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Geotechnics

Research projects

Explore our groundbreaking research ventures driving innovation and shaping the future of soil mechanic and engineering geology knowledge.

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Environmental impact

Structural Analysis with Radar Remote Sensing (StARRS)

Applying satellite and ground-based technology to monitor nuclear decommissioning infrastructure and the surrounding natural environment.
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Infrastructure

Seepage induced geotechnical instability

Improving understanding of internal instability and our knowledge of how to design and assess infrastructure safely.
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Infrastructure

Axial-Lateral Pile Analysis for Chalk Applying multi-scale field and laboratory testing (ALPACA)

Developing design procedures that overcome current shortfalls regarding pile driving, ageing, static and cyclic response under axial and lateral loading in chalk.
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Sustainability

Sustainable, Flexible and Efficient Ground-source energy systems (SaFEGround)

Removing current obstacles to adopt ground source energy systems as a source of low carbon heating and cooling to residential and commercial buildings.
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Environmental impact

Permeation of Polymer Fluids in Soils (POPFS)

Understanding how polymer-fluid based support systems work to prevent excavated holes from collapsing before inserting final, permanent structures.
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Sustainability

Climate Adaptation Control Technologies for Urban Spaces (CACTUS)

Developing climate adaptation control technologies for urban spaces (towns and cities) including composite barrier systems which will limit the impact of extreme rainfall events and long-term climate change on urban geo-infrastructure.
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Environmental impact

Multiscale Analysis of Thermomechanical Behaviour of Granular Materials (MATHEGRAM)

An Initial Training Network funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
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Environmental impact

Bentonite Mechanical Evolution (BEACON)

Developing solutions for the management of high-level radioactive waste, and in particular the implementation of the first-of-the-kind geological repositories.
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Infrastructure

Offshore wind-turbine pile design

Rationalising offshore wind-turbine pile design and assurance in difficult ground.
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Infrastructure

Crossrail

Rationalising offshore wind-turbine pile design and assurance in difficult ground.