Outputs (6)

Fibre reinforcement in earthen construction materials (2015)
Journal Article
Readle, D., Coghlan, S., Smith, J., Corbin, A., & Augarde, C. (2016). Fibre reinforcement in earthen construction materials. Construction Materials, 169(5), 252-260. https://doi.org/10.1680/jcoma.15.00039

Earthen construction materials are generally brittle with low tensile strength. To deal with this in practice, it is often proposed that reinforcement be added in the form of fibres of various materials. Construction in earthquake-prone parts of the... Read More about Fibre reinforcement in earthen construction materials.

First International Conference on Rammed Earth Construction: report (2015)
Journal Article
Ciancio, D., Beckett, C., Augarde, C., & Jaquin, P. (2016). First International Conference on Rammed Earth Construction: report. Construction Materials, 169(5), 271-275. https://doi.org/10.1680/jcoma.15.00038

In February 2015, the University of Western Australia organised the First International Conference on Rammed Earth Construction. The event was a major success with participants from 11 countries. The participants were representatives from the researc... Read More about First International Conference on Rammed Earth Construction: report.

An overview of research activities and achievement in Geotechnics from the Scottish Universities Geotechnics Network (SUGN) (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Leung, A., Anastasopoulos, I., Augarde, C., Barreto, D., Brennan, A., Brown, M., …Zielinski, M. (2015). An overview of research activities and achievement in Geotechnics from the Scottish Universities Geotechnics Network (SUGN). In M. . G. Winter, D. . M. Smith, P. . J. . L. Eldred, & D. . G. Toll (Eds.), Geotechnical engineering for infrastructure and development : XVI European conference on soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering (4289-4294)

ABSTRACT: Design of geotechnical systems is often challenging as it requires the understanding of complex soil behaviour and its influence on field-scale performance of geo-structures. To advance the scientific knowledge and the technological develop... Read More about An overview of research activities and achievement in Geotechnics from the Scottish Universities Geotechnics Network (SUGN).

Geotechnical aspects of earthen construction materials (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Augarde, C. E., Smith, J. C., Corbin, A. C., Ciancio, D., Beckett, C. T. S., & Jaquin, P. A. (2015). Geotechnical aspects of earthen construction materials. In M. G. Winter, D. M. Smith, P. J. L. Eldred, & D. G. Toll (Eds.), Geotechnical engineering for infrastructure and development : XVI European conference on soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering (535-540). https://doi.org/10.1680/ecsmge.60678

ABSTRACT: Earthen construction and soil-based construction materials (SBCMs) are expanding areas of interest worldwide. They offer the potential for low carbon and embodied energy, sustainability through recycling and an alternative to high energy ma... Read More about Geotechnical aspects of earthen construction materials.

Investigation into the shear behaviour of rammed earth using shear box tests (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Corbin, A. C., & Augarde, C. E. (2015). Investigation into the shear behaviour of rammed earth using shear box tests. In S. Amziane, & M. Sonebi (Eds.), Proceedings of the First International Conference on Bio-based Building Materials (93-98)

Scientific investigations into the structural properties of rammed earth (RE) are gaining momentum and a number of parameters (e.g. suction, particle size distribution and water content), influential on material strength and other properties, have be... Read More about Investigation into the shear behaviour of rammed earth using shear box tests.

On the implicit implementation of the Generalised Interpolation Material Point method (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Charlton, T. J., Coombs, W. M., & Augarde, C. E. (2015). On the implicit implementation of the Generalised Interpolation Material Point method. In A. J. Gil, & R. Sevilla (Eds.), Proceedings of the 23rd Conference on Computational Mechanics, ACME-UK 2015 (413-416)

The modelling of solid mechanics problems often requires a method which allows large deformations and can account for non-linear behaviour. The Material Point Method (MPM) allows this by modelling a problem domain using particles (or Material Points,... Read More about On the implicit implementation of the Generalised Interpolation Material Point method.