Theme: Geotechnical Engineering

Browse below to see our research topics, our faculties and, at the bottom, what they do and a link to their research publications

The topics covered are:

  • Soil and Rock Mechanics
  • Foundations and Embedded Retaining Walls
  • Ground improvement and reinforcement of soils and interacting structures
  • Geotechnical engineering for the preservation of monuments and historic sites
  • Slope stability and landslide triggering and propagation mechanisms
  • Landslide hazard and risk assessment methodologies
  • Soil -structure interaction
  • Constitutive modelling of the hydro-mechanical behaviour of soils

The researchers involved in this theme are: