An overview of research activities and achievement in Geotechnics from the Scottish Universities Geotechnics Network (SUGN)

Leung, A; Anastasopoulos, I X; Augarde, C E; Barreto, Daniel; Brennan, A J; Brown, M J Z; Connolly, D; Coombs, W M; Davies, T; Gao, Z; Ivanovic, A; Kenny, M; Knappett, J A; Lombardi, Domenico; McDougall, J; Medero, G; Muir Wood, David; El Mountassir, G; Osman, A S; Pytharouli, S; Sentenac, P; Stewart, B; Switzer, C; Tarantino, A; Wheeler, S J; Woodward, P K; Zielinski, M

An overview of research activities and achievement in Geotechnics from the Scottish Universities Geotechnics Network (SUGN)

Leung, A; Anastasopoulos, I X; Augarde, C E; Barreto, Daniel; Brennan, A J; Brown, M J Z; Connolly, D; Coombs, W M; Davies, T; Gao, Z; Ivanovic, A; Kenny, M; Knappett, J A; Lombardi, Domenico; McDougall, J; Medero, G; Muir Wood, David; El Mountassir, G; Osman, A S; Pytharouli, S; Sentenac, P; Stewart, B; Switzer, C; Tarantino, A; Wheeler, S J; Woodward, P K; Zielinski, M

Authors

A Leung

I X Anastasopoulos

C E Augarde

Dr Daniel Barreto Gonzalez D.Barreto@napier.ac.uk
Associate Professor

A J Brennan

M J Z Brown

D Connolly

W M Coombs

T Davies

Z Gao

A Ivanovic

M Kenny

J A Knappett

Domenico Lombardi

Dr John McDougall J.McDougall@napier.ac.uk
Reader

G Medero

David Muir Wood

G El Mountassir

A S Osman

S Pytharouli

P Sentenac

B Stewart

C Switzer

A Tarantino

S J Wheeler

P K Woodward

M Zielinski

Abstract

Design of geotechnical systems is often challenging as it requires the understanding of complex soil behaviour and its influence on field-scale performance of geo-structures. To advance the scientific knowledge and the technological development in geotechnical engineering, a Scottish academic community, named Scottish Universities Geotechnics Network (SUGN), was established in 2001, composing of eight higher education institutions. The network gathers geotechnics researchers, including experimentalists as well as centrifuge, constitutive, and numerical modellers, to generate multiple synergies for building larger collaboration and wider research dissemination in and beyond Scotland. The paper will highlight the research excellence and leading work undertaken in SUGN emphasising some of the contribution to the geotechnical research community and some of the significant research outcomes.

Citation

Leung, A., Anastasopoulos, I. X., Augarde, C. E., Barreto, D., Brennan, A. J., Brown, M. J. Z., Connolly, D., Coombs, W. M., Davies, T., Gao, Z., Ivanovic, A., Kenny, M., Knappett, J. A., Lombardi, D., McDougall, J., Medero, G., Muir Wood, D., El Mountassir, G., Osman, A. S., Pytharouli, S., …Zielinski, M. (2015, September). An overview of research activities and achievement in Geotechnics from the Scottish Universities Geotechnics Network (SUGN). Presented at 16th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Edinburgh

Presentation Conference Type	Conference Paper (published)
Conference Name	16th European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Start Date	Sep 13, 2015
End Date	Sep 17, 2015
Publication Date	Sep 11, 2015
Deposit Date	Jun 8, 2016
Publisher	ICE Publishing
Peer Reviewed	Not Peer Reviewed
Pages	4289-4294
Book Title	Geotechnical Engineering for Infrastructure and Development: XVI European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
ISBN	9780727760678
Keywords	Soil behaviour; geo-structures; Scottish Universities Geotechnics Network (SUGN);
Public URL	http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/10102