An Overview of Research Activities and Achievement in Geotechnics from the Scottish Universities Geotechnics Network (SUGN)

Leung, A.K. et al. (2015) An Overview of Research Activities and Achievement in Geotechnics from the Scottish Universities Geotechnics Network (SUGN). In: 16th European Conference on Soil Mechanics & Geotechnical Engineering, Edinburgh, UK, 13-17 Sept 2015, pp. 4289-4294.

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.

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Wheeler, Professor Simon
• Authors: Leung, A.K., Anastasopoulos, I.X., Augarde, C., Barreto, D., Brennan, A.J., Brown, M.J., Chandler, H.W., Connolly, D., Davies, T., Gao, Z., Ivanovic, A., Kenny, M.J., Knappett, J.A., Lombardi, D., McDougall, J., Medero, G.M., Muir Wood, D., El Mountassir, G., Osman, A.S., Pytharouli, S., Sentenac, P., Stewart, B., Switzer, C., Tarantino, A., Wheeler, S.J., Woodward, P.K., and Zielinski, M.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Infrastructure and Environment