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| education: |
Ph.D. in Civil
Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Laurea
in
Mining Engineering, University of Rome. Rome, Italy |
| registration: |
Ordine
degli
Ingegneri della Provincia di Genova
(Professional
Engineer License, Province of Genoa, Italy)
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| affiliations: |
Associazione
Geotecnica Italiana
(Italian
Geotechnical Society)
American
Society of Civil Engineers
Canadian
Geotechnical Society
Associazione
per l'Ingegneria Offshore e Marina
(Society
for Offshore and Marine Engineering)
International
Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
International
Society for Rock Mechanics
International
Geotextile Society
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| languages: |
Italian,
English |
professional
background:
| 1982 |
Engineering Degree (Laurea) from the University of Rome with a
thesis on the behaviour of shallow tunnels supervised by Prof. M.
Ottaviani. |
| 1982-1983 |
Researcher at the University of Rome, working in the fields
of numerical modelling and constitutive behaviour of soils and rocks
applied to tunnelling. |
| 1983-1987 |
Research and teaching assistant at the University of
Alberta, Canada, under the direction of Prof. N.R. Morgenstern. Ph.D.
degree from the University of Alberta with a thesis on the behaviour
of tunnels near the advancing face (supervisors: Prof. N.R.
Morgenstern and Prof. P.K. Kaiser; external committee member: Prof.
E. Hoek, University of Toronto). Participated to a study for an
underground nuclear waste repository. |
| 1987-1991 |
Project Engineer at D'Appolonia Consulting Engineering
Company (Genoa, Italy), working on several geotechnical and rock
engineering projects. Most projects were related to large industrial
facilities, nuclear power plants, harbour and offshore structures,
earth dams, geotechnical investigations at sea and on land. |
| 1991-1994 |
Project Manager at D'Appolonia Consulting Engineering
Company (Genoa, Italy), in charge of geotechnical engineering
projects. The main projects were related to foundations of on-shore
and offshore structures, seismic response and liquefaction studies,
environmental geotechnics. Also involved in several studies related
to petroleum geomechanics, including evaluation of borehole
stability, rock drillability, recovery and testing of deep reservoir
sampling. |
| 1994-1998 |
Independent consulting engineer (since July 1994), working
in the fields of soil mechanics, soil dynamics and rock engineering.
Involved in projects in Italy and abroad, including foundation design
of major plants in the Nile delta (Egypt) and in Poland, interaction
studies for gas storage tanks located in seismic areas, soil
liquefaction studies for pipelines in the North Sea, foundation
design for gas and steam turbines, design of harbour structures,
hydraulic tunnels and open cut excavations in urban areas. |
| 1998- |
As President of Geodeco S.p.A. Dr. Pelli was involved in the
development of a computer system for seismic microzonation keeping into
account soil non-linearity, and in several major research projects were
such system was applied. He also carried out non-linear site response
analyses for three nuclear power plants in Switzerland, and led a study
on pile-soil seismic interaction in liquefaction-prone soil in Italy.
At the same time Dr. Pelli was also involved in many other projects
related to harbour and offshore structures in Italy, Kazakhstan and
Nigeria, to Large Dams in Italy, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia and to deep
excavations in urban areas and in difficult ground conditions.
Additional activities included the geotechnical design of vibrating
machines in co-generation power plants and the stabilization of large
landslides affecting the safety of human settlements.
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short
courses attended:
| 1985 |
"Reliability and Probability Methods in Geotechnical
Engineering", by Prof. M.E. Harr, Purdue University, held at the
University of Alberta, Edmonton. |
| 1986 |
"Stability and Bifurcation in Geomechanics", by Prof.
I.G. Vardoulakis, University of Minnesota, held at the University of
Alberta, Edmonton. |
| 1988
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"Design and Construction of Tunnels", by Prof. K.
