Romania - Iasi - Technical

University Gheorghe Asachi -

Education and Research
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it great.

Located crossroads of Central, Eastern,

and Southeastern Europe.
Borders: the Black Sea to the southeast,
Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the
north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the
southwest, and Moldova to the east.
It has a predominantly temperate-
continental climate.
Total area of 238.397 square kilometres
Almost 20 million inhabitants.
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 IAŞI / ROMÂNIA
 Located in the North-East of
Romania and built on seven hills
 One of the leading centers of
Romanian social, cultural,
academic and artistic life – 400,
000 inhabitants, an area of 808
km2
 Iasi has a humid, continental type
climate – with temperature
sometimes exceeding 32oC
during summer and dropping
below -10oC in winter
IAŞI / ROMÂNIA – Cultural Life

”Vasile Alecsandri” National Theatre

IAŞI / ROMÂNIA – Cultural Life

”National Opera of Iasi” – Carmen

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”Filarmonica of Moldavia”
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”Ion Creanga – Memorial house”

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The Royal Palace – Art Palace

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The Royal Palace + Palas Complex

IAŞI / ROMÂNIA – Religion

Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral of Moldavia and Bucovina

IAŞI / ROMÂNIA – Religion

Catholic Cathedral of Iasi

 IAŞI / ROMÂNIA – Green Life

Bothanical Garden

Eminescu Linden Tree

 IAŞI / ROMÂNIA – Education
 ”Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine  ”Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University
and Pharmacy

 ”Ion Ionescu de la Brad” University of

 ”George Enescu” University of Arts Agricultural Science and Veterinary
Medicine
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“GHEORGHE ASACHI” TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF
IAŞI
 “GHEORGHE ASACHI” TECHNICAL
UNIVERSITY OF IAŞI

The oldest tradition in

engineering education
in Romania

1813 - Gheorghe Asachi founded the first school of land surveyors and civil engineers
with instruction in the Romanian language
1860 - University of Iasi
1912 - birth certificate for Gheorghe Asachi Polytechnic Institute of Iasi (integrated
more technical specialties)
 “GHEORGHE ASACHI” TECHNICAL
UNIVERSITY OF IAŞI
The most beautiful
library in the world
 “GHEORGHE ASACHI” TECHNICAL
UNIVERSITY OF IAŞI

14.000
students
647
have a PhD
degree
1544
administrative
staff
735 97
academic associate
staff professors
 “GHEORGHE ASACHI” TECHNICAL
UNIVERSITY OF IAŞI

PhD
MA
BA
 Bachelor studies (46 programs of study, 4 years)
 Master studies (19 domains, 81 programs of study, 2 years)
 PhD studies (13 programs of study, 3 years)

www.tuiasi.ro/en
 “GHEORGHE ASACHI” TECHNICAL
UNIVERSITY OF IAŞI
“G.M. Cantacuzino” Faculty of Architecture
Faculty of Chemical
Faculty of Automatic Control and Engineering and Environmental
Computer Engineering Protection

Faculty of Textiles,
Faculty of Electrical
Leather and Industrial
Engineering
Management

Faculty of Machine
Manufacturing and
Industrial Management Faculty of Material
Science and Engineering

Faculty of Electronics,
Telecommunications and Faculty of Mechanical
Information Technology Engineering

Faculty of Hydrotechnical Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering

Geodesy and Environmental Engineering and Building Services
 Faculty of Civil Engineering and
Building Services
Bachelor - 1300
 Building Services
 Civil Engineering (in English)
 Civil Engineering (1th and 2th year)
 Civil Industrial and Agricultural Construction
 Transportation Infrastructure
Master - 450
 Civil Engineering (9
programs – 1 in English)
 Building Services
Engineering (1 program)

PhD – 20
Academic Staff - 107
 Faculty of Civil Engineering and
Building Services
Departments
 Department of Concrete Structures, Building Materials, Technology
and Management
 Department of Transportation Infrastructure and Foundations
 Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering
 Department of Building Services
 Department of Structural Mechanics
 Department of Graphics
 Faculty of Civil Engineering and
Building Services
Departments
 Department of Concrete Structures, Building Materials, Technology
and Management
 Department of Transportation Infrastructure and Foundations
 Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering
 Department of Building Services
 Department of Structural Mechanics
 Department of Graphics
 Faculty of Civil Engineering and
Building Services
Research - in all the fields of civil engineering
 Structural, dynamical and seismically analysis for structure;
 Building rehabilitation;
 Computed assisted design;
 Fire protection for buildings;
 Concrete durability
 Composite structures;
 Metallic structures;
 Wind action on buildings;
 Geotechnical Engineering;
 Soil – structures interaction;
 Retaining structures;
 Infrastructures – modern solutions.
 “GHEORGHE ASACHI” TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services

