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Sigurður Erlingsson - Professor
–
School of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Sigurður Erlingsson
Íslenska
Professor
soil and rock mechanics, highway engineering
Location
VR-2 / V02-339
Phone
525 - 4654
Email
sigger [at] hi.is
Unit
Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Curriculum Vitae
Sigurður Erlingsson - Curriculum Vitae
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4256-3034
Research portal – Sigurður Erlingsson
Under construction throughout the autumn semester 2023
Courses 2022 - 2023
BYG221F - Design of Transportation Infrastructure
BYG501G - Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering 1
UMV102G - The Engineering Profession and Responsibility of Engineers
BYG116F - Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering 2
Collaboration
,
Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
,
Swedish Road and Transport Research Institute
Education
1993
,
Ph.D.
,
Royal Institute of Technology, KTH
,
Civil Engineering
1988
,
M.Sc.
,
Royal Institute of Technology, KTH
,
Civil Engineering
1985
,
B.S.
,
University of Iceland
,
Geophysics
Professional Experience
1997 -
,
Professor,
University of Iceland
2007 -
,
Professor,
Swedish Road and Transport Research Institute VTI Linköping Sweden
Published works
2023
Hybrid non-invasive characterization of soil strata at sites with and without embedded lava rock layers in the South Iceland Seismic Zone
Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment
Toward a Comprehensive Pavement Reliability Analysis Approach
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
Evaluation of ERAPave PP permanent deformation models using APT
Road Materials and Pavement Design
2022
Evaluation of the structural response of two in-service thin flexible pavements under heavy vehicle loading during different seasons by built-in sensors
International Journal of Pavement Engineering
Development of the SUNRA Tool to Improve Regional and Local Sustainability of the Transportation Sector
Sustainability
Paraglacial exposure and collapse of glacial sediment: The 2013 landslide onto Svínafellsjökull, southeast Iceland
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
Permanent deformation modelling of large-size unbound pavement materials tested in a heavy vehicle simulator under different moisture conditions
Road Materials and Pavement Design
Modelling the response of large-size subbase materials tested under varying moisture conditions in a heavy vehicle simulator
Road Materials and Pavement Design
Modelling the permanent deformation of unbound granular materials in pavements
Road Materials and Pavement Design
2021
Calibration of the Swedish studded tyre abrasion wear prediction model with implication for the NORTRIP road dust emission model
International Journal of Pavement Engineering
Damage investigation of thin flexible pavements to Longer Heavier Vehicle loading through instrumented road sections and numerical calculations
Road Materials and Pavement Design
Negative texture, positive for the environment: effects of horizontal grinding of asphalt pavements
Road Materials and Pavement Design
2020
Temporal Variation of Road Dust Load and Its Size Distribution—a Comparative Study of a Porous and a Dense Pavement
Water, Air, & Soil Pollution
Open-Source MASW Inversion Tool Aimed at Shear Wave Velocity Profiling for Soil Site Explorations
Geosciences
2019
Application of MASW in the South Iceland seismic zone
Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering
2018
Tool for analysis of MASW field data and evaluation of shear wave velocity profiles of soils
Can. Geotech. J.
Combination of dispersion curves from MASW measurements
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
2017
Numerical validation of viscoelastic responses of a pavement structure in a full-scale accelerated pavement test
International Journal of Pavement Engineering
Characterization of unbound granular materials within a mechanistic design framework for low volume roads
Transportation Geotechnics
Characteristic of unbound granular materials and subgrades based on multi stage RLT testing
Transportation Geotechnics
Permanent deformation characteristics of silty sand subgrades from multistage RLT tests
International Journal of Pavement Engineering
2016
Characterizing Permanent Deformation of Silty Sand Subgrades by Using a Model Based on Multistage Repeated-Load Triaxial Testing
Transportation Research Record
Moisture influence on the resilient deformation behaviour of unbound granular materials
International Journal of Pavement Engineering
Instrumentation and performance modelling of heavy vehicle simulator tests
International Journal of Pavement Engineering
2015
Characterisation of heavy traffic axle load spectra for mechanistic-empirical pavement design applications
International Journal of Pavement Engineering
Evaluation of a permanent deformation model for asphalt concrete mixtures using extra-large wheel-tracking and heavy vehicle simulator tests
Road Materials and Pavement Design
Modelling of responses and rutting profile of a flexible pavement structure in a heavy vehicle simulator test
Road Materials and Pavement Design
Model for Seasonal Variation of Resilient Modulus in Silty Sand Subgrade Soil Evaluation with Falling Weight Deflectometer
Transportation Research Record
A model for predicting permanent deformation of unbound granular materials
Road Materials and Pavement Design
Predicting permanent deformation behaviour of unbound granular materials
International Journal of Pavement Engineering
Resilient modulus modelling of unsaturated subgrade soils: laboratory investigation of silty sand subgrade
Road Materials and Pavement Design
2014
Modelling resilient modulus seasonal variation of silty sand subgrade soils with matric suction control
Canadian Geotechnical Journal
2013
Fast layered elastic response program for the analysis of flexible pavement structures
Road Materials and Pavement Design
Evaluation of permanent deformation models for unbound granular materials using accelerated pavement tests
Road Materials and Pavement Design
Evaluation of Permanent Deformation Characteristics of Unbound Granular Materials by Means of Multistage Repeated-Load Triaxial Tests
Transportation Research Record
Effect of moisture content on pavement behaviour in a heavy vehicle simulator test
Road Materials and Pavement Design
Investigation of a pavement structural behaviour during spring thaw using falling weight deflectometer
Road Materials and Pavement Design
Moisture-Sensitive and Stress-Dependent Behavior of Unbound Pavement Materials from In Situ Falling Weight Deflectometer Tests
Transportation Research Record
Water impact on the behaviour of flexible pavement structures in an accelerated test
Road Materials and Pavement Design
2012
Rutting development in a flexible pavement structure
Road Materials and Pavement Design
2011
Shear wave velocity in surface sediments
Jokull
2010
Impact of Water on the Response and Performance of a Pavement Structure in an Accelerated Test
Road Materials and Pavement Design
2009
Temporal Gravity Variations near Shrinking Vatnajokull Ice Cap, Iceland
Pure and Applied Geophysics
2007
Numerical modelling of thin pavements behaviour in accelerated HVS tests
Road Materials and Pavement Design
On forecasting the resilient modulus from the CBR value of granular bases
Road Materials and Pavement Design
On Forecasting the Resilient Modulus from the CBR Value of Granular Bases
Road Materials and Pavement Design
Numerical Modelling of Thin Pavements Behaviour in Accelerated HVS Tests
Road Materials and Pavement Design
2004
Land uplift near Vatnajokull, Iceland, as observed by GPS in 1992, 1996 and 1999
Geophysical Journal International
2000
Glacial rebound near Vatnajokull, Iceland, studied by GPS campaigns in 1992 and 1996
Journal of Geodynamics
1999
Three-dimensional dynamic soil analysis of a live load in Ullevi Stadium
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Three-dimensional dynamic soil analysis of a live load in Ullevi Stadium (vol 18, pg 373, 1999)
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
1996
Live load induced vibrations in Ullevi Stadium - Dynamic soil analysis
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Keywords for Specialisation:
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Soil mechanics
Rock mechanics
Soil and rock dynamics
Transport Engineering
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