Kovari, Technical University of Zurich, et al., held at Ismes S.p.A.,
Bergamo, Italy. |
| 1992 |
"Rock Engineering Systems", by Prof. J.A. Hudson,
Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, held in Chester,
UK. |
other
activities:
| 1991 |
Organiser of a Seminar on Rock Mechanics and Borehole Stability
at Agip S.p.A., Milan, Italy, with Prof. P.K. Kaiser. |
| 1991 |
Invited speaker on offshore geotechnical investigations for the
Course "Problems of Offshore and Marine Structures",
organised by the Society for Offshore and Marine Engineering (AIOM),
held at the Technical University of Milan, Italy. |
| 1994 |
Invited speaker on earthquake-induced cyclic mobility problems
in sand for the Seminar "Foundation Problems for Offshore and
Marine Structures", organised by the Society for Offshore and
Marine Engineering (AIOM), held at Ismes S.p.A., Bergamo, Italy. |
| 1995 |
Official Discussor on soil-structure seismic interaction at the
"Third International Conference on Recent Advances in
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics", St.
Louis, Missouri, USA. |
| 1999 |
Invited lecturer on characterisation of cohesive soils during a
short course organised by the Association of Professional Geologists
of the Province of Genoa, Italy.
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publications:
Ottaviani,
M. and F. Pelli, 1983, "Influence of Depth and
of
Distance between the Axes on Surface Displacements Due to the
Excavation of Twin Shallow Tunnels", Proceedings of the
International Symposium on Engineering Geology and Underground
Constructions, Lisbon, Portugal.
Pelli,
F., Kaiser, P.K. and N.R. Morgenstern, 1986,
"Three
Dimensional Simulation of Rock-Liner Interaction Near Tunnel Face",
Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Numerical Models
in Geomechanics (NUMOG II), Ghent, Belgium, pp. 359-368.
Pelli,
F., 1987, "Near Face Behaviour of Deep Tunnels in
Rock",
Ph.D. Thesis, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 406 p.
Pelli,
F. and R. Vanzini, 1991, "Seismic Stability of
Offshore
Structures on Sloping Seabed", Tenth European Conference on Soil
Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Volume of Italian Contributions
to the Conference Theme, Associazione Geotecnica Italiana, Florence,
Italy, pp. 147-152.
Pelli,
F., Kaiser, P.K. and N.R. Morgenstern, 1991, "The
Influence of Near Face Behaviour on Monitoring of Deep Tunnels",
Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 28, pp. 226-238.
Pelli,
F., Kaiser, P.K. and N.R. Morgenstern, 1991, "An
Interpretation of Ground Movements Recorded during Construction of
the Donkin Morien Tunnel", Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol.
28, pp. 239-254.
Pelli,
F., Kaiser, P.K. and N.R. Morgenstern, 1991,
"Simulation
of Rock-Liner Interaction for Tunnels in Isotropic and Anisotropic
Rock Masses", Proceedings of the Seventh International Congress
of Rock Mechanics, Aachen, Germany, Vol. 1, pp. 793-798.
Pelli,
F. and R. Vanzini, 1991, "Stabilità di
Strutture
Off-shore Fondate su Pendio e Soggette a Sisma" (in Italian with
summary in English), Rivista Italiana di Geotecnica, No. 4, pp.
161-169.
Pelli,
F., Vassallo, G.P. and F. Lagasco, 1992, "Seismic
Stability of Offshore Slopes", Proceedings of the French-Italian
Conference on Slope Stability in Seismic Areas, ANIDIS & AFPS,
Bordighera, Italy, pp. 261-272.
Pelli,
F. and M. Ottaviani, 1992, "Definizione della
Resistenza
non Drenata delle Argille del Mare Adriatico mediante Prove
Penetrometriche Statiche" (in Italian with summary in English),
Rivista Italiana di Geotecnica, No. 3, pp. 157-171.
Pelli,
F., Vassallo, G.P. and M. Masserini, 1993, "Shear
Strength of an Offshore Sand from CPT", Fourth Canadian Marine
Geotechnical Conference, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
Bazzurro,
P., Pelli, F., Manfredini, G.M. and C.A.
