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Research in Geotechnical Engineering

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Research Staff

Current Research Areas

  • Soil-structure interaction problems
  • Bearing and uplift capacities of pile foundations
  • Pull-out capacity of plate and helical anchors
  • Performance of shell type foundations
  • Performance of subgrade and pavement materials in highways
  • Development of a numerical model to capture the drying and cracking of geomaterials in 2D and 3D.
  • Experimental validation of the numerical model to capture the drying and cracking of geomaterials.
  • Modeling of rock fracture using 2D and 3D discrete elements.
  • Parallel computation of stresses around underground excavations.
  • Large-scale geometry and mesh optimization for underground excavations.
  • Numerical modeling of impact and stress propagation through geomaterials.
  • Automatic mesh generation for application in numerical stress analysis.

Facilities

 
 Research Faculty & Areas
 Research in Building
   Engineering
 Building Envelope
 Building Environment
 Building Materials
 Mechanical Systems & Control
 Energy Efficiency
 Wind Effects
 Construction Engineering
  and Management
 Research in Civil
   Engineering
 Structural Engineering
 Hydraulic Engineering
 Geotechnical Engineering
 Transportation Engineering
 Civil Engineering Systems
 Water Resources
 Research in Environmental
   Engineering
 Interdisciplinary Research
 Centre for Building Studies
 M.A.Sc. Programs
 Ph.D. Programs
 

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