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Jonathan joined the University of Dundee as a Lecturer in 2006, following MEng and PhD degrees at the University of Cambridge, and was promoted to Professor of Civil Engineering in 2018. His expertise includes centrifuge and 1-g physical modelling, Finite Element simulation and analytical modelling, with research interests in three areas associated with innovative design against extreme dynamic environmental actions:
(i) Earthquake Engineering
(ii) Biomediated Geotechnical Engineering (e.g. use of vegetation in Civil Engineering)
(iii) Offshore Geotechnics, primarily anchoring systems for marine renewable energy
This research has been supported by funding from the UK Research Councils, the European Commission, and various overseas, charitable and industrial organisations to a total value of over £4.5M. He was awarded the British Geotechnical Association Medal in 2009, the TK Hsieh Award for Civil Engineering Dynamics from the ICE/IStructE in 2010 and the ISSMGE TC203 Young Researcher Award in Earthquake Engineering in 2018. In 2017 he gave the 13th Géotechnique Lecture on the use of vegetation in low carbon geotechnical engineering.
He was Chairman of the Editorial Panel of the International Journal of Physical Modelling in Geotechnics (2014-2018) and has previously served on the Géotechnique Advisory Panel (2011-2013). He is an instructor on the Standard and Advanced courses in Computational Modelling in Geotechnics run annually in the UK by PLAXIS BV and is a UK National Representative on both Technical Committees TC104 (Physical Modelling) and TC203 (Earthquake Engineering) of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE).
He is also the principal author of Craig's Soil Mechanics, 8th Edition and co-author of Design of Piles in Liquefiable Soils.
Jonathan is currently Discipline Lead for Civil Engineering, having previously developed and led the University's MSc in Geotechnical Engineering for 8 years
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge
Master of Engineering, University of Cambridge
Keywords
- TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
- Geotechnical Engineering
- Earthquake Engineeing
- Soil Mechanics
- Centrifuge modelling
- Numerical modelling
- Soil-structure interaction
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Projects 2012 2021
Climate-Change Effects on the Performance of Bioengineered Slopes (Joint with Chulalongkorn University)
6/11/17 → 5/11/19
Project: Research
NPIF EPSRC Doctoral Training Grant
Brown, M., Knappett, J. & Newman, T.
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/10/17 → 30/09/21
Project: Research
Soil Foundation Structure Interaction and EQ Resistant Foundation Design
Anastasopoulos, I. & Knappett, J.
Project: Research
Research Output 2004 2020
A critical evaluation of predictive models for rooted soil strength with application to predicting the seismic deformation of rooted slopes
Liang, T., Knappett, J. A., Leung, A., Carnaghan, A., Bengough, G. & Zhao, R., 22 Aug 2019, In : Landslides. 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
soil strength
Soils
Winkler foundation
cohesion
Fibers
A Macroelement Approach for the Stability Assessment of Trees
Dattola, G., Ciantia, M., Galli, A., Blyth, L., Zhang, X., Knappett, J., Castellanza, R., Sala, C. & Leung, A., 2019, Geotechnical Research for Land Protection and Development: Proceedings of CNRIG 2019. Calvetti, F., Cotecchia, F., Galli, A. & Jommi, C. (eds.). Switzerland: Springer , Vol. 40. p. 417-426 10 p. (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering; vol. 40).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Plastics
Soils
Centrifuge investigations of normal and reverse fault interaction with jack-up rig spudcan foundations
Oakes, K., Brown, M., Knappett, J. & Anastasopoulos, I., 12 Sep 2019. 12 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
reverse fault
centrifuge
normal fault
mitigation
site investigation
Cyclic simple shear testing for assessing liquefaction mitigation by fibre reinforcement
Robinson, S., Brennan, A., Knappett, J., Wang, K. & Bengough, G., 19 Jul 2019, Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering for Protection and Development of Environment and Constructions: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, (ICEGE 2019), June 17-20, 2019, Rome, Italy. Silvestri, F. & Moraci, N. (eds.). 1 ed. CRC Press, p. 4728-4735 8 p. (Proceedings in Earth and Geosciences).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
liquefaction
reinforcement
mitigation
soil
fibre
Design of plate and screw anchors in dense sand: failure mechanism, capacity and deformation
Cerfontaine, B., Knappett, J., Brown, M. & Bradsaw, A. S., 25 Jun 2019, 7th International Symposium on Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials (IS-Glasgow 2019). Tarantino, A. & Ibraim, E. (eds.). 2019 ed. EDP Sciences, Vol. 92. p. 1-6 6 p. 16010. (E3S Web of Conferences; vol. 92).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Open Access
File
failure mechanism
Anchors
anchor
Sand
Stress concentration
Datasets
Analysis of coupled axial and lateral deformation of roots in soil — figure data
Meijer, G. (Creator), Muir Wood, D. (Creator), Knappett, J. (Creator), Bengough, G. (Creator), Liang, T. (Creator), University of Dundee, 2019
DOI: 10.15132/10000137, https://zenodo.org/record/1465758#.XRIHOOtKipo
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Prizes
geotechnical engineering
vegetation
carbon
Best paper award
Marianna Loli (Recipient), Jonathan Knappett (Recipient), Michael Brown (Recipient) & Ioannis Anastasopoulos (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Modeling
British Geotechnical Association Medal, 2009
Jonathan A. Knappett (Recipient) & S. P. Gopal Madabhushi (Recipient), 2009
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
TC203 Yound Researcher Award 2018
Jonathan Knappett (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
natural disaster
engineering
T K Hsieh Award 2010
Jonathan A. Knappett (Recipient) & S. P. Gopal Madabhushi (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Civil engineering
Activities 2006 2019
IIT Bhubaneswar
Michael Brown (Visiting lecturer), Jonathan Knappett (Visiting lecturer), Shantanu Patra (Visiting researcher), Sumanta Haldar (Visiting researcher)1 Mar 2019 → 1 Mar 2021
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
Use of vegetation in low-carbon geotechnical engineering.
Jonathan Knappett (Invited speaker)6 Mar 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Use of vegetation in low-carbon geotechnical engineering
Jonathan Knappett (Invited speaker)6 Nov 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Physical modelling of structural and biological soil reinforcement
Jonathan Knappett (Keynote speaker)19 Jul 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
9th International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geoetchnics
Jonathan Knappett (Member of programme committee)2017 → 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Thesis
Development of improved predictive tools for mechanical soil root interaction
Author: Duckett, N., 2014Supervisor: Knappett, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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New methods for in situ measurement of mechanical root-reinforcement on slopes
Author: Meijer, G. J., 2016Supervisor: Bengough, A. (Supervisor), Knappett, J. (Supervisor), Loades, K. W. (External person) (Supervisor) & Nicoll, B. C. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
Screw piles as offshore foundations : Numerical and physical modelling
Author: Al-Baghdadi, T., 2018Supervisor: Brown, M. (Supervisor) & Knappett, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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Seismic performance of pile-reinforced slopes
Author: Al-Defae, A. H. H., 2013Supervisor: Knappett, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
File
Seismic performance of vegetated slopes
Author: Liang, T., 2015Supervisor: Knappett, J. (Supervisor), Muir Wood, D. (Supervisor) & Bengough, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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