Cornell, 1994,
"Stability of Sloping Seabed-Seismic Damage Analysis:
Methodology and Application", Proceedings of the 2nd
International Conference on Strait Crossings, Alesund, Norway, pp.
821-829.
Pelli, F., Vassallo, G.P. and F. Casola,
1994, "Earthquake-Induced
Permanent Deformations in the Landfalls of Submerged-Floating Tunnels
in Sand", Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on
Strait Crossings, Alesund, Norway, pp. 587-594.
Pelli,
F. and M. Ottaviani, 1994, "Classificazione dei
Terreni
del Mare Adriatico Mediante Prove Penetrometriche Statiche" (in
Italian with summary in English), Rivista Italiana di Geotecnica, No.
1, pp. 33-41.
Pelli,
F., 1995, Nota Tecnica: "Una Tecnica di
Congelamento per
il Trasporto e la Preparazione dei Campioni Sabbiosi" (in
Italian), Rivista Italiana di Geotecnica, No. 3, pp.225-228.
Pelli,
F., Kaiser, P.K. and N.R. Morgenstern, 1995,
Technical Note:
"Near Face Stresses for Tunnels in Non-Isotropic and Non-Linear
Rock Masses", Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, Vol. 28, No.
2, pp. 125-132.
Pelli,
F., Tokimatsu, K., Yoshimi, Y. and E. D'Appolonia,
1995,
"Liquefaction Potential Evaluation for the Messina Straits
Crossing by Field and Laboratory Testing", Third International
Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
and Soil Dynamics, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, Vol. 1, pp. 207-210.
Pelli,
F., Parker, E.J., Conte, L. and M. Bosoni, 1995,
"Cyclic
Mobility Effects on Soil-Pile Interaction in Dense Sand", Third
International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical
Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, St. Louis, Missouri, USA,
Vol.1, pp. 377-380.
Constantopoulos
I., Lagasco, F. and F. Pelli, 1995,
"Effects of
Gmax on the Seismic Design of Pipelines", Seventh International
Conference on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Chania,
Crete, Greece, pp. 405-413.
Parker,
E.J., Collins, P.M., Pelli, F., Brancato, C. and
D. De Manna,
1995, "Cost Reduction through Drilling Optimisation", OMC
95 - Offshore Mediterranean Conference, Ravenna, Italy.
Pelli,
F., 1995, Official Discussion of the State of the
Art Paper
No. 9, "Simple Physical Models for Foundation Dynamics", by
J. P. Wolf, Third International Conference on Recent Advances in
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, St. Louis,
Missouri, USA, Vol. 3.
Pelli,
F., 1995, Official Discussions on the Papers:
"Foundation
Soil Influence on the Seismic Response of Piers", by P.P.
Diotallevi and R. Polluzzi, "Evaluation of Seismic Response of
Pile Supported Structures with a 3-D Nonlinear Approach", by
Y.X. Chai, P.L. Gould and C.S. Desai, and "Seismic Response of
Full Size Pile Group", by Y.C. Han and G.C.W. Sabin, Third
International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical
Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, St. Louis, Missouri, USA,
Vol. 3.
Pelli,
F. and A. Carletti, 1998, "Characterisation of
Soft
Deposits in the Eastern Nile Delta", First International
Conference on Site Characterisation (ISP ’98), Vol. 1, pp.257-262.
Bazzurro,
P., Cornell, C.A. and F. Pelli, 1999, "Efficient PSHA for
nonlinear soil sites with uncertain properties", Proceedings of
ERES99, Catania, Italy, June 15-17.
Pelli F. and A. Rossanese, 2000,
"Settlements of an Instrumented Landfill on Soft-Delta Soil with
Vertical Wick Drains", International Conference on Geotechnical &
Geological Engineering –GeoEng2000-, Melbourne, Australia,
November 2000.
Pelli F., C. Baracco and M. Bonfante, 2000, "Relevance of Ground Water
Pressure for the Design of an Hydraulic Tunnel in Weak Rock", 14.
