Jean-Pierre Giroud Explained

Jean-Pierre Giroud
Birth Date:March 13, 1938
Alma Mater:Ecole Centrale de Paris, University of Grenoble

Jean-Pierre Giroud (born March 13, 1938) is a French geotechnical engineer and a pioneer of geosynthetics since 1970. In 1977, he coined the words "geotextile" and "geomembrane", thus initiating the "geo-terminology".[1] He is also a past president of the International Geosynthetics Society, member of the US National Academies, and Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur.

Education and career

Giroud is a civil engineer from Ecole Centrale de Paris, and he got his Ph.D. in geotechnical engineering at the University of Grenoble. He has been president of the International Geosynthetics Society (1986–1990) and director of the Geotextiles and Geomembranes Group of Woodward Consultants (1978–1983). He was the co-founder and chairman of the board of GeoSyntec Consultants (1983–2001), of which he is now chairman emeritus. He was chairman (two terms) of the Technical Committee on Geosynthetics of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE). He was also co-founder and chairman of the editorial board of the two main technical journals in the field of geosynthetics engineering, Geotextiles and Geomembranes (1984–1994) and Geosynthetics International (1994–2021). Giroud is now an independent consultant since 2001.[2]

Research

Giroud has developed a number of design methods used in geosynthetics engineering. Examples of the design methods he developed include: liner leakage evaluation, drainage systems, leachate collection and leakage detection layers, liner system stability, reinforcement of liners and soil layers overlying voids, geomembrane stress and strain analysis, evaluation of geomembrane properties, connections between geomembranes and rigid structures, geomembrane uplift by wind, and geotextile filters. Giroud has been dubbed "the father of geosynthetic lining systems",[3] and Richardson stated that “Understanding and properly implementing the basic leakage equations developed by Giroud is key to the proper design of surface impoundments. . . Rarely does a single engineer creatively affect a particular application as much as he has.”[4] Giroud is also co-author with Professor J. Han of the Giroud-Han method for the design of unpaved roads stabilized with geosynthetics[5] [6] used world wide.

Publications

Giroud is the author of 440 publications. Examples include:

Innovation

Project design

Giroud has worked on projects of dams, canals, reservoirs and waste storage landfills in North and South America, Europe, Africa, Middle East, Far East, Australia and New Zealand where he provided design and construction assistance. Examples include:

Lectures

Giroud was the keynote lecturer at 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 8th International Conferences on Geosynthetics (1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, and 2006). He was also a keynote lecturer at the Geosynthetics 99 Conference in 1999,[10] at the Second European Conference on Geosynthetics in 2000,[11] at the First PanAmerican Conference on Geosynthetics in 2008 [12] and the Third African Regional Conference on Geosynthetics (2017).[13] In addition, Giroud delivered the following prestigious lectures:

Honors and awards

Notes and References

  1. Giroud, J.P. & Perfetti, J., 1977, “Classification des textiles et mesure de leurs propriétés en vue de leur utilisation en geotechnique”, Proceedings of the International Conference on the Use of Fabrics in Geotechnics, Session 8, Paris, Avril 1977, pp. 345-352.
  2. Web site: Giroud, Biographical Note und Terzaghi Lecture.
  3. Waste Age, January 1990, page 20
  4. Richardson, G.R. Design considerations for surface impoundments, Geosynthetics Fabrics Report, March 1999, pages 18-21.
  5. Giroud, J.P., & Han, J., 2004, “Design Method for Geogrid-Reinforced Unpaved Roads. I Development of Design Method”, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Vol. 130, No. 8, August 2004, pp. 775-786. (Discussion and closure, Vol. 132, No. 4, pp. 547-551)
  6. Giroud, J.P., & Han, J., 2004, “Design Method for Geogrid-Reinforced Unpaved Roads. II Calibration and Applications”, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Vol. 130, No. 8, August 2004, pp. 787-797.
  7. Giroud, J.P., 1973, “L'étanchéité des retenues d'eau par feuilles déroulées”, Annales de l'ITBTP, 312, TP 161, Décembre 1973, pp. 94-112.
  8. Giroud, J.P., Khatami, A., & Badu-Tweneboah, K., 1989, “Evaluation of the Rate of Leakage through Composite Liners”, Geotextiles and Geomembranes, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 337-340.
  9. Giroud, J.P., Pelte, T., & Bathurst, R.J., 1995, “Uplift of Geomembranes by Wind”, Geosynthetics International, Special Issue on Design of Geomembrane Applications, Vol. 2, No. 6, pp. 897-952. (Errata, 1997, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 187-207, and 1999, Vol. 6, No. 6, pp. 521-522.)
  10. Giroud, J.P., 1999, “Lessons Learned From Failures Associated with Geosynthetics”, Keynote Lecture, Proceedings of Geosynthetics ’99, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, April 1999, IFAI, Vol. 1, pp. 1-66.
  11. Giroud, J.P., 2000, “Lessons Learned From Failures and Successes Associated with Geosynthetics”, Keynote Lecture, Proceedings of Eurogeo 2, the Second European Conference on Geosynthetics, Bologna, Italy, October 2000, Vol. 1, pp. 77-118.
  12. Giroud, J.P., 2008, “The geosynthetics discipline: achievements and challenges”, Keynote Lecture, GeoAmericas 2008, Proceedings of the First PanAmerican Conference on Geosynthetics, Cancun, Mexico, March 2008, pp. 1-3.
  13. Giroud, J.P., & Plusquellec, H., 2017, “Water, Canals and Geosynthetics”, Proceedings of GeoAfrica 2017, the Third African Regional Conference on Geosynthetics, Marrakech, Morocco, October 2017, Volume 1, pp. 53-112.
  14. Giroud, J.P., 1999, “Lessons Learned From Failures Associated with Geosynthetics”, The Kersten Lecture, Proceedings of the 47th Annual Geotechnical Engineering Conference, University of Minnesota, pp. 1-37.
  15. Giroud, J.P., 2005, “Geosynthetics engineering: successes, failures and lessons learned”, The Vienna Terzaghi Lecture, pp. 11-54 in Proceedings of 5. Osterreichische Geotechniktagung, Osterreichischer Ingenieur und Architekten Verein, Vienna, February 2005, 583 p
  16. Giroud, J.P., 2010, “Development of criteria for geotextiles and granular filters”, The Terzaghi Lecture, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Geosynthetics, Guarujá, Brazil, May 2010, Vol. 1, pp. 45-64.
  17. Giroud, J.P., 2016, “Leakage Control using Geomembrane Liners”, The Victor de Mello Lecture, Soils and Rocks, São Paulo, Brazil, Vol. 39, No. 3 September-December 2016, pp. 213-235.
  18. Giroud, J.P., 2017, “Design and Performance of Reservoirs Lined with Geomembranes”, The Széchy Memorial Lecture, Proceedings of the Széchy Memorial Session, Edited by Huszák, T., Koch, E., & Mahler, A., Magyar Geotechnikai Egyesület Publisher, Budapest, Hungary, ISBN 978-963-12-7847-7, pp. 9-33

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