Teaching activities and research

Teaching Assistant 2008 – February 2017
PhD thesis in 2014
Senior Lecturer from February 2017

Technical University Gheorghe Asachi Iaşi,

Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services
Department of Transportation Infrastructure and Foundations
 “GHEORGHE ASACHI” TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services

Teaching activities
Bachelor Level
 Geotechnics - laboratory

 Foundations - project

 Special Foundations – problems and applications

 Tunnels and Metropolitans - problems and applications

 “GHEORGHE ASACHI” TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services

Teaching activities
Master Level
 Retaining structures – applications
 Geosynthetics, applications in geotechnical engineering – course &
applications
 Slope stability - applications

Other activities
 Guiding students to finish their bachelor or master degree
 Student Coordination (III CFDP) during Technological Practice;
 Guiding the students in research and elaboration of research papers
presented at the national and international scientific communication sessions
 “GHEORGHE ASACHI” TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services

Research activities
The mains research domains:
 Slope stability
 Boțu N., Carastoian D., Donciu O.,Lucrări de stabilizare a
versanților în comuna Taşca (Slopes stabilisation works in Tasca) ,
jud. Neamț, A X-a Conferință Națională de Geotehnică și Fundații,
Lucrările Conferinței Vol. II, București, pag 471-478, 2004.
 Colț O.E., Boțu N., Chirilă R.,Geotechnical investigations and
solutions for the stability of a road built on a sloping ground ,
“Highway and Bridge Engineering 2014”, International Symposium
Iași, România, 12 Decembrie 2014, pag 20-33, 2014.

 Soil analysis
 Member of the team in several contracts for soil investigations studies
 “GHEORGHE ASACHI” TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services

Research activities
The mains research domains:
 Retaining structures / reinforced soil retaining structures
 Colț O.E., Stanciu A.,Evolution of the
stability work from classic retaining walls
to mechanically stabilized earth walls ,
Bulletin of the Polytechnic Institute of Iasi,
Section of Architecture and Constructions,
Tomme LIV (LVIII), Fasc. 4, http://www.ce.
tuiasi.ro/~bipcons/Archive/130.pdf, pp.
27-39, 2008.
 Colț O.E. -Reinforced soil retaining
structures – domains of usage , Bulletin
of the Polytechnic Institute of Iasi,
Section of Architecture and Constructions,
Tomul LX (LXIV), Fasc.3, http://www.ce.
tuiasi.ro/~bipcons/Archive/473.pdf, pag.
90-98, 2014.
 “GHEORGHE ASACHI” TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services

Research activities
The mains research domains:
 Design methods for retaining structures / reinforced soil retaining structures:
 Stanciu A., Colţ O., Lungu I.,Design of
reinforced soil works – textomur
structures – based on the computer
program Cartage , Computational Civil
Engineering, Iași, 8 pagini, May 2007.

 Stanciu A., Donciu O.E.; Lungu I.,

Evolution of the design methods for
reinforced soil works , Acta Technica
Napocensis: Civil Engineering &
Architecture, Volume 51, Number 3, ISSN
1221-5848, pp. 359-367, 2008.
Vidal L.C.P.C

Schlosser
 “GHEORGHE ASACHI” TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services

Research activities
The mains research domains:
 Design methods for retaining structures / reinforced soil retaining structures:
 Colț O.E., Influența seismului asupra
calculului structurilor de sprijin din
pământ armat (The influence of the
earthquake in the design of the
reinforced soil retaining structures) , A XII-
a Conf. Națională de Geotehnică și
Fundații, Iași, Lucrările conferinței,
Volumul 3, ISSN 1844-850x, 10 pp., 2012.
 Colț O.E., Stanciu A.,Elemente de calcul a
structurilor de sprijin din pământ armat –
forma suprafeței de cedare (The shape of
the failure surface) , Revista Română de
Geotehnică și Fundații – Nr.2, pag 7-12,
2014.
 “GHEORGHE ASACHI” TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services

Research activities
The mains research domains:
 Design methods for retaining structures / reinforced soil retaining structures:
 Stanciu A., Colţ O.E.,Influența coeziunii
pământului asupra dimensionării
lucrărilor de sprijin din pământ armat
(Cohesion influence in designing
reinforced soil retaining structures), “A
XIII-a Conferinţă Naţională de Geotehnică
și Fundații – Cluj-Napoca, 07-10
septembrie 2016, articol publicat în
lucrările conferinţei, 10 pag, 2016
 “GHEORGHE ASACHI” TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services

Research activities
The mains research domains:
 The use of geosynthetics:  Colţ O., Stanciu A., Boțu N.,Aspecte
privind utilizarea pământului armat în
sistem textomur la realizarea unei piste
de schi (Reinforced soil retaining
structures for a ski slide using textomur
system ) , Al III-lea Simpozion National de
Geosintetice – GeoSint 2007, 7-8 iunie,
București, România, 8 pagini.

