Email: marcin.chwala@pwr.edu.pl

Unit: Faculty of Civil Engineering » Department of Geotechnology, Hydro Technology, and Underground and Hydro Engineering

OFFICE HOURS MON - 9:00-11:00, room 119 D-2

If you are a student and would like to join scientific work, please contact me!

My current research interests are probabilistic methods in geotechnical engineering, modelling the spatial variability of soil, foundation bearing capacity, slope stability analysis.

Recently I have been working on the stability of lunar lava tubes. My first paper on this subject was recently published in Icarus, you can read about the conducted research in a popular sciense article or listen on radio broadcasts [in Polish], Radio 357 in Partonautyka, Radio Rodzina or Radio Wrocław. 

I received my engineering degree and my master's degree from the Faculty of Civil Engineering at Wrocław University of Science and Technology in 2012 and 2013, respectively. My doctoral dissertation concerned the application of random field theory and multi-block failure mechanisms for the assessment of the bearing capacity of direct foundations accounting for the spatial variation of soil parameters. After obtaining my PhD in 2018, I have been working on the creation and development of novel methods for the optimal placement of soil soundings for foundation design and new approaches for considering soil spatial variability in foundation bearing capacity and slope stability assessment.  

I am pleased to be a member of Academia Iuvenum (2023-2025) and a member of the Engineering Practice of Risk Assessment and Management Committee (TC304) of the ISSMGE.

You can find more details about my research work in my CV, on my home page and Web of Science or Scopus.

 

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1	Article 2024 Wengang Zhang, Ian Somerville, Gustavo Paneiro, Xingzhong Nong, Marcin Chwała, Wenyu Yang, Design and construction of tunnels and tunnelling: Understanding the importance of geological conditions, landslide susceptibility and risk assessment. Geological Journal. 2024, vol. 59, nr 9, s. 2365-2370. ISSN: 1099-1034; 0072-1050 Resources:DOIURLSFX
2	Article 2024 Marcin Chwała, Goro Komatsu, Junichi Haruyama, Effects of layered roof for stability and exploration of lunar lava tubes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2024, vol. 643, art. 118918, s. 1-12. ISSN: 0012-821X; 1385-013X Resources:DOIURLSFX
3	Article 2024 Fouzi Mancer, Alaoua Bouaicha, Marcin Chwała, Abdelhak Mabrouki, Probabilistic assessment of bearing capacity of skirted foundation under combined loadings with a rigid base. Geological Journal. 2024, vol. 59, nr 9, s. 2609-2622. ISSN: 1099-1034; 0072-1050 Resources:DOIURLSFX
4	Article 2024 Marcin Chwała, Goro Komatsu, Junichi Haruyama, Structural stability of lunar lava tubes with consideration of variable cross-section geometry. Icarus. 2024, vol. 411, art. 115928, s. 1-17. ISSN: 0019-1035; 1090-2643 Resources:DOIURLSFX
5	Article 2024 Chengxin Feng, Marcos A Valdebenito, Marcin Chwała, Kang Liao, Matteo Broggi, Michael Beer, Efficient slope reliability analysis under soil spatial variability using maximum entropy distribution with fractional moments. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 2024, vol. 16, nr 4, s. 1140-1152. ISSN: 1674-7755; 2589-0417 Resources:DOIURLSFX
6	Article 2024 Danko J Jerez, Marcin Chwała, Hector A Jensen, Michael Beer, Optimal borehole placement for the design of rectangular shallow foundation systems under undrained soil conditions: a stochastic framework. Reliability Engineering & System Safety. 2024, vol. 242, art. 109771, s. 1-14. ISSN: 0951-8320; 1879-0836 Resources:DOIURLSFX
7	Proceeding paper 2023 Daniel Teshager, Marcin Chwała, Wojciech Puła, Probabilistic analysis of shallow foundation settlement on layered soil using a hardening soil model. W: Geo-Risk 2023 : Advances in modeling uncertainty and variability, July 23-26, 2023 Arlington, Virginia / ed. Jianye Ching, Shadi Najjar, Zenon Medina-Cetina. Reston : American Society of Civil Engineers, cop. 2023. s. 317-325. ISBN: 978-0-7844-8499-9 Resources:DOIURLSFX
8	Proceeding paper 2023 Marcin Chwała, Marek Kawa, Wojciech Puła, Constant covariance matrix approach in the random bearing capacity evaluation of two-layered soil. W: Geo-Risk 2023 : Advances in modeling uncertainty and variability, July 23-26, 2023 Arlington, Virginia / ed. Jianye Ching, Shadi Najjar, Zenon Medina-Cetina. Reston : American Society of Civil Engineers, cop. 2023. s. 96-105. ISBN: 978-0-7844-8499-9 Resources:DOIURLSFX
9	Article 2023 Marcin Chwała, Danko J Jerez, Hector A Jensen, Michael Beer, Performance assessment of borehole arrangements for the design of rectangular shallow foundation systems. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 2023, vol. 15, nr 12, s. 3291-3304. ISSN: 1674-7755; 2589-0417 Resources:DOIURLSFX
10	Article 2023 Marcin Chwała, Kok-Kwang Phoon, Marco Uzielli, Jie Zhang, Limin Zhang, Jianye Ching, Time capsule for geotechnical risk and reliability. Georisk-Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards. 2023, vol. 17, nr 3, s. 439-466. ISSN: 1749-9518 Resources:DOIURLSFX