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Doctor Joel Smethurst

Dr Joel Smethurst

 BEng PhD GMICE FHEA
Associate Professor

Research interests

  • The effects of vegetation and climate on the performance of earthworks (cuttings and embankments)
  • The stabilisation of both infrastructure slopes and large landslides using discretely spaced piles
  • The mechanical stabilisation of soil by plants roots

More research

Accepting applications from PhD students.

Email: j.a.smethurst@soton.ac.uk

Address: Boldrewood Campus, Burgess Road, SO16 7QF (View in Google Maps)

Research

Research groups

Research interests

  • The effects of vegetation and climate on the performance of earthworks (cuttings and embankments)
  • The stabilisation of both infrastructure slopes and large landslides using discretely spaced piles
  • The mechanical stabilisation of soil by plants roots
  • The use of terrestrial laser scanning in geotechnical engineering, and development of novel slope instrumentation approaches
  • Short and long-term heave of clay beneath deep basement structures

Research projects

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