Nationales Symposium fur Felsmechanick und Tunnelbau -EUROCK 2000-,
Aachen, Germania, March 2000.
Mangini M.,
F.Pelli, 2002, “E-Commerce and engineering consulting
services”, ECPPM 2002 – eWork and eBusiness in AEC, 9-11
Sept., Portoroz, Slovenia.
Mangini M and Pelli F “eBusiness scheme for engineering
consulting services”, ITcon Vol. 8, Special Issue eWork and
eBusiness , pg. 309-318, http://www.itcon.org/2003/23, (2003).
Pelli, F., P. Bazzurro, M. Mangini, and D. Spallarossa (2004).
“Probabilistic seismic hazard mapping with site amplification
effects.” in Proc. of the 11th International Conf. on Soil
Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Berkeley, California, 7–9
January 2004, Vol. 2, pp. 230–237.
Pelli, F. (2004). “Effetti di amplificazione locale
nell’analisi probabilistica di pericolosità sismica su
scala territoriale.” (in Italian) Convegno Nazionale: "Rischio
Sismico, Territorio e Centri Storici", Sanremo, Italy, 2-3 July 2004.
Pelli F., Mangini M., Bazzurro P., Eva C., Spallarossa D., Barani S.
(2004), " Site Amplification Effects for Probabilistic
Seismic Hazard Mapping in North-West Italy", XXIX General
Assembly of the EuropeanSeismological Commission, 12-17 Sept., Potsdam,
Germany (abstract and oral presentation).
Eva C., Spallarossa D., Barani S., Pelli F., Mangini M., Bazzurro P.
(2004), "Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis Using a Logic Tree
Approach: an Application to Western Liguria (North-Western Italy)",
XXIX General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission, 12-17
Sept., Potsdam, Germany, (abstract and oral presentation).
Pelli, F., D. Minuto, E. Isetta, and G. Lombardi (2004).
“Geotechnical characterisation of an overconsolidated Pliocene
clay by field and laboratory tests.” in Proc. of the 2nd
International Conf. on Site Characterization (ISC’2), Porto,
Portugal, 19–22 Sept. 2004.
Pelli
F., Mangini M., Bazzurro P.(2005), “L'amplificazione locale in
formazioni nonlineari per siti specifici e per studi di microzonazione
territoriale”, abstract esteso e presentazione orale al 23° Convegno
Nazionale del Gruppo Nazionale di Geofisica della Terra Solida, Roma,
Nov.2005.
Pelli
F., Mangini M., Bazzurro P. (2006), "Non-linear site response analyses
for two nuclear power plant sites considering cyclic mobility
effects", Eighth U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering,
S. Francisco.
Pelli
F., Mangini M., Bazzurro P., Eva C., Spallarossa D., Barani S.,
(2006), “Psha in northern italy accounting for non-linear soil
behaviour and epistemic uncertainty”, First European Conference on
Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (1st ECEES), Geneva, Switzerland.
Pelli
F., Mangini M., Bazzurro P. (2006), “A simplified approach for site
amplification assessment in non-linear soil deposits”, Third
International Symposium on the Effects of Surface Geology on Seismic
Motion, Grenoble, France.
Goulet
C. A., Stewart J. P., Bazzurro P., Pelli F. (2006), “Integration of
ground response analysis results into probablistic assessment of site
specific ground shaking potential”, Third International Symposium on
the Effects of Surface Geology on Seismic Motion, Grenoble, France.
Pelli
F., Mangini M., Bazzurro P. (2006), “An example of
multidisciplinary-automated approach to probabilistic seismic hazard
assessment”, Interdisciplinary Workshop on Management of Earthquake
Risks, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Bazzurro
P., Pelli F., Mangini M., Goulet C., and J. P. Stewart (2006),
“Statistics of Nonlinear Ground Motion Amplification Functions for
NEHRP Soil Categories “, Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC),
2006 Annual Meeting, Palm Springs CA, abstract e poster.
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