Jonathan Knappett

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Biography

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 and 9th Editions 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 6 years

Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge

Award Date: 1 Jan 2007

Master of Engineering, University of Cambridge

Award Date: 1 Jan 2003

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

2 Not started
2 Active
10 Finished

Climate Adaptation Control Technologies for Urban Spaces (CACTUS) (Joint with Durham, Cardiff, Queen's, Newcastle Universities and Imperial College)

Bengough, G. & Knappett, J.

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

1/01/18 → 31/12/21

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

Innovative Rock Anchors for Aquaculture (joint with Sustainable Marine Energy Ltd and Gael Force Group Ltd)

Brown, M. & Knappett, J.

Project: Research

Soil Foundation Structure Interaction and EQ Resistant Foundation Design

Anastasopoulos, I. & Knappett, J.

Project: Research

Climate-Change Effects on the Performance of Bioengineered Slopes (Joint with Chulalongkorn University)

Knappett, J. & Leung, A.

Royal Society

6/11/17 → 5/11/19

Project: Research

Research Output

735 Citations
16 h-Index
63 Conference contribution
50 Article
7 Paper
7 Editorial
16 More

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., 1 Jan 2020, 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)

Implications of volume loss on the seismic response of tunnels in coarse-grained soils

Kampas, G., Knappett, J., Brown, M., Anastasopoulos, I., Nikitas, N. & Fuentes, R., 1 Jan 2020, In : Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. 95, p. 1-14 14 p., 103127.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

1 Citation (Scopus)

63 Downloads (Pure)

Influence of foundation type on seismic response of low-rise structures in liquefiable soil

Qi, S. & Knappett, J., Jan 2020, In : Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 128, p. 1-13 13 p., 1057862.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

On Lagrangian mechanics and the implicit material point method for large deformation elasto-plasticity

Coombs, W. M., Augarde, C., Brown, M., Brennan, A., Charlton, T., Knappett, J., Motlagh, Y. & Wang, L., 1 Jan 2020, In : Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 358, p. 1-32 32 p., 112622.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

1 Citation (Scopus)

60 Downloads (Pure)

Seismic behaviour of tunnels: from experiments to analysis

Tsinidis, G., de Silva, F., Anastasopoulos, I., Bilotta, E., Bobet, A., Hashash, Y. M. A., He, C., Kampas, G., Knappett, J., Madabhushi, G., Nikitas, N., Pitilakis, K., Silvestri, F., Viggiani, G. & Fuentes, R., 24 Feb 2020, In : Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. 99, p. 1-20 20 p., 103334.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

35 Downloads (Pure)

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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Activities

14 Invited talk
3 Participation in conference
2 Participation in workshop, seminar, course
2 Editorial activity
4 More

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

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 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

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