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J Smethurst 2015 - EPSRC: Rooting for Sustainable Performance

Staff

Lead researcher

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
Other researchers

Professor Ian Sinclair

Professor of Engineering Materials

Professor Tiina Roose

Professor-Biological&Environmental Model

Professor William Powrie

Professor of Geotechnical Engineering

Research interests

  • Railway track and trackbed behaviour and performance.
  • Geotechnical transportation infrastructure (earthworks, retaining walls, tunnels).
  • Groundwater and groundwater control.

Professor Fabrice Pierron

Professor of Materials

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Bioengineering Group

We apply engineering principles to the fields of biology and healthcare.

Engineering Materials and Surface Engineering Group

Our research activities are often multidisciplinary involving collaborations with other research groups, Universities and industry partners.

Research outputs

Modelling of stress transfer in root-reinforced soils informed by four-dimensional X-ray computed tomography and digital volume correlation data
Daniel Bull,
Joel Smethurst,
Gerrit Meijer,
Ian Sinclair,
Fabrice Pierron,
Tiina Roose,
William Powrie,
& Glyn Bengough
, 2022 , Proceedings of the Royal Society A , 478 (2257)
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2021.0210
Type: article
Mathematical and computational modelling of vegetated soil incorporating hydraulically-driven finite strain deformation
Nicholas Woodman,
Joel Smethurst,
Tiina Roose,
William Powrie,
G. Meijer,
J. Knappett,
& T. Dias
, 2020 , Computers and Geotechnics , 127
DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2020.103754
Type: article
Mechanisms of root-reinforcement in soils: an experimental methodology using four-dimensional X-ray computed tomography and digital volume correlation
Daniel Bull,
Joel Smethurst,
Ian Sinclair,
Fabrice Pierron,
Tiina Roose,
William Powrie,
& Anthony G. Bengough
, 2020 , Proceedings of the Royal Society A , 476 (2237) , 1--23
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2019.0838
Type: article
Climate and vegetation impacts on infrastructure cuttings and embankments
William Powrie,
& Joel Smethurst
, 2019
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-2221-1_7
Type: conference
Understanding the mechanisms of root-reinforcement in soils: soil shear tests using X-ray computed tomography and digital volume correlation
Daniel Bull,
Ian Sinclair,
Fabrice Pierron,
Tiina Roose,
& Joel Smethurst
, 2019 , E3S Web of Conferences , 92
DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/20199212009
Type: article
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