Françoise Ropers
Geotechnical expert
Joined Terrasol in 2016

Diplomas:
- MSc Soil Mechanics from Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures de Paris, 1977
Scientific community:
- Member of the French Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Areas of study:
- Geotechnical and geophysical soil surveys (definition, supervision and interpretation)
- Laboratory testing (static and dynamic)
- Soil dynamics (dynamic properties, soil response analysis)
- Soil liquefaction (analysis and remediation)
- Soil-structure interaction (static and dynamic)
- Vibrations (vibrating machines, train induced vibrations)
- Offshore structures (GBS, jackets, suction piles)
- Soil improvement (preloading, vibroflotation, stone columns, static compaction, DMM, rigid inclusions)
Publications:
- “Fonctionnement des éoliennes offshore: charges, sollicitations, interaction sol-structure” (F. Ropers) – Scientific and Technical Session CFMS « Fondations d’éoliennes offshore », Marne-la-Vallée, December 2018
- “Les Argiles Plastiques de l’Yprésien et leur comportement capricieux”
(A. Bergère and F. Ropers) – Journées Nationales de Géotechnique et de Géologie de l’Ingénieur (JNGG), Marne-La-Vallée, June 2018
- “Quelques considérations pratiques autour de l’utilisation de la méthode « NCEER » pour l’étude du risque de liquéfaction des sols”
(M. Hocdé, F. Cuira and F. Ropers) – Journées Nationales de Géotechnique et de Géologie de l’Ingénieur (JNGG), Marne-La-Vallée, June 2018
- « Influence des chemins de sollicitation drainés sur la densification » (Biarez J., Ropers F), Colloque International sur le Compactage, Paris 1980
- « Parameters measurements required to calculate the axial capacity of piles » (Fournier J., Hicher P.Y., Mizikos J.P., Ropers F.), BOSS, Boston 1982
- « Skin friction in clay : an effective stress method », (Fournier J., Mizikos J.P., Ropers F.), Conference of Geotechnical Practice in Offshore Engineering, Specialty Conference, ASCEE, Austin 1983
- « Etude numérique du tassement d’une fondation de grand diamètre sur argile surconsolidée », (Pecker A., Ropers F., Bozetto P.), Revue Française de Géotechnique, n° 47, pp. 17-28, 1989
- « Le tassement secondaire de la tourbe lors d‘un essai de chargement » (Cartier G., Allaeys A., Londez M., Ropers F.), Proceedings of the XIIth ICSMF, Vol.3, pp. 1721-1722, Rio de Janeiro 1989
- « A 300mm-Diameter Triaxial Cell with a Double Measuring Device » (Dupas J.M., Pecker A., Bozetto P., Fry J.J.), Advanced Triaxial Testing of Soil and Rock, ASTM STP 977, American Society for Testing and Materials, Louisville, p. 132-142, Louisville 1986
- « Elementary Mechanics of Soil Behaviour – Saturated remolded clays » (Biarez J., Hicher P.Y.), Balkema, Rotterdam 1994
Previous experience:
- Project Manager with Géodynamique et Structure, consulting firm in the field of soil-structure interaction for cyclic and dynamic solicitations (2000-2016)
- Consulting Engineer, then Project Manager, with Mécasol, consulting firm and laboratory in the field of soil mechanics (1985-2000)
- Research Engineer in the Soil Mechanics Laboratory – Ecole Centrale de Paris (1977-1984)
