RSE Bilateral Exchange Programme - Statistical Entropy in Granular Materials

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

A micro-scale (DEM) investigation on driven pile cycle behaviour Mar 1, 2014 - Jan 31, 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 significantly
large. Long piles are normally used to carr... Read More about A micro-scale (DEM) investigation on driven pile cycle behaviour.

Development of a Columbia-UK research co-operation programme on infrastructure & climate change Apr 1, 2014 - Aug 1, 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 develop (long-term) a new Colombia-UK research net... Read More about Development of a Columbia-UK research co-operation programme on infrastructure & climate change.

Remote Sensing Innovation for Civil Engineering Infrastructure and Slope Movement Monitoring May 1, 2017 - Jul 28, 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 aims are:

1) Assess the possible use of fiber opti... Read More about Remote Sensing Innovation for Civil Engineering Infrastructure and Slope Movement Monitoring.

Statistical mechanis of particle breakage, fragmentation and shape evolution during shearing of granular materials Feb 1, 2019 - Apr 30, 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 of Technology and Economics, Obuda University and U... Read More about Statistical mechanis of particle breakage, fragmentation and shape evolution during shearing of granular materials.

Monitoring Of Railway Related Infrastructure Using Optical Fibre Sensors Apr 8, 2019 - Mar 28, 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 performance of the same optical fibre sensors for full sca... Read More about Monitoring Of Railway Related Infrastructure Using Optical Fibre Sensors.