Analysis and Design of Energy Geostructures: Theoretical Essentials and Practical Application

Analysis and Design of Energy Geostructures gathers in a unified framework the theoretical and experimental competence available on energy geostructures: innovative multifunctional earth-contact structures that can provide renewable energy supply and structural support to any built environment. The book covers the broad, interdisciplinary and integrated knowledge required to address the analysis and design of energy geostructures from energy, geotechnical and structural perspectives. This knowledge includes (Part A) an introduction to the technology; (Part B) the fundamentals of heat and mass transfers as well as of the mechanics of geomaterials and structures required to address the unprecedented behavior of energy geostructures; (Part C) the experimental evidence characterizing the considered geostructures; (Part D) various analytical and numerical modeling approaches to analyze the response of energy geostructures; and (Part E) the performance-based design and detailing essentials of energy geostructures.

Proposes the theoretical and practical application essentials required to address the analysis and design of energy geostructures from energy, geotechnical and structural perspectivesPresents a substantial amount of resolved exercises on key aspects governing the behavior and performance of energy geostructures to be considered in analysis and designSummarizes and discusses the most recent scientific and technical knowledge about energy geostructures, including energy piles, energy tunnels and energy walls

Part A Introduction 1. Energy and geotechnologies 2. Energy geostructures

Part B Fundamentals 3. Heat and mass transfers in the context of energy geostructures 4. Deformation in the context of energy geostructures

Part C Observations 5. Thermo-hydro-mechanical behaviour of soils and soil-structure interfaces 6. Thermo-mechanical behaviour of single energy piles 7. Thermo-mechanical behaviour of energy pile groups

Part D Design 8. Analytical modelling of steady heat and mass transfers 9. Analytical modelling of transient heat transfer 10. Analytical modelling of capacity and deformation of single energy piles 11. Analytical modelling of capacity and deformation of energy pile groups 12. Numerical modelling of energy geostructures

Part E Design 13. Performance-based design in the context of energy geostructures 14. Determination of design parameters for energy geostructures 15. Performance-based design of energy piles 16. Design of details for construction of energy geostructures