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Viktor Krause

Room: IC 5 / 111
Phone: +49 (0)234 32-23093
Email: viktor.krause@rub.de
Research assistant, PhD student
ResearchGate-Profil
orcid.org/0009-0005-3441-3190


  • Since 03/2024: Research Associate at the Chair of Soil Mechanics, Foundation Engineering and Environmental Geotechnics (Prof. Torsten Wichtmann), Ruhr University Bochum
  • 04/2021 – 02/2024: Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering at Ruhr University Bochum; Specialization: Geotechnical Engineering and Tunneling. Master’s thesis: Dynamic properties of soils: Influence of partial saturation and application in numerical calculations of a machine foundation.
  • 10/2016 – 02/2021: Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering at Ruhr University Bochum. Bachelor’s thesis: Monotonic and cyclic behaviour of organic soils.

Jessberger Medal 2024 for best Master’s thesis: Dynamic properties of soils: Influence of partial saturation and application in numerical calculations of a machine foundation.

Zerna Award 2024 for best Master’s thesis of the faculty: Dynamic properties of soils: Influence of partial saturation and application in numerical calculations of a machine foundation.

  • Stiffness and damping of mixed-grained soils at small to intermediate strains
  • Partially saturated soil mechanics
  • Software-Based Analysis of Geotechnical Structures (Master’s level)
  • Soil Dynamics (Master’s level)
  • Numerical Simulations in Geotechnics and Tunneling (Master’s level)
  • Al Dreibi, Abdullah: Investigations on the structure and pore space distribution of artificially produced organic soil material (B.Sc.)
  • Aboud, Ahmad: Comparative investigations on the classification properties of soils with controlled organic content (B.Sc.)
  • Al Rebdawi, Laila: Determination of the SSCC of a sand–kaolin mixture along scanning paths (B.Sc.)
  • Diehl, Charlotte: Mechanical behavior of artificially produced organic soils: Experimental investigations and development of parameter correlations (M.Sc.)
  • Dorroch, Kai Tim: Determination of the maximum shear stiffness of a partially saturated sand–kaolin mixture using shear wave velocity measurements in a triaxial compression cell (B.Sc.)
  • Haj Stayfi, Mohammad Yasser: Investigation of suction stress depending on different hydraulic paths of a partially saturated sand–kaolin mixture (B.Sc.)
  • Maai, Nazir: Mechanical behavior of a cohesionless soil under static and dynamic loading under different boundary conditions (B.Sc.)
  • Scherkamp, Justus: Verification of the rotational spring stiffness for foundations of wind turbines on mine dumps (B.Sc.)
  • Sevindik, Sevil: Statistical evaluation of experimental data on the saturation–suction stress relationship of a partially saturated sand–kaolin mixture (B.Sc.)
  • Sholi, Mohammed: Statistical evaluation for the prediction of dynamic properties of partially saturated sand–kaolin mixtures using empirical models (B.Sc.)
  • Vagenfeld, Eric: Influence of partial saturation on the mechanical behavior of a sand–kaolin mixture and soil response analyses under seismic loading (B.Sc.)