy dissipation in numerical time history analyses | R. |
| Maye, Karakas&Français Secure deep excavation design near railways based on ZSoil results: insights from the Travis project |
| Session 3: 14:00-15:20, chair S. | Kivell | M. |
| Cudny, K. Lisewska, Gdansk University of Technology, A. Zachodni, Keller Polska, A. Truty, Cracow University of Technology | Some experiences with the new ZSoil implementation of the AHS-Brick model in FE modelling | J. |
| Zannin, S. Marceta, R. Obrzud Karakas&Français, GeoMod Design of heat exchangers based on thermal response measurement and numerical simulations in ZSoil |
| Li Xiang, Yin Ji, Shang Qi, Wei Jia-qi, Jin Qi, SGIDI Engineering Consulting (Group) Co., Ltd
Analysis of the influence of a large-scale excavation cluster project on adjacent metro tunnels |
| F. Pachla, K. Podles, A. Urbanski, Cracow University of Technology Numerical analysis of historic masonry arch viaduct |
| Session 4: 15:40-16:30, chair A. | Truty | J. |
| Minini, M. Wasem, HEIA | A sampling method based on highest density regions: applications to surrogate models for rare events estimation | S. |
| Commend, J. Minini, HEIA | Probabilistic vs. deterministic design in Eurocodes 2.0, with potential economic gain | S. |
| Kivell, GeoDev Update on ZSoil’s developments |
