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Dr Michael Brown is currently a Reader in the Geotechnics Research Group at the University of Dundee. He graduated from the University of Bradford in 1995 with a first-class Honours degree in Civil & Structural Engineering, and obtained his doctorate from the University of Sheffield in 2004 for work on the rapid load testing (RLT) of piles in fine grained soils (Statnamic). He worked at the University of Sheffield as a research associate, firstly in the Geotechnical Engineering Research Group and then as consortium manager of the SUBR:IM project in the Groundwater Protection and Restoration Group. Prior to this he spent 5 years in industry working for specialist geotechnical contractors and consultants. He is the recent past editor of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Proceedings: Geotechnical Engineering. He is currently a member of ISSMGE Technical Committee TC212 on Deep Foundations, CEN/TC 341/WG 7: Non-static tests on piles and the SUT Offshore Site Investigation Group (OSIG). He sits on the editorial panels of Geotechnique and JGS Soils and Foundations journal.

Professional Biography

BSc (Hons) Civil & Structural Engineering (1st Class), University of Bradford, 1995
PhD, University of Sheffield, 2004

Research

Rapid load Pile testing (Statnamic)

Rate Effects in fine grained soils

Offshore Geotechnics

Pipeline Ploughing and installation

Debris Flows and Landslides

Anchoring and foundations for marine energy generators

Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Philosophy, University of Sheffield

Bachelor of Engineering, University of Bradford

Keywords

TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)

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Projects 2012 2021

1 Not started
3 Active
7 Finished

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

Development of Screw Anchors for Floating Marine Renewable Energy Systems Arrays Incorporating Anchor Sharing (SAFS) (Joint with University of Liege)

Brown, M., Cerfontaine, B. & Knappett, J.

1/08/17 → 31/07/19

Project: Research

Supergen Wind Challenge 2015: Screw Piles for Wind Energy Foundation Systems (Joint with Universities of Durham and Southampton)

Brennan, A., Brown, M. & Knappett, J.

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

26/02/16 → 25/07/19

Project: Research

Development of Novel Rock Anchors for Scottish Aquaculture (Joint with Sustainable Marine Energy Ltd)

Brown, M. & Knappett, J.

Project: Research

Shaking Tunnel Vision (Joint with University of Leeds and Pontificia Unversidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Chile)

Brown, M. & Knappett, J.

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

1/02/16 → 31/05/18

Project: Research

Research Output 2001 2019

653 Citations
11 h-Index
55 Conference contribution
36 Article
8 Editorial
7 Paper
16 More

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., May 2019, In : Computers and Geotechnics. 109, p. 34-45 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

failure mechanism

Formability

Anchors

anchor

Stress concentration

10 Downloads (Pure)

Finite element modelling of the uplift behaviour of screw piles in sand

Cerfontaine, B., Brown, M., Knappett, J. & Davidson, C., 27 May 2019, Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Screw Piles for Energy Applications. p. 69-75

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Open Access

File

Piles

Sand

Soils

Centrifuges

Stiffness

50 Downloads (Pure)

ISSPEA 2019: 1st International Symposium on Screw Piles for Energy Applications

Davidson, C. (ed.), Brown, M. (ed.), Knappett, J. (ed.), Brennan, A. (ed.), Augarde, C. (ed.), Coombs, W. (ed.), Wang, L. (ed.), Richards, D. (ed.), White, D. (ed.) & Blake, A. (ed.), 27 May 2019, Dundee: University of Dundee. 121 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Book

Open Access

File

14 Downloads (Pure)