 V10 - Colț O.E.,Reinforced soil - solution

for the rehabilitation of an access ramp
and a quarter con for bridge , “Highway
and Bridge Engineering 2013”,
International Symposium, Iași, România,
December 6th, pag 1-8; 2013.
 “GHEORGHE ASACHI” TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services

Research activities
The mains research domains:
 The use of geosynthetics:
 Colț O.E., Chirilă R.,Geosynthetic
reinforcement for base / subbase
courses of road structures , “Highway and
Bridge Engineering 2014”, International
Symposium Iași, România, 12 Decembrie
2014, pag 76-82, 2014.

 Carastoian D., Donciu O., Boțu N.,

Stabilizarea unui drum amplasat pe un
taluz cu pantă accentuate (The
stabilization of a road placed on very
inclined slope) , A X-a Conferință
Națională de Geotehnică și Fundații,
Lucrările Conferinței Vol. II, București, pag
485-490, 2004.
 “GHEORGHE ASACHI” TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services

Research activities
August – Noiembrie 2006
Geonove, France (Inginerie Geotechnique des Geosynthetiques)
Erasmus visit at Orleans University

Courchevel Centron Salin les Termes

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Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services

Mechanically stabilized
retaining structures

Estructuras de retención
mecánicamente estabilizadas
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History

Soil
the first construction material
poor fizico-mechanical characteristics
needed improvement
 “GHEORGHE ASACHI” TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services

History
Reinforced soil - evolution
Ziguratts (Dur Kurigalzu) - Babilon
type of massive structure built in ancient Mesopotamia in year 1400 BC
clay blocks reinforced with cane fabric (tejido de caña)
dimensions: area at base – 69 x 67.6m 2 and height – 80m.

Ruins of Dur Kurigalzu

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History
Reinforced soil - evolution
The great Chinese Wall
Gigantic construction - 21.196,18km, height 12 m and medium width 6,5m
475 Bc
on some parts soil improved with straw or bamboo was used or clay with reeds
and rods(cañas y varillas)
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History
Reinforced soil - evolution
Adobe – traditional bricks for houses
Soil improved with straw
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Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services

History
Retaining structures with reinforced soil - evolution
1825 - Munster
1930 - Coyne

1985 - Jones
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Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services

History
Retaining structures with reinforced soil - evolution
Henri Vidal 1957
 sand castles on the beach
 dry sand with pine needles
 he invented Terre Armee

MSE
 “GHEORGHE ASACHI” TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services

History
Retaining structures with reinforced soil - evolution
Henri Vidal 1957
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Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services

MSE Wall Components

Soil - reinforcemets
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Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services

MSE Wall Components

Soil
 best - granular soils (d less than 250mm)
 uncohesiv soil with less than 15% fine particles (smaller than 0.063 mm)
 cohesive soils with PI less than 6%

Reinforcemets
 Metallic
 Geosynthetics (textile, geogrile)
Facing elements
 Prefabricated blocks
 Wood
 Torcret
 Geosyntethics…
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Reinforcements
Linear

Random

Continuous
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Reinforcements

Geotextiles

Woven geotextil Non woven Knitted

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Reinforcements

Geogrides
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Reinforcements

Geocomposites Geocelles

Geogrids Geomembranes
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Reinforcements

Steel mesh Steel bands

Geomembranes
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Reinforcements

Vegetation
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Facing
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Facing
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Methods and technologies

Tervoile
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Methods and technologies

Polyfelt
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Methods and technologies

Textomure
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Methods and technologies

Textomure

Formwork for mineral parament

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Methods and technologies

Textomure

Embakment Parament
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Methods and technologies

Textomure

Geotextile - Reinforcement Protection against rain

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Methods and technologies

Textomure

Geotextile - Reinforcement Parament

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Methods and technologies

Tensar

Modular blocks parament +

geogrids + conectors
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Methods and technologies

Tensar
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Methods and technologies

Texsol
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Methods and technologies

Pneusol
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Use of MSE

Clasical versus MSE

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Use of MSE
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Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services

Use of MSE
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Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services

Use of MSE
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