
Geomechanics Research Group
Geomechanics covers activities related to the characterisation of granular materials, soil, clays etc and understanding, and modelling, their behaviour under a range of conditions and time scales.
Particular areas of interest are the modelling of soil-structure interactions including soil-vehicle interactions for extra-terrestrial applications and the behaviour of liquefiable soils subject to seismic and other dynamic effects.
Our research areas
- Mechanics and micro-mechanics of granular materials including image analysis
- Discrete Element Modelling (DEM) of granular materials including laboratory validation
- Physical modelling of geotechnical problems including soil-structure interaction with particular emphasis to off-shore wind turbines
- Soil-Vehicle interactions including extra-terrestrial applications
- Wave propagation in, and constitutive models for, nonlinear materials
- Pipelines and piles in seismic areas including liquefiable soils
- Study of soil liquefaction using element tests.
Study with us
Pursue a career in the geotechnical engineering sector with our masters course.
Our team
Please contact the head of our group if you are interested in using our SAGE laboratory for any advanced soil or small scale testing, or if you have any questions.

Professor Suby Bhattacharya
Head of the Group

Dr Liang Cui
Senior Lecturer

Dr Abubakar Kawuwa Sani
Research Fellow

Rao Singh
Lecturer, Geotechnical Engineering

Dr Rick Woods
Associate Dean (Learning and Teaching)
Postgraduate research students

Hadi Abubakar Abba
Metakaolin-based geopolymer for ground improvement of tropical expansive black cotton soil

Aleem Aleem
Numerical modelling of different offshore wind turbine foundations

Dr Oluwaseun Ogunleye
Analysis of geothermal energy utilisation in underground tunnels

Dr Isaac Olaniyi Olawoore
Study of thermal performance enhancement in geothermal energy pile