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Exploring the Use of Rock Flour for Sustainable Peat Stabilisation

Conference Proceeding
Bernal-Sanchez, J., Coll, J., Leak, J., & Barreto, D. (2024)
Exploring the Use of Rock Flour for Sustainable Peat Stabilisation. In Geo-Congress 2024: Soil Improvement, Sustainability, Geoenvironmental, and Cold Regions Engineering (450-460). https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784485330.046
This paper aims to investigate the mechanical behaviour of peat stabilised with glacial rock flour for foundation construction. Peat, a natural organic soil, presents challeng...

A Grading Entropy Review of PSD-Based Frost Susceptibility Criteria

Conference Proceeding
Leak, J., Barreto, D., Wright, C., Bernal Sanchez, J., & Imre, E. (2024)
A Grading Entropy Review of PSD-Based Frost Susceptibility Criteria. In T. M. Evans, N. Stark, & S. Chang (Eds.), Geo-Congress 2024: Soil Improvement, Sustainability, Geoenvironmental, and Cold Regions Engineering (714-724). https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784485330.072
Particle size distribution (PSD) is recognised among geotechnical engineers as an informative soil descriptor, and often used to predict geomechanical behaviours. However, the...

Using grain size distribution to estimate permeability

Conference Proceeding
Imre, E., Bálint, Á., Houng, D. T. Q., López, L. L., Répássy, L., Mwinken, D. K., …Feng, S. (in press)
Using grain size distribution to estimate permeability. In Proceedings of the XVIII ECSMGE 2024
This study examines the saturated water permeability using samples of loose and dense 2-fraction coarse sand mixtures. Besides the non-normalised entropy variables some additi...

Model Fitting for Determining the Parameter of the Pore Size Distribution

Conference Proceeding
Imre, E., Mwinken, D. K., & Barreto, D. (2023)
Model Fitting for Determining the Parameter of the Pore Size Distribution. In Book of Abstracts from 9th International Scientific Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering (43
The computation of the SWCC requires prior estimation of the pore-size distribution (POSD) which is computed from the PSD. The process described in detail by [1-3]. It needs a...

Particle size distribution induced fabric effects on the onset and post liquefaction behaviours of soils

Conference Proceeding
Leak, J., & Barreto, D. (in press)
Particle size distribution induced fabric effects on the onset and post liquefaction behaviours of soils. In Proceedings of the XVIII ECSMGE 2024
Liquefaction in soils is a detrimental phenomenon. Microscale behaviours and their influence on the macroscale response during and after the onset of liquefaction are not well...

The use of grading entropy in assessing granular soil hydraulic conductivity

Conference Proceeding
Feng, S., Vardanega, P., Ibraim, E., Barreto, D., & Imre, E. (2023)
The use of grading entropy in assessing granular soil hydraulic conductivity. In A. Zhussupbekov, A. Sarsembayeva, & V. N. Kaliakin (Eds.), Smart Geotechnics for Smart Societies: Proceedings of the 17th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (17th ARC, Astana, Kazakhstan, 14-18 August, 2023) (314-319). https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003299127-28
Hydraulic conductivity is an important geotechnical engineering property as it is linked to the performance of many geo-structures. This study used a recently compiled granula...

Minimum dry density in terms of grading entropy coordinates

Conference Proceeding
Imre, E., Barreto, D., Datcheva, M., Singh, V. P., Baillie, W., Feng, S., & Firgi, T. (2023)
Minimum dry density in terms of grading entropy coordinates. In A. Zhussupbekov, A. Sarsembayeva, & V. N. Kaliakin (Eds.), Smart Geotechnics for Smart Societies: Proceedings of the 17th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (17th ARC, Astana, Kazakhstan, 14-18 August, 2023) (402-406). https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003299127-42
In this paper, the grading entropy method is applied together with advanced interpolation methods in order to establish empirical relationships between grading entropy coordin...

Quantifying Particle Breakage and Its Evolution Using Breakage Indices and Grading Entropy Coordinates

Journal Article
Leak, J., Barreto, D., Dimitriadi, V., & Imre, E. (2022)
Quantifying Particle Breakage and Its Evolution Using Breakage Indices and Grading Entropy Coordinates. Geotechnics, 2(4), 1109-1126. https://doi.org/10.3390/geotechnics2040052
Particle breakage in soils is a well-recognised behaviour. Conventional methods for quantifying the breakage process rely on calculating the area between the particle size dis...

Dynamic Behaviour of a Geotechnical Seismic Isolation System with Rubber-Sand Mixtures to Enhance Seismic Protection

Conference Proceeding
Bernal-Sanchez, J., McDougall, J., Miranda-Manzanares, M., & Barreto, D. (2022)
Dynamic Behaviour of a Geotechnical Seismic Isolation System with Rubber-Sand Mixtures to Enhance Seismic Protection. In Proceedings of the 3rd European Conference on Earthquake Engineering & Seismology (2674-2683
A Geotechnical Seismic Isolation (GSI) system is proposed in this study based on the use of Rubber-Soil mixtures (RSm) to facilitate the benefits of dynamic soil-foundation st...

