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

Connect with Joel

Email: J.A.SMETHURST@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Ian Sinclair

Professor of Engineering Materials

Connect with Ian

Email: I.Sinclair@soton.ac.uk

Research interests

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

Connect with William

Email: W.Powrie@soton.ac.uk

Professor Tiina Roose

Professor-Biological&Environmental Model

Connect with Tiina

Email: T.Roose@soton.ac.uk

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, 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 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: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 476(2237), 1-23

DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2019.0838

Type: article

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

Climate and vegetation impacts on infrastructure cuttings and embankments

William Powrie & Joel Smethurst, 2018

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-2221-1_7

Type: conference