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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
Research Output 2004 2019
Effect of soil deformability on the failure mechanism of shallow plate or screw anchors in sand
Cerfontaine, B., Knappett, J., Brown, M. & Bradsaw, A. S., 24 Jan 2019, In : Computers and Geotechnics. 109, p. 34-45 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
failure mechanism
Formability
Anchors
anchor
Stress concentration
The effect of tunnel lining modelling approaches on the seismic response of sprayed concrete tunnels in coarse-grained soils
Kampas, G., Knappett, J., Brown, M., Anastasopoulos, I., Nikitas, N. & Fuentes, R., Feb 2019, In : Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 117, p. 122-137 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
Tunnel linings
coarse-textured soils
tunnel lining
Seismic response
seismic response
A modified CPT based installation torque prediction for large screw piles in sand
Davidson, C., Al-Baghdadi, T., Brown, M., Brennan, A., Knappett, J., Augarde, C., Coombs, W., Wang, L., Richardson, D., Blake, A. & Ball, J., 13 Jun 2018, Cone Penetration Testing 2018: Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Cone Penetration Testing. Hicks, M. A., Pisanò, F. & Peuchen, J. (eds.). 1 ed. CRC Press, p. 255-261 7 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Open Access
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Piles
Cones
Sand
Torque
Centrifuges
Analysis of coupled axial and lateral deformation of roots in soil
Meijer, G., Muir Wood, D., Knappett, J., Bengough, A. & Liang, T., 26 Oct 2018, In : International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. 33 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
Soils
Reinforcement
Rubber
Sand
soil
A new heating-cooling system for centrifuge testing of thermo-active geo-structures
Vitali, D., Leung, A., Zhao, R. & Knappett, J., Jul 2018, Physical Modelling in Geotechnics : Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics (ICPMG 2018), July 17-20, 2018, London, United Kingdom. McNamara, A., Divall, S. & Goodey, R. (eds.). Taylor & Francis, Vol. 1. p. 475-480 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Centrifuges
Cooling systems
Heating
Pipe
Testing
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, A. (Creator), Liang, T. (Creator), University of Dundee, 2019
DOI: 10.15132/10000137
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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 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 Knappett (Recipient) & S. P. Gopal Madabhushi (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Civil engineering
Activities 2006 2018
Use of vegetation in low-carbon geotechnical engineering.
Jonathan Knappett (Invited speaker)6 Mar 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
Use of vegetation in low-carbon geotechnical engineering
Jonathan Knappett (Invited speaker)6 Nov 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
7th International Symposium on Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials
Jonathan Knappett (Member of programme committee)2017 → 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Use of vegetation in low-carbon geotechnical engineering.
Jonathan Knappett (Invited speaker)14 Nov 2017
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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
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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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