Research in Geotechnics and Soil Mechanics

Research in Geotechnical engineering covers a wide range of topics from the movement of pollutants in the ground to investigation of the behaviour of conventional foundations. Work is being carried out on the movement of piles due to excavation and tunnelling, the properties of shales in the Sydney region, the lateral loading of piled rafts, hyperplasticity and its application to soil-structure interaction, numerical modelling of pollution migration, and the inclined loading of footings.

A description of some of our current research projects is available below.

• Exponential finite element solutions of the diffusion-advection equation
• Contaminant migration in fractured soils
• The Influence of Construction “Side Effects” On Existing Pile Foundations
• The behaviour of piled raft foundations
• The effect of tunnelling on existing rock bolts
• Influence of tunnelling on pile foundations
• Characterisation and modelling of structured soils
• Influence of tunnelling on pile foundations
• The Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems (COFS)