The permeability variables of granular matter

Conference Proceeding
Imre, E., Illes, Z., Balint, A., Gonzales, H., Repassy, L., Quynh Huong, D. T., …Singh, V. P. (2022)
The permeability variables of granular matter. In VIth International Symposium-2022 on “Biosphere & Environmental Safety” Proceedings Book (201-208
No “unique” relation between soil parameters and grading curves of granular matter can be elaborated. In case some statistics are used (e.g., d10), then infinite many grading ...
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The use of Artificial Intelligence to speed up Discrete Element Method (DEM) simulations

2024 - 2024
Discussions have started with Prof. Pijush Samui at Indian Institute of Technology in Patna to develop proposal for this call. (RSE SCOTLAND ASIA PARTNERSHIPS HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH FUND)
Funder: Royal Society of Edinburgh | Value: £6,800

Statistical and machine learning approaches for the characterisation of soils

2023 - 2024
This Fellowship application aims to develop DEM simulation approaches to enable the large-scale simulation of industrial and engineering applications effectively, realistically and reliably. This will...
Funder: Royal Academy of Engineering | Value: £57,000

Construction on Peat

2020 - 2021
Housing Construction on Peatland: Opening up Opportunities and Minimising Disruption through Innovation – Phase 1 Feasibility of Proposed Solutions
Funder: Built Environment - Smarter Transformation (formerly CSIC) | Value: £34,590

Monitoring Of Railway Related Infrastructure Using Optical Fibre Sensors

2019 - 2020
Student Placement Innovation Voucher as continuation of earlier Standard Innovation Voucher in partnership with Geo-Info Ltd. This project aims to extend the earlier project by assessing the performan...
Funder: Scottish Funding Council | Value: £4,930

Statistical mechanis of particle breakage, fragmentation and shape evolution during shearing of granular materials

2019 - 2019
This is a follow on project, which aims to use statistical entropy concepts to understand the behaviour of granular materials, and will fund a 4-week stay in Hungary to work with Budapest University o...
Funder: Royal Society of Edinburgh | Value: £300

RSE Bilateral Exchange Programme - Statistical Entropy in Granular Materials

2018 - 2018
This research builds on existing cooperation with Dr Emoke Imre from Obuda University in Hungary. The aim of the project is to visit the institution in Budapest to further research and deliver a lec...
Funder: Royal Society of Edinburgh | Value: £280

Remote Sensing Innovation for Civil Engineering Infrastructure and Slope Movement Monitoring

2017 - 2017
This project aims to review an assess existing remote sensing technologies in order to improve and adapt technologies currently used in other fields to civil engineering applications. The two main aim...
Funder: Scottish Funding Council | Value: £4,723

Development of a Columbia-UK research co-operation programme on infrastructure & climate change

2014 - 2015
This is a travel grant to develop research on unsaturated soil behaviour and cyclic behaviour of soils and their relations with climate changes effects on civil engineering infrastructure. It aims to ...
Funder: British Council | Value: £6,195

A micro-scale (DEM) investigation on driven pile cycle behaviour

2014 - 2016
Structures such as bridges or wind turbines develop loads that have to be transmitted to the ground. The loads can be static (self-weight) or dynamic (wind, wave or traffic loads) and may be significa...
Funder: Royal Academy of Engineering | Value: £8,000
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The influence of particle characteristics on the field-scale geomechanical behaviour of soils

2024 - date
Eslam Mohamed | Director of Studies: Dr Daniel Barreto Gonzalez | Second Supervisor: Dr Juan Bernal-Sanchez

An Investigation into the Structural Performance of Engineered Wood I-Joists with Web Openings

2023 - date
Sini Lu | Director of Studies: Dr Aamir Khokhar | Second Supervisor: Dr Daniel Barreto Gonzalez

Development and Optimisation of the Dolphin Wave Energy Converter

2023 - date
Simon Szatkowski | Director of Studies: Dr Pablo Jaen Sola

An experimental and numerical investigation to assess the structural performance of CLT concrete composites

2022 - date
Daniel Kumah | Director of Studies: Dr Aamir Khokhar | Second Supervisor: Dr Daniel Barreto Gonzalez

Historic Building Information Modelling (HBIM): An integrated approach to the conservation and lifecycle management of historic buildings

2020 - date
Tosin Adewale | Director of Studies: Dr Suha Jaradat | Second Supervisor: Prof John Currie

Numerical and experimental investigations into particle size distribution and variability effects on soil behaviour using discrete element modelling and grading entropy concepts

2018 - date
Soil is a particulate m...
Dr James Leak | Director of Studies: Dr Daniel Barreto Gonzalez | Second Supervisor: Dr Vicky Dimitriadi

Topology optimisation of elastoplastic structures

2015 - 2019
Mengxiao Li | Director of Studies: Prof Johnson Zhang | Second Supervisor: Dr Aamir Khokhar

Cyclic performance of rubber-soil mixtures to enhance seismic protection

2015 - 2020
The main aim of the project seeks to enhance the resistance of the soil foundation against seismic events with the introduction ...
Dr Juan Bernal-Sanchez | Director of Studies: Dr John McDougall | Second Supervisor: Dr Daniel Barreto Gonzalez

Laterally loaded large diameter skirted monopiles: analytical and numerical based approach

2014 - 2018
Panagiotis Giannakopoulos | Director of Studies: Dr John McDougall | Second Supervisor: Dr Daniel Barreto Gonzalez

Soil structure change with particle loss

2009 - 2015
Soil particle loss can occur through biodegradation, erosion and dissolution. Yet there is little understanding of the mechanical changes that accompany these p...
Darren Kelly | Director of Studies: Dr John McDougall | Second Supervisor: Dr Daniel Barreto Gonzalez

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